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Message: <blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 9314563" data-attributes="member: 2067">It's compatible with hierarchy in as much as that hierarchy serves good and order. An LG character sees a good king, and that's fine, but what might be better is a good council, where power is shared between good people - more sustainable, more ordered. Putting an end to a monarchy or an empire in favor of something better and more ordered is absolutely in line with LG thinking. Monarchies and empires are prone to disputes by the next generation, after all - there is chaos. It also elevates the importance of one person - that is not respecting all life. To a good person, no one is more important than anyone else. Maybe a good king is the best we're capable of in a campaign, but I think if we're going to be a FANTASY PROTAGONIST, then we can do better!Not that overthrowing a good king is necessarily the top of the priority list in the campaign, but if a player wanted to run an LG anti-monarchist, I'd say that it makes perfect sense. And if the LG king wanted to maybe keep his position at the expense of future stability, I'd say that'd make for a very fun antagonist - someone you mostly agree with, who is doing good in the world, but whose place at the top of the hierarchy gives them a fatal flaw that could lead to some powerful moments. I'd even say you could be an LG anarchist, believing that a sort of "natural order" will emerge between peers in a society, and that the role of leaders and such is more about the job they do than about being in charge.The belief that one life has more value than another is how one ultimately comes to believe that it's OK that one person is hurt, in exchange for another person's safety. That's not a Good philosophy. A Good person values life and mortal flourishing, so a Good person might have a very skeptical view of, for instance, the idea of paying homage to a king - is that leading to the valuing and flourishing of the peasant? Clearly if there are poor people in a community, the order currently in place is not a Good one. Money, merchants, kings, empires, mayors, laws - these are mortal creations, subject to flaws, not things to respect in and of themselves. An LG person may believe that order and codification can, when used properly, create more flourishing than would otherwise exist. But they're not blind - if the system isn't creating mortal flourishing and a respect for all life, then it's not Good, and, however old or storied, could stand to be improved, possibly with jolly adventuring and a peaceful revolution or two.</blockquote>

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