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The overlap between Sycophant and other alignments, and between alignments in general, is a good thing. It means there aren’t arbitrary lines with one alignment on each side, with the resulting wasteful; arguments about where the silly line is and who is on which side of it. -- Ideasmith
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|rating=dislikeoppose|reason=<s>Alignment is like politics: some people don't care, and some people have Strong Views. Or you could say Alignment is like religion: it's not bad in and of itself but it's prone to a lot of misinterpretation which can lead to lots of arguments.I'm of the camp that says it's not broken and doesn't need fixing, just maybe some clarification for those who struggle with it. Naturally therefore, I find myself in agreement with both Leziad and Eiji-kun's comments and critiques. You could call these a bunch of things, Archetypes, Motivations, Dominant Characteristics, but none of these really function the way alignment does, and as such isn't a good replacement for it. Like Eiji said, a reader can see what you're trying to do, it just doesn't work.</s>|block=NewVersionFor The New Version: Wow. Okay the old version may have been weird and clunky, but this just flat out makes no sense. The terminology needs to be adequately explained. Energy Attunement is never addressed in any kind of way, either mechanically or flavor-wise, as to what it is, how it affects anything, or how you attune or un-attune to it. There's no reason given for the alignment-replacing name structure, nor any explanation of what those things are, only of what they aren't. This isn't Alignment Without Alignment, this is Word Salad That Doesn't Explain Anything. Fix these issues and I will revisit my rating.
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I do not see than any of these fit my alignments better than the term alignment. Nor do I see that it matters what term would be used if I was being as precisely correct as possible. They are called alignments because they interact with rules written for the alignment system and it’s a familiar term. They are not intended to “function the way alignment does”. In fact, they are intended not to do so. I have not seen alignments perform any useful function. -- Ideasmith
