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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fenes" data-source="post: 1549739" data-attributes="member: 604">IMC, I run evil as EVIL. Not just being cruel, not just being selfish, but actively going out of your way to harm innocents, torture them, make deals with devils and demons and other abhorrent practises. Good is GOOD - sacrificing yourself for the greater good of others all day, working hard to help others without a thought of personal gain etc.Anything and anybody else is neutral, even the mercenary or hired killer. That means that evil people are mostly clerics and cultists working on nefarious plans, good people are usually clerics of good gods, paladins etc. As to a paladin detecting evil and killing a man on the road... imc, paladins are, well, Paragons of Virtue - the epitome of good and right, the protector of the weak and innocent, defender of the land, the people who gladly give their lives for others. The people know they are the direct servants of the gods, not some funny knights in full plate mumbling about hooky religions. They know paladins do not lie, stand up for what is right, and live by harder standards than anyone.So, if a paladin comes into town, people will not harass him as a lawful stupid goody doer, at least not the common people, who know they can count on him to help them in their need. The jealous noble may be peeved, partly due jealousy, partly through shame for not living up to the ideals himself, and the more selfish people will be a bit wary. But no mob of peasants will be dissing paladins, and no city watch will lord it over them.Combine the two, and no judge will persecute a paladin for enacting god's will - unless that god is outlawed in a country - by killing EVIL people.Needless to say, amulets and spells that hide alignment are common among my villains, but the paladin in my campaign does not use detect evil on everyone she sees anyway.</blockquote>

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