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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Traditional Games > If there were a 3rd alignment axis...
 
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Oct 2, 2005

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Fuego Fish posted:

The Competent-Mediocre-Incompetent axis, denoting how good you are at actually acting like your alignment.

"Why are you stabbing orphans? You're supposed to be Lawful Good, aren't you?"

"Incompetent Lawful Good."

"Ah, carry on."

This allows people to access alignment-restrictive classes and feats without feeling constrained by their inability to five minutes without trying to stab a teammate.

I love this. It separates the "my dude is a superhero" types from those of us who prefer a more slapstick approach. (though I might word it talented/competent/useless). So a useless lawful good character is essentially Inspector Clueso. And useless chaotic evil is more of a Dr. Evil type. A competent good character might be a rookie cop, or an old, jaded (but tired) one.

A talented character is much more like the standard RPG player character. Great and powerful heroes, with no foibles.

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