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My Paladin killed a child molester (and now my DM wants to take away my powers!)
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<blockquote data-quote="ThoughtBubble" data-source="post: 1564391" data-attributes="member: 9723"><p>This reminds me of my response to the time travelling paladin's paradox. If a paladin gets sent back in time to a point when he could kill some really evil guy who caused countless innocents to die, but the evil guy wasn't evil yet, is it ok to kill him? My answer to that remains much like my answer to this. I assume the paladin made the right decision.</p><p></p><p>I view paladinhood as something from within. You're not a paladin because you've got a book of 1000 guidelines to follow. The paladin follows those rules because that's what he'd do. You're not granted powers for singing and dancing. You're granted them because of who you are. So I assume that the answers to most of the situations that come up will be the correct one. Of course, my group is fairly good about this. However, if it did come down to a paladin that I felt was acting innapropriately, I'd use a sliding scale. First, bad dreams, images, and a not so subtle shaking. Then, powers slip a little. Then a power works at half power or only gets refilled half the time. Then power loss. But I'd only do this in more extreme situations, or if the player has a history of behavior that I find questionable. Have you had a history of questionable behavior?</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I can see both sides of the arguement. Frankly, I'd make your life miserable though other means. Did you dispose of the body? If you did, was it a proper burial? Does his family know? Does anyone know? Could his friends find out who did it? Would the athorities come after you for murder? Does he have an influencial ally or contact? Does the girl have parents? If not, whos going to take care of her? Does he feel an obligation to confess and seek proper punishment?</p><p></p><p>I would be reluctant to strip a paladin of his powers, simply because anyone willing to play a paladin with any degree of reasonability is going to be more fun to play with as one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ThoughtBubble, post: 1564391, member: 9723"] This reminds me of my response to the time travelling paladin's paradox. If a paladin gets sent back in time to a point when he could kill some really evil guy who caused countless innocents to die, but the evil guy wasn't evil yet, is it ok to kill him? My answer to that remains much like my answer to this. I assume the paladin made the right decision. I view paladinhood as something from within. You're not a paladin because you've got a book of 1000 guidelines to follow. The paladin follows those rules because that's what he'd do. You're not granted powers for singing and dancing. You're granted them because of who you are. So I assume that the answers to most of the situations that come up will be the correct one. Of course, my group is fairly good about this. However, if it did come down to a paladin that I felt was acting innapropriately, I'd use a sliding scale. First, bad dreams, images, and a not so subtle shaking. Then, powers slip a little. Then a power works at half power or only gets refilled half the time. Then power loss. But I'd only do this in more extreme situations, or if the player has a history of behavior that I find questionable. Have you had a history of questionable behavior? Anyway, I can see both sides of the arguement. Frankly, I'd make your life miserable though other means. Did you dispose of the body? If you did, was it a proper burial? Does his family know? Does anyone know? Could his friends find out who did it? Would the athorities come after you for murder? Does he have an influencial ally or contact? Does the girl have parents? If not, whos going to take care of her? Does he feel an obligation to confess and seek proper punishment? I would be reluctant to strip a paladin of his powers, simply because anyone willing to play a paladin with any degree of reasonability is going to be more fun to play with as one. [/QUOTE]
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