Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
The
VOIDRUNNER'S CODEX
is coming! Explore new worlds, fight oppressive empires, fend off fearsome aliens, and wield deadly psionics with this comprehensive boxed set expansion for 5E and A5E!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Good/Evil vs. Law/Chaos
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Shades of Green" data-source="post: 4632567" data-attributes="member: 3297"><p>The way I see it, Law vs. Chaos is not just about society, but more about personal consistency and honor. A Lawful character is a man of principles and a planner - he or she acts consistently and honorably. A Chaotic character is capricious and flexible, and could at times be quite dishonorable.</p><p></p><p>So a Lawful character keeps his or her word and his or her promises, rarely lies, plans ahead a lot and tends to have clear principles (whether good or evil) about what's wrong and what's right. Lawful characters also tend to respect laws and traditions and would rarely disobey them without a clear and profound reason (and thus Lawful Good characters would disobey the more evil rules of a Lawful Evil state but not the non-evil ones).</p><p></p><p>On the other hand, a Chaotic character has more flexible "rules of a thumb" instead of grand principles and could easily change plans at the spur of a moment. Chaotic characters lie when it is convenient, cheat when it is convenient, ignore promises when keeping them is inconvenient and disobey rules when it is convenient to do so at that moment (but might obey them later if at that time it will be convenient to do so at that moment).</p><p></p><p>A Neutral character is moderate. He or she generally keeps promises and obeys laws and traditions <em>to a point</em> and doesn't lie <em>too frequently</em>, but would disobey rules, break promises and lie if <em>necessary</em>. The different between Lawful and Neutral is that Lawful involves clear, strong and hard principles while Neutral involves more moderate principles. The difference between Chaotic and Neutral is that Chaotic means changing things <em>at a whim</em> or <em>when convenient</em> while Neutral means changing things <em>when necessary</em>.</p><p></p><p>Good characters care about others. Neutral characters care mostly about themselves (or don't care at all). Evil characters enjoy harming and/or enslaving and/or exploiting others.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shades of Green, post: 4632567, member: 3297"] The way I see it, Law vs. Chaos is not just about society, but more about personal consistency and honor. A Lawful character is a man of principles and a planner - he or she acts consistently and honorably. A Chaotic character is capricious and flexible, and could at times be quite dishonorable. So a Lawful character keeps his or her word and his or her promises, rarely lies, plans ahead a lot and tends to have clear principles (whether good or evil) about what's wrong and what's right. Lawful characters also tend to respect laws and traditions and would rarely disobey them without a clear and profound reason (and thus Lawful Good characters would disobey the more evil rules of a Lawful Evil state but not the non-evil ones). On the other hand, a Chaotic character has more flexible "rules of a thumb" instead of grand principles and could easily change plans at the spur of a moment. Chaotic characters lie when it is convenient, cheat when it is convenient, ignore promises when keeping them is inconvenient and disobey rules when it is convenient to do so at that moment (but might obey them later if at that time it will be convenient to do so at that moment). A Neutral character is moderate. He or she generally keeps promises and obeys laws and traditions [i]to a point[/i] and doesn't lie [i]too frequently[/i], but would disobey rules, break promises and lie if [i]necessary[/i]. The different between Lawful and Neutral is that Lawful involves clear, strong and hard principles while Neutral involves more moderate principles. The difference between Chaotic and Neutral is that Chaotic means changing things [i]at a whim[/i] or [i]when convenient[/i] while Neutral means changing things [i]when necessary[/i]. Good characters care about others. Neutral characters care mostly about themselves (or don't care at all). Evil characters enjoy harming and/or enslaving and/or exploiting others. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Good/Evil vs. Law/Chaos
Top