Re: Alignment Issues
I've always felt that it's the item, not the believes of the character that causes the damage. No differentthan a dragon slaying sword or a sword doing double damage vs reptiles.
The alighnment itself governs how a character interacts with the world around them. If they would stop a fight or start one. Kill someone for looking at them worng, help a blind person. That's the characters outlook on live, not physical. Read any write up on alighnment you care to and its only talking about an outlook on life, it seems to me.
This actually make alighnment even better in the Hero System. One character could worry about it where another doesn't, in D&D your stuck with it.