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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 283234" data-attributes="member: 2011">With an army, you are following a superiors orders, regardless of the alignment of the superior or their motives.With an individual, especially a DND character, you should be following the dictates of the alignment. A lot of people wave alignment around as if it were a pair of underwear that they can change at will. They do this by attempting to justify actions that really do not fit that alignment such as saying "well, he had the unholy symbol of an evil deity".The problem is, so what? Does that definitively make him a Cleric of that god? Maybe he is a NG Rogue/Spy trying to find out information on that temple and your LG character just ambushed and killed him (not talking about the specific example you mentioned, merely the type of encounter mentioned).Did he do murder then?That's WHY LG characters follow a set of rules for combat: to minimize mistakes like this.The Paladin does Detect Evil in your world, sees the guy is evil, and outright kills him. Opps. Didn't know that he was a NG Rogue/Spy trying to find out information on that temple and had an Amulet of Opposite Appearing Alignment on.At least in my world, the Paladin would merely watch the guy and only confront him if he does something illegal or immoral.Different strokes for different folks.It's called moral challenges for the character. Everything is rarely black and white, even with detection spells.</blockquote>

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