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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gizzard" data-source="post: 872860" data-attributes="member: 527">The more I find out about it, the more I find that Pielorinho's library looks just like mine.  ;-)Sidetrack:  I think Gardner's Grendel admits to a lot of things, but then he's quite insane so you don't want to trust his word too completely.  Grendel muses on several different theories about what he is, why he is and what it all means.  It's a good book and especially if you've picked up the (somewhat) recent Beowulf re-translation it's a nice counterpoint.  Caveat: Easily offended people will not enjoy viewing the world through the eyes of the monster.  ;-)-added on topic content- Depends on what your god tells you to do.  For a Paladin of Tyr, that is the way to deal with evil doers.  Mete out the required justice, write it down in your Book of Judgements and don't look back.  OTOH, this same attitude would be inappropriate for a Paladin of Illmater, who is about mercy and forgiveness first.  Both Paladins reflect aspects of LG, but they are fundamentally Good - despite the fact that they will generally make opposite decisions on the CdG issue.   There are plenty of aspects of Good to focus your philosophy on and sometimes they will conflict -- mercy versus justice being a prime example.  At this point you will have to choose which tenet to follow.I'm not sure if that was clear, but basically if I choose slaughter over mercy, that is evil.  If I chose justice over mercy that is still good.  To the observer, slaughter and justice may appear to have the same result -- its only what is in the heart of the Paladin when he makes his judgement that makes it different.</blockquote>

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