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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cabled" data-source="post: 2756083" data-attributes="member: 23297">HehIf the paladin can't beat the harpies, but the wizard CAN, I tend to believe the paladin can't beat the wizard either. For the sake of your situation we'll say  I guess it really depends on how much of the whole situation you outlined the paladin is actually aware of.  Nobody can right every wrong, not even a paladin, that way lies madness.  It looks like you're trying to set up a situation where the paladin can either save the town from the wizard, or save the town from the harpies (by allowing the wizard to defend the town), but not both.  I would say the paladin should deal with the evil he knows.  Lock up the wizard in whatever fashion is acceptable so he can be subject to whatever laws the land has.  Then IMMEDIATELY begin organizing the town to withstand this harpy attack.  There are bound to be a few large, solid buildings around town...a church, a barn, a grain silo...something.  If anyone should be able to organize a town for defense, it's a paladin...wise, charismatic, and learned in the ways of combat.  If and when the harpies attack, everyone heads for this one building, and everyone brings a weapon.  And bring all the pitchforks you can find, they have longer reach, and every farm has more pitchforks than farmers (I grew up in farm country, trust me on this).In the meanwhile, the paladin sends the best rider the town has by the fastest horse he can ride back to the nearest place the paladin can expect help to come from.  It's probably the best the paladin can do...deal with the immediate evils of the wizard, plan for the potential harpy attack and call for help.  Unless he is some kind of oracle, the paladin can't know exactly how or when (or if) the harpy attack will come.  You paint the villagers as helpless, but people that live that far back out in the weeds aren't helpless, they're some of the most resourceful people you'll ever meet.  They would have starved or been eaten by wolves long ago if it were otherwise.  What they most likely lack is organization and inspiration, and THAT is something the paladin can provide.</blockquote>

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