Lawful Good

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-	Lawful good characters are the ones who will sacrifice themselves to rescue the innocent village from destruction at the hands of the evil necromancer. In short, they are often the heroes in a legend. The lawful good character will obey the laws of the land, and enforce them if needed. However, they have a strong dislike for evil, and will often do much to destroy any threat of evil should the need arise.	+	Lawful good combines honor and compassion for the innocent.
-	Typical paladins are often lawful good due to their code of honor.	+	Lawful good characters uphold society and its laws, believing that these laws are created to work for the good and prosperity of all. They believe that an ideal society is one with a well-organized government and law-abiding citizens. They are both honest and benevolent, and will work within the established system to change it for the better, and will strive to bring order to goodness that other good-aligned characters might pool their resources to better the world. Lawful good characters combine commitment to oppose evil with discipline. Most lawful good characters live by a strict code of honor, or by the rules of conduct set down by their deity. They will generally selflessly act by these codes even at the cost of their own life.
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		+	It must however be stressed that blind obedience to local laws is not required by the Lawful Good alignment. For example, Paladins are not in violation of their alignment if they decide to take up arms against a usurper on behalf of the rightful king, even though that means going against the sedition laws instated by the usurper. This is because the word "law" is actually taken for the concept of "order", and order may fight order.
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		+	An incorruptible cop, a ruler or politician who acts for the good of the people, and a heroic soldier who strictly obeys the laws of battle are all examples of lawful good characters.
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Current revision as of 17:38, 18 December 2006

Lawful good combines honor and compassion for the innocent.

Lawful good characters uphold society and its laws, believing that these laws are created to work for the good and prosperity of all. They believe that an ideal society is one with a well-organized government and law-abiding citizens. They are both honest and benevolent, and will work within the established system to change it for the better, and will strive to bring order to goodness that other good-aligned characters might pool their resources to better the world. Lawful good characters combine commitment to oppose evil with discipline. Most lawful good characters live by a strict code of honor, or by the rules of conduct set down by their deity. They will generally selflessly act by these codes even at the cost of their own life.

It must however be stressed that blind obedience to local laws is not required by the Lawful Good alignment. For example, Paladins are not in violation of their alignment if they decide to take up arms against a usurper on behalf of the rightful king, even though that means going against the sedition laws instated by the usurper. This is because the word "law" is actually taken for the concept of "order", and order may fight order.

An incorruptible cop, a ruler or politician who acts for the good of the people, and a heroic soldier who strictly obeys the laws of battle are all examples of lawful good characters.