Changing Alignment? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Changing Alignment? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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aceland
07-20-06, 05:30 PM I am at work and do not have any books infornt of me, but was wondering What are the draw backs for changing your Alignment.

I have a Rog. that is slowly being coverted by a dager he has in his possesion.
He knows the dagger's effect is evil and continues to use it agiants people when the good players are not around.

The dagger when lands a killing blow stores the soul inside it and burns the soul to power the the dagger. The dagger keeps the souls, destoryes them thuse cheating the gods of the soul. So no cleric will like the item.

Any way back to the topic is there any online information i can look up or can anyone help me out since as stated my books are at the house.
Squirrelloid
07-20-06, 06:32 PM There is no consequence for changing alignment. You just do. Presumably you start to act differently. (eg, Chaotic Evil people stab people in the face for no reason and go out of the way to trip old ladies crossing the street, etc...).

Honestly, alignment barely means anything. If your character is being corrupted towards something he is currently the antithesis of (or even neutral about), just consider the effects this has on his/her personality and how he would start acting.
Seeker95
07-20-06, 07:51 PM You don't change alignment. You play your character.
The DM determines what alignment your behavior dictate.
If you are of a class where this matters, so be it.
R2-DS
07-20-06, 08:28 PM Thats right.....unless you posess any class features that require an alignment, you really arent losing out on anything. It may change the way you planned on building your character though. So if you planned ahead for this guy............
ArcTan
07-20-06, 08:37 PM There is no consequence for changing alignment. You just do. Presumably you start to act differently. (eg, Chaotic Evil people stab people in the face for no reason and go out of the way to trip old ladies crossing the street, etc...).

*sigh* No they don't. They just tend to be selfish and impulsive. You can be that without being a sociopath.
SeptimusMagistos
07-20-06, 09:15 PM There's no problem anymore. Used to be you dropped a level, but that's gone.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
aceland 07-20-06, 05:30 PM	I am at work and do not have any books infornt of me, but was wondering What are the draw backs for changing your Alignment. I have a Rog. that is slowly being coverted by a dager he has in his possesion. He knows the dagger's effect is evil and continues to use it agiants people when the good players are not around. The dagger when lands a killing blow stores the soul inside it and burns the soul to power the the dagger. The dagger keeps the souls, destoryes them thuse cheating the gods of the soul. So no cleric will like the item. Any way back to the topic is there any online information i can look up or can anyone help me out since as stated my books are at the house.
Squirrelloid 07-20-06, 06:32 PM	There is no consequence for changing alignment. You just do. Presumably you start to act differently. (eg, Chaotic Evil people stab people in the face for no reason and go out of the way to trip old ladies crossing the street, etc...). Honestly, alignment barely means anything. If your character is being corrupted towards something he is currently the antithesis of (or even neutral about), just consider the effects this has on his/her personality and how he would start acting.
Seeker95 07-20-06, 07:51 PM	You don't change alignment. You play your character. The DM determines what alignment your behavior dictate. If you are of a class where this matters, so be it.
R2-DS 07-20-06, 08:28 PM	Thats right.....unless you posess any class features that require an alignment, you really arent losing out on anything. It may change the way you planned on building your character though. So if you planned ahead for this guy............
ArcTan 07-20-06, 08:37 PM	There is no consequence for changing alignment. You just do. Presumably you start to act differently. (eg, Chaotic Evil people stab people in the face for no reason and go out of the way to trip old ladies crossing the street, etc...). sigh No they don't. They just tend to be selfish and impulsive. You can be that without being a sociopath.
SeptimusMagistos 07-20-06, 09:15 PM	There's no problem anymore. Used to be you dropped a level, but that's gone.