It was fun, apparently I'd be considered the same alignment as Luke Skywalker, Mother Theresa, Ghandi, Buddha, Gandalf, and a host of others with whom I'd be proud to be in company. I'll take it :P
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I got Lawful Good, even though I think I'm more Neutral Good - I believe laws may be necessary to guide people in the right direction, but my ultimate goal is to get to a state where I do not NEED the law to do what is right, and if I believe a law is truly wrong or unjust, I won't accept it (although if it's just something that kind of inconveniences me I probably would just to avoid trouble). I think that I may have gotten in the lawful good category because I do believe strongly in codes of honor , traditions, and always being honest, etc.
But, hey, at least I'm in the company of Captain Picard :)
Ah...apparently you needed 40 percent chaotic to be neutral good, but I was only 38%...so I guess I was close. I guess the fact that I am not indifferent to organizations and groups and stuff puts me in lawful, and the fact that I am willing to sacrifice individual pleasures and freedoms for the good of a group if I think it is best
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as a matter of fact, the player's handbook defines "Lawful" as someone who upholds the letter of the law regardless of justice, and defines law as the law of the land and organization you are part of. This allows for clerics to still practice human sacrifice if it is part of their beleif structure and not be considered either unlawful or evil. (unless, of course, that's their intention)
So, the question becomes, if the Jedi (or Mother Teresa) would put the law above the greater good, then they'd be lawful good, otherwise they are likely neutral good (or, if they've no respect for the law whatsoever, chaotic good). A neutral good person tends to be the kind that respects the spirit of the law and not the letter of it.
Then perhaps one can be either lawful or neutral depending on what laws you are judging them against...
Which makes sense because continuums like this are useful but not static...people aren't always the same thing all time. So, I (or a Jedi for instance) may be Neutral Good in respect to the secular government, but lawful good in respect to the organization we belong to. Or, depending on how one feels about that organization, I could say lawful good in respect to 'natural law' or some basic code of ethics that is seen to be universal and absolute.
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I got Lawful Good, even though I think I'm more Neutral Good - I believe laws may be necessary to guide people in the right direction, but my ultimate goal is to get to a state where I do not NEED the law to do what is right, and if I believe a law is truly wrong or unjust, I won't accept it (although if it's just something that kind of inconveniences me I probably would just to avoid trouble). I think that I may have gotten in the lawful good category because I do believe strongly in codes of honor , traditions, and always being honest, etc.
But, hey, at least I'm in the company of Captain Picard :)
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So, the question becomes, if the Jedi (or Mother Teresa) would put the law above the greater good, then they'd be lawful good, otherwise they are likely neutral good (or, if they've no respect for the law whatsoever, chaotic good). A neutral good person tends to be the kind that respects the spirit of the law and not the letter of it.
aren't we all geeks anyway?
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Which makes sense because continuums like this are useful but not static...people aren't always the same thing all time. So, I (or a Jedi for instance) may be Neutral Good in respect to the secular government, but lawful good in respect to the organization we belong to. Or, depending on how one feels about that organization, I could say lawful good in respect to 'natural law' or some basic code of ethics that is seen to be universal and absolute.
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