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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 8289391" data-attributes="member: 1465">Having one or more alignment &quot;systems&quot; is useful to help players &quot;frame&quot; their character better. They are just a roleplaying tool, used reasonably it can make you play a better game, taken too strictly it has an adverse effect (nothing worse than a DM saying &quot;your character is &lt;alignment&gt;, so you can't choose to do that!&quot;).I am not a fan of alignment having rigid mechanical consequences. I do like having occasional spells or magic items working (or not working) on some individuals based on their alignment, but I prefer the idea to be fluid. For example, yes to having a &quot;holy weapon&quot; stop working if you commit a great wrong, until you make up for it, but no to having such weapon simply based on a &quot;tag&quot; on your character sheet.I am fine with the 3x3 alignment grid, with or without the extra &quot;unaligned&quot; option. I am also fine with MtG 5-colors system for example, and I can definitely allow more of the kind. Using different systems on different characters in the same game is OK, as is using more than one system on the same character.I don't like very much the original Lawful-Neutral-Chaotic system of early editions however, because with 3 options only (with the middle option feeling rather &quot;undecided&quot;) it delivers too much an &quot;us vs them&quot; feel.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 8289391, member: 1465"] Having one or more alignment "systems" is useful to help players "frame" their character better. They are just a roleplaying tool, used reasonably it can make you play a better game, taken too strictly it has an adverse effect (nothing worse than a DM saying "your character is <alignment>, so you can't choose to do that!"). I am not a fan of alignment having rigid mechanical consequences. I do like having occasional spells or magic items working (or not working) on some individuals based on their alignment, but I prefer the idea to be fluid. For example, yes to having a "holy weapon" stop working if you commit a great wrong, until you make up for it, but no to having such weapon simply based on a "tag" on your character sheet. I am fine with the 3x3 alignment grid, with or without the extra "unaligned" option. I am also fine with MtG 5-colors system for example, and I can definitely allow more of the kind. Using different systems on different characters in the same game is OK, as is using more than one system on the same character. I don't like very much the original Lawful-Neutral-Chaotic system of early editions however, because with 3 options only (with the middle option feeling rather "undecided") it delivers too much an "us vs them" feel. [/QUOTE]

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