Re: [Adonthell-general] Alignment

[Kai Sterker]

On Tue, 2 Apr 2002 18:18:26 +0200 address@hidden wrote:

> As far as alignment is concerned I would suggest a simple alignment
> value, which ranges from -5 to +5. A value of -5 would indicate that
> the character is an evil villan and will be avoided by most NPCs
> (while attracting attention with the guards). On the other hand a
> value of +5 means that the character is a well regarded hero, loved by
> the people (of course such a character will not be offered certain
> items (such as stolen goods)by a merchant). 
> 
> While all characters start with a more or less neutral alignment value
> this changes throughout the game. Whenever you commit atrocities you
> loose points (until you reach -5), while helping others improves your
> alignment. 

Yes.


> Generally I think as many roleplaying issues as possible should be
> handled in game (differently from case to case), and not represented
> by statistics or numbers.

Yeah, that's true. There are m large number of factors that determine
how a certain NPC perceives the player. A single alignment value can't
represent all of them.

Kai