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I love traditional alignment, buuuuut this is pretty awesome.

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[–] jnarical@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's the point to have "Ideals" next to "Alignment"? Are they mechanically different?

[–] PortManTeau@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

5e has alignment, but there aren't actually any rules that depend on your alignment. I think they threw it in because it's D&D and you're supposed to have it?

[–] SolOrion@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that's my guess as well. It was definitely a bigger deal in previous editions, so I figure they just didn't want to entirely scrap what was previously a very core mechanic even if it's now very much less important.