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<blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 3669036" data-attributes="member: 1656">There is due to be a battle.&nbsp; You're a paladin, advisor and confidant of the general of your army.&nbsp; The general has reason to want the battle delayed a couple of days - perhaps reinforcements are en route, or preparations need to be made, or whatever.&nbsp; To this end, he has arranged a parlay with the opposition.The two generals will meet under a flag of truce to discuss matters.&nbsp; Each general may bring one associate.&nbsp; Your general chooses you.When you reach the site of the parlay, you discover that the opposing general has chosen, as his associate, an Erinyes.Do you, as a Paladin, have a right to break the truce your general agreed to and smite the devil?&nbsp; After all, you weren't informed beforehand that he'd be bringing a fiend to the meeting.&nbsp; If you do so, does this mean the entire truce is void, and you are no longer obliged to honour the opposing general's safe conduct either?Do you, as a Paladin, have a duty to break the truce your general agreed to and smite the devil?Do you, as a Paladin, have a responsibility to withdraw from the negotiations, so as not to 'willingly associate with an evil creature'?-Hyp.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hypersmurf, post: 3669036, member: 1656"] There is due to be a battle. You're a paladin, advisor and confidant of the general of your army. The general has reason to want the battle delayed a couple of days - perhaps reinforcements are en route, or preparations need to be made, or whatever. To this end, he has arranged a parlay with the opposition. The two generals will meet under a flag of truce to discuss matters. Each general may bring one associate. Your general chooses you. When you reach the site of the parlay, you discover that the opposing general has chosen, as his associate, an Erinyes. Do you, as a Paladin, have a right to break the truce your general agreed to and smite the devil? After all, you weren't informed beforehand that he'd be bringing a fiend to the meeting. If you do so, does this mean the entire truce is void, and you are no longer obliged to honour the opposing general's safe conduct either? Do you, as a Paladin, have a [i]duty[/i] to break the truce your general agreed to and smite the devil? Do you, as a Paladin, have a responsibility to withdraw from the negotiations, so as not to 'willingly associate with an evil creature'? -Hyp. [/QUOTE]

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