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Message: <blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 1122629" data-attributes="member: 463">This seems about right to me - that a paladin could be promiscuous or a gambler without losing paladinhood - depending on the campaign and the circumstances.  If they're so addicted to sex or gambling that it dominates their behaviour they would likely 'fall' IMO.  In any case, the important thing IMO is that even if the paladin is promiscuous without losing their paladinhood, it's un-paladinlike behaviour, ie it's a way in which the paladin deviates from the LG paradigm.  So a character _could_ be LG and still act as the BoEF describes ('honest' sex without commitments), but it seems a poor description of paradigmatic Lawful Good behaviour.  A description of paradigmatic LG behaviour would emphasise the individual's duty to society, usually embodied in the formation of supportive long-term relationships (monogamous, polygamous or polyandrous depending on the culture) and a concern to ensure the 'best' (most Lawful & Good) future for any offspring.  At a pinch LG will sacrifice the welfare even of loved ones to the greater good of 'society' though, and will seek to avoid 'scandal' - eg the LG prince will not marry the 'unsuitable' woman they love, but rather go ahead with the arranged marriage that's expected of them. That's my conclusion, anyway.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Re Star Trek - I see that aside perhaps from the early years of STTNG (when Rodenberry's influence was still dominant), 'free love' is not usually a major emphasis on the modern show.  The writers are primarily concerned to present a utopia, as they envisage a utopia to be, and so it tends to embody the mores of modern Californian society with bad (racism) or controversial (homosexuality) bits excised.</blockquote>

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