Of course I lament that this conflation exists, since even from the first time I’ve heard about alignments in D&D, I’ve been presented to many examples of characters that can be associated with those often excised combinations, such as one of the iconic Chaotic Good characters, Robin Hood. Thus, as I like relative morality in general, I defer to the original options of alignment: Order and Chaos (and Neutral between them).īut vdoughnut called my atention to a problem they noticed: how Chaos and Order got, respectively, bundled with Evil and Good, in many settings – which reminds me of 4th Edition, when it went away with some alignment options, in particular Lawful Evil and Chaotic Good. I’m not fond of the good-evil axle in particular, although I can see its appeal in situations where exploring the existence, and metaphysical implications, of absolute good and evil is an objective. Feature image from: Kempf EK / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 4.0Īlignment is a controversal subject in D&D, and their biaxial (law and chaos, good and evil) implementation even more so, to the point of many groups choosing to hack it away from their campaigns.
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