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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John Morrow" data-source="post: 1922081" data-attributes="member: 27012">Don't forget those Undetectable Alignment spells, then.In the Evil parts of my setting, they don't necessarily arrest Good characters on sight, so long as they aren't causing any trouble.  They can be useful so long as they stay in line and don't try to foment rebellion against the order of things.  They don't simply arrest Chaotics for being Chaotic, either.  It's more sadistic to watch them try to follow a byzantine code of laws because they'll just eventually fail, anyway.  I personally suggest simply making the law enforcement cold, efficient, draconian, and unyielding and not have illegal alignments.  That doesn't mean that they never scan for Good or Chaotic so they know who the potential troublemakers are (if you want to invoke shades of Nazi Germany, you could always have them mark the Good and Chaotic people with symbols on their shirts).  It simply means that they don't pounce and arrest people until those people actually do something illegal, though the stronger aura of a Good paladin or cleric might trigger an instant arrest.  Remember that it's easier for an Evil government to manage a Neutral or Good population than an Evil one, because an Evil population will always be looking for an angle to attack those in power.  They don't necessarily want to drive all the Neutral and Good people away, though they might want to corrupt them.  I suspect that many Evil governments try to create at least the illusion of Neutrality in their laws so that the Neutral people don't join with Good and go into open revolt.  Better to pretend that the law is fair and impartial and that those poor Good and Chaotic people just have trouble obeying the law of the land.</blockquote>

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