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June Q&A (Patreon)

Published:
2018-06-26 14:19:44
Imported:
2023-09

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Hey Inner Circle patrons! 

I'm on a crazy deadline, so I'm going to have to do a Q&A this month instead of a specialty post. So, let me know what you'd like to know! However, the point is that I'm writing this because I don't have a lot of time, and as a result I'm only going to answer questions I can cover in a single paragraph. So if your question really requires an entire article in its own right, it will have to wait.

Post your questions below, and thanks for your support!

-Keith 

Comments

Anonymous

Have you ever used Argonth or any of the floating fortresses in any of your games? When I was first going through the ECS they made an impression on me as being really cool, but I've never heard of anyone using them in any of their games, and I haven't either. Seems like a waste!

Serpen Thrope

What changes would you make to minimize the impact on thr setting if someone wanted to run Eberron with OD&D single-axis Alignment, and nix Good and Evil entirely in favor of Law and Chaos?

keithbaker
>>13821144

On Eberron itself, I think you wouldn't necessarily notice the difference. Already my point is that good and evil are about how you conduct yourself and your empathy towards others; if you remove "good" and "evil" as concepts, you're simply not requiring someone to express a commitment either way and leaving all avenues open. Where it gets strange is when you get into fiends and celestials, who are incarnations of ideas. Usually, when I've encountered a Law/Chaos system there's a general sense that "Law" is good - a positive force that builds civilization - while "Chaos" is often decadent or destructive (that's over-generalizing, but I could point to examples of this). So the question is how you fit something like Shavarath into this -- where you have both devils and celestials embodying lawful aspects of war (in contrast to the chaotic demons) but the devils embody the cruelty and tyranny that can be tied to well-ordered war, while the celestials embody war fought nobly and for just cause. Essentially, the devil explicitly embodies lawful EVIL, while the archon is lawful GOOD. If you drop good and evil from the equation, are you OK with the idea that both of these are spirits of law?

Serpen Thrope
>>13821144

Not sure if the question is rhetorical or not but...yeah, totally. Your examples actually makes me think of the scene in Jacob's Ladder when Jacob's "chiropractor" comes and saves him from the "hospital." Watching it while knowing the twist it becomes evident that the Angel and the Demons are on the same side and working towards the same goal (which...I guess is chaos, since they want to free him). The only difference is that the demons use cruel but efficient tactics that the angel rejects.

keithbaker
>>13821144

Then it seems like you're good to go. Like I said, the only issue to me is that I feel that immortal spirits do embody ideas that are objectively "good" or "evil", even if you don't use those words in association with them. In Shavarath, Justice (archons) fights Tyranny (devils)... but both Justice and Tyranny fight Savagery (demons). Again, you can easily say that mortals don't have to commit to good or evil without much impact, it's just a question of if a binary system encompasses things like Shavarath. As long as it makes sense to you, I think you're fine.