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<blockquote data-quote="Al'Kelhar" data-source="post: 3299244" data-attributes="member: 7884"><p>I think you and your DM need to discuss his game expectations of the "lawful" alignment.</p><p></p><p>There is no necessary relationship between the laws of the land and the behavioural tropes represented by the D&D-style alignment system.</p><p></p><p>If your DM's view of D&D alignment is that a lawful character adheres to the law of the land, as a player playing a lawful character you need to know what the law of the land is. If your DM takes that view, at the very least, he should tell you what the law of the land says about your character's proposed actions. It that law prohibits the behaviour exhibited by your character, then as a matter of logic, your character is not acting according to his alignment.</p><p></p><p>I personally find this more than a little restrictive and wholly unrealistic, but if that's your DM's take, you can live with it, try to appeal to his reason, or get a new DM.</p><p></p><p>I doubt the church of Wee Jas - which is strictly lawful in ethical outlook - would have any problems with using the evidence you gathered to try and convict a grave-robber. So does the church of Wee Jas abide by the laws of the land, or are common law and ecclesiastical law separate in this world?</p><p></p><p>Lanod Neff might seek to apply local laws, or rather his version of local laws, to your group for messing with his "fixers" in town, but this hasn't got anything to do with your character not behaving in accordance with the lawful alignment - and everything to do with you annoying Lanod Neff.</p><p></p><p>As an aside, I find that applying legal principles and philosophies developed by Western scholars in the last two centuries to the legal structures which might realistically be in place in an archetypal D&D fantasy setting is pointless. (I'm also a lawyer).</p><p></p><p>Cheers, Al'Kelhar</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Al'Kelhar, post: 3299244, member: 7884"] I think you and your DM need to discuss his game expectations of the "lawful" alignment. There is no necessary relationship between the laws of the land and the behavioural tropes represented by the D&D-style alignment system. If your DM's view of D&D alignment is that a lawful character adheres to the law of the land, as a player playing a lawful character you need to know what the law of the land is. If your DM takes that view, at the very least, he should tell you what the law of the land says about your character's proposed actions. It that law prohibits the behaviour exhibited by your character, then as a matter of logic, your character is not acting according to his alignment. I personally find this more than a little restrictive and wholly unrealistic, but if that's your DM's take, you can live with it, try to appeal to his reason, or get a new DM. I doubt the church of Wee Jas - which is strictly lawful in ethical outlook - would have any problems with using the evidence you gathered to try and convict a grave-robber. So does the church of Wee Jas abide by the laws of the land, or are common law and ecclesiastical law separate in this world? Lanod Neff might seek to apply local laws, or rather his version of local laws, to your group for messing with his "fixers" in town, but this hasn't got anything to do with your character not behaving in accordance with the lawful alignment - and everything to do with you annoying Lanod Neff. As an aside, I find that applying legal principles and philosophies developed by Western scholars in the last two centuries to the legal structures which might realistically be in place in an archetypal D&D fantasy setting is pointless. (I'm also a lawyer). Cheers, Al'Kelhar [/QUOTE]
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