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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 6142703" data-attributes="member: 22779">And, on the point of consistency, we have to be careful not to go too far.  A lawful can certainly lie.  She won't like it and would likely much rather tell the truth, but, there's nothing preventing her from lying if she judges the situation requires it.  Now, if the PC is lying all the time, then fine, that's likely not a Lawfully aligned PC.  But, alignment is descriptive, not proscriptive.  Bluffing your way past the guards to rescue the princess is lying, but, I certainly wouldn't call a character Chaotic based on a single example.A paladin?  Well, that's a bit of a different story since Paladin's have mechanical ties to alignment.  But, that's more an issue with paladins than with alignment itself.</blockquote>