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<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 8327985" data-attributes="member: 2525">That's not a useful argument. Name a single element of this game which someone hasn't felt the need to houserule out because it didn't work for their game? You could make that argument for the hitpoint recover rules, for hit points themselves (I know people who went to a wound system), for armor (I know people who went to a damage reduction model), for classes (WOTC themselves set them up to function with just four base classes), for races (WOTC set it up to work with just four base races), for all sorts of elements of the game. Some people were very passionate that the &quot;ordinary&quot; rules harmed their games. That doesn't make alignment in particular something that must go because it harmed some games any more than any other element of the game.I can see an argument for alignment being made an optional part of the game. I cannot see an argument for not even including it as an option in the game because it messes with some people's games.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 8327985, member: 2525"] That's not a useful argument. Name a single element of this game which someone hasn't felt the need to houserule out because it didn't work for their game? You could make that argument for the hitpoint recover rules, for hit points themselves (I know people who went to a wound system), for armor (I know people who went to a damage reduction model), for classes (WOTC themselves set them up to function with just four base classes), for races (WOTC set it up to work with just four base races), for all sorts of elements of the game. Some people were very passionate that the "ordinary" rules harmed their games. That doesn't make alignment in particular something that must go because it harmed some games any more than any other element of the game. I can see an argument for alignment being made an optional part of the game. I cannot see an argument for not even including it as an option in the game because it messes with some people's games. [/QUOTE]

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