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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Byronic" data-source="post: 4231705" data-attributes="member: 56829">Personally I would rather see the Lawful - Neutral - Chaostic as inclinations while we can keep Good - Neutral - Bad as a more moral spectrum (with neutral representing matters from a philosophical view to simple indifference), Good and Evil being somewhat more dedicated. Lawful represents an inclination towards order, stability etc, which one finds in different things from loyalty to laws to other matters while Chaotic has other preferences. To explain a few examples.What happens when a CE and a LE person come into a good society. The Chaotic Evil person might kill rampage as much as he wants. He might take steps so that nobody else finds out but he feels no real need to work within the law. The Lawful Evil person might take other steps. A smear campaign to get himself elected for example where he can use whatever holes he can find in the system to benefit himself. It's not that the LE person wouldn't break a law it's that he wouldn't break laws that will get him kicked out of the halls of power. Tax Fraud and a bit of embezzlement would be a nice way to get money while a CE person might want to rob a bank. he difference is that a white collar crime is more socially acceptable and he can always build up again if it really goes wrong. Lawful Evil people are more likely to have ties to the society because society is important for them (as it is orderly, has rules it can exploit etc) while CE doesn't care as much as long since it probably wants a more free lifestyle.A Lawful Good and Lawful Evil person can both be relied upon to keep their word (especially if it's done publically). The LG Paladin might do this because it's one of his rules. He wishes to be good and follows the code to be good. Keeping ones word is one of the things we need in a society. The Lawful Evil baron can be trusted to keep his word as well. But that's because if he doesn't no one will trust his word any more and he can't work within the orderly mainframe (carrot and stick method doesn't work as well when people don't believe in the carrot)</blockquote>

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