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The Paladin killed someone...what to do?
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<blockquote data-quote="Kahuna Burger" data-source="post: 2707067" data-attributes="member: 8439"><p>The padadin will need to atone, in my opinion. A paladin must act honorably. Killing even a criminal in cold blood when there was no immediate threat from him isn't honorable. A paladin is lawful as well as good and respects legitamate lawful authority. He had a criminal 'in custody' in a city where he apparently maintains a residence (so if he doesn't respect the civil authority there we have a different problem) and he chooses to kill him out of hand rather than turn him over to the authorities. And while I like a good revenge fantasy as much as the next guy, killing the guy who acted as a distraction may or may not be justice, depending on the law.</p><p></p><p>Since you have the game on hold, I would suggest talking to the player, and ask for clarification on if he is trying to kill the guy. Make it clear that killing a helpless target in a situation where he can be dealt with by city authorities would be a violation of his code, and if he wants to do that and deal with the consequences thats fine, but if he didn't think of it that way give him a chance to subdual the guy's head into a wall and go from there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kahuna Burger, post: 2707067, member: 8439"] The padadin will need to atone, in my opinion. A paladin must act honorably. Killing even a criminal in cold blood when there was no immediate threat from him isn't honorable. A paladin is lawful as well as good and respects legitamate lawful authority. He had a criminal 'in custody' in a city where he apparently maintains a residence (so if he doesn't respect the civil authority there we have a different problem) and he chooses to kill him out of hand rather than turn him over to the authorities. And while I like a good revenge fantasy as much as the next guy, killing the guy who acted as a distraction may or may not be justice, depending on the law. Since you have the game on hold, I would suggest talking to the player, and ask for clarification on if he is trying to kill the guy. Make it clear that killing a helpless target in a situation where he can be dealt with by city authorities would be a violation of his code, and if he wants to do that and deal with the consequences thats fine, but if he didn't think of it that way give him a chance to subdual the guy's head into a wall and go from there. [/QUOTE]
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