I love traditional alignment, buuuuut this is pretty awesome.
Alternatively, “I got halfway through making a meme and decided I didn’t want to argue with people over the pictures I selected for each option.” XD
…This is just the alignment grid with the names changed.
this is really awesome, never seen anything like this and love how this relates to the traditional alignment but is it’s own separate thing!
If there was an axis, what would it be here??
It’s pretty standard thing in systems other than dnd, called “drives” or “motivation”. There are plenty of them, not only nine. And there’s no need for axis, and no need for names like “path or some shit” too.
dnd has what you’re talking about? Personality Traits, Ideals, Bonds, and Flaws.
What’s the point to have “Ideals” next to “Alignment”? Are they mechanically different?
Ok, as I’ve mostly play Dungeon World and hacks recently…
DW: Unlimited Edition: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pv6kVVJhbJi1vr8hVeWh1NqrDQJKgY1B/view
Homebrew World: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oLQ6QUT9LgOZuzoB_YqUaCjfPGYEOlud/view
Not the best example cause DW tries to mimic D&D to some extent, using words like “Alignment”, “Good”, “Lawful” etc but I’ll leave it here too, just for comparison…Dungeon World: https://dungeon-world.com/downloads/Dungeon_World_Play_Sheets.pdf
As you can see, this kind of alignment has two parts, (kinda) vague name and very specific description, which tells what character should do to gain XP. But sure you’ll gain XP for doing something that fits well with “vague” name.
Interesting, thanks for sharing. As for an axis, I like aligning things on a spectrum and thinking about how decisions take you down different spectrums.
I understand that’s just a label but understanding the relationship between the motivations is an interesting part of character development to me
Seems like it’s good/evil up to down, law/chaos left to right, but working to ditch the baggage of the terms. I like it.
I like this alternative alignment idea too! I feel like Path of Liberty suits me out of all these. As that would be a character archetype which appeals most in roleplaying situations.
