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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RigaMortus" data-source="post: 872786" data-attributes="member: 1077">Yes you would be responsible, assuming you are using this asian philosophy instead of the standard alignment system.Depends.  Who gives you this authority?  You give it to yourself?  Your king?  Your God?  Even if you were "legally" given this authority, that is an aweful lot of responsibility at your fingertips, to determine who dies and who lives.  I'd say you would be acting Lawfully, but not Good.  Also depends on all those other factors, such as was killing them the only recourse?It has nothing to do with it benefitting him or not.  It has to do with compassion, altruism, respect for anothers life, and all the other things I listed previously.  I guess you could further argue that, if the Paladin feels bad about having to kill him, then he isn't in danger of turning evil.We tend to hold Paladins to higher standards in our games.  They are people to look up to.  If I see a Paladin executing "evil doers" day in and day out, I'm gonna think that is the way to deal will evil doers.Yup.  Looks like it's a damned if ya do, damned if ya don't kinda thing.</blockquote>