Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - General Which is the better Sword? (A Discussion)

I agree that alignment locking is not the usual for D&D. You don't really want to do that too much because you want players to be able to use the weapons they find.

However, you don't specifically call out that a weapon belongs to a particular god and then not restrict certain people from using it. For example, you would not let Shadowheart use a weapon blessed by Selune because she is a cleric of Shar, Selune's mortal enemy.

I could see Everburn not being alignment locked. Maybe Zalk acquired it from somewhere and it isn't a devil sword. However, The Sword of Justice should be locked so that certain types of people aren't able to use a weapon that is specifically Tyr's - King of Good Gods. Someone like Astarion should likely not be able to use it even if they had the proficiency.

This is part of the reason I want the alignment system implemented. It just doesn't make sense to allow someone of a good alignment to be using something from an evil alignment or vice versa.