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<blockquote data-quote="DamnedChoir" data-source="post: 3933140" data-attributes="member: 56141">This reminds me, sadly, of the time one of my players made a Paladin in 3E.He kept using Detect Evil on people, and then, if they were evil, he would kill them. After a while I started penalizing him for this, but he kept arguing with me that they were evil, his holy powers ALL work against evil, so he was RIGHT to kill that greedy bartender, or thief, because his +Charisma damage said so.After a while I got him to tone it down. This time, whenever he got in a fight with someone and won, he used detect evil on them, if they were evil, he coup de gra'd them. Same problem, he saw it as his holy duty to rid evil from the world, even if they're just humans (or in this case, Dwarves) Eventually, he was just using it as an excuse to kill rather than rely on diplomacy or have to take prisoners. Really, though, where does one draw the line between Lawful Good, and Lawful Evil? Paradoxically, he seems to be somewhere in between, but he's definately not Lawful Neutral, either.Goblins are chaotic evil, is killing goblin children a good act, knowing they will just slaughter innocent townsfolk later? You get a bonus to hit and damage against them with smite, right?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DamnedChoir, post: 3933140, member: 56141"] This reminds me, sadly, of the time one of my players made a Paladin in 3E. He kept using Detect Evil on people, and then, if they were evil, he would kill them. After a while I started penalizing him for this, but he kept arguing with me that they were evil, his holy powers ALL work against evil, so he was RIGHT to kill that greedy bartender, or thief, because his +Charisma damage said so. After a while I got him to tone it down. This time, whenever he got in a fight with someone and won, he used detect evil on them, if they were evil, he coup de gra'd them. Same problem, he saw it as his holy duty to rid evil from the world, even if they're just humans (or in this case, Dwarves) Eventually, he was just using it as an excuse to kill rather than rely on diplomacy or have to take prisoners. Really, though, where does one draw the line between Lawful Good, and Lawful Evil? Paradoxically, he seems to be somewhere in between, but he's definately not Lawful Neutral, either. Goblins are chaotic evil, is killing goblin children a good act, knowing they will just slaughter innocent townsfolk later? You get a bonus to hit and damage against them with smite, right? [/QUOTE]

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