Comments on: Virtue: A Homebrew Alignment Variant

By: Olhares & Observações: Alinhamento, Moralidade e Personalidade | Ambrosia.com.br

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 07:39:46 +0000

[...] os dois últimos citados, como também deu suas próprias idéias sobre um novo sistema de moral: a Butterfly Dreaming. Para o autor existem duas soluções para fazer do D&D um jogo com um sistema moral mais [...]

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:52:46 +0000

True — “honorable” in particular is always a tricky one, because there are so many possible variants on the code of honor. I fell into the trap here of thinking of an actual character in my game, who followed a very high-chivalric code, but it could just as easily be a “thieves’ code of honor” that amounts to “don’t rob from or betray your partners” or the samurai code of bushido, or dozens of other possibilities.

I’d say all of them are acceptable Virtues, though — the player and GM just have to know what the code entails.

By: Tomcat1066

Tomcat1066 — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:00:38 +0000

You know, I like what you did. Virtues is definitely something to try out.

I’m actually a fan of alignment restricted classes having a written code of conduct that they have to follow, more than just the alignment “lawful good”. For example, is it really dishonorable to attack an enemy from behind? For some it is, for others it isn’t. Historically, there was nothing unchivalrous about it, but most fantasy settings say that it is. A written code helps eliminate these gray areas.

I’ll have to snag that reprint and check out the system. Sounds like it could be fun!