Neonchameleon
Legend
Alignment just hard-codes it into the game and makes it far worseThat isn't an alignment issue and would remain even if alignment wasn't in the game.
Nope. If you aren't using feats you simply say that and don't touch the odd chapter here and there. And other than that you never have to think about them.That's not true. So long as their is a disclaimer at the beginning of the book that alignment is optional and included in the stat blocks for those who want to use them, they're just as optional as feats or any other optional rule.
If not using alignment it is still right there in every single statblock you look at, right at the top.
And they can agree not to use profanity even if there are swear words in every single paragraph. That doesn't mean that the presence of those swear words doesn't make the paragraph actively worse for people reading out loud who don't want to use profanity.No it doesn't. People aren't so stupid that they can't or won't ignore something that they don't like just because it's in every stat block as an option.