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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ryujin" data-source="post: 4854254" data-attributes="member: 27897">And yet an alignment still makes for effective shorthand on a character's general motives, when used correctly. In 4e if a player was going against his stated alignment, then I would have no issue with changing it unilaterally. IT would have no effect on the character other than those couple of words on a sheet of paper, but do you think that most players would take it with equanimity?There are two things in the game that tend to point to a character's life outlook; alignment and deity. The way that a deity's sphere is defined in 4e also helps to show a character's social tendencies. You won't typically find a follower of Erathis out defending a wood from evil land developers, but you might find him protecting those same developers from the ravages of "evil" (to him) forest barbarians who are killing the developers.</blockquote>