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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 2378931" data-attributes="member: 707">I completely disagree.  A paladin isn't required to stay his hand just because his foe cries out for Mercy.  If he were, the villains would figure it out in no time and he'd never kill anyone.  He'd be the most ineffectual warrior against evil the world has ever known.Paladin: "Now, foul priest of bane, prepare to..."Cleric: "Mercy!"Paladin:  "Oh, all right, I guess I need to parlay."Cleric:  "Destruction!"Dead Paladin:  *Hrm, perhaps that wasn't such a good idea...*No, a Paladinc can choose to grant mercy to those he deems can be redeemed from the darkness.  But he certainly isn't required to spare every villain who begs him not to kill them.Now then, as far as what I'd do as a DM, the first and most important question is, "Is the Priestess of Orcus sincere?"  SHARK wrote that she seemed sincere after a Sense Motive check, but what happens afterward depends entirely on whether this is true or not.If the priestess isn't sincere, things are straightforward.  She must have some means of concealing her alignment from the paladin's Detect Evil.  So she bides her time until she can escape or kill the party and then escape.If she's sincere, I think the best way to handle it would be to look to Master Sepulchrave, who faced a similar dilemma with a repenting succubus.  I believe (if memory serves) that he immediately changed her alignment to neutral when she renounced Evil, then had her work towards a Good alignment by learning, bit by bit, what Good truly is.  I wish I had a link to the thread where this was all discussed, since I think it would help you greatly, but alas I don't have the search function available.Again, if memory serves, the succubus immediately lost certain demonic powers and qualities that were granted by Evil, and later gained abilities from another power to replace them.  I figure the repentant priestess would be the same, immediately losing any powers granted by Orcus, and later possibly finding faith (and power) in another god(dess).If you go this way, you not only have the RP opportunites of the repentant priestess, but also several plot-hooks built into the concept.  For not only will Orcus be upset and want his revenge on the traitor, but the priestess will likely not receive a warm welcome from the paladin's church, either.  Indeed, granting mercy to a priestess of Orcus may get him into trouble politically within his own organization, and other clerics and paladins frown upon his decision not to punish the wicked priestess, and question his ability to remain pure in the constant presence of one who served the Demon Prince.</blockquote>

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