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<blockquote data-quote="Moonsword" data-source="post: 4853676" data-attributes="member: 7174">So, because it's just two words on the sheet, lawful good characters will go out and murder a village?&nbsp; Uh, nope.&nbsp; It sums up a lot of your moral and ethical outlook based on the definition in the book.&nbsp; That's the common reference right there, and it certainly has an effect on gameplay if you play this as something other than a pure hack-'n-slash fest where the characters have about as much personality as a piece on a chess board.&nbsp; Just because there aren't hard and fast definition, or it doesn't actually have a strict mechanical* effect doesn't mean it doesn't affect play.*: Assuming you're not a divine character with a spiritual pact of some sort with a divinity, anyway (including invokers and avengers who are sworn to a specific deity).&nbsp; Bahamut and Moradin would undoubtedly yank your powers right then, no questions asked, and I sort of doubt Erathis, Kord, or Pelor would look too favorably on that little stunt while we're on the topic.&nbsp; I'm not looking to play the 3E paladin code out, but there are minor faults and then we have &quot;direct, wanton, and grievous violations of a divinity's entire moral ethos&quot;.&nbsp; You're looking at Category B there.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Moonsword, post: 4853676, member: 7174"] So, because it's just two words on the sheet, lawful good characters will go out and murder a village? Uh, nope. It sums up a lot of your moral and ethical outlook [i]based on the definition in the book[/i]. That's the common reference right there, and it certainly has an effect on gameplay if you play this as something other than a pure hack-'n-slash fest where the characters have about as much personality as a piece on a chess board. Just because there aren't hard and fast definition, or it doesn't actually have a strict mechanical* effect doesn't mean it doesn't affect play. *: Assuming you're not a divine character with a spiritual pact of some sort with a divinity, anyway (including invokers and avengers who are sworn to a specific deity). Bahamut and Moradin would undoubtedly yank your powers right then, no questions asked, and I sort of doubt Erathis, Kord, or Pelor would look too favorably on that little stunt while we're on the topic. I'm not looking to play the 3E paladin code out, but there are minor faults and then we have "direct, wanton, and grievous violations of a divinity's entire moral ethos". You're looking at Category B there. [/QUOTE]

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