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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 4230320" data-attributes="member: 710">The problem with Lawful Good and Lawful Evil seems to be there are always inherent conflicts.There are laws that can be used for evil - racist laws, laws that allow waging war against innocents. But how can a Lawful Good character stay lawful and good in the presence of such laws?Doing evil also can break laws and order. To be "succesful" at being evil you need to lie and cheat occasionally. There are laws that stand in your way. These conflicts are certainly interesting, but are they a "strength" of the alignment system? If I can't really keep my alignment because there are situations where the components of it are at odds, is it a good descriptor?You can avoid these conflicts if you remove "Law/Chaos" as a separate axis and integrate them with good/evil.Lawful Good men are people that uphold justice and fairness. They support the law of the land as long as they also uphold good ideals. If not, they will not just ignore them, they will fight them and institute an order that works for good.Evil people care for themselves. Justice or Fairness doesn't matter, as long as it helps them. Chaotic Evil are worse - they despise Justice or Fairness, and want to destroy the order as it is.</blockquote>