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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 9365984">I always found the 1E and 2E paladins a little open to interpretation in this respect. Personally I do find it more interesting if their oath powers are more about the will of the either the gods they serve or some kind of cosmic ought in the setting than merely their own convictions. But ultimately this is something the group needs to be on the same page about before play starts.Importantly in both those version, the rules around chaotic behavior seem a bit more lenient to me than evil behavior. It says that chaotic behavior has to be performed knowingly for it to be an issue. While even evil acts performed knowingly or under mind control would constitute a problem for the paladin. Also the punishment for performing a chaotic act is penance while the punishment for performing an evil act is loss of paladin hood. This suggests to me that a Paladin trying to weigh lying against saving a life, wouldnt' have to atone  if they lied to prevent evil (or whatever impossible choice you want to give a paladin). Evil is the much bigger consideration I think</blockquote>