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#the centerpoint of alignment is not flexible or considered in relation to different cultures
magikant
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the idea that thinking alignment is a bad game mechanic = “not being able to handle conversations about morality” is a fucking wild take
#i dont hate alignment
#but i do think trying to apply it to anything besides dnd
#is doomed to fail
#because the only reason it makes any sense in dnd is as a basis for a fantasy cosmology
#and at the end of the day it doesnt do a very good job at that
#because while functioning as the base understanding of reality within this universe
#it also fails to acknowledge itself as a humano/euro-centric realization of morality
#the centerpoint of alignment is not flexible or considered in relation to different cultures
#alignment (as conceived) says bad is XYZ and good is getting rid of XYZ
#ABC races do XYZ so are bad
#you are therefore only good if you oppose ABC
#alignment does not ask 'what does goodness or lawfulness look like in a goblin society?'
#it says 'goblins are chaotic evil. if you are good you are obliged to kill goblins'
#obviously you dont have to play your game that way
#and there has been enough pushback against that mindset that the text is finally starting to reflect a new attitude
#but it still remains the core of the concept
#honestly i dont think there is any choice wotc could make moving into 5.5 regarding alignment that i would be totally happy with
#leaving it as is or getting rid of it both feel like bad options
#changing the way it is implemented is the obvious answer but there is no way to do that that will make everyone happy (duh)
#anyway just bugs when people act like their (probably better) more socially conscious definitions of alignments are like
#them /figuring out/ the real meaning of it and what they are supposed to be
#rather than admitting this is how they like to homebrew alignment to better fit with their own sense of ethics
#that is not really what the people i am responding to in this moment were doing
#but something i see often enough
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