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Message: <blockquote data-quote="green slime" data-source="post: 1160596" data-attributes="member: 1325">Oh yes I've done all that already <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> I have a "little" document with around 80 pages+ describing the world to the players. The section on morality and changes to some spells is outlined in two or three pages.Given that this alignment system has been prevalent in the DnD for nigh 20(+?) years, it is rather strange that not more exists for this kind of campaign. Especially considering that it would seem Moorcock's Elric at least to some degree inspired the inclusion of the Law-Chaos axis. Basic was just a rather simplistic Evil vs Good, which left little room for ambiguity (IMO).The real question being, why isn't this done in the PHB/DMG? It is just a much a typical fantasy novel point of conflict as Evil vs Good. What is the name of the Bad dude in Wheel of Time? Lord of Chaos, IIRC. It would not have required too much more effort to actually include spells with [chaos] and [law] designators, or add them to present spells (which is what I have attempted to do). People would still have ignored these at their own behest as they do today with much of the [Evil]/[Good] descriptors. And then we whom wanted them would be pleased and satisfied customers. But it appears that I am alone, so perhaps that is the answer. BTW, people still manage to argue over those "little" things anyway, just look at those alignment/paladin/orc-baby slaying threads. IMO, it is just because the alignment system is left very much undefined and open to individual interpretation. In a system that is supposed to be absolute, it provides remarkably few guidelines. I guess it is a good way to avoid controversy.</blockquote>

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