Meanlucario 
Time to get spooky
I figured with how popular D&D is, why not make a thread around it. Why not add a poll asking for the best version.
Dungeons and Dragons
Poll results: Best Edition? This includes stuff like 3.5 for 3e and 2nd Advanced for 2e and the like.
5e
41.67% 5 votes
3e
33.33% 4 votes
1e
16.67% 2 votes
2e
8.33% 1 vote
4e
0.00% 0 votes
Poll ended with 12 votes.
Background Pony #0F8E
Could this also be a thread to find other DMs/players?
Meanlucario
Time to get spooky
Unpopular Opinion: Alignments in D&D aren’t a bad thing. The problem is that players and DMs seem to think that characters need to be the stereotype for each alignment and that just one action that isn’t 100% aligned to it means you are no longer of that alignment. It’s like saying that 3.5 bards and barbarians aren’t allowed to follow the law because they have to be chaotic.
DerpyFast 
@Meanlucario
This. For alignment to work, the following needs to be accepted:
This. For alignment to work, the following needs to be accepted:
- Characters can take actions outside of their alignment
- Actions speak louder than words. A “Lawful” character can commit non-lawful acts, but only under extraordinary circumstances. If they readily commit non-lawful acts, they’re probably not Lawful.
- Alignment is only useful in the context of a story. The stereotypical “loose cannon cop” is Chaotic Good. Their good alignment is what drives them to join the force in the first place. However, their chaotic alignment is what ultimately leads to the “I need your gun and your badge” scene, and to them taking matters into their own hands. Either they get re-hired as “the loose cannon that gets results”, which validates the Chaotic Good alignment. Or, they realize that their true calling is being a private investigator.
- If you try to apply alignment outside the context of a story, you run into the problem that any meaningful insight alignment coult provide is lost in the haze of day-to-day life:
- Often times, a character only has their alignment because of plot armour. Dr. House is Chaotic Good, but only because he ends up being right most of the time. In a more realistic story, he would be Chaotic Neutral, and lose his medical license.
Meanlucario
Time to get spooky
Lolth’s 1e design:
@DerpyFast
I think it can apply outside of the story, but to a much lesser degree. LG people would try to do LG actions if it doesn’t take away too much from them, and the same with the other alignments.
I think it can apply outside of the story, but to a much lesser degree. LG people would try to do LG actions if it doesn’t take away too much from them, and the same with the other alignments.
On a similar not, I don’t see creatures being born with an alignment is a bad thing. Devils are born LE, demons CE, archons are LG, and so on. That never prevented them from changing, though. Erinyes are angels who decided to become devils, and succubi were angelic messengers of love until they decided to join Asmodeus while he pretended to be an angel and convinced them that rebelling was the only way to spread their messages of love further than they were allowed (and even as succubi, they can return to being the messengers of the gods after repenting in full, though they keep their succubi appearance). Even than, they have a demon prince of the succubi named Malcanthet, so they aren’t even limited to being lawful.
Background Pony #6ABB
I’m PRETTY sure my dad was into DnD in college, but I couldn’t really ask him directly.
Background Pony #6ABB
The reason I couldn’t ask him is because he ditched our family 14 years ago.
Background Pony #6ABB
Wasn’t there a DnD cartoon?
Meanlucario
Time to get spooky
@Background Pony #6ABB
Yep. I even learn this year that it had Tiamat in the intro (the dragon god of evil dragons).
Yep. I even learn this year that it had Tiamat in the intro (the dragon god of evil dragons).
Background Pony #6ABB
There was a DnD parody in Gravity Falls.
BadgingBadger
💪😎🤜 S🔥W🔥A🔥G 🤛😂👍
25 weird strats you can pull off if your DM is drunk enough to accept them
The Peasant Railgun and Horse Mount-Dismount Railway are my favorites…
The Peasant Railgun and Horse Mount-Dismount Railway are my favorites…
Background Pony #7E69
Any good DnD sessions on Youtube to watch? I want to see how DnD is played.
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