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<blockquote data-quote="Trickstergod" data-source="post: 1053353" data-attributes="member: 10825"><p>Out of all the good alignments, at least, I've always been under the impression Lawful Good is the least likely to forgive. After all, out of all three good alignments, it has the strongest, most disciplined, most solid moral code, which is much easier to offend than any other alignment, paladin or not. Now, if you don't have anyone else of a good alignment in the party, or about, sure, the monk will be the most likely to forgive and forget - to a degree, being Good is about forgiveness, and hoping for the best in people. </p><p></p><p>However, the Lawful aspect of the alignment infers a general disdain for deception, for reasons exactly like what happened. After all, while the gnome may have been well meaning, it still stands that his deception got someone killed. A Neutral Good character will realize that the gnome had good intentions, and a Chaotic Good one will know that sometimes subterfuge is a necessity (particularly wherer tyranny and oppression reign), but a Lawful individual, in my opinion, has a strong sense of seeing every injustice made right in some way. Lawfulness also implies being judgmental; everything and everyone has their proper place, after all. A preponderance towards being judgmental means difficulty in being able to forgive and forget, in my opinion. Once you've shown yourself to have certain traits, and act in a certain way, you're going to keep acting like that, as it's the sort of role you fill, at least as far as I see a Lawful mindset.</p><p></p><p>As said, however, any Good type is going to be more forgiving than just about any non-Good type, so if that's the criteria, than, yeah, I'd say the monk will be quite forgiving. But in comparison to a Neutral Good character, or a Chaotic Good one, the Lawful Good monk is going to be the least likely to forgive. The gnome may not have known what was going to happen, but it still stands that he was a weasely little deceptive SOB, and until the gnome did something to indicate he's not, I'd say your average Lawful Good individual isn't just going to forgive and forget. Not until the gnome proves himself worthy of forgiveness.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickstergod, post: 1053353, member: 10825"] Out of all the good alignments, at least, I've always been under the impression Lawful Good is the least likely to forgive. After all, out of all three good alignments, it has the strongest, most disciplined, most solid moral code, which is much easier to offend than any other alignment, paladin or not. Now, if you don't have anyone else of a good alignment in the party, or about, sure, the monk will be the most likely to forgive and forget - to a degree, being Good is about forgiveness, and hoping for the best in people. However, the Lawful aspect of the alignment infers a general disdain for deception, for reasons exactly like what happened. After all, while the gnome may have been well meaning, it still stands that his deception got someone killed. A Neutral Good character will realize that the gnome had good intentions, and a Chaotic Good one will know that sometimes subterfuge is a necessity (particularly wherer tyranny and oppression reign), but a Lawful individual, in my opinion, has a strong sense of seeing every injustice made right in some way. Lawfulness also implies being judgmental; everything and everyone has their proper place, after all. A preponderance towards being judgmental means difficulty in being able to forgive and forget, in my opinion. Once you've shown yourself to have certain traits, and act in a certain way, you're going to keep acting like that, as it's the sort of role you fill, at least as far as I see a Lawful mindset. As said, however, any Good type is going to be more forgiving than just about any non-Good type, so if that's the criteria, than, yeah, I'd say the monk will be quite forgiving. But in comparison to a Neutral Good character, or a Chaotic Good one, the Lawful Good monk is going to be the least likely to forgive. The gnome may not have known what was going to happen, but it still stands that he was a weasely little deceptive SOB, and until the gnome did something to indicate he's not, I'd say your average Lawful Good individual isn't just going to forgive and forget. Not until the gnome proves himself worthy of forgiveness. [/QUOTE]
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