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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Slit518" data-source="post: 7296969" data-attributes="member: 6803713">So today I realized my Paladin is a pretty terrible person...He's an Oath of Vengeance, Half-Elf Paladin.He gets spells at a Paladin progression, but he gains Warlock spells and casts them like a Warlock (short rest recharge).The game is mostly roleplay with some encounters.One of the first items I got was a ring that allows me to control a dwarf that seems to be void of emotion, my Paladin is trying to find a place for him (and possibly get his soul or mind or whatever back), but all I wind up doing is carting him around to follow me to ensure his safety.My paladin is also prejudice against races he deems evil, such as Tieflings (for their fiendish blood), Dragonborn (for their dragon ancestry), orcs, goblins, gnolls, etc...  One of his first pivotal moments was him finding interest in a bartender just to find out she was Tiefling upon further inspection.  To make a long story short, he went on a date with her, and murdered her to rid the world of her "filth."He was slightly horrified by this, sitting up in bed all night, just staring, probably sleeping with his eyes opened, yet he was also strangely satisfied.He had some other heroic exploits in-between visits to the town, like when he returned after a journey he found a gang of 20 gnolls mocking a family of gnomes that were in a house blazing with fire.He ran, killed the gnolls with some swift justice, and saved 2/3 gnomes.Later he found out the gnome he saved was an adulterer, who wanted to stay at a <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> bar (I offered to pay for their room and board).  The place was called The Stinky Goblin.It was a filthy establishment, where I assume strippers would go to dance, patrons would get drunk, and people would do "things" in the rooms upstairs (you rent them by the hour, 2 copper an hour).My Paladin realizing this guy was trying to take advantage of me by having me rent a room at a filthy establishment like this is of no use for the world!  And what is worse?  He brought his baby to this place and didn't seem overly concerned about it.  In fact, he even gave his baby alcohol to shut it up.Needless to say, after my Paladin found out what this place was, he cast Blight on the bartender and dragged his body into the kitchen, introducing himself as the new "owner" to all the goblins going mad cutting each other up, making crazy pots of food out of goblin meat (they were cannibals).He offered them jobs and a hospitable place to stay if they would accept him as the new owner, and he'd pay them 3x their rate.They fought him, he killed them (most of them).After he massed control of the place he went out into the bar area (2 hours before opening) and poured heavy liquor all over the establishment, from the floors, to the rooms upstairs, do the tables, etc... letting it soak in.He locked all the back exits and blocked them with heavy objects.He waited for the place to be opened for a few hours before he lit a room upstairs on fire.  He then locked the front door and left to relax as his comfy room in an upscale tavern/inn.The news the next morning read, "30 dead in a tavern fire, the mayor among them."Instead of feeling remorse for the fire & deaths my Paladin felt like he did a service.  Like all of those people (including the baby which was revealed to be a half goblin) deserved to die because they were filth that would support such a place where cannibalism and raunchy sex occur.My Paladin is usually a pretty good guy, always trying to help people out and be charitable.  But I feel I have the worst Paladin ever.  Is my Paladin a bad-bad person?  Or am I over exaggerating?  He doesn't kill just to needlessly kill.  I'm thinking something akin to Templars of the church defending a faith and know a sworn enemy.</blockquote>

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