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<blockquote data-quote="doctorhook" data-source="post: 4945008" data-attributes="member: 58401">Honestly, the way you're describing the use of alignment actually sounds pretty decent! Unfortunately, I don't think it was used this way by most people, in practice.&quot;Lawful Evil&quot; is perfect for a short description of how &quot;cardboard-character X&quot; behaves, but once characters start having dynamic, complicated personalities, you start to wonder which alignment should be the dominant one, and at what point should you change what's written on the sheet. This is how we get into discussions about what alignment Hitler would have, and other stupidity. (Should people have different alignments at different times of the day, for example? Is a tyrant who is nice to children only Evil when he's at work?)I like the 4E alignment system because it's less specific. It doesn't try to define alignments as narrowly, and so avoids a lot of the pointless debates. In 4E, Hitler would just be Evil, and Harry Potter would just be Good.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="doctorhook, post: 4945008, member: 58401"] Honestly, the way you're describing the use of alignment actually sounds pretty decent! Unfortunately, I don't think it was used this way by most people, in practice. "Lawful Evil" is perfect for a short description of how "cardboard-character X" behaves, but once characters start having dynamic, complicated personalities, you start to wonder which alignment should be the dominant one, and at what point should you change what's written on the sheet. This is how we get into discussions about what alignment Hitler would have, and other stupidity. (Should people have different alignments at different times of the day, for example? Is a tyrant who is nice to children only Evil when he's at work?) I like the 4E alignment system because it's less specific. It doesn't try to define alignments as narrowly, and so avoids a lot of the pointless debates. In 4E, Hitler would just be Evil, and Harry Potter would just be Good. [/QUOTE]

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