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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Striderman" data-source="post: 42680" data-attributes="member: 2430">I'd buy that the damage he takes from the sword changes suddenly like that.  His shift of alignment may have been gradual, but there must have been some point at which it had definitively crossed the line to CN.  Near as I can tell, an aligned weapon doesn't care how much someone fits into the alignment, just as long as he/she is or isn't the alignment it likes/hates.  So why _would_ the weapon do partial damage for a while before it changes completely?  If you do want to do something like that, then maybe it would be better to say that the sword does 1d6 to neutral, and 2d6 to good, and none to evil.  that might make more sense.As for people who want to eliminate alignment in DnD, if you want to, then go for it, but even if you don't make a rule out of it, you do realize that you are still using an alignment, don't you?  you are still playing that character according to some alignment of some sort, so what's the big deal in declaring it?  It's a wonderful role-playing aid.  Not that you need alignments to know how to play your character, but it is a convenient definition of your character's morals and ethics.  Like they say about classes in so many games, they aren't limiting, but defining.</blockquote>