Bob World Builder | How GYGAX Ruined Alignment @BobWorldBuilder | Uploaded October 2021 | Updated October 2024, 11 hours ago.
Alignment in Dungeons & Dragons is probably more Evil than Good for the game. But is it all Gary Gygax's fault... or ours too? ⏬ More below! ⏬

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00:00 Gygax's 2005 forum posts are confusing
00:57 dnd alignment's original purpose
02:24 the flaw in Gygax's design
04:19 how modern players made alignment worse
05:33 my (flawed) take on dnd alignment

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