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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Argyle King" data-source="post: 5669315" data-attributes="member: 58416">I feel -if I were one of the players- I would prefer the GM address the issue out of game and express discomfort with the situation rather than game out a mysterious stranger coming into town and killing the party without any opportunity for the players to have any input.  As for being a murderer... I'm still not sure I 100% agree.  You mentioned 'frontier justice.'  If that's the type of law which the town is based around then I believe even less that it's a black & white case.  Yes, after the longer explanation, I do believe the evil PC escalated the situation.  However, I also feel -as said already- he defended himself against a man who was crazed with emotion; not only that, the same man who had approached him with violence is somebody -again, as said- who has a well known ability to wield godlike powers with his bare hands.   It's actually somewhat fitting that the term 'frontier justice' was mentioned because the first thing I imagined when reading the OP was a scene from a western.  At the very least, I think there's enough doubt to make a trial more interesting than it would otherwise be.  If the organization the paladin belongs to strives to uphold law and order, I would assume they would be violating their vows by not being fair in their application of the law.  Even if the PC is found guilty, I think it would make an interesting rp opportunity to have his evil compatriots be given the chance to break him out of prison and/or sway the trial in their favor.  Even if they fail, they'll have been killed by dice and sword rather than crushed on the rails of the Fiat Express.</blockquote>

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