tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377543525075660166.post778315941525704247..comments2024-03-26T22:17:42.458-04:00Comments on Semper Initiativus Unum: An Alignment VariationWayne Rossihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11347401495298367324noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377543525075660166.post-51591461582937224872014-05-28T15:26:11.502-04:002014-05-28T15:26:11.502-04:00Hmm...for some reason, I never noticed this before...Hmm...for some reason, I never noticed this before, but alignment languages almost have a precedent in the real world. When you look at political discussion (and, let's be clear here, this isn't a political discussion), you typically see people on two sides of the same spectrum that appear to be talking past each other.<br /><br />When you look closer, however, you find they're having the same argument but are each talking about completely different things. They're talking about what's important on their side of the issue, and completely ignoring the fact that the other person is usually doing the same thing, but neither ever seems to notice that they're not arguing on the same points.<br /><br />Both will then walk away from the argument angry that the other person "Just doesn't get it! How can they not see how obvious I made it?!" If you simply replace "political issues" with "cosmic issues", I can pretty much see something similar happening.<br /><br />Now, I realize this isn't the true basis of alignment language (and I admit I always dissed them, too), but when combined with your viewpoint, I could see giving it another try. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18120667008441889262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377543525075660166.post-16362712675936845822014-05-27T16:15:07.910-04:002014-05-27T16:15:07.910-04:00We use the three-point alignment for our cosmology...We use the three-point alignment for our cosmology but have a four-point alignment for PCs and other people. There's Law, Neutrality, and Chaos, but then there's also Balance. Balance is the active pursuit of the middle way, where traditional Neutral is someone who is either out for himself, or doesn't care about alignment.Scott Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12067161332003628237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377543525075660166.post-64398601820891346692014-05-27T14:44:29.551-04:002014-05-27T14:44:29.551-04:00Protection from Evil predates evil as an alignment...Protection from Evil predates evil as an alignment. It sounds to me that what you are describing is the original OD&D alignment scheme. Where Chaos didn't equate to evil as it kinda sorta does in basic. Hedgehobbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17606283586332210195noreply@blogger.com