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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gizmo33" data-source="post: 2166304" data-attributes="member: 30001">Maybe not trivial, but very easy IMO.  But I make a few assumptions that I don't think are all that radical for DnD:1.  alignments are detectable2.  people know the basic definitions of each alignment and pretty much know what their own alignment is3.  a persons alignment is relatively static over their lifetime4.  alignments have existed as long as humans, and the definitions have remained unchanged  I don't think it's being a moral relativist to say that neither side understood the other's values, and that neither side understood it's own values.  People in the crusades often did things diametrically opposed to their own value system, which confused/enraged the other side and reinforced the misunderstanding.  The events of the crusades IMO would not be possible if the ability to instantly detect alignment (on yourself, your allies, and your enemy) were available to even .01% of the participants.   And one could say that the conditions that caused the crusades are, in fact, very common *throughout* history.  One wonders what a thousand years of such conditions would have done to the political history of the world.  Given the communication capabilities in a world with magic, I think nine countries, or at least nine alliances, would be formed. Atilla the Hun:  "Hey guys, after our last campaign I just did a check and found out that we're all Chaotic Evil."(Apologies to anyone of Hunnish descent.)</blockquote>

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