alignment question [Archive] - Wizards Community

alignment question [Archive] - Wizards Community

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johnboy069
04-26-06, 07:20 PM I am playing a hexblade as of right now. He is level 6, and lawful neutral in alignment. I have the Magic of Incarnum book and was interested in taking the incarnum blade PrC, but I have a question. In the prereqs, it says any but neutral, but in the example character he is Lawful Neutral. I know that there have been mistakes in the past in new books, and was wondering does that prereq exclude LN, CN, NE, or is it just True Neutral? Thanks for any help. :D
Novacat
04-26-06, 09:18 PM A requirement which states "any but neutral" excludes NE, NN, NG, CN, LN.

Your choices, thus, are as follows: LG, CG, LE, CE
Witch
04-27-06, 05:03 AM However, if the example includes a Lawful Neutral character, you can probably take anything that is not True Neutral.
ManTimeForgot
04-27-06, 07:16 AM That would depend on whether it said "prohibited any neutral" or "prohibited neutral."

If it said the latter I would take that to mean that only true neutral is prohibited. If it is the former then precedence has shown that to mean all alignments with a neutral component LN, NN, CN, NG, NE.

MTF
Novacat
04-27-06, 08:46 AM That would depend on whether it said "prohibited any neutral" or "prohibited neutral."

If it said the latter I would take that to mean that only true neutral is prohibited. If it is the former then precedence has shown that to mean all alignments with a neutral component LN, NN, CN, NG, NE.

MTF
However, that would be house-ruling.
Nyaz
04-27-06, 09:04 AM But if the example of the prestige class is Lawful Neutral, then that means that "any but neutral" really means "any but true neutral". I doubt that the creators of the class would contradict their own prerequisite. Thus, LN, CN, NE and NG are clearly allowed.
Veraciraptor
04-27-06, 09:57 AM True Neutral is the only alignment disallowed here.
johnboy069
04-28-06, 08:33 PM Thanks for the input guys. I was hoping to take Hexblade6, then max out the Incarnum Blade prc, and then maybe go into occult slayer from Complete Warrior. Has anybody done this before? If so, then how did that character work out? thanks again for the help. :cool:
Vaalingrade Ashland
04-28-06, 08:41 PM Often, the books will use Neutral when they mean True Neutral.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
johnboy069 04-26-06, 07:20 PM	I am playing a hexblade as of right now. He is level 6, and lawful neutral in alignment. I have the Magic of Incarnum book and was interested in taking the incarnum blade PrC, but I have a question. In the prereqs, it says any but neutral, but in the example character he is Lawful Neutral. I know that there have been mistakes in the past in new books, and was wondering does that prereq exclude LN, CN, NE, or is it just True Neutral? Thanks for any help. :D
Novacat 04-26-06, 09:18 PM	A requirement which states "any but neutral" excludes NE, NN, NG, CN, LN. Your choices, thus, are as follows: LG, CG, LE, CE
Witch 04-27-06, 05:03 AM	However, if the example includes a Lawful Neutral character, you can probably take anything that is not True Neutral.
ManTimeForgot 04-27-06, 07:16 AM	That would depend on whether it said "prohibited any neutral" or "prohibited neutral." If it said the latter I would take that to mean that only true neutral is prohibited. If it is the former then precedence has shown that to mean all alignments with a neutral component LN, NN, CN, NG, NE. MTF
Novacat 04-27-06, 08:46 AM	That would depend on whether it said "prohibited any neutral" or "prohibited neutral." If it said the latter I would take that to mean that only true neutral is prohibited. If it is the former then precedence has shown that to mean all alignments with a neutral component LN, NN, CN, NG, NE. MTF However, that would be house-ruling.
Nyaz 04-27-06, 09:04 AM	But if the example of the prestige class is Lawful Neutral, then that means that "any but neutral" really means "any but true neutral". I doubt that the creators of the class would contradict their own prerequisite. Thus, LN, CN, NE and NG are clearly allowed.
Veraciraptor 04-27-06, 09:57 AM	True Neutral is the only alignment disallowed here.
johnboy069 04-28-06, 08:33 PM	Thanks for the input guys. I was hoping to take Hexblade6, then max out the Incarnum Blade prc, and then maybe go into occult slayer from Complete Warrior. Has anybody done this before? If so, then how did that character work out? thanks again for the help. :cool:
Vaalingrade Ashland 04-28-06, 08:41 PM	Often, the books will use Neutral when they mean True Neutral.