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<blockquote data-quote="Coldwyn" data-source="post: 5426003" data-attributes="member: 10041">[MENTION=42582]pemerton[/MENTION]:I´m wondering a bit about your answers here. Alignmnets are a tool to help you into your character, especially to help you to avoid using knee-jerk reactions or your normal trained behaviour. Classes with an alignment component should encourage you to stop and think about your actions and behaviour, not enforce it, with the dm giving a helping hand in case you can´t decide on the right action.This is important because most of us come from cultures with only moral grey zones, justified morality and a whole lot of egoism.So yes, alignments can be a bit of a straightjacket and no, its actually not the dms place to really enforce them, just give out reminders and tipps.What you are avoidong to answer Aberzanzorax to is the BoED question. The stuff in that book is very powerful and coupled to certain behaviour in the context of &quot;be lawfull, be good, always - no arguments&quot; way. If it says &quot;no lying, ever, no excuses, no exceptions&quot; and you as player agree to that, than yes, it´s enforceable by the dm.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Coldwyn, post: 5426003, member: 10041"] [MENTION=42582]pemerton[/MENTION]: I´m wondering a bit about your answers here. Alignmnets are a tool to help you into your character, especially to help you to avoid using knee-jerk reactions or your normal trained behaviour. Classes with an alignment component should encourage you to stop and think about your actions and behaviour, not enforce it, with the dm giving a helping hand in case you can´t decide on the right action. This is important because most of us come from cultures with only moral grey zones, justified morality and a whole lot of egoism. So yes, alignments can be a bit of a straightjacket and no, its actually not the dms place to really enforce them, just give out reminders and tipps. What you are avoidong to answer Aberzanzorax to is the BoED question. The stuff in that book is very powerful and coupled to certain behaviour in the context of "be lawfull, be good, always - no arguments" way. If it says "no lying, ever, no excuses, no exceptions" and you as player agree to that, than yes, it´s enforceable by the dm. [/QUOTE]

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