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== Rule Changes ==

'''Terminology:''' The names of alignments, and of stuff named after alignments, are replaced as follows: ‘Alignment’ becomes ‘Modetenor’; ‘Law and ‘Lawful’ become ‘Past’, ‘Neutral’ (with respect to Law/Chaos) becomes ‘Present’, ‘Chaos’ and ‘Chaotic’ become ‘Future’; ‘Good’ becomes ‘Beginning’, ‘Neutral’ (with respect to Good/Evil) becomes ‘Middle’, and ‘Evil’ becomes ‘Ending’. Use the initial letter for the two-digit abbreviations, with the exception of ‘Present’ which is abbreviated ‘R’. (So ‘Past Beginning’ would be abbreviated ‘PB’, while ‘Present Middle’ would be abbreviated ‘RM’.

The words are different because what they refer to is different. Modetenor is not a measure of morals, ethics, or hostility, but rather of the character’s attunement (or lack of attunement) to certain energy forces. Attunement to these forces affects which character classes are available, various cleric abilities, spell and magic item affects and the effects of certain planar traits’

'''Modetenor Behavior:''' All creatures, including all player characters, are, regardless of actual behavior, considered to be behaving in perfect accord with every modetenor. Note, however, that particularly old fashioned &/or out-of-touch outsiders may be offended, or even outraged, when observing behavior they consider inappropriate.

'''Modetenor Change:''' Modetenor can be changed as follows (and not in any other manner):

::::::1.  By such powerful magic as atonement or the helm of opposite modetenor.
::::::2.  Upon gaining a level, a character may change modetenor one step. This takes place before class selection.
::::::3.  If a large amount of time has passed since the last time the character has changed modetenor by any means, the character may change modetenor one step, possibly with restrictions. To determine this, check the modetenor line of the appropriate monster stat block: 
:::::::::::: * If the modetenor the character is changing to is the one in the stat block (or one of them, if the stat block indicates a range), at least one year must have passed.
:::::::::::: * Other wise, the amount of time depends on the broadness indicator, two years if Often, three years if Usually, four years if Always.
:::::::::::: * Humans can always change modetenor one step if at least one year has passed.
Author	Ideasmith +
Identifier	3.5e Variant Rule +
Rated By	Ghostwheel +, Spanambula +, Sulacu + and Qwertyu63 +
Rating	Rated 0 / 4 +
Summary	A system for dealing with stuff that would be ‘orphaned’ by dropping alignment. +
Title	Alignment Without Alignment +