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<blockquote data-quote="pennywiz" data-source="post: 169784" data-attributes="member: 1488">You must have a different D&amp;D 3E PHB than I have because mine doesn't have any of that in it.&nbsp; In fact, there is a quote from the PHB that says, &quot;A lawful good character may have a greedy streak, occaisionally tempting him to take something or hoard something he has even if that is not the lawful good thing to do.&quot;&nbsp; It might be true that your perception of alignment requires those strictures, or it may be an assumption you have made, but in the PHB it says differently.&nbsp; &quot;Alignment is a tool for developing your character's identity.&nbsp; It is not a straightjacket for restricting your character.&quot;&nbsp; Forcing &quot;Absolutism&quot; into that jacket isn't in the rules as they were written for 3E.&nbsp; There are extremes, but extremes are not the norm nor even the majority.heh Maybe, I have but I'm just going by the rules and not trying to foist my own personal slant on them.&quot;Most&quot; does not equal &quot;All&quot;Not sure what you mean by &quot;pure&quot; but just because &quot;some&quot; LG characters show those traits, not all &quot;must&quot; have those traits.&nbsp; To quote the SRD again On the downside, lawfulness can include close-mindedness, reactionary adherence to tradition, and a lack of adaptability.&quot;&nbsp; The operative word being &quot;can&quot; include not &quot;must&quot; include.I agree that the application of the skills is the point to consider in this case, but all of the skills are available no matter what alignment is chosen.&nbsp; How they are applied is handled by the DM when deciding whether a character's alignment changes during the course of the game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pennywiz, post: 169784, member: 1488"] You must have a different D&D 3E PHB than I have because mine doesn't have any of that in it. In fact, there is a quote from the PHB that says, "A lawful good character may have a greedy streak, occaisionally tempting him to take something or hoard something he has even if that is not the lawful good thing to do." It might be true that your perception of alignment requires those strictures, or it may be an assumption you have made, but in the PHB it says differently. "Alignment is a tool for developing your character's identity. It is not a straightjacket for restricting your character." Forcing "Absolutism" into that jacket isn't in the rules as they were written for 3E. There are extremes, but extremes are not the norm nor even the majority. heh Maybe, I have but I'm just going by the rules and not trying to foist my own personal slant on them. "Most" does not equal "All" Not sure what you mean by "pure" but just because "some" LG characters show those traits, not all "must" have those traits. To quote the SRD again [i]On the downside, lawfulness can include close-mindedness, reactionary adherence to tradition, and a lack of adaptability."[/i] The operative word being "can" include not "must" include. I agree that the application of the skills is the point to consider in this case, but all of the skills are available no matter what alignment is chosen. How they are applied is handled by the DM when deciding whether a character's alignment changes during the course of the game. [/QUOTE]

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