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<blockquote data-quote="darkbard3" data-source="post: 1908846" data-attributes="member: 24826">To be good, or not to be good...I have worked alignment in my games both ways... essentially no restrictions in my Dark Sun game and relatively strict in my Kalamar game... and I believe that when you are taking into account alignments, you must look at intent, not the act.&nbsp; Virtually any act can be either good or evil.&nbsp; Wanting to kill something for fun?&nbsp; Evil.&nbsp; Wanting to kill a couple of giant walking dirt clods for fun?&nbsp; Neutral.&nbsp; Not knowing those dirt clods won't die horrible painful deaths when you slice them into rubble?&nbsp; Evil.I am reminded of a scene from Men In Black II when K, after being deneuralized, stops short of killing a cockroach.&nbsp; Killing cockroaches for fun is not an evil act.&nbsp; Doing so after it thanked him for sparing his life... well, you get the picture.One thing I wonder about, for those of you who essentially ignore alignment in your games... how do you deal with aligned spells, weapons, etc.?&nbsp; Can anyone use them, or just those that claim to be a certain alignment?&nbsp; Not intended as a slam on anyone - just curious.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="darkbard3, post: 1908846, member: 24826"] [b]To be good, or not to be good...[/b] I have worked alignment in my games both ways... essentially no restrictions in my Dark Sun game and relatively strict in my Kalamar game... and I believe that when you are taking into account alignments, you must look at intent, not the act. Virtually any act can be either good or evil. Wanting to kill something for fun? Evil. Wanting to kill a couple of giant walking dirt clods for fun? Neutral. Not knowing those dirt clods won't die horrible painful deaths when you slice them into rubble? Evil. I am reminded of a scene from Men In Black II when K, after being deneuralized, stops short of killing a cockroach. Killing cockroaches for fun is not an evil act. Doing so after it thanked him for sparing his life... well, you get the picture. One thing I wonder about, for those of you who essentially ignore alignment in your games... how do you deal with aligned spells, weapons, etc.? Can anyone use them, or just those that claim to be a certain alignment? Not intended as a slam on anyone - just curious. [/QUOTE]

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