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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JohnSnow" data-source="post: 2948957" data-attributes="member: 32164">The reason I said action A was "saintly good" was to make the point that there are degrees of good too. Turning the other cheek is better than risking injury to someone else, if it's a viable option. The point is that if there's an option that didn't hurt anyone, a good character should take it, even if it's inconvenient. Lawful maintains order. I capitalized it to make that point because all of your examples were about what you have to do to maintain order. And yes, the PC accepts the lawful nature of his assignment when he takes it. If he's lawful, he'll make carrying out all the points a priority. However, a Good but not Lawful PC could choose to ignore an act of unlawful behavior. He doesn't have to jail or arrest someone for spitting in his face. He could wipe off the spittle and walk away.In this case a Lawful Good character would probably conclude that the old lady is "causing a disturbance and may incite the mob again, so we should restrain her: CAREFULLY."The Neutral character says "restrain her, and don't hurt her (if you can avoid it). Hitting her is fine, trying to kill her with a sword (or burning her face off) isn't."Evil says "Stop her. Harming or killing her is okay (maybe even preferred)."</blockquote>