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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 3249374" data-attributes="member: 22424">Certain paladins may be against poison use, but it is neither inherently Chaotic or inherently Evil, since dead by poison is not noticably worse than dead by insertion of steel. However, poison is generally not much use in open combat, since it's wiped from the blade too quickly, and since you're going for the kill. And the Paladin won't use poison in a duel since that would be dishonourable. And, of course, assassination is out of the question.So, while poison use is not forbidden to the paladin, there are very few circumstances in which they would actually see any value in it. And, certainly, a paladin who chooses to never use poison under any circumstances can hardly be faulted for doing so.Evil. Probably Lawful Evil, but definately Evil.This is the old &quot;what alignment is Jack Bauer?&quot; argument again - the character starts off as a Good guy, but over the course of five seasons to date has gradually slipped further and further from the path of righteousness. In fact, the very circumstance you described was used by the show... and it's evil.Historically, there are a great many groups and individuals who have done terrible things in the name of what they thought was the greater good. These groups are now condemned as being misguided and evil, and rightly so.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="delericho, post: 3249374, member: 22424"] Certain paladins may be against poison use, but it is neither inherently Chaotic or inherently Evil, since dead by poison is not noticably worse than dead by insertion of steel. However, poison is generally not much use in open combat, since it's wiped from the blade too quickly, and since you're going for the kill. And the Paladin won't use poison in a duel since that would be dishonourable. And, of course, assassination is out of the question. So, while poison use is not forbidden to the paladin, there are very few circumstances in which they would actually see any value in it. And, certainly, a paladin who chooses to never use poison under any circumstances can hardly be faulted for doing so. Evil. Probably Lawful Evil, but definately Evil. This is the old "what alignment is Jack Bauer?" argument again - the character starts off as a Good guy, but over the course of five seasons to date has gradually slipped further and further from the path of righteousness. In fact, the very circumstance you described was used by the show... and it's evil. Historically, there are a great many groups and individuals who have done terrible things in the name of what they thought was the greater good. These groups are now condemned as being misguided and evil, and rightly so. [/QUOTE]

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