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Originally posted by StarVid:
I can't romance Aerie, she annoys me too much. As for Jah, I want a druid in my party (I'm also playing with through BG1 first with Jah, Khalid, Minsc, Dynaheir, Imoen, and Me). As for a cleric, I was actually thinking of Vic. I'm going to have a lot of muscle in my party, and IMO Vic is a better cleric. Which brings another question. Would a LG character save her? If the law in the area is it kill drow, then probably not, but yet the LG char would be letting an innocent die, which is also bad.
The Lawful Good thing is still kind of a trip. There's a thin line between righteous and self-righteous, and it seems that paladins cross it frequently. If you ask me, self-righteousness is evil, or at least not good.
I have to wonder, what kind of law does a LG character follow? It can not be his own law (as that would make him/her chaotic), but can it be the law of it's faith? This way, if the LG sees a societies with laws it believe to be offensive to the tenets of his/her faith, then s/he can intervene. This way it takes the moral question out of the societal context and replaces it with something simple like "What would Jesus do?"
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First of all, why would a LG person (Paladin) take a NE character (Viconia) into a party? If you're worried about role-playing on that aspect, that would be the biggest violation of all! [img]graemlins/uhoh1.gif[/img]
The "god" of Paladins is Torm; the god of Justice. Paladins also follow Helm, the Guardian or Protector. If you're playing by the laws of the deities, those of Torm or Helm would be the ones you would use to define your actions.
As has been said, acting out that which is Good and Right is not necessarily that which is in the dictates of Society. Amnian law, so infiltrated by the Shadow Thieves on the council and the Cowled Wizards, is pretty evil and corrupt to the core; Bylanna Ialunin (sp?), the puppet ruler of the Council, although "good", is pretty freakin' ineffective, and Isaea Roenall, the captain of the Amnian guard, is as dirty dealing as they come. Even the Harpers that you would be going against are pretty rotten through and through, as you would know if you play with Jaheira in your party. So any quests you do, even the Thieves' Guild quest, could be justified under the actions of a Paladin (cleansing out a corrupt guild of thieves in that case).
Cheers,
-Sazerac