changing alignment [Archive] - Wizards Community

changing alignment [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
bilout
06-22-05, 11:46 AM Hello,
I would know if they are some generic rules concerning "changing alignment".

Thank for your help
J Milburn
06-22-05, 12:22 PM Occasionally it happens suddenly, like when concerning magic items, especially powerful artifacts such as the deck of many things. However, it will usually be a gradual thing, possibly taking years. (but not always)

From a players perspective, if for example they have chosen a lawful good alignment foe their fighter but are blatantly playing chaotic good, then it counts as a mistake on the charcter sheet rather than an actual alignment change.
Kain Dragoth
06-22-05, 12:23 PM There isn't really any rules except that when a player says he/she is just decided to become evil for example, provoke them and get them to prove it to you in what they do.
Lord Ian Stark
06-22-05, 02:31 PM Any RAW on it? Not realy. But consider this.

If a player in your group made a CN character but was killing everything in sight then obviously he should be playing an evil character. Therefore it's not really the character that's changed alignments, it's more the player has changed his character to better fit his playstyle.

Alignment is pretty much a set in stone thing for a character. Unless a Magical item changes a characters alignment it barely happens. Only an Epiphamy or catastrophe can really start to make a character ever change his alignment. And that barely happens to the average joe. Look at yourself and people you know. You are not going to change who you are. Sure you may get older/wiser but you will still make 99% of the same moral decisions at any time during your life.

Again a player should never try to make a character change his alignment because he doesn't like playing X alignments. Well then he should not have put that alignment on the character sheet in the first place and either make a new character or play according to his characters alignment.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
bilout 06-22-05, 11:46 AM	Hello, I would know if they are some generic rules concerning "changing alignment". Thank for your help
J Milburn 06-22-05, 12:22 PM	Occasionally it happens suddenly, like when concerning magic items, especially powerful artifacts such as the deck of many things. However, it will usually be a gradual thing, possibly taking years. (but not always) From a players perspective, if for example they have chosen a lawful good alignment foe their fighter but are blatantly playing chaotic good, then it counts as a mistake on the charcter sheet rather than an actual alignment change.
Kain Dragoth 06-22-05, 12:23 PM	There isn't really any rules except that when a player says he/she is just decided to become evil for example, provoke them and get them to prove it to you in what they do.
Lord Ian Stark 06-22-05, 02:31 PM	Any RAW on it? Not realy. But consider this. If a player in your group made a CN character but was killing everything in sight then obviously he should be playing an evil character. Therefore it's not really the character that's changed alignments, it's more the player has changed his character to better fit his playstyle. Alignment is pretty much a set in stone thing for a character. Unless a Magical item changes a characters alignment it barely happens. Only an Epiphamy or catastrophe can really start to make a character ever change his alignment. And that barely happens to the average joe. Look at yourself and people you know. You are not going to change who you are. Sure you may get older/wiser but you will still make 99% of the same moral decisions at any time during your life. Again a player should never try to make a character change his alignment because he doesn't like playing X alignments. Well then he should not have put that alignment on the character sheet in the first place and either make a new character or play according to his characters alignment.