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<blockquote data-quote="SSquirrel" data-source="post: 4937384" data-attributes="member: 5202">I think Dragonlance can still be played fine with the 5 alignment system instead of the 9, there are just more shades of grey.&nbsp; The Knights of Takhisis are LE as opposed to LG, but a)they came along much later in the canon and b)now there is no descriptor needed for them, nopne of this Lawful Evil.&nbsp; They are just plain EVIL! This actually works well IMO.&nbsp; While Takhisis wants to rule among the gods, she also knows that true chaos was something that had to be stopped.&nbsp; Remember that all the gods teamed up to defeat Chaos originally.There are many shades of evil.&nbsp; Chaotic Evil feels like it is reserved for the mad, lashing out at everyone, wants to destroy for the sake of destruction kind of malice, not your everyday backstabbing and skullduggery.&nbsp; Few people in life go to true extremes, this is why we see such large percentages in Unaligned, followed by Good an Evil.&nbsp; The Lawful Good and Chaotic Evil factions are true extremists and not representatve of the whole.Paladine knew that what was being done with Raistlin was rough and Raistlin was clearly not doing things in a way that lined up with Paladine's preferences, but he realized that good was being wrought by his actions in the end.&nbsp; Really the biggest lesson from DL seems to be &quot;the ends justify the means&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SSquirrel, post: 4937384, member: 5202"] I think Dragonlance can still be played fine with the 5 alignment system instead of the 9, there are just more shades of grey. The Knights of Takhisis are LE as opposed to LG, but a)they came along much later in the canon and b)now there is no descriptor needed for them, nopne of this Lawful Evil. They are just plain EVIL! This actually works well IMO. While Takhisis wants to rule among the gods, she also knows that true chaos was something that had to be stopped. Remember that all the gods teamed up to defeat Chaos originally. There are many shades of evil. Chaotic Evil feels like it is reserved for the mad, lashing out at everyone, wants to destroy for the sake of destruction kind of malice, not your everyday backstabbing and skullduggery. Few people in life go to true extremes, this is why we see such large percentages in Unaligned, followed by Good an Evil. The Lawful Good and Chaotic Evil factions are true extremists and not representatve of the whole. Paladine knew that what was being done with Raistlin was rough and Raistlin was clearly not doing things in a way that lined up with Paladine's preferences, but he realized that good was being wrought by his actions in the end. Really the biggest lesson from DL seems to be "the ends justify the means". [/QUOTE]

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