I wonder, if a revolutionary carries out a successful revolution, and establishes a new government that they see as more legitimate than the one they deposed, does the entire universe shift to seeing the new government as “lawful” and the anyone fighting to restore the old regime as “chaotic”? If not, at what point does a post-revolutionary government shift from a chaotic organization to a lawful one, in the universe’s eyes?
Perhaps the difference is generational, ie the people who overthrew the old system will always be considered chaotic, but their children who grow up in the new system if they don’t overthrow it in turn are considered lawful. There has to be some arbitrary moment where the designation changes, because alignments in D&D are observable, objective phenomenon and not relative in the slightest.
I wonder, if a revolutionary carries out a successful revolution, and establishes a new government that they see as more legitimate than the one they deposed, does the entire universe shift to seeing the new government as “lawful” and the anyone fighting to restore the old regime as “chaotic”? If not, at what point does a post-revolutionary government shift from a chaotic organization to a lawful one, in the universe’s eyes?
Perhaps the difference is generational, ie the people who overthrew the old system will always be considered chaotic, but their children who grow up in the new system if they don’t overthrow it in turn are considered lawful. There has to be some arbitrary moment where the designation changes, because alignments in D&D are observable, objective phenomenon and not relative in the slightest.
D&D alignment is more for individuals than governments or organizations IIRC since D&D is a character-based game.
In which case a character can change their disposition over time, just like real morality.