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WotC's Jeremy Crawford Talks D&D Alignment Changes
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<blockquote data-quote="Hexmage-EN" data-source="post: 8048115" data-attributes="member: 79428"><p>Ehhhh, realism has its place. There's a ton of fun, quirky lore about devils and slaadi that probably would have never come into being without the distinct concepts of Lawful Evil and Chaotic Neutral being a thing to inspire writers for decades.</p><p></p><p>For example, I've heard a recent D&D novel features a scenario where a succubus granddaughter of Glasya is afraid of an imp subordinate going over her head to file a formal complaint against her to the Princess of the Hells.</p><p></p><p>As for slaadi, you've got obscure lore like the slaad lord Renbuu who can change the colors of anything (as well as pull shenanigans like changing red dragons to white dragons in both color and physiology). A 3.5 era Dragon magazine article mentioned he's old war buddies with Ben Hadar, the Prince of Good Water Elementals, from the days of the War of Law and Chaos (where Ben Hadar was the only Prince of Elemental Good to fight on the side of Chaos, a decision prompted by his disgust that Lawful Evil entities were allowed to join and fight on team Law). Ben invites Renbuu to his coral palace from time to time to let Renbuu redecorate for him.</p><p></p><p>It's kinda silly, but I like how the concept of Lawful Evil led to someone writing a scenario where an imp can intimidate a granddaughter of Asmodeus, devil god of the Nine Hells of Baator, with a threat of a formal complaint and how the concept of a war between Law and Chaos led to a frog man with rainbow powers becoming buddies with one of the rulers of the Plane of Water.</p><p></p><p>The alignment system can provide inspiration for seemingly unrelated creatures who share an alignment to form unlikely relationships.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hexmage-EN, post: 8048115, member: 79428"] Ehhhh, realism has its place. There's a ton of fun, quirky lore about devils and slaadi that probably would have never come into being without the distinct concepts of Lawful Evil and Chaotic Neutral being a thing to inspire writers for decades. For example, I've heard a recent D&D novel features a scenario where a succubus granddaughter of Glasya is afraid of an imp subordinate going over her head to file a formal complaint against her to the Princess of the Hells. As for slaadi, you've got obscure lore like the slaad lord Renbuu who can change the colors of anything (as well as pull shenanigans like changing red dragons to white dragons in both color and physiology). A 3.5 era Dragon magazine article mentioned he's old war buddies with Ben Hadar, the Prince of Good Water Elementals, from the days of the War of Law and Chaos (where Ben Hadar was the only Prince of Elemental Good to fight on the side of Chaos, a decision prompted by his disgust that Lawful Evil entities were allowed to join and fight on team Law). Ben invites Renbuu to his coral palace from time to time to let Renbuu redecorate for him. It's kinda silly, but I like how the concept of Lawful Evil led to someone writing a scenario where an imp can intimidate a granddaughter of Asmodeus, devil god of the Nine Hells of Baator, with a threat of a formal complaint and how the concept of a war between Law and Chaos led to a frog man with rainbow powers becoming buddies with one of the rulers of the Plane of Water. The alignment system can provide inspiration for seemingly unrelated creatures who share an alignment to form unlikely relationships. [/QUOTE]
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