Whizbang Dustyboots said:How would you feel about a human paladin with faith that will eventually get shaken and take up darker means to protect his city? (i.e. a Lawful Good paladin eventually turning into a Lawful Evil blackguard -- who will fully cooperate with the rest of the party, as his goals haven't changed, just his methodology and view of "good.")
I think the idea of an evil character who behaves in a lawful and orderly manner to be an interesting one, but I appreciate that some folks will find an evil character inherently disruptive.
(Blame George R.R. Martin for this thought.)
If the game progressed that far I would you allow you to play him to the first time that he would betray the party to support his own view of "good". At that point he would become an NPC under me.
That is still very far down the road though, so I would prefer to see what he would be at the moment he joined the party and go from that point for the selection process.