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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Trainz" data-source="post: 1530173" data-attributes="member: 2122">Yup. I don't know if you noticed, but in the Monster Manual, evil creatures are listed in two ways: - Always evil or;- Usually evil. You could certainly play on that. Humans are certainly not Always evil, not even Usually evil (one would hope). Also, read the part in the Book of Exalted Deeds that discusses just that. The POV of that book is that, actually, a Paladin should first and foremost show MERCY towards evil creatures. Attacking a band of usually evil orcs is one thing, attacking an evil merchant is quite another. Evil does not equal murderous, just very selfish. A 0 level evil merchant surely does not plan to pick up a sword to slay all his concurrents (one might, but not all). The Paladin could very easilly detect the merchant as evil, and if he feels obligated to erradicate that evil, then he must make use of the Diplomacy skill (as per the Book of Exalted Deeds) and turn him from his evil ways. Outright slaying of the merchant would, quite simply, mean the end of his Paladin days. Murder is evil, no matter if the one you murder is evil or good. Did any of this made any sense ? ? ?</blockquote>