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<blockquote data-quote="AlViking" data-source="post: 9739577" data-attributes="member: 6906980">The issue that I have with alignment being something external to a character is that it goes back to the old alignment as a straightjacket days of yore.&nbsp; That if you didn't play your alignment &quot;correctly&quot; according to the DM you would lose out on XP or even no longer be able to play the class you want.I also think it's also more interesting for me when I use it to try to get into the mindset of someone that has a different view of the world than I do.&nbsp; To me, viewing alignment as an internal view of the world shaping a person's reaction to it helps me empathize with people with different viewpoints.&nbsp; If I think &quot;Project X&quot; is the worst plan ever and someone else enthusiastically endorses it, how do they get to that point?&nbsp; What in their view of the world around them, their concept of right and wrong, gives them such a dramatically different opinion?&nbsp; If alignment is external then the only understanding I get is that they support &quot;Project X&quot; because they belong to group or party Y.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AlViking, post: 9739577, member: 6906980"] The issue that I have with alignment being something external to a character is that it goes back to the old alignment as a straightjacket days of yore. That if you didn't play your alignment "correctly" according to the DM you would lose out on XP or even no longer be able to play the class you want. I also think it's also more interesting for me when I use it to try to get into the mindset of someone that has a different view of the world than I do. To me, viewing alignment as an internal view of the world shaping a person's reaction to it helps me empathize with people with different viewpoints. If I think "Project X" is the worst plan ever and someone else enthusiastically endorses it, how do they get to that point? What in their view of the world around them, their concept of right and wrong, gives them such a dramatically different opinion? If alignment is external then the only understanding I get is that they support "Project X" because they belong to group or party Y. [/QUOTE]

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