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<blockquote data-quote="Brother Laszlo" data-source="post: 209836" data-attributes="member: 1562">I see your point, but I think that when a person or organization puts their cause over human life, they become lawful neutral.&nbsp; Every country's military will shoot their own citizens on sight if they wander into a military compound.&nbsp; That's because militaries are Lawful Neutral.&nbsp; They place their responcibility to the protect the country above a single innocent life.&nbsp; That's Lawful Neutral.Now, if you say &quot;Well, just because someone is Lawful Good doesn't mean they're a saint,&quot; I would say that's true, but actions like killing innocents to achieve objectives are not Lawful Good acts, and would eventually cause an alignment shift.&nbsp; I don't want to get all psychological, but with the example of &quot;one flaw&quot; Lawful Good folks, you might as well say Ted Bundy was Lawful Good.&nbsp; He was a good father, husband, and neighbor, with the one flaw that every now and again he just had to kill someone.Back to the main subject, I think it would be interesting to create a Paladin order that was founded with a noble (Lawful Good) goal, but over the years found that it had to stoop to its enemy's tactics to achieve their goal.&nbsp; Eventually, the order was only giving lip service to the &quot;goodness&quot; of their goal, and now uses vicious tactics such as assassination to achieve its &quot;Righteous Cause&quot;.&nbsp; Thus, while the paladins might still be genuinely working for the cause of good, they do so at the expense of their own purity.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Brother Laszlo, post: 209836, member: 1562"] I see your point, but I think that when a person or organization puts their cause over human life, they become lawful neutral. Every country's military will shoot their own citizens on sight if they wander into a military compound. That's because militaries are Lawful Neutral. They place their responcibility to the protect the country above a single innocent life. That's Lawful Neutral. Now, if you say "Well, just because someone is Lawful Good doesn't mean they're a saint," I would say that's true, but actions like killing innocents to achieve objectives are not Lawful Good acts, and would eventually cause an alignment shift. I don't want to get all psychological, but with the example of "one flaw" Lawful Good folks, you might as well say Ted Bundy was Lawful Good. He was a good father, husband, and neighbor, with the one flaw that every now and again he just had to kill someone. Back to the main subject, I think it would be interesting to create a Paladin order that was founded with a noble (Lawful Good) goal, but over the years found that it had to stoop to its enemy's tactics to achieve their goal. Eventually, the order was only giving lip service to the "goodness" of their goal, and now uses vicious tactics such as assassination to achieve its "Righteous Cause". Thus, while the paladins might still be genuinely working for the cause of good, they do so at the expense of their own purity. [/QUOTE]

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