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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jackinthegreen" data-source="post: 6046328" data-attributes="member: 6678119">3E is definitely noted as being horribly balanced, but I am under the opinion they did try to make the alignment restriction an offset to the perceived mechanical advantages.  Under any kind of decent scrutiny that of course is BS which is probably why they changed things in 4E.As to the player who says Heironeous (or any other deity) is corrupt, I'd wager there is a subset of players that could do it seriously and have it be a part of the game without being jerks.  However, the setup for that would have to be such that the DM and players accepted and could perform to the level of the extra maturity involved in that level of roleplay since it is quite difficult to play a character that can accuse deities of being corrupt.  That's a truly massive can of philosophical worms being opened up and it'll only work for a very small percentage of players.  It really is a philosophical exercise more than anything else at that point and I can think of very few people who could do it seriously.</blockquote>