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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Trickstergod" data-source="post: 1908577" data-attributes="member: 10825">Dwarves: Organized, hierarchal. Large dwarven tribes with a relative duty to their superiors. Centralized. Elves: Organized, cell-based. Small elvish bands with relative autonomy. Decentralized (slightly a matter of opinion here; elven kings seem fairly common, but it seems to be a slightly more feudal, weak monarchy instead of a autocratic, strong monarchy)Dwarves: Society-oriented; individuals have an obligation to society.Elves: Individual-oriented; society has an obligation to individuals. Dwarves: Stoic, "unemotional"Elves: Passionate, "impulsive"Dwarves: Upfront fight, to the deathElves: Ambush, hit and runDwarves: Capable of making plans, long and short term.Elves: Capable of making plans, long and short term.Dwarves: HonorableElves: HonorableNow, I'm more inclined to see the chaos-law scale as essentially relating to society and politics. Sure, at least one instance of emotion comes into play here, but for the most part, what separates elves from dwarves seems to be how their societies work, how they perceive society and their place in it. I think my list here may be a bit simplistic, but I'd like to think it helps illustrate the chaos-law scale, even if it's not in the most eloquent way. Oh and, as an aside, two examples spring to mind of who I find lawful good and chaotic good. On the one hand we have Sir Thomas More as lawful good - who, because of his duty to King Henry VIII, refused to speak out against him or anything he did but, conversely, due to his feelings on the immorality of Henry's divorce and splitting from the Catholic Church, refused to acknowledge that Henry's divorce was in any way legal or the split from the Church. This, despite the fact that he knew it meant his death.Then, on the other hand, there's Thomas Paine, a decent example of chaotic good. A career rebel, he pamphleteered and more for the Americans and French alike in support of their revolutions (and more places beside, I do believe), and, such as with the French, was unwilling to lend support to the new government when the revolutionaries took a turn most bloody. He seemed deeply unsatisfied with the political situation in most places and constantly criticized them in the hopes of creating something better. Like More, he was willing to stand his ground even under threat of death; he escaped Robespierre and the guillotine supposedly more by chance than anything else.</blockquote>

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