No ! (And I would argue that Lawful people are inherently not selfish. The fact you can sort-of have Lawful selfish types is a reflection of the weakness of a stereotype-based system.)
Much as people take the p*ss out of 1st Ed. D&D alignments, it was actually a pretty decent system (albeit for something one doesn't actually want a system for).
Someone can be very selfish, but have a strong moral code which results in them behaving overall in a 'good' manner.
Most of my characters way back when were Chaotic Good, in fact. It's the ideal alignment for a questing character because it perfectly describes the inherently selfish nature of grubbing around for gold and cheesy magic items for a living when you could be working for the city guard (or similar), whilst at the same time reflecting your disinclination to steal money from people, kill them and nick their stuff and so on.
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Date: 2004-02-11 08:34 am (UTC)No ! (And I would argue that Lawful people are inherently not selfish. The fact you can sort-of have Lawful selfish types is a reflection of the weakness of a stereotype-based system.)
Much as people take the p*ss out of 1st Ed. D&D alignments, it was actually a pretty decent system (albeit for something one doesn't actually want a system for).
Someone can be very selfish, but have a strong moral code which results in them behaving overall in a 'good' manner.
Most of my characters way back when were Chaotic Good, in fact. It's the ideal alignment for a questing character because it perfectly describes the inherently selfish nature of grubbing around for gold and cheesy magic items for a living when you could be working for the city guard (or similar), whilst at the same time reflecting your disinclination to steal money from people, kill them and nick their stuff and so on.