Post/Author/DateTime	Post
VirgilCaine 05-06-04, 04:55 PM	What Codes have you used for Lawful characters?
HammerHeart81 05-09-04, 01:21 AM	I played a LN fighter merc that when signed up for a duty, he sees to it that he completes the job assigned. So if his target tries to tempt him into taking bettter money to spare, he would swat the bag of money asside.
Deladrion Garthin 05-09-04, 09:23 PM	I (very briefly) had a LE monk that valued strength and selfrespect above all else. He had only contempt for someone that showed cowardice or weakness in any way. On the other had he had the utmost respect for anyone (even, say, a 1st level peasant) that showed courage and resolve in the face of danger. I never really got a chance to play this out, though. 3.0 Fire elementals were under-CRed. Period.
Trydan 05-11-04, 07:23 AM	I have one character that I'd started working on that had quite an extensive code of conduct. The character was based on ultra-lawful-neutral, and revolved around the focus on justice and its implementation by the sword. The code of honour associated with it was call the "Code of the Sword". The basic premise was that (in our campaign world) the sword was the only weapon to have been developed with the sole purpose of killing humans. Flails were originally for thrashing grain, tridents for fishing, spears for tossing hay, quarterstaffs for supporting a weary traveller, bow-and-arrows for hunting birds. The character was pure fighter, with everything piled into optimising him as a two-handed sword fighter. However, in addition to all his equipment, the character had a small book entitled "Tales of the Sword Code" (apologies for the pun, but that's what I'd called it). This book, which I got about halfway through making as an actual prop, was based on the same style as the "Rule of St Benedict". It had everything from what to eat and when to sleep, to guidelines for training and combat, to the moral and ethical decisions associated with execution and justice. The idea would be that come a certain situation, and the party was trying to decide what to do, I would read passages of wisdom from this book (and basically inspire - or annoy - everyone!). In the end I never finished it (I got up to about a 20 pages or so when I put it to the side). As I tend to run games as a DM, rather than play then, there was no incentive for me to develop the character immediately, and as a result, the concept (and files) are stored away somewhere on my computer waiting for a suitable campaign when I'm playing again.
Hizar 05-11-04, 12:03 PM	I am currently playing a TN follower of Waukeen. (fighter class) Who is a merchant. he will do anything to progress trade, including work with evil charcters. so long as fair trade is maintained he is fine with it. :angel: However if you cheat, lie, or disrubt trade well then it must be time for you to die:behold:
Frodo Lives 05-11-04, 10:29 PM	My LN Hexblade is a self centered, cynical, cold man. However he is determined to stay on the good side of the law (he figures its easier to make a living and gain respect when you are respectable) and will honor any contract that he makes. He lives by his word and he will not intentionally do anything to sully his reputation. However, if he is hired to protect you for 24 hours and you are attacked 10 minutes after the allotted time is up, you better hope he likes you. Because if he doesn't he won't feel any remorse about letting you die. Not his problem.
Iron Chef Vastrox 05-13-04, 11:37 PM	My Lawful Evil Red Wizard is a fine and upstanding citizen. He obeys all laws, popular customs, walk signals, et cetera. He's simply devoid of compassion. Never put yourself in a position where you serve no purpose and are completely at his mercy. He doesn't have any.
Galethorn 05-16-04, 01:41 AM	My neutral good (albeit with lawful tendancies) ranger/fighter has a fairly simple code of conduct... Bring hope to the hopeless, help to the helpless, and death to the heartless. So, basically, he'll always try to enliven the downtrodden, help those in need, and kill the truly evil. That obviously means he'd leave your average two-bit thug alive (though maybe beaten up a bit, and hog-tied at the door of the local constabulary), but monumental, irrideemably evil individuals will never be able to rest in peace with him on their trail.
Lily_Knight 05-16-04, 07:29 AM	My LE Knight of Tahkisis believes only in the blood oath, submit or die, and the vision that Tahkisis gave him: He is standing in front of a shimmering pearl alter gazzing up at a light blue sky with a white light blazing down on him. Suddenly it grows cold and dark. The altar cracks and blood flows from it. Runs past his feet and down the side of a cliff. Then by the might of his own hand he binds and holds the shattered alter together. He thinks this vision means the queen will test those around him and it will be up to him to hold the knighthood together. But boy is he wrong...
Chasmodai 05-20-04, 02:11 AM	I have a TN Monk/Psychic Warrior who believes in harmony and balance above all else. He's a worshipper of Zuoken and believes that true harmony can only be achieved by mastering the physcial and the mental and fusing them into one whole, so that the realm of the body and the mind cannot be told apart. He has morals, but he won't go overboard to argue the righteousness of good and the wickedness of evil. For him, moral debates and issues are simply ways for a person to find his balance and divinity. He also likes to help people understand and perceive beyond what they can see. Yet he only gives a push in the right direction and leaves the rest to the person. For instance, if he found a peasant under attack by an orc, he would hand the man a weapon and watch. He doesn't care who wins, as whatever the outcome, the world moves on.
FolcoTook 06-03-04, 12:01 PM	This is my paladin character's Code (halfling paladin, Yondalla): The Protector's Creed (Code of Conduct for a Paladin of Yondalla) I am Tobynn Underglade, a Paladin of Yondalla. It is my first duty to protect the weak and the innocent. I will face my enemies with courage; I will respect my foe's honorable surrender; I will act with honor and keep my word once given; I will respect legitimate and just authority; I will show mercy and charity to those in need. I am Tobynn Underglade, a Paladin of Yondalla. It is my first duty to protect the weak and the innocent. I had it begin and end with the protection part to emphasize that as his main focus, since that is the aspect of Yondalla that most fits a paladin. -FT
Tan Shao Han 06-03-04, 04:26 PM	i play in the same game as Chasmodai - i'm playing Lian Wuhai, an exalted Monk/ Wilder/ Lucid Cenobite (Mindscapes prestige class) from the Empire of Shou Lung. He's Lawful Good - he took the vow of peace feat chain and has recently ascended to a higher postion in the Celestial Bureaucracy after becoming a Lohan (Saint). Lian believes in ultimate pacifism - one being must not hurt any other living being in any way to further its own goals. He believes that this hurt does not just include physical pain. This hurt includes mental, emotional, and psychic trauma - lies, delusions, half-truths, barbed words, etc can cause much greater wounds than swords and spells. Part of this belief is influenced by the fact that he's a psychic - where other people feel that "bad thoughts" and "bad vibes" are just immaterial, "false" things with no consequence, he knows the power of thoughts given sufficient weight. Hence his code is a mixture of a monk's quest for perfection mixed with the psion's quest for power over the mental realms. He's a bit like a kensai, with bits of mystic tossed in; it's a big hodge-podge philosophy of monastic training, personal experience, and spiritual insight upon his path to enlightenment, and central to his belief of ethics is that everyone, everything makes a difference. The grasshopper that is used for some mage's spell component is just as powerful as that mage. to his viewpoint, for without one, the other could not exist. He believes that he owes everyone something, and to a certain degree he does not differentiate himself from other beings - he distracts dragons and mages to blast him with their breath weapons and area effect spells in clearings so that the innocents and the rest of his party without evasion won't get hit etc. he's gotten into thorny situations where Chasmodai's character has gotten peeved with him before - we were walking through an undead-infested wasteland and we came across a group of Nerull-worshippers and assorted undead, with babies they were planning to sacrifice to their charnel god. The rest of the party couldn't be bothered as we had a war to fight, and this was just something chance on the way. But then, to Lian, nothing is ever "chance" - he has met them, and so it's his responsibility to be a teacher to those servants of the dark spirits. He fought them all, subdued them, got heckled, spat upon, insulted by them and his own party members and the people he was trying to save, and he was unsure about how to save the world.. but the way he sees it, if he can't convince even one freckle-faced basement worshipper of Nerull to embrace life and light once more, what hope does he have of spreading peace through the world?
Rudysseus 06-04-04, 11:17 PM	I am currently playing a paladin of Karse (its a homebrew knockoff of Mystra, Oghma, and Azuth) who is trained to kill any spellcaster who uses his/her magic to harm others. He basically adheres to the following code, along with his normal paladin code. None who use magic in a disruptive, or evil manner can be ignored. Fulfillment of my mission supercede danger to myself. Bolster hope and show compassion to all in need. Respect love and honor, and extend that respect even to thy enemies. (not always a big fan of this one in the middle of a dungeon) The use of magic is a privilege, with that privilege comes responsibility. What Karse gives, Karse can take away. Always show respect to those who use their magic in the service of good, and always seek to aid them whenever possible. A personal note of the character is that he is very loathe to slay women unless they are directly harming innocents, and if given the opportunity, he usually tries to talk them into surrendering, changing their ways, or attempts to render them unconscious and take them back to stay proper trial. (probably very chauvenistic, but he considers women very sacred and doesn't like to seem them destroyed for no reason. Its another part of his God's beliefs. Homebrew...=P ) Its somewhat close to the original paladin code, with some aspects of magic added by the DM.
Bazcasta 06-06-04, 11:44 PM	I have a NG character who values knowledge, balance, and truth very much. His code is Never slay a bard; unless the bard is knowingly spreading lies. Never hit a unarmed or downed foe. Fight only as a last resort, and then don't try to kill unless it's a last last resort. Balance and equality are important, but good must go before evil.
Sir Neil 06-07-04, 09:13 AM	Never commit an evil act. Respect legitimate authority. Act with honor. Help those who need help. Punish those that harm or threaten innocents. My namesake also adds, "Respect for all peers and equals, courtesy to all lessers."
blood_of_the_ancient 06-09-04, 09:48 AM	Tatsel Ganav (1) Kill anyone who cannot defend themselves appropriatly. (2) Kill anyone who is stupid. (3) Dow whatever it takes to get what you want as long as ti doesn't break the first two rules. The first two rules are only in effect when he wouldn't get caught.
Mysteria 06-09-04, 02:55 PM	Hm, if it's always lawful is open to debate ... Rule 1: Do not kill your own kind. Rule 2: Keep your word. Rule 3: Fight for justice.
Thalis 06-10-04, 11:56 PM	I had a lawful good half-celestrial psion once. he'd go into bars, read peoples memories, and then kill them depending on if they did something in there past dictating death, if the laws in the area called for death for the crimes that is. It was kinda taking it to the extreme. and maybe it wasn't even LG. but in his head it was, and after all, isn't morallity just inside your head?