Posted by Tracker of the Wicked(VIP) on October 30, 2000 at 15:52:13:
In Reply to: A few thoughts on alignment and being able to just know other people's. posted by Fretsome on October 29, 2000 at 14:14:10:
> So it appears that every character can easily know your alignment, even if you work to avoid it.. so doesnt this make roleplaying evil people just very simplistic? the really evil strive to be trusted by the good, so they might get close and maximize their damage upon them. This is where I see the major problem with alignment. Evil people should actively seek to be trusted and take advantage of EVERYONE, not just the "good". The way it is now, alignment becomes a flag football game, with evil in red jerseys and good in golden, with little difference between how evil players treat one another (their teammates) vs. good. Basically, this degenerative attitude towards alignment turns the player base into a group of neutrals with red or gold paint and "good" or "evil" tendencies that come out whenever either is expedient to the player.