DougL <lampert.d...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>Characters in my game don't even know their own alignment, and I see
>>NOTHING in the rules that indicates they should know their own
>>alignment.
>You have to cut an awful lot of spells and abilities to keep characters
>from eventually knowing their own alignments.
98% or so of the Population can't cast spells and don't have those
abilities. Not relevant to most characters.
Note that you snipped the preceeding sentance which specifically
mentioned the ability to find out and referenced those very abilities.
There is a difference between "characters in my game know X" or
"characters in my game don't know X" and "characters in my game can
figure out X" and "characters in may game can't figure out X". You are
conflating statements 2 and 4, and they are VERY different things.
"Characters in my game know X" should IMAO mean it is common standard
knowledge that any routine level 1 commoner would be EXPECTED to have.
Characters don't know X is the negation of that statement, and IMAO the
specific reference to powers allowing some to find out being rare makes
it clear that this ISN'T a blanket prohibition on all characters but
simply a statement about general knowledge.
You don't know unless you specifically investigate or are frequently
entering forbiddances or playing with aligned swords or doing something
else of the sort which 99.9% of all characters in the gameworld NEVER
DO.
DougL
