RE: (TFT) Personality Facets

[Todd Archer <todda39@hotmail.com>]

But those listed in on pg. 7 aren't alignments: they're personality traits, something very different from the idea of alignment as described in OD&D/AD&D.

Personality traits are far more specific than alignments when it comes to PCs' actions, which might cause trouble if someone rolls a "negative" personality trait eg cowardly (or even a positive one eg if you're "Very Brave", you should be the one ready to hold your ground against the Big Monster, buying time while the rest of the party retreats).  Aside from the oddness of rolling for a personality to begin with (why do this when a PC wants to play his PC a certain way?), it's too restrictive.

Alignments in OD&D/AD&D are general enough that the PC has ample room inside them to play the alignment a certain way (and they can move about somewhat as well, which is quite realistic), so you can have a cowardly lawful good (prefers working in a group for a common weal but folds often when physically threatened) or a brave chaotic evil (prefers working by himself to get what he wants to do done without flinching).

Todd
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> From: Maou_Tsaou@charter.net
> To: tft@brainiac.com
> Subject: (TFT) Personality Facets
> Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:42:03 -0700
>
> I constantly forget pg. #7 of ITL... quite frankly I simply don't use it.
> For 'Players' anyway...
>
> IMHO
>
> Concepts of "alignment" are better applied to "socieities" or "cultures"
> rather than individuals.
> Individual reactions are more infulenced by the alignment of their culture.
>
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