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[Intellectual challenge] Justify a paladin being a member of a thieves' guild
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<blockquote data-quote="rgard" data-source="post: 3680393" data-attributes="member: 4157"><p>Let's say the paladin previously served his god and country to the best of his ability. The government of the country was lawful good and the god the paladin followed was lawful good as well.</p><p></p><p>Then through treachery and brute force, a neighboring, chaotic evil horde of halflings led by a chaotic evil gnome necromancer and his undead minions wipe out the lawful good country's government and destroy all the temples to the lawful good god. They kill everyone they view as a threat, enslave others for their own cruel amusements, force others to be pipe weed farmers, sell others into slavery and seize all property and wealth. Then they institute random executions and torture of the populace and make everybody smoke pipe weed...just for sh*ts and grins.</p><p></p><p>Now thankfully the paladin was away on a pilgrimage when the take-over went down. He hears word of it and hurries back. He then finds that the only non-halfling, non-necromancer gnome, non-undead power structure in his country is the remnants of the thieve's guild that operated in the capital city.</p><p></p><p>He joins them with the mutual goal of ridding the country of the evil midgets. Many of his missions will involve being the muscle for a group of thieves who are attempting to return the country's wealth to the local populace, freeing the enslaved local populace, torching pipe weed farms and establishing secret (now illegal) temples to worship his lawful good god.</p><p></p><p>While this is illegal (not lawful) with respect to the new regime, the paladin is attempting to reinstate the old government, re-establish the old laws and worship of his god.</p><p></p><p>Does this work?</p><p></p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Rich</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rgard, post: 3680393, member: 4157"] Let's say the paladin previously served his god and country to the best of his ability. The government of the country was lawful good and the god the paladin followed was lawful good as well. Then through treachery and brute force, a neighboring, chaotic evil horde of halflings led by a chaotic evil gnome necromancer and his undead minions wipe out the lawful good country's government and destroy all the temples to the lawful good god. They kill everyone they view as a threat, enslave others for their own cruel amusements, force others to be pipe weed farmers, sell others into slavery and seize all property and wealth. Then they institute random executions and torture of the populace and make everybody smoke pipe weed...just for sh*ts and grins. Now thankfully the paladin was away on a pilgrimage when the take-over went down. He hears word of it and hurries back. He then finds that the only non-halfling, non-necromancer gnome, non-undead power structure in his country is the remnants of the thieve's guild that operated in the capital city. He joins them with the mutual goal of ridding the country of the evil midgets. Many of his missions will involve being the muscle for a group of thieves who are attempting to return the country's wealth to the local populace, freeing the enslaved local populace, torching pipe weed farms and establishing secret (now illegal) temples to worship his lawful good god. While this is illegal (not lawful) with respect to the new regime, the paladin is attempting to reinstate the old government, re-establish the old laws and worship of his god. Does this work? Thanks, Rich [/QUOTE]
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