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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dmnqwk" data-source="post: 6772421" data-attributes="member: 6804204">I've been watching the tv show Scorpions and I think the lead character there, Walter O'Brien, is an excellent example of this type of Paladin behaviour.His view of "the greater good" is that his friends, co-workers and even random people can be sacrificed to ensure world safety. He would rather risk his own life, given a choice, than someone elses but ultimately he will force a friend to risk their life to get the job done.Those around him are constantly at odds with him over this behaviour - in the tv show it revolves around a perceived lack of emotion but Walter is both Lawful, and Good, in his motives and is constantly fighting with everyone around him to try and get what he perceives as "the greater good"Moving it back to the Vengeance Paladin focus, don't think "the greater good" is an excuse to be a dick, because it's not. It's simply the fact your sense of morality is strained when you must choose between sacrificing yourself or your friends to save others. As an example, imagine the following scenario:A Paladin's group are facing off against a Beholder who has knocked one member down to 0 and they are on 2 death saving throw failures. The beholder is trying to make a run for it and only the paladin is capable of reaching both the injured foe and the beholder. A Vengeance Paladin is more likely to let his friend die to prevent the paladin from escaping, knowing how much damage the beholder would do in the future. His friend is not dead directly as a result of his actions but he basically left his comrade to flip a coin to ensure the beholder cannot kill anyone else.</blockquote>

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