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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Malhost Zormaeril" data-source="post: 3750051" data-attributes="member: 49669">I don't know; I will reserve my opinion on the girl, but what I really think is, you're missing the point.  It doesn't take the disrespect of one law (or one specific law) to turn you from Lawful to Chaotic.  What matters is, do you believe you're better off with or without laws?  Or better, Is it better to have organisation or to let things happen at their own pace?  If you're Lawful, you'll naturally want to follow laws, or set them up.  You'll try to cooperate with others to achieve your goals (be they fair or foul) and try to set up an environment where everyone can know what is expected of them.On the other hand, if you're Chaotic, you have little use for strictures; everyone has tugged along at their own pace, and somehow, they've found an equilibrium.  You thrive off that equilibrium, pursuing your own goals (be they fair or foul) without much heed as to what others expect of you.So it was the same with Devils and Demons:  Devils/Baatezu feel the need to work within a defined structure, and subvert it to their own baleful needs.  Thus, they are deceivers and slanderers, but they try to work from within mortal society.  Demons/Tanar'ri have little need for this -- they are rapers and destroyers, and will bring to ruin all that is good and fair by fire and steel, if need be; in fact, they much prefer that method!Of course, even if alignment is de-emphasized, the ghosts of those ancestral roles still remain.  Because, in the end, they're still very interesting archetypes for villains the heroes can be set against.</blockquote>

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