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My Paladin killed a child molester (and now my DM wants to take away my powers!)
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<blockquote data-quote="Sejs" data-source="post: 1564339" data-attributes="member: 4910"><p>To exactly what point and purpose? 5th level paladin. "Lowly" commoner. The man's death is a foregone conclusion. Telling him to zip up, grab a club and defend himself would pointless sophistry - he <em>can't</em> defend himself against the paladin. It won't matter what he does, he is going to die in single combat against so supperior an opponent.</p><p></p><p> Lawful means disciplined and organized, not follows local legal structure. Frankly, I have a hard time imagining the paladin walking up to whatever local constabulary is in the area and telling them "Hey guys, I walked in on this man about to rape this 10 year old girl ... again. She can testify to what happened. I killed the man in defense of the child." and having their response being anything other then "Oh. Alright then. Nicely done there, citizen. Thank you." And that's to say nothing of the fact that on the good/evil end of things it was the morally <em>right</em> thing to do. Defending the weak and innocent from the depredations of the wicked. The paladin was justified in what he did.</p><p></p><p> Lathander's neutral good, actually. God of the Sun, Renewal and so forth. The god you're thinking of is Tyr, God of Justice. He's lawful good. Either can have paladins in their service, however.</p><p></p><p>My oppinion: the paladin did what was right and took what action was appropriate at the time. He should keep his powers and status.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sejs, post: 1564339, member: 4910"] To exactly what point and purpose? 5th level paladin. "Lowly" commoner. The man's death is a foregone conclusion. Telling him to zip up, grab a club and defend himself would pointless sophistry - he [i]can't[/i] defend himself against the paladin. It won't matter what he does, he is going to die in single combat against so supperior an opponent. Lawful means disciplined and organized, not follows local legal structure. Frankly, I have a hard time imagining the paladin walking up to whatever local constabulary is in the area and telling them "Hey guys, I walked in on this man about to rape this 10 year old girl ... again. She can testify to what happened. I killed the man in defense of the child." and having their response being anything other then "Oh. Alright then. Nicely done there, citizen. Thank you." And that's to say nothing of the fact that on the good/evil end of things it was the morally [i]right[/i] thing to do. Defending the weak and innocent from the depredations of the wicked. The paladin was justified in what he did. Lathander's neutral good, actually. God of the Sun, Renewal and so forth. The god you're thinking of is Tyr, God of Justice. He's lawful good. Either can have paladins in their service, however. My oppinion: the paladin did what was right and took what action was appropriate at the time. He should keep his powers and status. [/QUOTE]
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