I dislike the idea that Lawful Good characters can’t be rebels, or would be especially reluctant ones, unless the government is as blatantly evil as Mordor or something
Because there’s “a clearly articulated social order is the best way of safeguarding the rights of all, including stigmatized people”
And then there’s “The order you imposed does none of that. Fuck this. Starting over from the ground up in 3… 2…”
The law/chaos axis in D&D was drawn from Michael Moorcock’s Eternal Champion series. It doesn’t refer to human law. It refers to a character’s preference for a greater cosmic balance aligned toward order or chaos.
I’ve played a lawful good paladin who was part of a rebellion against a lawful evil empire which was peaceful but brutally oppressive.
I’ve also played a lawful evil knight who was so in favor of order, peace and protecting the people he was sworn to protect that he’s was willing to commit mass murder to do it. Not killing people in battle, you understand. I’m talking like ‘lock his unarmed enemies in a burning building and bar the door.’
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