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<blockquote data-quote="Storm Raven" data-source="post: 4141024" data-attributes="member: 307">I had figured that &quot;might makes right&quot; had pretty much been discarded as a moral guide. I guess I was wrong. You see, what keeps people who are more powerful than others from killing and running rampant is generally morality - those who are &quot;good&quot; don't engage in wanton acts of murder and destruction in response to insults and uncivility. Those who are &quot;evil&quot; often do.No one is saying that the PCs are not powerful. No one is saying that they could not kill peasants that annoyed them or burn villages to the ground in response to an insult. The only thing that is being said it that, in D&amp;D terms, they would be evil if they did so.Given that the paladin in question is working for the same king as the arbiter, it seems like there really isn't an &quot;unjust law&quot; question here. Certainly there isn't any justification for killing the guy.Because it isn't &quot;evil&quot; to kill those who refuse to answer your questions. Umm, yeah.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Storm Raven, post: 4141024, member: 307"] I had figured that "might makes right" had pretty much been discarded as a moral guide. I guess I was wrong. You see, what keeps people who are more powerful than others from killing and running rampant is generally morality - those who are "good" don't engage in wanton acts of murder and destruction in response to insults and uncivility. Those who are "evil" often do. No one is saying that the PCs are not powerful. No one is saying that they could not kill peasants that annoyed them or burn villages to the ground in response to an insult. The only thing that is being said it that, in D&D terms, they would be evil if they did so. Given that the paladin in question is working for the same king as the arbiter, it seems like there really isn't an "unjust law" question here. Certainly there isn't any justification for killing the guy. Because it isn't "evil" to kill those who refuse to answer your questions. Umm, yeah. [/QUOTE]

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