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Message: <blockquote data-quote="payn" data-source="post: 9511516" data-attributes="member: 90374">Lawful can certainly be authoritarian, but doesn't have to be.There is nothing stopping a chaotic person from feeling bad about letting somebody down or not living up to something they said.A chaotic person can quit drinking for personal reasons too. Im not really seeing what is lawful specifically about this. Again, law doesnt mean a person has a code. Anybody can have a code.The idea of society. The society everyone ought to live in, even though its not the society that everyone does. Thats the rub, a person is always viewing things from the lens of their alignment and how to effect the world around them. Which is why some characters may completely avoid a place, or they may form a resistance or be a change agent in a place they live if its not ideal. Thats perfect as it gives ground for conflict and lays the seeds for adventure and stories.No. Its about their personal view of what society ought to be.Yeap, that totally tracks. Being lawful doesnt mean following every law written and enforced everywhere. It means you believe in the concept of tradition and rules based society. It doesnt necessitate that you respect every society and every law written.The good/evil track is where we get into the personal. It denotes what the character is willing to do to achieve their envisioned goals. A good person respects life and helps people, even when it slows down their own goals. They are not willing to sacrifice the well being of people to achieve goals. Evil doesnt care about the well fare of others becasue the ends justify the means. This is a selfish route that looks at expedience as a virtue. Neutral isnt compelled either way and the situation dictates the action.The real crust of the arguments folks have is thinking alignment is completely nailed down and specifically definitive. When its really philosophical on the intention end, and deliberate in the action result end. I know that can get confusing when you have mechanical impact of alignment, but the game doesn't anymore so that is somewhat alleviated.</blockquote>

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