TubaMortim
2013-07-01, 04:13 AM
(I wasn't sure where to put this thread, I think the general RPG board fits best since its not about a specific d&d game)
Last night I read the newest strip before going to sleep and started thinking about the paladin & goblin communities in OOTS, especially from an alignment perspective. The former being seen automatically Good and the latter Evil. And what of Redcloak? The paladins for sure condemn him as Evil, however he's dedicated his whole life into the goal of helping his fellow goblinoids which doesn't fit the Evil label.
The idea that popped into my head is to divide the alighment system in half - to give each character two values. These two being first the inner circle of your social group, for example goblins for RC, and second the outer circle or everyone else. This way you can have more accurate descriptions even with just the labels, for example you could call RC Good within his inner circle (genuinely trying to help his race) and Evil towards others (killing those in the way of his people).
It wouldn't be a perfect version, but I think it could have potential to be better than the simple (current) one.
Last night I read the newest strip before going to sleep and started thinking about the paladin & goblin communities in OOTS, especially from an alignment perspective. The former being seen automatically Good and the latter Evil. And what of Redcloak? The paladins for sure condemn him as Evil, however he's dedicated his whole life into the goal of helping his fellow goblinoids which doesn't fit the Evil label.
The idea that popped into my head is to divide the alighment system in half - to give each character two values. These two being first the inner circle of your social group, for example goblins for RC, and second the outer circle or everyone else. This way you can have more accurate descriptions even with just the labels, for example you could call RC Good within his inner circle (genuinely trying to help his race) and Evil towards others (killing those in the way of his people).
It wouldn't be a perfect version, but I think it could have potential to be better than the simple (current) one.