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<blockquote data-quote="Jedi_Solo" data-source="post: 3119610" data-attributes="member: 40245">Maybe it is the engineer in me...But as soon as there is a machanic to help define the &quot;who&quot; doesn't it become a &quot;what&quot; anyway?D&amp;D Alignment has been brought up as a &quot;who&quot; portion of the game.&nbsp; But to me a &quot;what&quot; description would be 'CE Cleric of X' and such.To me, as soon as it affacts something on your character sheet it becomes a &quot;what&quot;.&nbsp; I guess my point is that, for me at least, there isn't a focus on the 'who' in the rules because it is impossable.&nbsp; As soon as there is a rule for it, it becomes a 'what'.&nbsp; This is true for any game that I have seen.&nbsp; Older D&amp;D editions, oWoD, all computer RPGs.&nbsp; Even games that track your Good/Evil score (some NWN modules, Torment, Fable).&nbsp; As soon as it is a stat that has game effects (outside of a DM plothook at least) it is a 'what' as far as I am concerned.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jedi_Solo, post: 3119610, member: 40245"] Maybe it is the engineer in me... But as soon as there is a machanic to help define the "who" doesn't it become a "what" anyway? D&D Alignment has been brought up as a "who" portion of the game. But to me a "what" description would be 'CE Cleric of X' and such. To me, as soon as it affacts something on your character sheet it becomes a "what". I guess my point is that, for me at least, there isn't a focus on the 'who' in the rules because it is impossable. As soon as there is a rule for it, it becomes a 'what'. This is true for any game that I have seen. Older D&D editions, oWoD, all computer RPGs. Even games that track your Good/Evil score (some NWN modules, Torment, Fable). As soon as it is a stat that has game effects (outside of a DM plothook at least) it is a 'what' as far as I am concerned. [/QUOTE]

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