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Message: <blockquote data-quote="prosfilaes" data-source="post: 5685999" data-attributes="member: 40166">I don't see that they're necessarily connected to mechanical penalties. A paladin should do the right thing, whether or not his powers are wrapped up in it. At least for the first part, I would put part of the blame on the habit of D&D parties to be created of random characters who wouldn't willingly travel together. A paladin who can stand by while someone pickpockets the poor just because that person is a friend is not a real paladin in my book.Maybe, maybe not. Real world physics is pretty intolerant of situational factors; it's possible that fantasy world metaphysics is just as intolerant. And The Primal Order at one point discusses a nun expounding sublime theories of ethics in the name of a god that can't find its backside with both hands.But that's all about option A. The question in option B is whether a god will punish a paladin for behaving in a clearly wrong fashion even after all situational factors are credited to his account.</blockquote>