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    9 months ago

    A “theological” definition doesn’t really work in a world where there are actual gods and some of them actively want to cause suffering. The theology of D&D (and most other fantasy settings) is not the theology of Earth Christianity of the 21st century.

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      9 months ago

      Of course. But at the same time alignment is under the domain of gods and it’s part of the cosmological structure itself. I wouldn’t think one can simply declare to be outside the purview of morality.

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        9 months ago

        Of course it isn’t out of the purview of morality. It is morality. Alignment is just a simplified way of stating the morals and ethics of a character without going into detail. I’m just saying the theology we have in our world is not the theology of D&D. Evil is not necessarily describing the same thing it may in our world.

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      9 months ago

      Theology isn’t limited to Christianity. But hey, if you like your villains cartoony, go with the dualism!