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Escapist
Gondor
Dec 28 2012, 11:48pm
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but I have encountered this system and played D&D before. Nonetheless, at times I find the alignment system a bit confusing and it seems to fail to account for variation in people that may depend on the situation. OR maybe I am just too chaotic to get this ... anyway ...
The trouble with law is that it is not a single coherent body and it really is a messy overlap of conflicting "laws" rather than a consistent and sensible whole. But maybe lawfulness is more a desire / willingness to submit and hold onesself to external principles in spite of internal motivations?
And then I have to ask, what about "natural law" and the principles of yin and yang and karma and the like. Do these count or is it only law if a person somewhere is defining it alongside a strong and well defined hierarchy for the governance of its application?
That being said, I wonder about Eowyn. If the laws of her heart, love, and desire to fight for/beside Aragorn, then I would say she was true and good in her choices. Was it for love or was it for self satisfaction? It was strong enough to hold her toe-to-toe against fear and evil incarnate so I think it's more than mere selfishness.
I'm going to lean towards good but perhaps chaotic good or neutral good ... or lawful depending on what "counts" as law. For example, Sauron had a lot of laws that all of the elves and company were breaking flagrantly, no? Surely even the most lawful of characters must break some rules. The question might be one of which law is followed rather than whether or not a law is followed and the degree to which that law is intrinsic or externally motivated ...
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Discuss the "Allignment" of various characters (might be fun)
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noWizardme
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Dec 28 2012, 7:21pm
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Wrong! Wrong! (just kidding)
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CuriousG
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Dec 28 2012, 10:09pm
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Movin' up, movin' down
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noWizardme
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Dec 28 2012, 10:44pm
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Rating the Ring and Boromir
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CuriousG
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Dec 28 2012, 11:44pm
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Regular elvish trick
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noWizardme
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Dec 28 2012, 10:56pm
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My RP background is not D&D
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Escapist
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Dec 28 2012, 11:48pm
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Which law?
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noWizardme
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Dec 29 2012, 9:06am
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Rulers?
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noWizardme
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Dec 29 2012, 10:35am
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Law and culture
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Escapist
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Jan 1 2013, 8:05pm
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Such as the Mafia
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CuriousG
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Jan 1 2013, 9:01pm
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Not much is lawful...
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Mim
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Dec 29 2012, 5:19pm
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How awful to be lawful?
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noWizardme
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Dec 29 2012, 10:17pm
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Not totally convinced
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Mim
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Jan 1 2013, 7:55pm
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