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<blockquote data-quote="Zerovoid" data-source="post: 66606" data-attributes="member: 283">I disagree that a paladin must only tell the literal truth.&nbsp; What is the point of that?&nbsp; There is always some way to twist your words to mean something other than intended.&nbsp; Maybe if the Paladin served a trickster god or something, this is what you'd want them to do, but I think that normally the spirit of the rules is more important than the literal truth.&nbsp; To me, &quot;cannot lie&quot; implies that they should be open and honest in all their dealings with others.I wouldn't want a paladin to have &quot;cannot lie&quot; in my game.&nbsp; Sometimes lies can be a powerful tool against evil.&nbsp; I would be more likely to have them be honor bound to keep their sworn oaths or something.&nbsp; In either case, I think what is important with regards to such a vow is that they do not intentionally decieve, not that they do not lie.&nbsp; Telling the literal truth is just a way of trying to skirt the intended meaning of this vow.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zerovoid, post: 66606, member: 283"] I disagree that a paladin must only tell the literal truth. What is the point of that? There is always some way to twist your words to mean something other than intended. Maybe if the Paladin served a trickster god or something, this is what you'd want them to do, but I think that normally the spirit of the rules is more important than the literal truth. To me, "cannot lie" implies that they should be open and honest in all their dealings with others. I wouldn't want a paladin to have "cannot lie" in my game. Sometimes lies can be a powerful tool against evil. I would be more likely to have them be honor bound to keep their sworn oaths or something. In either case, I think what is important with regards to such a vow is that they do not intentionally decieve, not that they do not lie. Telling the literal truth is just a way of trying to skirt the intended meaning of this vow. [/QUOTE]

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