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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kvantum" data-source="post: 5562774" data-attributes="member: 1905">It really sounds like you've been dealing with a bunch of LAWFUL good (Awful Good?) paladins, not the lawful GOOD that they're supposed (?) to be. As far as I've ever seen it (and GM'd it), unless you're playing a Paladin of a LN deity (Abadar, for example), the Law is a tool to achieve the Good, but the goal, the result you're shooting for through your character's actions, is the Good. Law is just the best means to an end, not the end in and of itself. There are allowances that can be made for less than ethical behavior, and maybe even for tolerating less than moral behavior in others, without resulting in a fall for the paladin. (Particularly if one makes a point of role-playing the character's great discomfort with such non-LG actions - theft is a bad thing, but stealing from the BBEG to stop him from calling down a zombie horde to assault a town is the lesser of two evils, or at least the lesser of two transgressions, and as long as you reflect that internal debate and uncertainty, I wouldn't think any GM should penalize a paladin character.)But a lot of that is personal opinion, and I love both playing and GMing for paladins, provided the player or GM is on the same page I am.</blockquote>