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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Drawmack" data-source="post: 704457" data-attributes="member: 4981">First I'll Give Arguments for the core rules, then I'll discuss my houserulling on restriction for the classes.Why must a monk be lawful?A monk represents a martial arts expert. In the martial arts people spend many years learning to control their thoughts and emotions. In many of the arts meditation and self control is taught over and above fighting. It is this type of training that leads to a lawful alignment restriction. The monk follows a very strict set of codes not unlike the paladin and it is following these codes that makes them lawful.Why must a barbarian be chaotic?The barbarian is the undisciplined fighter. He rages out of anger. He is a bull in a china shop when placed into ''normal'' society. He lives his life based on his gut feelings and therefor is chaotic.In summation:If there is a law or code that states, ''You must follow your heart and be true to your own desires.'' what alignment would you be if you followed that code? Someone who acts this way is chaotic but obeying the code makes you lawful. My houserule on this:If you can find a way to meet the prerequisites then do it, as in a code like the above. If there is no way your character concept can meet the prereques for the class you want then give me a creative and believable backstory.For Example:I want to be a human - dwarven defender:As an infant my mother left me in a dwarven inn. Being that their society is a LG society they took me in and the church or moradin raised me. I was always treated like a dwarf and do not even fit in with human society. When I reached adulthood and showed an interest in being a defender the priests nurtured this and helped me learn as they honestly raised me as a dwarf.I view prerequsites as a guideline. You should follow them if you can but if you can convince me that your character would have some reason to be able to take the class without meeting the prerequisits then you may do that.</blockquote>

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