<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] Alignment --> <!--X-From-R13: Oqnz Ivttvaf <avtugsnyyNhfre1.vasvpnq.pbz> --> <!--X-Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 02:09:38 +0000 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 199708260208.TAA25332#user1,inficad.com --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 3.0.2.32.19970824200536.00869e90#mail,tenetwork.com --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, Re: [MUD-Dev] Alignment</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:nightfall#user1,inficad.com"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00727.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00729.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00717.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00734.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00728">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00728">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00728">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] Alignment</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#null,net">mud-dev#null,net</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Alignment</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Adam Wiggins <<A HREF="mailto:nightfall#user1,inficad.com">nightfall#user1,inficad.com</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 19:08:57 -0700 (MST)</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:nightfall#inficad,com">nightfall#inficad,com</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> [Jeff K:] > The one thing alignment DOES do in the AD&D system is serve as a rather > brute force balancing agent. If you are going to allow evil PCs (as our > OLRPG does) then alignment becomes an issue because the strongest character > types in the game are NOT evil types. I consider this necessary to keep > the world from disintegrating as well as to overcome the basic advantage > ruthlessness has... Hmmm. What basic advantage does ruthlessness have? In my experience behaving in a basically 'evil' manner tends to accumulate you many enemies and no friends, while being 'good' gets you the opposite. It seems to me that this gives someone who is 'good' (== makes lots of friends) a severe advantage, since he/she always has strength of numbers and friends to help him/her out? </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <ul compact><li><strong>Follow-Ups</strong>: <ul> <li><strong><A NAME="00813" HREF="msg00813.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Alignment</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> clawrenc#cup,hp.com</li></ul> <li><strong><A NAME="00734" HREF="msg00734.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Alignment</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> Jeff Kesselman <jeffk#tenetwork,com></li></ul> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00717" HREF="msg00717.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Alignment</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Jeff Kesselman <jeffk#tenetwork,com></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00727.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Alignment</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00729.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Character evolution</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00717.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Alignment</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00734.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Alignment</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00728"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00728"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><STRONG>Re: [MUD-Dev] Alignment</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00723" HREF="msg00723.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Alignment</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Tue 26 Aug 1997, 00:04 GMT </LI> </ul> </ul> <LI><strong><A NAME="00714" HREF="msg00714.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Alignment</A></strong>, Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Mon 25 Aug 1997, 02:18 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00716" HREF="msg00716.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Alignment</A></strong>, Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Mon 25 Aug 1997, 02:51 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00717" HREF="msg00717.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Alignment</A></strong>, Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Mon 25 Aug 1997, 03:04 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00728" HREF="msg00728.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Alignment</A></strong>, Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#user1,inficad.com">nightfall#user1,inficad.com</a>, Tue 26 Aug 1997, 02:09 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="00734" HREF="msg00734.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Alignment</A></strong>, Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Tue 26 Aug 1997, 05:24 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00813" HREF="msg00813.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Alignment</A></strong>, clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Thu 28 Aug 1997, 20:36 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="00816" HREF="msg00816.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Alignment</A></strong>, Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Thu 28 Aug 1997, 21:48 GMT </LI> </LI> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00718" HREF="msg00718.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Alignment</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Mon 25 Aug 1997, 06:41 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> </ul> </ul> </ul> </ul> </ul> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>