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<blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 2660045" data-attributes="member: 2067">Absolutely. Used deftly, alignment is a wonderful utensil for adding deapth and shades of gray to the world. Used like it was in Planescape, it was everything you could want from a moral system and then some. Used as energies flowing through the universe, it's an absolute benefit and one of the greatest ways to engage a feeling.However, it is VERY easy to mis-use alignment. To use it as a straightjacket. To over-simplify things because of it. To feel that the prohibition is bad.Which is why it should exist, but there should be a LOT of discussion on how to do it well. And I wouldn't have any problem with it being an optional rule, I think. I do think a lot of people don't like alignment for the wrong reasons, but it's kind of understandable what with the loaded terms it uses.I disagree. The reason for alignment is that it makes the game better, not just because there's power in it for your character. It makes the game better by making it more of a role-playing experience, and less of a hyper-complex game of chess. It could still be a playing a role without alignment, but alignment ensures that there IS a role to be played.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="I'm A Banana, post: 2660045, member: 2067"] Absolutely. Used deftly, alignment is a wonderful utensil for adding deapth and shades of gray to the world. Used like it was in Planescape, it was everything you could want from a moral system and then some. Used as energies flowing through the universe, it's an absolute benefit and one of the greatest ways to engage a feeling. However, it is VERY easy to mis-use alignment. To use it as a straightjacket. To over-simplify things because of it. To feel that the prohibition is bad. Which is why it should exist, but there should be a LOT of discussion on how to do it well. And I wouldn't have any problem with it being an optional rule, I think. I do think a lot of people don't like alignment for the wrong reasons, but it's kind of understandable what with the loaded terms it uses. I disagree. The reason for alignment is that it makes the game better, not just because there's power in it for your character. It makes the game better by making it more of a role-playing experience, and less of a hyper-complex game of chess. It could still be a playing a role without alignment, but alignment ensures that there IS a role to be played. [/QUOTE]

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