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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Particle_Man" data-source="post: 4805809" data-attributes="member: 892">This.  IMO, CE folk will turn on each other unless they are ruled by someone that is clearly more powerful than they are.  NE folk will turn on each other as soon as it is in their own interest to do so.  Now you can "stabilize" these groups so long as there is a clearly more powerful ruler, long-term common interests, or both, but that usually requires some work on the DMs part.Heck IRL even the loving spouses (that happen to be serial killers) tend to rat each other out when caught by the cops, a la plea bargain.  So IMO, when one is NE or CE, love would not conquer all, when the poo hits the fan.  (I would buy love conquering all for non-good and non-evil neutrals, since it specifically says in their alignment descriptions that they care for a certain group, like family, etc.)What you want is the LE folk.  They will work together.  They have more of an affinity for teamwork and following the rules.  They might still betray you, but if you know what rules they follow, and you carefully work within those rules, you can work to minimize the chance of that because you can make sure that they can't betray you without disobeying the rules that they subscribe to.</blockquote>