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Summary: Aligment as faction, ideal, or measure.
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< # alignment as faction -- one faction honors the gods and civilization, the other wants to destroy and possibly remake the world. This is what [http://jrients.blogspot.com/2008/07/jeffs-threefold-apocalyptic-alignment.html Jeff's Threefold Apocalyptic Alignment System] is all about.
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> # alignment as faction -- one faction honors the gods and civilization, the other wants to destroy and possibly remake the world. On what side are you on? This is what [http://jrients.blogspot.com/2008/07/jeffs-threefold-apocalyptic-alignment.html Jeff's Threefold Apocalyptic Alignment System] is all about.
I read a German post on alignment – Gesinnung — Ja, welche denn and liked his approach. He basically postulates three different interpretations:
Up to now I started new campaigns by explaining that I wanted to avoid the discussion of ethics and get on with the game. I’ve also started asking my players Jeff’s question: The end of the world has come – Thor fights the Fenrir wolf! Do you take sides or do you grab the gold and run? It has worked just fine until now, but I see that my players still slip into the other categories – specially if we have paladins in the party. Perhaps I should preface this by alignment by the three categories mentioned above and make it even more explicit.
Also note James Maliszewski’s The Changing Meaning of "Alignment" in OD&D blog post.
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