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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Whizbang Dustyboots" data-source="post: 9857653" data-attributes="member: 11760">I've long thought that both Law and Chaos should be terrifying.There should be a quantum physics element of this.The force of Law is necessary to give the multiverse structure, without which, it would never coalesce to the point that even divine beings could survive.But Law creates stasis, a rigid framework where nothing actually moves or changes, unless Chaos is implemented.But unchecked Chaos turns the multiverse back into an always changing, never stable soup.Neutrality is the range in which there's enough Law that things can form and enough Chaos that the system doesn't lock up into a giant crystal where nothing moves.In this reading, Neutrality are, essentially, the folks keeping existence still happening and are, if not actually "good" (the moral axis is a whole separate discussion), the good guys as far as the rest of reality is concerned.(This set-up also means you don't have cute modrons as the servants of Law. Instead, you'd want cosmic ants or bees turning the whole multiverse into a hive-like structure, the better to lock it down as the last bit of Chaos is eliminated. And conversely, slaadi with their rigid hierarchy should be replaced as the servants of Chaos with shapechanging beings that are almost too alien to relate to. Modrons should probably get nudged into the adjacent upper plane from Nirvana/Mechanus and Slaadi should get knocked down a run from Limbo into the lower planes.)</blockquote>

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