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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 430763" data-attributes="member: 63">In a modern fantasy game I played in, I was a paladin, and we had to go into hiding in New Orleans for a while because we were being hunted.  Our accounts had been frozen, and so to even get by we had to have the party's computer expert get us some illicit funds into a dummy bank account.  I just told him that if he's stealing money, to take it from someone who can afford to give it up.Now sure, I could've suggested we all hang out at a homeless shelter and eat there, or just asked for charity from someone, but we needed a place with access to the internet so we could research our opponents.  My character was more lawful GOOD than LAWFUL good, so I grudgingly put up with breaking a few laws if it meant we'd be able to stop the bad guys faster.I suppose maybe I was more of a Neutral Good with lawful tendencies.  I always made sure to let the authorities know if something was going down, even if I had to hide certain bits of information from them (the whole point was that we were trying to stop a magical bad guy while keeping magic secret from the rest of the world).  It was basically the Tommy Lee Jones from Men in Black mentality.  We had to work a little outside the law for the common good, because if everyone knew what we were really up to, it would cause chaos and harm to everyone.  In fact, my idea of being lawful was to cause as little disruption as possible to the order of the rest of society, which required us to keep a low profile.Oh, and if someone had made bad stew, I probably would've just not eaten much, and would've made up an excuse about not being hungry.  The paladin's code wouldn't force me to be honest; rather, common courtesy would make me be nice.  Lying to keep from harming someone else is okay.  ("Yeah, the soup's fine.  I'm just not hungry.  Can I cook next time?")  Lying to keep yourself from getting harmed frivolously is okay as well.  ("You're looking for a group of renegade agents?  Don't know what you're talking about.")  Lying to protect yourself when you have done wrong is bad, however.  ("Yes, officer, I was speeding.")Breaking the law is okay if it is for the greater good, but you should try not to break the law if possible.  If you're in a car chase with the main bad guys, it's cool to speed.  But don't run over a pedestrian who jay-walked.</blockquote>

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