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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ThirdWizard" data-source="post: 2362867" data-attributes="member: 12037">Lawful means that the way the character acts has either a formality or regularity behind it that is important unto itself to the character, and following these rules that the character believes in is as important as the reasons behind the rules. Generally. Also, they tend to believe that rules are important the good of a group (not that they have to follow "the law" but that "the law" is something that helps society) and that a group is more important than the individuals who make up that group. Contrary, a Chaotic character is one who might have an honor system they follow, but it will be based on the result that it is supposed to create (a Lawful character has rules because rules are important, a Chaotic character follows rules because of what the rules bring about). They also believe that the individual and the individual's choice should not be made for them by a group. Nor is the group more "right" or more important than any individual that makes up that group. Laws arn't as important to the Chaotic character in and of themselves. A Chaotic character would think of (true) Anarchist "government" or Communist Utopias as the best forms of government.Those are in a nutshell. You'll find individuals break those confines, but for the most part, that is what I think of when I think of Lawful versus Chaotic.</blockquote>