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<blockquote data-quote="Scarbonac" data-source="post: 1163671" data-attributes="member: 9129">The Drow have a psychotic society; there's a difference.I wonder if the question isn't being posed incorrectly...A basic assumption made by many in similar discussions across the Intarweb seems to be that if you have any rules, laws or traditions older than, oh, say, yesterday, your culture has to be Lawful. Thus, you often see elves, for example, being considered &quot;Lawful&quot; in a lot of&nbsp; message-board jibba-jabba because they have borders, millenia-old laws &amp; traditions and often act together for the common defense.I think that if you live in a society where you can rise, by your own merit, hard work and/or cleverness, from the humblest of beginnings to become socially influential, wealthy and/or politically powerful, chances are that's a &quot;Chaotic&quot; culture. If, however, the nature of your ancestors determines your future (commoners only begetting commoners, aristocrats siring nobility, ranchers raising cow men and not sheep herders, et cetera) then it's likely that &quot;Lawful&quot; is the tag that your society will carry.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Scarbonac, post: 1163671, member: 9129"] The Drow have a [i]psychotic[/i] society; there's a difference. I wonder if the question isn't being posed incorrectly... A basic assumption made by many in similar discussions across the Intarweb seems to be that if you have [i]any[/i] rules, laws or traditions older than, oh, say, [i]yesterday[/i], your culture [i]has[/i] to be Lawful. Thus, you often see elves, for example, being considered "Lawful" in a lot of message-board jibba-jabba because they have borders, millenia-old laws & traditions and often act together for the common defense. I think that if you live in a society where you can rise, by your own merit, hard work and/or cleverness, from the humblest of beginnings to become socially influential, wealthy and/or politically powerful, chances are that's a "Chaotic" culture. If, however, the nature of your ancestors determines your future (commoners only begetting commoners, aristocrats siring nobility, ranchers raising cow men and not sheep herders, [i]et cetera[/i]) then it's likely that "Lawful" is the tag that your society will carry. [/QUOTE]

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