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Message: <blockquote data-quote="phindar" data-source="post: 3299543" data-attributes="member: 37198">I'm pretty sure that isn't possible.From an Alignment perspective, D&D has always presumed a modern viewpoint.  So I can see how your GM would think that the group attacking, capturing and threatening someone with grievious bodily harm was unlawful (or more precisely, Chaotic), even though that's what Gene Hackman did in Mississippi Burning and it worked pretty well for him.  But then, as has been pointed out, a Lawful Alignment in D&D can mean almost anything.The way my group did it was my character, a bit of a loose cannon, found where Kullen and his crew were drinking after the owlbear debacle, threw the arm on the table and said, "Looks like you guys are short a good swordarm."  I thought since they were mercenary scum it would help ingratiate me to them, I didn't know he was their blood-brother or something, so we killed a couple, captured a couple, bribed the local guards, interrogated the survivors, and went about our merry way.And yeah, Diamond Lake was a cesspool, but I loved it.  The game fizzled as soon as we left.  Who wouldn't want to adventure in Deadwood? I'd still be willing to go back to that town and play those characters again, but I'm not really interested in seeing the rest of the path.</blockquote>