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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 2082623" data-attributes="member: 1465">It's been discussed before, and I think that a code of conduct is a better guideline than just &quot;LG&quot; or &quot;L&quot; for these characters. Samurai's code of bushido is a (simple) example about the fact that being Lawful is eventually the consequence of acting according to your code, rather than the reason why you behave that way (which is instead a relatively common player's behaviour with Paladins).Naturally, the code will need some kind of approval or, I'd prefer, some kind of discussion with the other players as well, to see if it falls in the alignment's general area.Otherwise you could also lessen the alignment restrictions, as long as the resulting character fits your campaign and the group's taste. For instance, the idea of all monks being lawful came from the equation that martial arts &amp; meditation techniques require serious dedication and discipline. Granted than a lawful mindset is more likely to provide discipline, it makes no sense that a chaotic person could never have any sort of discipline. Lawful and Chaotic cover very different little thing (loyalty to associates, adherence to law of the state, tradition vs progress, lying, cheating, gambling, drinking, acting stealthy or openly, supporting freedom or control...), and a Lawful character doesn't necessary have to be lawful on every single thing, and viceversa.If you've heard about Bruce Lee's philosophy behind &quot;Jeet Kune Do&quot; (his style): I think I heard from a documentary that while he used to say that discipline &amp; dedication was absolutely necessary, he also said that adaptation and flexibility was necessary as well. He took many things from other martial arts styles and mixed them together, he started teaching to western people and making kung fu movies, all things which were very much against chinese martial arts traditions (and legends say that brought the rage of many chinese lobbies against him). These don't sound to me lawful attitudes at all from one of the best &quot;monks&quot; known to us&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 2082623, member: 1465"] It's been discussed before, and I think that a code of conduct is a better guideline than just "LG" or "L" for these characters. Samurai's code of bushido is a (simple) example about the fact that being Lawful is eventually the consequence of acting according to your code, rather than the reason why you behave that way (which is instead a relatively common player's behaviour with Paladins). Naturally, the code will need some kind of approval or, I'd prefer, some kind of discussion with the other players as well, to see if it falls in the alignment's general area. Otherwise you could also lessen the alignment restrictions, as long as the resulting character fits your campaign and the group's taste. For instance, the idea of all monks being lawful came from the equation that martial arts & meditation techniques require serious dedication and discipline. Granted than a lawful mindset is more likely to provide discipline, it makes no sense that a chaotic person could never have any sort of discipline. Lawful and Chaotic cover very different little thing (loyalty to associates, adherence to law of the state, tradition vs progress, lying, cheating, gambling, drinking, acting stealthy or openly, supporting freedom or control...), and a Lawful character doesn't necessary have to be lawful on every single thing, and viceversa. If you've heard about Bruce Lee's philosophy behind "Jeet Kune Do" (his style): I think I heard from a documentary that while he used to say that discipline & dedication was absolutely necessary, he also said that adaptation and flexibility was necessary as well. He took many things from other martial arts styles and mixed them together, he started teaching to western people and making kung fu movies, all things which were very much against chinese martial arts traditions (and legends say that brought the rage of many chinese lobbies against him). These don't sound to me lawful attitudes at all from one of the best "monks" known to us ;) [/QUOTE]

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