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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jasperak" data-source="post: 4024651" data-attributes="member: 2487">Let me try and explain why I think the DM is important here. I have always believed that it is the campaign world and predominant culture that dictates what is lawful and good. If the DM has created a world that presupposes an enlightened belief in the sanctity of life for all sentient beings, then your character should confront the warlock. One of the problems with that is then the predominant LG churches would have to frown upon anybody looting the tombs of sentient beings. They also would not be able to condone "conversion by the sword." IMHO for an enlightened LG church to allow clerics and paladins to exist they must draw the line somewhere between them and all the other races out there and the cleric or paladin should know what he can do and not do; who he can kill and not kill.The point of that is that your character would most likely take cues about "lawful goodness" from those enlightened institutions around him. If your character feels that same way as one of the LG churches, then he would behave in a manner similar to their followers. If not, then he should have some reason why he believes differently. Maybe the church allows its followers to go out and kill non-believers, and your character believes differently.In most of the games I've played/DMed I used the predominant LG church to show how that alignment related to behavior, by using the dogma of the institution and the actions of its followers.As for the whole killing while unconscious question, I have no problem with the warlock's actions. It seems in character; something you could expect from a CN; something I would not penalize for as a DM in this case. Your character's reaction on the other hand is based on his view of LG that is crafted by the campaign world, not necessarily 20th century morality. What is right and what is wrong in your world? Would a paladin lose his status because of that action? Can a LG wizard cast sleep so others could kill?Just ask, What Would Hieroneous Do?  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Sorry for the ramble, I'm tired. :\</blockquote>

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