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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 1147227" data-attributes="member: 2209">Code of Conduct: A paladin must be of lawful good alignment and loses all class abilities if she ever willingly commits an evil act.Additionally, a paladin’s code requires that she respect legitimate authority, act with honor (not lying, not cheating, not using poison, and so forth), help those in need (provided they do not use the help for evil or chaotic ends), and punish those who harm or threaten innocents.Ex-PaladinsA paladin who ceases to be lawful good, who willfully commits an evil act, or who grossly violates the code of conduct loses all paladin spells and abilities (including the service of the paladin’s mount, but not weapon, armor, and shield proficiencies). She may not progress any farther in levels as a paladin. She regains her abilities and advancement potential if she atones for her violations (see the atonement spell description), as appropriate.Like a member of any other class, a paladin may be a multiclass character, but multiclass paladins face a special restriction. A paladin who gains a level in any class other than paladin may never again raise her paladin level, though she retains all her paladin abilities.Two questions before stripping a paladin of their powers: 1) was what they did an evil act? 2) Did they grossly violate the code of conduct?This paladin rescued one of the fallen but did not bury or bring back the corpse of the other paladin. Instead the paladin took the dead one's powerful magic sword to continue the fight against evil.Evil act or grossly violate the code of conduct? Depends, did the paladin abandon the fallen comrade's corpse so it would not be raised by the church and he could get the sword? If so then I would rule that an evil act without honor so he both loses paladin status for both reasons. If it was just pressure of time, he didn't think about the unhallowed undead area, etc. then I would not think it evil and consider it debatable about being a GROSS violation of the code (acting with honor and helping those in need requirements debatably apply to the situation) and would depend upon the exact circumstances.</blockquote>

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