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<blockquote data-quote="Sol.Dragonheart" data-source="post: 3692164" data-attributes="member: 54316">Are Law and Chaos truly opposing forces to one another in the same sense as Good and Evil, though?&nbsp; That is the first question I would have to ask myself, especially on the level of the personal, character sense, before I would commit to creating scenarios that brought the two forces into opposition with one another.To me, it really seems like Law and Chaos in the D&amp;D alignment system are more of a method that is used to reach the desired end, while the end and the motivation of the character is defined by the GNE axis.&nbsp; In other words, your alignment, if Good, will indicate a character who is altruistic, caring, and willing to make sacrifices in order to help others.Chaos and Law applied to this may cause a differing opinion and method on how best to go about fulfilling the desired goal that the Good alignment has in mind, but the primary motivation remains the same.&nbsp; A CG and LG character would rarely if ever come into true conflict with one another because of this, and the same is actually true of the other four axises on the Chaotic and Lawful alignments.As long as the primary goal and motivations of the characters are the same, as in a LN and CN dedicated to a particular nation or goal, a LE and CE character dedicated to the conquering and domination of a particular region or group, the only conflict that I see Law and Chaos providing for is simply on how best to achieve the goal.&nbsp; It does not, in other words, ever provide conflict on the actual goal itself, which makes creating true issues around this very difficult, and in fact generally impractical and unfeasible.&nbsp; I think the GNE axis is the crux of the D&amp;D alignment system, and the LNE axis is merely a flavor, or fluff factor adding into that system to help further define and detail character personality types and methodologies.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sol.Dragonheart, post: 3692164, member: 54316"] Are Law and Chaos truly opposing forces to one another in the same sense as Good and Evil, though? That is the first question I would have to ask myself, especially on the level of the personal, character sense, before I would commit to creating scenarios that brought the two forces into opposition with one another. To me, it really seems like Law and Chaos in the D&D alignment system are more of a method that is used to reach the desired end, while the end and the motivation of the character is defined by the GNE axis. In other words, your alignment, if Good, will indicate a character who is altruistic, caring, and willing to make sacrifices in order to help others. Chaos and Law applied to this may cause a differing opinion and method on how best to go about fulfilling the desired goal that the Good alignment has in mind, but the primary motivation remains the same. A CG and LG character would rarely if ever come into true conflict with one another because of this, and the same is actually true of the other four axises on the Chaotic and Lawful alignments. As long as the primary goal and motivations of the characters are the same, as in a LN and CN dedicated to a particular nation or goal, a LE and CE character dedicated to the conquering and domination of a particular region or group, the only conflict that I see Law and Chaos providing for is simply on how best to achieve the goal. It does not, in other words, ever provide conflict on the actual goal itself, which makes creating true issues around this very difficult, and in fact generally impractical and unfeasible. I think the GNE axis is the crux of the D&D alignment system, and the LNE axis is merely a flavor, or fluff factor adding into that system to help further define and detail character personality types and methodologies. [/QUOTE]

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