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<blockquote data-quote="haakon1" data-source="post: 3137795" data-attributes="member: 25619">Very cool.But are we talking Vault of the Drow, or Rel Astra (LE city-state amid the chaos of the fallen Great Kingdom in Greyhawk)/the City-State of the Invincable Overlord (pretty similar to Rel Astra but in a different setting)?I think we're talking something more like the Vault of the Drow -- totalitarian (e.g., Stalinist, Nazi, or Taliban) evil that won't allow any other opinions -- rather than Rel Astra -- authoritarian (e.g., 1970s Latin America or current day &quot;Communist&quot; China) evil that doesn't much care what you think as long as you don't openly resist.In a totalitarian situation as described, I think the &quot;lawful good isn't lawful stupid&quot; principle comes to the fore.&nbsp; But even totalitarian regimes have resistance movements . . . and while the paladin is unlikely to luck out and find the White Rose or Red Orchestra in charge of the city-gate interrogation, the DM might well let the paladin meet them in the overlord's dungeons, and escape, conveniently under the home of the man whose walls are otherwise impenetrable.&nbsp; Bwahahaha!&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":]" title="Devious&nbsp; &nbsp; :]" data-shortname=":]" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="haakon1, post: 3137795, member: 25619"] Very cool. But are we talking Vault of the Drow, or Rel Astra (LE city-state amid the chaos of the fallen Great Kingdom in Greyhawk)/the City-State of the Invincable Overlord (pretty similar to Rel Astra but in a different setting)? I think we're talking something more like the Vault of the Drow -- totalitarian (e.g., Stalinist, Nazi, or Taliban) evil that won't allow any other opinions -- rather than Rel Astra -- authoritarian (e.g., 1970s Latin America or current day "Communist" China) evil that doesn't much care what you think as long as you don't openly resist. In a totalitarian situation as described, I think the "lawful good isn't lawful stupid" principle comes to the fore. But even totalitarian regimes have resistance movements . . . and while the paladin is unlikely to luck out and find the White Rose or Red Orchestra in charge of the city-gate interrogation, the DM might well let the paladin meet them in the overlord's dungeons, and escape, conveniently under the home of the man whose walls are otherwise impenetrable. Bwahahaha! :] [/QUOTE]

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