This does not sit well with me because of my beliefs. What also doesn't sit well with me is that Lawful Good is about obeying law regardless of whether the law is really good or not. Whether the law is serving people or not, a Lawful Good character must obey the law or they might slide towards a new alignment
This is the viewpoint I have basically had shoved at me about lawful good in practically every morality and alignment conversation I have ever had, so I find it really common. Lawful good is apparently for fanatics and people who love any excuse to be rigid and controlling (and you can't tell these people they are acting more like lawful evil.) Neutral good is much more benevolent and willing to listen to reason.
Imo, what you are describing--following the laws above all else--would be Lawful Neutral, not Lawful Good. If anything, Lawful Good characters can offer
more choice in roleplaying than either LN or NG. LN characters will follow the law/their code. Good characters will do what they think will help others most. LG characters, however, when faced with a situation where the law calls for something and (their idea of) doing good calls for another action...have to make a choice. LG characters
might follow harmful laws if they think that doing so is important for society's well-being, but will (should) have a breaking point where they'll stand against unjust laws.
But yeah, an unfortunately commonly held idea about LG characters is that they're goody-two-shoes who, in every situation,
must follow the law AND
must do good, in that order. There's also the confusion about specific laws...just because a character is Lawful (has a code, values authority, values order) doesn't mean they will follow
every law.
