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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Darkness" data-source="post: 573796" data-attributes="member: 13">Heh. You can play, but you can't win. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Stop trying to muddy the issue, dude. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:"  data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" />Okay - let's try this again.The description of a paladin's code of conduct clearly states that they are to respect legitimate authority.With me so far?Now, as you quoted in your post, some paladins "kill evil without mercy."So what does this mean? It means, of course, that  paladins can "kill evil without mercy" as long as they are "respecting legitimate authority."You can't just selectively remove parts of a paladin's code of conduct; it's a code of conduct, not a salad bar.So if the legitimate authority of the land ruthlessly murders all enemy combatants no matter what, doing so, too is all fine and dandy for the paladin (unless it's not compatible with the rest of the paladin's code and alignment, of course <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />).(Of course, if the paladin is not part of the armed forces (or an equivalent body) of the nation in question, he might be more limited in his actions regardless.)[campaign-specific consideration]On the other hand, if his religion is considered especially important in the nation, paladins of his faith might be granted more authority than normal soldiers/lawkeepers/whatever; but that's something that can only be answered by the campaign's DM rather than the core rules.[/campaign-specific consideration]Otherwise, murdering enemy combatants is against the law - and breaking the law is kinda the opposite of respecting it IMNSHO. And there are few crimes more vile than murder, are there?</blockquote>

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