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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 8288431" data-attributes="member: 6801845">With alignment you do X because alignment defines the schema you use to interpret the world around you*.&nbsp; The world works like a clockwork mechanism and following a set of laws and structure leads to the best outcome.&nbsp; You also strive to be considerate and kind, especially for those that cannot protect themselves.&nbsp; Everyone sees the world through specific templates and structures.&nbsp; A beggar on the street?&nbsp; LG wants to help, but may believe giving to the local temple to help beggars is the best option. The CE guy sees an easy mark, maybe someone they could have fun watching them suffer. The LE gal sees them as disposable but perhaps useful.All based on alignment and how that person sees the world.I personally prefer the 3E alignment description, you can see it <a href="https://www.d20srd.org/srd/description.htm" target="_blank">here</a>. You say TBIF is better, but that the examples we have are bad ... but that just tells me that the system only works as well as the author and if the PHB gets it wrong so will most people.&nbsp; That, and because I DM a lot I use alignment to help me sort and filter monsters for planning at least one scenario for the majority of my games.&nbsp; I can't imagine what could be as simple and easy to get a general grasp of the role a monster plays that would work as well.If there's another 2 letter abbreviation that would be as useful as alignment, I'm all ears.&nbsp; Until then, I hope they keep it.*I'm not talking just D&amp;D, it's a theory in the real world you can read about <a href="https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-a-schema-2795873" target="_blank">here</a>.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 8288431, member: 6801845"] With alignment you do X because alignment defines the schema you use to interpret the world around you*. The world works like a clockwork mechanism and following a set of laws and structure leads to the best outcome. You also strive to be considerate and kind, especially for those that cannot protect themselves. Everyone sees the world through specific templates and structures. A beggar on the street? LG wants to help, but may believe giving to the local temple to help beggars is the best option. The CE guy sees an easy mark, maybe someone they could have fun watching them suffer. The LE gal sees them as disposable but perhaps useful. All based on alignment and how that person sees the world. I personally prefer the 3E alignment description, you can see it [URL='https://www.d20srd.org/srd/description.htm']here[/URL]. You say TBIF is better, but that the examples we have are bad ... but that just tells me that the system only works as well as the author and if the PHB gets it wrong so will most people. That, and because I DM a lot I use alignment to help me sort and filter monsters for planning at least one scenario for the majority of my games. I can't imagine what could be as simple and easy to get a general grasp of the role a monster plays that would work as well. If there's another 2 letter abbreviation that would be as useful as alignment, I'm all ears. Until then, I hope they keep it. [I]*I'm not talking just D&D, it's a theory in the real world you can read about [URL='https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-a-schema-2795873']here[/URL].[/I] [/QUOTE]

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