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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thornir Alekeg" data-source="post: 1565189" data-attributes="member: 15651">I voted no (although as a DM I agree with Pcat that decision by committee is not a good idea).  Killing the abuser was not an evil act by any stretch of the imagination.  I can agree that it was not honorable to kill him the way he did, but I do not think he grossly violated his code of conduct; I would say that the paladin reacted emotionally to what he was seeing, an unthinking reaction.  Yes, his DM asked him questions to be sure that he wanted to do this and the PLAYER acted willfully, but just becasue the DM asked, does not mean the player no longer can choose to have the CHARACTER act unthinkingly.  The player needs to be free to play his character as he sees fit.  The DM is not a character's inner voice or conscience.</blockquote>