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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lonely Tylenol" data-source="post: 3280820" data-attributes="member: 18549">That's a bit patronizing, don't you think?The issue in question is whether making deals with evil people is a violation of the "working with evil" part of the code.  I provided an example in which a paladin gets up to his neck in evil people as part of a plan to combat them.  So I don't think it's such an odd comparison.  That he's a CG paladin rather than a LG paladin has nothing to do with the evil/good axis on the paladin's code.  The original question was "what should my punishment be for breaking my word with the evil people," but it's turned into "you made a deal with the evil people?  What's wrong with you?"  I just wanted to point out that the "pretending that they were buddies" quote that Ferghis made below isn't quite on the mark.  Can you pretend that you're buddies while still maintaining the code?  The CG paladin in my game lies.  LG paladins shouldn't break their word, but they can lie by omission.  A paladin buddying up to a bad guy in order to pump him for information is completely legitimate, especially if you finish up with "thanks for the info.  I'll tell the magistrate to go easy on you for being so helpful.  Okay guys, get him!"</blockquote>