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<blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 3548735" data-attributes="member: 32740">Trick question (or simply erroneous in it's basis).&nbsp; As others have stated it is a rules impossibility in d20 D&amp;D to &quot;accidentally&quot; inflict lethal damage instead of non-lethal damage.&nbsp; Non-lethal damage cannot kill you, by definition.If the paladin is using an attack that somehow does both types of damage then he would have to be reckless if that attack were even close to possibly killing the target.&nbsp; The paladin is not doing anything evil, but he certainly is demonstrating clearly that he does NOT have the best interests of his target in mind.&nbsp; &quot;Hmn, let him go into danger - or possibly kill him IN ORDER To keep him safe?&nbsp; Yeah, I'll take the chance on killing him myself...&quot;Either that or he's colossally ignornant.&nbsp; But, he loses his paladin status until he atones (which inlcudes getting the target raised and kissing his... feet in apology).&nbsp; NOTHING happens to his alignment - unless his behavior was motivated by the genuine desire to potentially HARM the target.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Man in the Funny Hat, post: 3548735, member: 32740"] Trick question (or simply erroneous in it's basis). As others have stated it is a rules impossibility in d20 D&D to "accidentally" inflict lethal damage instead of non-lethal damage. Non-lethal damage cannot kill you, by definition. If the paladin is using an attack that somehow does both types of damage then he would have to be reckless if that attack were even close to possibly killing the target. The paladin is not doing anything evil, but he certainly is demonstrating clearly that he does NOT have the best interests of his target in mind. "Hmn, let him go into danger - or possibly kill him IN ORDER To keep him safe? Yeah, I'll take the chance on killing him myself..." Either that or he's colossally ignornant. But, he loses his paladin status until he atones (which inlcudes getting the target raised and kissing his... feet in apology). NOTHING happens to his alignment - unless his behavior was motivated by the genuine desire to potentially HARM the target. [/QUOTE]

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