[Talan Va'lash]

"Must be Lawful Good or Lawful Neutral." - From Pranzis Army Officer Corps description


I'm wondering if its appropriate to limit those who can try to join an IC group by alignment. Class alignment resirictions are more of an OOC "this class would create or require this alignement character."

However, if an NG or CG character or even LE walks into the pranzis army headquarters and asks to join, since there is no IC way to determine an alignment built into this setting (no detect alignment spells barring paladin detect evil), how would they be rejected IC? There could be an application or interviews that try to get at such issues, but the character could lie, or answer the questions according to how they see themselves (which is not necessarily accurate.)

A CG character might change after seeing the positive influence of discipline and rules, or they might chaff under the restrictions and rebel eventually failing. Or they might find ways to work within the group that suit them. Or they may just prove so usefull to the armys agenda that some of their indiscretions can be overlooked.

Anyway, I was just reading over it and thinking that any such IC requirement should be based on something that can be quantified IC.

-TV