tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829093857574761981.post4226659806241872750..comments2024-03-26T01:17:49.256+00:00Comments on Roles, Rules, and Rolls: Alignment II: Complications and ExcusesRoger G-Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08594440701279968693noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829093857574761981.post-59992622339611689622021-04-01T22:13:19.675+01:002021-04-01T22:13:19.675+01:00Your blog is infested with add-comments. Is there ...Your blog is infested with add-comments. Is there a way to block or delete them? I've seen many other blogs in a similar state.isaacbenjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00473497879119919285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829093857574761981.post-37194000647531695602021-02-02T18:39:36.201+00:002021-02-02T18:39:36.201+00:00In D&D as originally written, Alignment is def...In D&D as originally written, Alignment is definitely the first one. AD&D was originally written as the struggle of Order vs Chaos, the struggle of man against monster. You can see this in that originally alignment was just "Lawful-Neutral-Chaotic" and Lawful was basically assumed to be good, while Chaotic was assumed evil. This is because D&D drew upon myth, as well as other sources. <br /><br />It is the story of Jack the Giant Killer, St. George and the Dragon, Theseus vs the Minotaur, Gilgamesh and Enkidu vs the Bull of Heaven and so on.<br /><br />But I have to disagree with one thing you say- Story book or fairy tale morality not only holds up, but it is highly instructive, not only for children, but for adults as well. To quote Chesterton, “Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.” Yami Bakurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17266174008401745128noreply@blogger.com