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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ridley's Cohort" data-source="post: 1159499" data-attributes="member: 545">The reason is Good vs. Evil is easier for DMs.  In a typical campaign the PCs are heroes, and are therefore mostly good aligned.  Good vs. Evil is also the simplest to picture in a cartoony sort of way for people who live in a culture strongly influenced by Christian ethos.The net result is that more generatec material focuses on this easier alignment axis, sidelining the conflict between Law vs. Chaos as fodder for IC conflicts & roleplaying.Certainly it would be possible to run a Law vs. Chaos campaign, but not something for a newbie.  IME it would also be difficult to get a team of players to choose a side and stick to it, but YMMV on that point.I further speculate that a number of people inclined to run a Law vs. Chaos campaign have a sufficiently sophisticated and nuanced perception of moral systems that the standard alignment metaphysics would not appeal to them at all.Would your friends get excited about being, say, a team of lawful characters who team up with Devils and Inevitables to thwart the dastardly plans of Lillendi and Demons?  It is a harder sell.</blockquote>