tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post5387581385404768745..comments2023-06-15T11:59:39.572-04:00Comments on DYVERS: When It Doesn't Matter and Yet Does.Dyvershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-13260292936329662812015-06-19T14:58:27.069-04:002015-06-19T14:58:27.069-04:00I've always felt that Alignment isn't a DM...I've always felt that Alignment isn't a DM tool, but a Player tool. I choose an Alignment for my character because that's how I imagine his moral compass to work, regardless of how mine does, personally. So, when I have my character take an action that is counter to his Alignment, that little note on my character sheet should serve as a little angel (or devil) on my shoulder waggingTom Doolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451129317759266295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-3241797828310583082015-06-19T14:45:51.988-04:002015-06-19T14:45:51.988-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Lothar Svenssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03195099273437009840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-43528281335206726832015-06-19T14:42:47.464-04:002015-06-19T14:42:47.464-04:00"How do we make our actions have a meaningful..."How do we make our actions have a meaningful response in the game?" That calls for a DM to do two things: create a comprehensive world for the players to run in, and to run that world according to logic and reason as well as human nature. alignment system in the world will do that for you. The game world has to respond to the players actions exactly as the real world would respond if Lothar Svenssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03195099273437009840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-6918810676277703072015-06-19T12:45:51.389-04:002015-06-19T12:45:51.389-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.JDsivrajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674833512849495283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-20509637500987258392015-06-19T12:45:00.157-04:002015-06-19T12:45:00.157-04:00Motive matters too so unless the DM isn't payi...Motive matters too so unless the DM isn't paying attention that wouldn't work.JDsivrajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674833512849495283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-86413048495146547772015-06-19T11:28:13.975-04:002015-06-19T11:28:13.975-04:00One problem with alignment is that the shift almos...One problem with alignment is that the shift almost always goes one way only. The DM almost never threatens to shift you up because your chaotic evil character isn't evil enough. It's played as more of a downward spiral, like the humanity score in vtm. <br /><br />Once a DM threated to shift me for using a necromantic spell like animate dead. I said I'd just spam a good aligned Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com