Lawful
Lawful adjective - Permitted by law.
Successful and lawful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Successful" instead an adjective "Lawful".
Successful
Successful adjective - Having attained a desired end or state of good fortune.
Lawful and successful are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lawful" instead an adjective "Successful".
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Lawful Evil can be the most dangerous alignment because it represents intentional, methodical and frequently successful evil.
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The primary function of the Companions is to help prevent any drift into Lawful Stupid and they have been pretty successful at it for centuries.
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Iomedae from Pathfinder is essentially Jeanne d'Arc deified: a Lawful Good goddess of honor and battle who ascended to divinity after leading several successful crusades against evil as a mortal.
Source: Jeanne d'Archétype
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