Posted by ellokraine on April 23, 2000 at 00:27:18:
In Reply to: You missed the point: posted by Proud Blade(VIP) on April 23, 2000 at 00:06:05:
> > I understand that the Immortals have lots of things to do. But I would have to guess that part of the reward from their work is interacting with all of us in the world they maintain.
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> Of course.
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> > As far as judging alignment playings you have to decide what kind of objective criteria you can use.
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> Nope. It's inherently subjective. I'm not proposing a system that changes character alignments. I'm proposing that if your character changes alignment, different penalties happen. Instead of your warrior losing specs, or whatever, these penalties could be more appropriate, and reflective of a character undergoing an alignment change.
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> > Simply assigning morale values to what kinds of monsters you slay will not work.
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> Of course, there's a lot more to being good than slaying evil, and vice versa.
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> > I have many characters who lie all the time. I would surely tell a pair of storm giant warriors that my chaotic nuetral transmuter is a lightwalker to get myslef in a position to rank really quickly. Besides lying there are many other facets od roleplaying that are very very subjective.
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> Virtually all important aspects of roleplaying are entirely subjective. That's why I'm not suggesting what you think I am. I am suggesting that when your alignment changes, without IMM approval, it will carry different penalties. Different. Not new.
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> > Let's say that a neutral noncaballed mage ranks one day with some master necros then the next day with some Sylvan stormies. Whether he lies or not he defies any sort of objective rating system for roleplay. How do you rate Entropist roleplay? how do you rate verbal interaction between two pc's? As a former dm of many tabletop rolepalying games and also someone who does his damn best to roleplay in thera I say let the change of alignment be subjective to players and immorals.
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> Or Immortals, as they prefer to be called.
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> > How much fun did Avendella and the Imms have together? Isnt that what we're here for?
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> Sure. Avendella is one of those examples of people who roleplayed their alignment change quite well. Exceptionally well, from what I've seen. If an IMM changes your alignment now, there may be no penalties, pending IMM discretion. This doesn't change at all. Understand?
I stand thoroughly corrected. But if the Imms are indeed watching and being subjective then they can not simply assign a case by case penalty or not penalty?