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<blockquote data-quote="molonel" data-source="post: 1063030" data-attributes="member: 10412"><p>I grow tired of "Lawful Good as straight-jacket" opinions. I understand the disagreement was friendly, but one of the reasons I never play Lawful Good is because I get tired of being bent over a barrel and told how I am supposed to roleplay. If I'm a Paladin, fine, but even then: is it _really_ necessary to put Paladins in moral quandries all the time?</p><p></p><p>The monk need not either forgive, or forget. The gnome was unwitting - he says - but culpable. His actions are his own, and his choices are his own responsibility. That is the lawful approach. Lawful good is both lawful and good. The gnome was an accomplice to murder. Someone who is Neutral Good, perhaps, might tend to think more in terms of, "Well, he didn't _mean_ to hurt anyone." But that is because such a person is more concerned with goodness than with order. A Lawful Good person is concerned with both. "I'm sorry" just doesn't change the fact that someone was murdered, and those who might have helped her were prevented by the gnome.</p><p></p><p>A DM should remind a player who constantly plays out of character or alignment. But insisting that a character should react in such-and-such a way smacks a bit of DM micromanagement.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="molonel, post: 1063030, member: 10412"] I grow tired of "Lawful Good as straight-jacket" opinions. I understand the disagreement was friendly, but one of the reasons I never play Lawful Good is because I get tired of being bent over a barrel and told how I am supposed to roleplay. If I'm a Paladin, fine, but even then: is it _really_ necessary to put Paladins in moral quandries all the time? The monk need not either forgive, or forget. The gnome was unwitting - he says - but culpable. His actions are his own, and his choices are his own responsibility. That is the lawful approach. Lawful good is both lawful and good. The gnome was an accomplice to murder. Someone who is Neutral Good, perhaps, might tend to think more in terms of, "Well, he didn't _mean_ to hurt anyone." But that is because such a person is more concerned with goodness than with order. A Lawful Good person is concerned with both. "I'm sorry" just doesn't change the fact that someone was murdered, and those who might have helped her were prevented by the gnome. A DM should remind a player who constantly plays out of character or alignment. But insisting that a character should react in such-and-such a way smacks a bit of DM micromanagement. [/QUOTE]
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