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The article states that the Law-Chaos alignment axis probably comes from D&D. While this is likely true, I think it may be useful to point out that D&D got the inspiration for this system from the stories of Poul Anderson and Michael Moorcock (from whom we also got Stormbringer, for example). Wikipedia has a discussion [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alignment_%28Dungeons_%26_Dragons%29#History here]. | The article states that the Law-Chaos alignment axis probably comes from D&D. While this is likely true, I think it may be useful to point out that D&D got the inspiration for this system from the stories of Poul Anderson and Michael Moorcock (from whom we also got Stormbringer, for example). Wikipedia has a discussion [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alignment_%28Dungeons_%26_Dragons%29#History here]. | ||
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| + | I'm not a fan of the claim that "White unicorns are slightly more common than other colors, to compensate for the fact that they don't appear in Gehennom" is be an advantage to lawful types. I don't know about you, but when I was a lawful character and encountered a white unicorn, I groaned because it meant I couldn't kill it without suffering some consequences. I wanted hostile unicorns so I could kill them and get the extremely valuable horn. [[User:Lord Seth|Lord Seth]] 07:40, 29 June 2009 (UTC) | ||
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This page says that lawful and neutral characters need to avoid shoplifting. I see two problems with this statement. Firstly, I don't think the term "shoplifting" is defined anywhere on this wiki, and clearing out a shop with the aid of a pet carries no penalty for anyone. Secondly, AFAIR the penalty for direct theft (the kind that gets the Kops after you) is 1 point of alignment if you are lawful, and I do not believe that neutrals are penalised at all. Ekaterin 09:28, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
- I changed it a little bit to make it a little clearer, and also corrected the neutral thing. --MadDawg2552 01:41, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
- Oops, I might have confused murder and stealing from shops when editing this alignment page. Various sources agree with Ekaterin that neutrals have no penalty for direct theft. Apparently neutrals have some penalty for murder. Thanks for any corrections, Kernigh 05:57, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
The article states that the Law-Chaos alignment axis probably comes from D&D. While this is likely true, I think it may be useful to point out that D&D got the inspiration for this system from the stories of Poul Anderson and Michael Moorcock (from whom we also got Stormbringer, for example). Wikipedia has a discussion here.
I'm not a fan of the claim that "White unicorns are slightly more common than other colors, to compensate for the fact that they don't appear in Gehennom" is be an advantage to lawful types. I don't know about you, but when I was a lawful character and encountered a white unicorn, I groaned because it meant I couldn't kill it without suffering some consequences. I wanted hostile unicorns so I could kill them and get the extremely valuable horn. Lord Seth 07:40, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
