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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="jgbrowning" data-source="post: 1564850" data-attributes="member: 5724"><p>God's don't grant paladinhood since paladins can be paladins without a god.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Not necessarily. Given the fact that a god doesn't have to be involved to begin with which removes this line of arguement, the god could be the kind of god that thinks his paladins should support the local attempts a justice instead of creating his own justice. The type of god that thinks even a poorly operating justice system is better than allowing people to willy-nilly slay whoever they wish as long as they can justifiy their rage as "I was protecting a child." It could also be a god that knows the more and more his paladins take life and death into their own hands, the less they value it. For though they can take it away, they cannot give it to those who deserve it.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Righteousness and shielding the innocent != killing when other options are available. How is chosing to slay righteous when you can get the same end effect (shielding the innocent and punishment) without slaying, especially considering the perp didn't even know <strong>why</strong> he was being punished because he didn't know that he was about to be punished.</p><p></p><p>An important part of justice is understanding what your crime is, why it's wrong, and what your punishment will be. The paladin did <strong>none</strong> of that in this circumstance. And considering that unlike other circumstances (like fighting a red dragon) all of these aspects of justice could have easily occurred, his actions deserve repremanding.</p><p></p><p>joe b.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jgbrowning, post: 1564850, member: 5724"] God's don't grant paladinhood since paladins can be paladins without a god. Not necessarily. Given the fact that a god doesn't have to be involved to begin with which removes this line of arguement, the god could be the kind of god that thinks his paladins should support the local attempts a justice instead of creating his own justice. The type of god that thinks even a poorly operating justice system is better than allowing people to willy-nilly slay whoever they wish as long as they can justifiy their rage as "I was protecting a child." It could also be a god that knows the more and more his paladins take life and death into their own hands, the less they value it. For though they can take it away, they cannot give it to those who deserve it. Righteousness and shielding the innocent != killing when other options are available. How is chosing to slay righteous when you can get the same end effect (shielding the innocent and punishment) without slaying, especially considering the perp didn't even know [b]why[/b] he was being punished because he didn't know that he was about to be punished. An important part of justice is understanding what your crime is, why it's wrong, and what your punishment will be. The paladin did [b]none[/b] of that in this circumstance. And considering that unlike other circumstances (like fighting a red dragon) all of these aspects of justice could have easily occurred, his actions deserve repremanding. joe b. [/QUOTE]
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