Quick Question
How long would it take, for a Paladin trying to redeem a monstrous child, to have it change its alignment in average?
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2 or 3 rounds of combat - one to grapple it, the rest to put Helm of Opposite Alignment on
>>43973310
okay smartass.
Now lets do it without a magical mind rape.
How long?
>>43973268
depends if the alignment component you want to change is part of the child's nature or if its nurtured.
>>43973268
What's the child's species?
A Displacer Beast cub probably isn't going to change its alignment at all thanks to the eldritch nature of its existence, but an Owlbear Cub would.
>>43973436
The speed of mundane mindrape depends on way too many factors to give any reliable estimate - eyeballing it 6 to 9 months,
>>43973557
>>43973595
>>43973606
Alright. Thanks for the answers. Six to Nine months per alignment jump sounds good to me.
There are rules for this in the Book of Exalted Deeds splat. Check it out some time.
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>>43974082
This is the page that comes next. It doesn't have anything to do with the thread, but it's a bitching picture of a sick-ass beholder.
>>43973268
If you want a vaguely scientific answer try and figure out what the animals intelligence is similar too IRL. Animals similar to corvids, and mammals might be able to learn to change. Where as most others would be unable to change.
>>43973268
>et tu, ginsu?
>>43973268
Holy shit that knife set is perfect.
What I'm gonna basically do is split each alignment jump into three.
For example, the child is chaotic evil by nurture. After 3 months, depending on how good the parenting was, the child's alignment will remain chaotic evil, but as "leaning neutral".
Next three month, the child may change to "Chaotic Neutral leaning evil", then "Chaotic Neutral", and so on.
It'll be harder to teach her past chaotic neutral, or neutral evil, or true neutral due to her nature, but changing slowly via nurture should be doable.
>>43973957
>using the book of exalted deeds for anything
Literally the worst officially printed D&D book.
Nothing in it should ever be treated with anything except scorn and ridicule.
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>>43974114
Well it did have a pretty snazzy beholder picture.
