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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John Morrow" data-source="post: 2166349" data-attributes="member: 27012">Oh, I agree with your assumptions.  I simply don't agree that they would cause people to cluster into like-minded groups any more than people always do in the real world.  And don't forget that alignment detection can be effectively evaded and not everyone can do it casually. I took a bit of Crusades history in college and I'm sorry but I'm just not seeing it.  Given how many Crusades their were and the substantial differences between them, some specific examples of what you have in mind would help.I think you assume that people naturally prefer the company of like minded people.  I disagree.  For example, I think those with Evil alignments would have plenty of reasons to surround themselves with other people who are not Evil.  I think Neutral people would have plenty of reasons to want to live under a Good ruler or work with Evil people toward certain ends.  And so on.  Despite having some fairly clearly defined sides, the Cold War created some strange bedfellows and despite the lack of Detect Alignment spells, I think most people had a pretty good idea of what they were dealing with most of the time.And if a person Neutral and lives in a poor land suffering from a famine, why wouldn't they try to migrate to a Good land with food where they might get some help and why wouldn't they get helpe, so long as I follow their rules, even if the Neutral person does think that the Good land is hopelessly naive and not ruthless enough?Why wouldn't people of different alignments go along for the ride and why wouldn't Atilla let them?</blockquote>

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