<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=278269.msg13677053#msg13677053">Quote from: Angie on 16-11-2017, 02:40:00</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I could go off about alignment, but, I'd rather not because it's no fun to argue about. Suffice to say that Lawful Good characters will usually respect laws that help facilitate "good" and will often oppose those that are directly tyrannical, while Chaotic Good will happily break any law he chooses before his morning breakfast. They're the ones more likely to off the big bad of the hour instead of taking him to trial, more likely to swipe an important item and promise to bring it back later, more likely to pick the locks and let slaves run wild rather than work to change the system. Basically, the main difference tends to be one of method:<br/><br/>Lawful: "Work within the laws and only break them when there is no other option."<br/><br/>Chaotic: "Screw the laws, I'm doing what's right!"<br/><br/>Neutral: "Whichever of those two above is more effective at the moment."<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>This is the closest description so far to my own understanding.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, Lawful Evil characters tend to believe in using laws and power structures to get ahead, and probably desire to get into a position where they are the tyrant calling those shots, Neutral Evil characters are pure Machiavellian (personal benefit by whatever means is handy), and Chaotic Evil are at best merely selfish and antiauthoritarian, and at worst "just want to watch the world burn". Common examples are Vader and Palpatine as LE and the Joker and Kefka as CE.