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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 430581" data-attributes="member: 4937">Storminator: *nods in understanding*I'm not saying that it is bad RP to have a Paladin do that, or that there might not even be orders of Paladins where they had (by virtue of not being seriously challenged by evil for some time) adopted such (niave) practices and looked askance at anyone who failed to live up to their standards of 'honorable combat' no matter what the situation.  And I totally agree with you that it is fitting for a low level Paladin to misenterpret the code and try to live out some literary idea.I'm merely trying to point at that that is not a necessity of living up to the Paladin code.  You don't have to be lawful stupid to be a paladin.  Conversely, just because you don't have to be stupid doesn't mean that there aren't going to be times when you have to walk knowingly into a trap set by your enemy because honor really does demand it.Really, the same situation exists for Chaotics in my mind.  You don't have to be chaotic stupid, but that doesn't mean that there aren't times where your Chaotic nature is going to have you doing what isn't in your best interest just because you couldn't help yourself - the tempatation for self-indulgence being too great.Wise and intelligent chaotics and lawfuls will compensate in different ways, but they won't give up being who they are.</blockquote>