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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ibram" data-source="post: 1548958" data-attributes="member: 17640">I'm saying that from the characters point of view the pal just smoked a guy sitting and eating an apple.  Remember that as a general rule evil people dont think of themselves as evil.  How am I CG rogue to know when I might cross that line and get cut down?  How can I know how close I am to that line where my alignment toggles?Yes, because he may not be the best guy but hes still just sitting there eating an apple.  now if he was sitting there eating a baby it would be something different.now lets say that the party is sitting at a table over at the Beared Clam Inn.  A shady character in the corner is eyeing them, so the Pal fires off his detect evil and shady character spikes as bad.  Are you saying that the Pal would be justified in just walking over there and choping off the shady characters head?Consider this:the great city of Goodlight is considered one of the most peaceful places in the land.  Watched over by an order of Paladins it has remained untouched by evil over the long years.  But yet Evil can be sneaky some times, it can sneak into the hearts of the most pure, and so the Paladins must remain ever warry.  To help keep the city pure every year there is the "Week of Scouring" when the Order comes down from their fortress.  The Paladins go througout the town, sweaping every inch with their power.  Any evil dooers found, regardless of age, sex, or race, are rounded up and brought to the great central square where they are executed.the above is both the logical extention of gutting the guy in the woods, and sounds terribly evil as well.the path of a Paladin is not an easy one, it is a hard path to live by a "perfect" code in an imperfect world.</blockquote>

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