Sean Merwin

I have no ideas, but work has been busy, and you can find me on all the socials, at Sean Merwin. On some of them, I'm doing a tip of the day for TTRPG writing, so check those out on all the places. We have done a lot today. What are we going to do now?

Very exciting. Very exciting. Touching. I hope you have a great time. Thanks. I am going to be thankful I don't have to do that anymore.

Very exciting. Very exciting. Touching. I hope you have a great time. Thanks. I am going to be thankful I don't have to do that anymore.

Hello and welcome to yet another episode of Mastering Dungeons. We hope all of you role-playing game fans, players, game masters out there are looking forward to another week. I am Sean here with my friend Teos Abadie. Hey, Teos. What's the haps?

Hello and welcome to yet another episode of Mastering Dungeons. We hope all of you role-playing game fans, players, game masters out there are looking forward to another week. I am Sean here with my friend Teos Abadie. Hey, Teos. What's the haps?

I was visited by him via text saying that he was running Peril and Pinebrook for a family member's birthday. And I thought, that's awesome. Thank you for letting me know, Jameson. He is the nicest guy. So I didn't get the full Jameson Tricasso experience. You did. I'm jealous, but... I got a small taste of it. That's good.

I was visited by him via text saying that he was running Peril and Pinebrook for a family member's birthday. And I thought, that's awesome. Thank you for letting me know, Jameson. He is the nicest guy. So I didn't get the full Jameson Tricasso experience. You did. I'm jealous, but... I got a small taste of it. That's good.

Yeah, it got weird there. We like it weird. And we also like hearing from our listeners. We like hearing... uh for them via all the social medias and so we take a few questions or comments and we're gonna do so this week as well first via youtube from servant b36

Yeah, it got weird there. We like it weird. And we also like hearing from our listeners. We like hearing... uh for them via all the social medias and so we take a few questions or comments and we're gonna do so this week as well first via youtube from servant b36

asking about alignment is your dissatisfaction with alignment more about its impact on gameplay and mechanics or its simplistic portrayal of morality and character complexity should a fantasy games alignment system reflect real life nuances or is it sufficient to use it as broad archetypes as a starting point for character development because does this stem from dnd's all things to all people generic fantasy approach to rpg design

asking about alignment is your dissatisfaction with alignment more about its impact on gameplay and mechanics or its simplistic portrayal of morality and character complexity should a fantasy games alignment system reflect real life nuances or is it sufficient to use it as broad archetypes as a starting point for character development because does this stem from dnd's all things to all people generic fantasy approach to rpg design

as opposed to other games' more opinionated takes. I'm thinking of 13th Age and MCDM and other explicitly heroic role-playing games. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on better ways to describe characters apart from alignment. Now, to be clear, Teos and I, I think, differ a bit on this question. So I'm the one that is dissatisfied with alignment. And sometimes I play it up for the clicks.

as opposed to other games' more opinionated takes. I'm thinking of 13th Age and MCDM and other explicitly heroic role-playing games. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on better ways to describe characters apart from alignment. Now, to be clear, Teos and I, I think, differ a bit on this question. So I'm the one that is dissatisfied with alignment. And sometimes I play it up for the clicks.

as the kids would say. But yeah, I am dissatisfied and here's why. Alignment is a tool that has been used in D&D since there has been D&D. And for the most part, it's been a tool for role-playing purposes. There have been points where it was also mechanical, but that sort of thing has waxed and waned over the years about how mechanical we make it. So alignment mechanics are mostly gone from 5E.

as the kids would say. But yeah, I am dissatisfied and here's why. Alignment is a tool that has been used in D&D since there has been D&D. And for the most part, it's been a tool for role-playing purposes. There have been points where it was also mechanical, but that sort of thing has waxed and waned over the years about how mechanical we make it. So alignment mechanics are mostly gone from 5E.

So let's just focus on it as a role playing tool. And I was thinking about this and I read another listener on YouTube who's JoeB3688, as opposed to ServantB36. Coincidence? I don't know.

So let's just focus on it as a role playing tool. And I was thinking about this and I read another listener on YouTube who's JoeB3688, as opposed to ServantB36. Coincidence? I don't know.

Yeah. And they talk about how they use alignment. Alignment, and this is from Joe B. Alignment is just like the whole game, abstract representation. I have my players choose it. It is a role-playing tool, and a few times it may be important in the mechanics.

Yeah. And they talk about how they use alignment. Alignment, and this is from Joe B. Alignment is just like the whole game, abstract representation. I have my players choose it. It is a role-playing tool, and a few times it may be important in the mechanics.

uh quote i have chosen to be good and follow laws says the player who takes a certain alignment and then we have a conversation about what that means take the abstract we decide together what it looks like for that character using the choice as a reference it doesn't mean you can't do evil or chaotic it just tells me as a dm a guideline about what kind of choices a player will probably make