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Forum Name: Warriors of the Outer Rim
Topic ID: 36
Message ID: 28
#28, RE: The Aha Moment
Posted by mdg1 on Dec-19-12 at 10:16 AM
In response to message #27
>I had a similar moment the other night, while playing Star Wars: the
>Old Republic.
>
>Bioware seems to have disconnected Light Side/Dark Side from
>Jedi/Sith. You can earn Light Side points as a Sith. You can earn
>Dark Side points as a Jedi. Being a Roleplaying geek, this
>immediately reminded me of the old AD&D alignment system.
>
>Jedi/Sith = Law/Chaos
>Light/Dark = Good/Evil.
>
>YMMV, but it's an interesting idea if I ever run a RPG in the Star
>Wars universe again.

Interesting thought, but I'd tweak it a bit:

Jedi/Sith: Good/Evil
Light/Dark: Chaos/Order.

After all, as Alan Dean Foster once put it "Freedom is just Chaos with better lighting."