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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thia Halmades" data-source="post: 2725894" data-attributes="member: 35863">Whoa, whoa, whoa.  The purpose of the argument isn't whether she did the "good" thing, it's whether she did the "right" thing.  That's part of the beauty of this scenario.  I submit, the moment your Paladin can't convince a normal that they are, in fact, a Soldier of [Your Deity Here], and must, by rule, be LG, you have a serious breach in world design.  IMC, that just doesn't happen.  Paladins border on being Rock Stars at times, because they are rare, and the group as a whole is generally well known and a respected branch of the church.  The Pally IMC does his best to not draw attention to himself for that reason alone.And, I may be reading too much into this, but it seems to me, Gothic Demon, that you're putting words in the Paladin's mouths.  Who's to say they aren't, deep down, relieved that the problem was handled?  You're being wrongfully imprisoned on false orders by a bunch of idiots who are ready to get fireballed despite how they want their steak cooked.  They ordered medium rare; they got well done.  I'm not saying what Thanee did was good; I'm saying that in the structure for my campaign, what she did would have been backed up 100% by the DM (i.e., me).  I've put my PCs in those positions before and they opted to not tarnish themselves, and allowed themselves to be captured, which set up a whole different scene.Had a Paladin tac-nuked the room, oh, bam, loss of powers.  Instantly.  Paladins are held to an extremely high standard, and if one person was guilty, that doesn't allow them to waste the other two without PROVING that they're guilty.  Thanee didn't panick so much as guarantee that there were no arguments left to be made.  Fwackoom.  Insofar as the crew, at this point, is IDIOTIC ENOUGH to somehow manage to believe that a Paladin, a Druid (!!) and a Sorceress are PIRATES I have yet to figure out.  I side with railroading on this one; c'mon, give the NPCs some common freaking sense.</blockquote>

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