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<blockquote data-quote="Imaro" data-source="post: 7671068" data-attributes="member: 48965"><p>This is what the 1e DMG says...</p><p></p><p>LAWFUL NEUTRAL: It is the view of this alignment that law and order give</p><p>purpose and meaning to everything. Without regimentation and strict definition,</p><p>there would be no purpose in the cosmos. Therefore, whether a law</p><p>is good or evil is of no import as long as it brings order and meaning</p><p></p><p>My interpretation of this would be that those of LN alignment are first and foremost concerned with order and meaning... not misery or well being, those could/might be byproducts of an ordered and meaningful life but are not in and of themselves desirable or undesirable for LN creatures...some would say this is very similar to the romanticized version of the samurai's code of Bushido... where duty is paramount... </p><p></p><p>In other words your view above seems to assume that in following rules only misery is created for those that do so...but that's false... both misery and well being are created but neither are considered a primary concern to one of LN alignment since what is most important is whether order and meaning have been imposed by the following of said law. </p><p></p><p>As to whether you can have a LN leader arise... I would say most soldiers are trained, especially in the heat of battle to follow orders without question... now whether that results in misery or well being is dependent upon whether the LN commander giving the orders is tactically adept or not... however I think more misery would result if every soldier just did whatever they wanted to regardless of what they were commanded to... and thus I could easily see societies, cultures, etc... especially in a world as dangerous as default D&D adopting a LN alignment without necessarily being miserable and in fact even believing their very lives and well being depended upon it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Imaro, post: 7671068, member: 48965"] This is what the 1e DMG says... LAWFUL NEUTRAL: It is the view of this alignment that law and order give purpose and meaning to everything. Without regimentation and strict definition, there would be no purpose in the cosmos. Therefore, whether a law is good or evil is of no import as long as it brings order and meaning My interpretation of this would be that those of LN alignment are first and foremost concerned with order and meaning... not misery or well being, those could/might be byproducts of an ordered and meaningful life but are not in and of themselves desirable or undesirable for LN creatures...some would say this is very similar to the romanticized version of the samurai's code of Bushido... where duty is paramount... In other words your view above seems to assume that in following rules only misery is created for those that do so...but that's false... both misery and well being are created but neither are considered a primary concern to one of LN alignment since what is most important is whether order and meaning have been imposed by the following of said law. As to whether you can have a LN leader arise... I would say most soldiers are trained, especially in the heat of battle to follow orders without question... now whether that results in misery or well being is dependent upon whether the LN commander giving the orders is tactically adept or not... however I think more misery would result if every soldier just did whatever they wanted to regardless of what they were commanded to... and thus I could easily see societies, cultures, etc... especially in a world as dangerous as default D&D adopting a LN alignment without necessarily being miserable and in fact even believing their very lives and well being depended upon it. [/QUOTE]
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