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<blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 8686668" data-attributes="member: 6877472"><p>Curiously, one of 4th editions big points was that any creature can be of any alignment. Gold dragons could be evil, and Red dragons could be good. This extended to player characters as well. Though many Drow were evil, your Drow didn't have to be. No one seemed to mind this at all.</p><p></p><p>So I was very surprised when, playing in AL, an official document came out with regards to some of the Volo's races, saying what alignments you could be, and which organizations you could belong to. My Orc Cleric, for example, had to join the Zhentarim.</p><p></p><p>Then when this whole kerfluffle happened with Wizards doing damage control to "fix" this perception that races are always evil, and people got really upset about it, I was like "weren't we past all this anyways?".</p><p></p><p>It's all dependent on your campaign anyways. Sure, maybe in official content, Hobgoblins are a Fey race that has weaponized courtesy and friendship...but how many people are really going to incorporate that into their home games, where Hobgoblins have been Lawful Evil militants for who knows how long?</p><p></p><p>Heck, Wizards is going to run into some problems with this with their official settings, I'm sure. Like, why is there a monster-only nation in Khorvaire, and why did the Hobgoblins serving under Lord Toede join with the armies of Takhisis, if everybody gets along and there's no prejudice?</p><p></p><p>Sure makes the brooding existence of a certain dark elf Ranger seem a bit silly now, doesn't it?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James Gasik, post: 8686668, member: 6877472"] Curiously, one of 4th editions big points was that any creature can be of any alignment. Gold dragons could be evil, and Red dragons could be good. This extended to player characters as well. Though many Drow were evil, your Drow didn't have to be. No one seemed to mind this at all. So I was very surprised when, playing in AL, an official document came out with regards to some of the Volo's races, saying what alignments you could be, and which organizations you could belong to. My Orc Cleric, for example, had to join the Zhentarim. Then when this whole kerfluffle happened with Wizards doing damage control to "fix" this perception that races are always evil, and people got really upset about it, I was like "weren't we past all this anyways?". It's all dependent on your campaign anyways. Sure, maybe in official content, Hobgoblins are a Fey race that has weaponized courtesy and friendship...but how many people are really going to incorporate that into their home games, where Hobgoblins have been Lawful Evil militants for who knows how long? Heck, Wizards is going to run into some problems with this with their official settings, I'm sure. Like, why is there a monster-only nation in Khorvaire, and why did the Hobgoblins serving under Lord Toede join with the armies of Takhisis, if everybody gets along and there's no prejudice? Sure makes the brooding existence of a certain dark elf Ranger seem a bit silly now, doesn't it? [/QUOTE]
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