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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Salthorae" data-source="post: 7821574" data-attributes="member: 1095">I... didn't say that DM's judge "quality" of roleplay? But I have no problem judging if someone is sticking to the character concept they rolled up or came up with based on their Traits/Ideals/Bonds/Flaws and for Paladins the Oaths they took.Your analogy seems to be flat to me. In D&D Paladins aren't citizens with clean criminal records. They are a fantasy version of the police. Just like IRL there are local police, local sheriffs, state police, federal police. D&D has city watch, town guards, military orders, Paladin orders, etc. And cops very much DO get rewarded for succeeding and going above and beyond their Oath of Offices, with promotions, medals, and citations. The experience I've seen most often with Paladins, DM's, and punishment is often not the Paladin violating their oath on purpose, but DM's and Player disagreement on what it means to violate the oaths and the consequences of that before they start play with the paladin PC.</blockquote>