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<blockquote data-quote="nevin" data-source="post: 8563803" data-attributes="member: 7024481">As always the lawful and Chaotic keep descending into Tropes or behavior tags.&nbsp; I could come up with lots of historical battles where the &quot;chaotic&quot; germans, celts, or vikings fought with military precision that some would associate with &quot;law&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; Or the reverse because some leader lost his mind and ordered a charge.&nbsp; I know &quot;Lawful&quot; military and police officers who love to go all nuts at a shooting evaluation and libertarian military or police officers who'll go in methodically by the book every time.&nbsp; The first group are usually adrenaline junkies and the second group have no desire to risk unnecessary harm.&nbsp; There is nothing about personality that has to do with lawful or Chaotic.&nbsp; There is nothing about good or evil that have to do with personality.&nbsp; &nbsp; Was J edgar hoover LE, LN, or LG?&nbsp;&nbsp; I've heard convincing arguments for all three.&nbsp; But I also know that there were several instances where citizens broke the law and after things were under control he just waived his hand and said behave and no one ever got charged.&nbsp; Maybe his alignment was CG and he believed they had the moral high ground.&nbsp;&nbsp; I get why people like to use alignments the way they do.&nbsp; It seems easy.&nbsp; But running long campaigns it jacks everything up. As soon as you have any player go all morally grey on you the whole thing breaks if your using it that way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nevin, post: 8563803, member: 7024481"] As always the lawful and Chaotic keep descending into Tropes or behavior tags. I could come up with lots of historical battles where the "chaotic" germans, celts, or vikings fought with military precision that some would associate with "law". Or the reverse because some leader lost his mind and ordered a charge. I know "Lawful" military and police officers who love to go all nuts at a shooting evaluation and libertarian military or police officers who'll go in methodically by the book every time. The first group are usually adrenaline junkies and the second group have no desire to risk unnecessary harm. There is nothing about personality that has to do with lawful or Chaotic. There is nothing about good or evil that have to do with personality. Was J edgar hoover LE, LN, or LG? I've heard convincing arguments for all three. But I also know that there were several instances where citizens broke the law and after things were under control he just waived his hand and said behave and no one ever got charged. Maybe his alignment was CG and he believed they had the moral high ground. I get why people like to use alignments the way they do. It seems easy. But running long campaigns it jacks everything up. As soon as you have any player go all morally grey on you the whole thing breaks if your using it that way. [/QUOTE]

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