Quote Originally Posted by Troacctid View Post
Page 134 of the DMG has a whole subheading on changing alignment.

Cool, thanks for quoting that. It looks like those all advise the DM about how to decide when and if a PC's alignment changes.

It's even got a positive and explicit denial of player control, and confirms that the DM is in control of PC alignment changes.

So, the DMG and the PHB seem to agree about this. I like the lack of dysfunction.

If only all alignment disputes were so easily settled...


Quote Originally Posted by heavyfuel View Post
The Atonement spell says so.
Hmm, I guess that normally it's up to players to perform actions which lead to an alignment change, but an actual change happens only when and if the DM decides that it does (per the DMG and PHB).

I think that's how we can make the spell text compatible with the other related rules in the game.

Is there another compatible interpretation?