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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gizzard" data-source="post: 886973" data-attributes="member: 527">I don't think of RigaMortus as arguing for LG; he's arguing for a specific form of LG as practiced by a God of Mercy like Ilmater.  Redemption for others at the risk of marytrdom for yourself.  Other people, including myself, have argued that there is a big range of LG actions - depending on who you worship.  If I worship Tyr, I am all about Justice first and Mercy is necessarily far down on my list.  This doesn't make me Evil, Neutral or Chaotic; it just means that I chose to emphasize a different aspect of Law and Good.I think we can all agree that Justice is Good and its Lawful.  I don't see any problem with a Paladin dishing out Justice as Tyr tells him it must be done - I don't even see any problem with using a CdG to do it.  ;-)  Anyway, I think a recent Dragon mag mentioned 7 noble attributes as a counterpart to the 7 deadly sins.  I glanced over them and didn't think they worked out all that well, but they might be an interesting starting point for further discussion.  It seems to me that you could kill an evildoer in the name of Justice, while you'd almost never be able to do it in the name of Mercy.  So, could you slay someone in the name of Humility?  ;-)</blockquote>