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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 4872686" data-attributes="member: 58197">There are a zillion different ways to define the Law/Chaos axis. 90% of alignment arguments result from people using different definitions of Law/Chaos, or conflating two different definitions without realizing they're doing it. (This is probably why they more or less scrapped the entire axis for 4E.)Decide what it means to you, and it should be pretty easy to figure out how it affects your RPing.Maybe you see Law and Chaos as being about the needs of the community versus the rights of the individual. In this case, there is no reason a Chaotic character would be impulsive or hotheaded, but such a character would probably be a bit of a loner, somewhat eccentric, and have a dislike of authority.On the other hand, maybe you see Law as being about personal discipline and focus while Chaos is about spontaneity and flexibility. In this case, the Chaotic character might be quite happy as part of a large community, and won't necessarily object to the community's rules. S/he wouldn't be very good at following those rules, but more out of lack of discipline than any principled stance.  The character would be impulsive, perhaps even reckless, and likely to succumb to temptation.Those are two examples of ways to think about Law and Chaos.  There are plenty of others, though.</blockquote>