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<blockquote data-quote="Jeremy Ackerman-Yost" data-source="post: 418286" data-attributes="member: 4720">Which thread on the nature of Lawful &amp; Chaotic should I refer you to? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />It seems that most of us here are of the group-focused = Lawful, individual-focused = Chaotic camp.Apply that to shadow's statement that &quot;Honor in the orc sense of the word means knowing your place in the clan, and being loyal to the clan&quot; gives you a definitely Lawful taste in your mouth.&nbsp; Factor in all the cultural rules he alludes to, and there you go.Besides, I don't think there'a anything automatically Chaotic about small nomadic groups.&nbsp; Quite the reverse, usually.&nbsp; Group reliance on any given individual is high, so rule-breakers and cheaters are not tolerated (i.e. exiled or executed) because even one non-productive member is a drain on the group.&nbsp; Cities tend to generate lots more rule-breakers.&nbsp; Warrior cultures don't have that.&nbsp; And warrior cultures usually have more elaborate and specific ettiquette, which people tend to think of as Lawful because of its rules structure.&nbsp; Social stratification is also stricter than in cities.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jeremy Ackerman-Yost, post: 418286, member: 4720"] Which thread on the nature of Lawful & Chaotic should I refer you to? ;) It seems that most of us here are of the group-focused = Lawful, individual-focused = Chaotic camp. Apply that to shadow's statement that "Honor in the orc sense of the word means knowing your place in the clan, and being loyal to the clan" gives you a definitely Lawful taste in your mouth. Factor in all the cultural rules he alludes to, and there you go. Besides, I don't think there'a anything automatically Chaotic about small nomadic groups. Quite the reverse, usually. Group reliance on any given individual is high, so rule-breakers and cheaters are not tolerated (i.e. exiled or executed) because even one non-productive member is a drain on the group. Cities tend to generate lots more rule-breakers. Warrior cultures don't have that. And warrior cultures usually have more elaborate and specific ettiquette, which people tend to think of as Lawful because of its rules structure. Social stratification is also stricter than in cities. [/QUOTE]

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