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<blockquote data-quote="Shemeska" data-source="post: 2664386" data-attributes="member: 11697">Honestly unless you're on the outer planes where the very ground you walk on is composed of an abstract alignment made material, there shouldn't be much of a mechanical link to alignment. Except in those cases where alignment matters because you're literally walking around on it, and interacting with beings that exemplify it in its various flavors, there shouldn't be a mechanical link between alignment and stats/game mechanics.I want a player to create an interesting character with personality, goals, and history whose actions and motivations flesh out an alignment for them; not their alignment dictating the character because they want a +2 bonus to AC.Outside of very selective cases where it matters due to flavor inherent in the game (such as fiends, celestials, etc) I don't care to have alignment having much of a mechanical componant (Monks being Lawful for instance, I can see non lawful monks, even chaotic ones such as githzerai monks).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shemeska, post: 2664386, member: 11697"] Honestly unless you're on the outer planes where the very ground you walk on is composed of an abstract alignment made material, there shouldn't be much of a mechanical link to alignment. Except in those cases where alignment matters because you're literally walking around on it, and interacting with beings that exemplify it in its various flavors, there shouldn't be a mechanical link between alignment and stats/game mechanics. I want a player to create an interesting character with personality, goals, and history whose actions and motivations flesh out an alignment for them; not their alignment dictating the character because they want a +2 bonus to AC. Outside of very selective cases where it matters due to flavor inherent in the game (such as fiends, celestials, etc) I don't care to have alignment having much of a mechanical componant (Monks being Lawful for instance, I can see non lawful monks, even chaotic ones such as githzerai monks). [/QUOTE]

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