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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 5689756" data-attributes="member: 58197">Really, the Lawful/Chaotic axis as presented in the rulebooks is junk. Any sweeping statement "This is Lawful, that is Chaotic" is contradicted by the rules... even if that statement is in the rules. Law and Chaos have been defined several different ways, often within the same book and even on the same page:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lawful is methodical, Chaotic is impulsive.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lawful prefers to work in a large community, Chaotic prefers to work alone or in a small group.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lawful behaves according to a code, Chaotic behaves according to the situation.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lawful puts the community first, Chaotic puts the individual first.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lawful supports the cosmic force of order, Chaotic supports the cosmic force of entropy.</li> </ul>These are all quite distinct definitions of the Law/Chaos axis, and you'll get radically different "reads" on a character depending on which you use. Raistlin is methodical, so he's Lawful. But he prefers to work alone, so he's Chaotic. But he has a code of behavior, so he's Lawful. But he puts the individual ahead of the community, so he's Chaotic. He wants to be master of the cosmic order, yet his actions produce total cosmic entropy, so... Neutral?Caramon is impulsive and behaves situationally. But he prefers to work in a large community and puts the community first.Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish, of "A Song of Ice and Fire," is methodical and prefers to work in a large community. But he puts the individual first and behaves situationally.Luke Skywalker is impulsive, behaves situationally, and seems to prefer working alone or in a small group. But he puts the community first.Et cetera.</blockquote>

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