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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 3135717" data-attributes="member: 22424">I'm not sure that anything is really a bad thing when applied to a character in a fantasy game. However, I do prefer in-game morality to bear at least a passing resemblance to actual morality. Without that connection, discussions of morality in the context of the game seem rather pointless to me, and so you'd just be as well removing alignment entirely.Naturally, YMMV.IMC, when that happens the 'paladin' leading the crusade is not really a Paladin at all, but rather a figure of extremely high public opinion, and probably someone respected by the PCs, who is either misguided in his intentions, or actively evil and out to dupe people for his own nefarious ends.Or, of course, is being led astray by advisors of poor character.This can make for a lot of good storytelling, to be sure, and is something I can get behind.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="delericho, post: 3135717, member: 22424"] I'm not sure that anything is really a bad thing when applied to a character in a fantasy game. However, I do prefer in-game morality to bear at least a passing resemblance to actual morality. Without that connection, discussions of morality in the context of the game seem rather pointless to me, and so you'd just be as well removing alignment entirely. Naturally, YMMV. IMC, when that happens the 'paladin' leading the crusade is not really a Paladin at all, but rather a figure of extremely high public opinion, and probably someone respected by the PCs, who is either misguided in his intentions, or actively evil and out to dupe people for his own nefarious ends. Or, of course, is being led astray by advisors of poor character. This can make for a lot of good storytelling, to be sure, and is something I can get behind. [/QUOTE]

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