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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mal Malenkirk" data-source="post: 4229994" data-attributes="member: 834">Chaotic Good was probably the most popular alignment, yet it was also probably the most incoherant.  Good opposes Evil so logically Chaos oppose Law.  But what kind of Good character can actively oppose Law as a matter of principle?So who is CG?  Often Robin Hood was given as an example of CG personality.  That's BS.  Robin Hood is loyal to King Richard.  As soon as the tyrant is overthrowned, he's back home enjoying the rightful rule of King Richard.  He's not opposed to Order, just to tyranny.  Some characterization of RObin are outright Lawful.  Richard is the legitimate king after all, and version of Robin Hood where this is the driving force behind his actions can be argued to be Lawful Good.  The others would have been Neutral Good. What kind of genuinely good character could keep fighting against the government if is a reasonably just one?  But then What kind of genuinely Chaotic character could stop opposing Law?And so I doubt you could present me a single character who was both truly Good and truly Chaotic.---Sort of the same case can be made for Lawful Evil, but from an other angle : Can you truly be Evil if you are truly Lawful?  The interests of one clash often with the other's and something has to give.</blockquote>