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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="Torak Stoneweaver" data-source="post: 1565219" data-attributes="member: 17344"><p><strong>Come on Guys</strong></p><p></p><p>Good Day...</p><p> </p><p>I have read all the replies and find it quite funny that people use references to feudalistic Europe, modern day snipers and our moral structure to sanctify or vilify the actions of this Paladin in the D&D world of Faerun.</p><p> </p><p>They have nothing to do with each other. The problem of over thinkning alignment issues is quite common. I did this am I evil... good grief...</p><p> </p><p>The black and white of alignments is grey at best when you try to compare it to modern morales or for that matter morals that exist in any other source but D&D.</p><p> </p><p>With a D&D Faerunian cosmology in mind... was the act evil... not a chance... was the act neutral... nope... was the act good... yes...</p><p> </p><p>You have to remember that a lawful person doesn't neccessarily follow a code of legality imposed on him/her by authorities... in this case the Paladin's lawfulness would be imparted by the beliefs of his diety and without knowing the Diety we are all just speculating.</p><p> </p><p>Using the provided information, as a DM for over 20+ years, I would say that while his actions may have seems a tad compulsive and not completely Paladin-like... they were justified due to the situations at hand.</p><p> </p><p>You have an evil person going to rape an inocent child again... do you say "I am here to end your evil.. turn around and have at it with someone your own size..." and let the evil guy grab the girl and use her as leverage or worse yet kill the girl out of spite so there is no actual victim... NOPE you take the options in ... killing the man before he can touch the girl is a primal reaction to a dire situation.</p><p> </p><p>The old phrase everyone knows is Lawful Good doesn't mean lawful stupid... and with a young girl's life in the balance you take no chances...</p><p> </p><p>If however the same Paladin happened upon the scene and saw the man just finish and leave before he could get there to make a differnce was to later encounter the foe on the street he then must call him out if you will... it depends on the gravity and direness of the situation..</p><p> </p><p>my 2 1/2 coppers</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Torak Stoneweaver, post: 1565219, member: 17344"] [b]Come on Guys[/b] Good Day... I have read all the replies and find it quite funny that people use references to feudalistic Europe, modern day snipers and our moral structure to sanctify or vilify the actions of this Paladin in the D&D world of Faerun. They have nothing to do with each other. The problem of over thinkning alignment issues is quite common. I did this am I evil... good grief... The black and white of alignments is grey at best when you try to compare it to modern morales or for that matter morals that exist in any other source but D&D. With a D&D Faerunian cosmology in mind... was the act evil... not a chance... was the act neutral... nope... was the act good... yes... You have to remember that a lawful person doesn't neccessarily follow a code of legality imposed on him/her by authorities... in this case the Paladin's lawfulness would be imparted by the beliefs of his diety and without knowing the Diety we are all just speculating. Using the provided information, as a DM for over 20+ years, I would say that while his actions may have seems a tad compulsive and not completely Paladin-like... they were justified due to the situations at hand. You have an evil person going to rape an inocent child again... do you say "I am here to end your evil.. turn around and have at it with someone your own size..." and let the evil guy grab the girl and use her as leverage or worse yet kill the girl out of spite so there is no actual victim... NOPE you take the options in ... killing the man before he can touch the girl is a primal reaction to a dire situation. The old phrase everyone knows is Lawful Good doesn't mean lawful stupid... and with a young girl's life in the balance you take no chances... If however the same Paladin happened upon the scene and saw the man just finish and leave before he could get there to make a differnce was to later encounter the foe on the street he then must call him out if you will... it depends on the gravity and direness of the situation.. my 2 1/2 coppers [/QUOTE]
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