<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=8002.msg288803#msg288803">Quote from: Asherah on 18-12-2006, 07:25:29</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">A lawful char would abide by the laws of the land.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Being lawful is more about being orderly than it is about obeying every law around.  If the laws are stupid and/or wrong (and since morality is purely objective in D&D, it is possible to judge when the law is incorrect), a lawful character does not need to automatically fall in line with them.  The government does not dictate the cosmic forces of lawfulness.<br/><br/>Hell, the description of lawful neutrality in the PHB pretty much says that you can follow a personal code rather than the law of the land.