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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LuYangShih" data-source="post: 1146085" data-attributes="member: 10414">If they detect as evil they have done wrong, they have done harm, and thus they do deserve to be stamped out without mercy.  What is the point of the Paladins ability otherwise?  I have always viewed that ability as a Paladin peering into someones soul and seeing the taint that lies there.   The fact that the creatures have yet to act on that evil is irrelevant.  It is the Paladins duty to make sure they never get the chance.  The Paladin is a protector of the innocent, not of wicked humanoids.  Your definition of "innocent" seems to be far from what mine is.  A petty tyrant kills without cause, for amusement, or to oppress those under his reign.  A Paladin eliminating a dangerous warren of evil humanoids does not fall under any of those three.  A guide that confirms what the Paladin should already suspect.  This is a dangerous group of Kobolds, rearing a clearly evil White Dragon.  The Paladin has a chance to put an end to their evil before it grows to levels that will truly harm and destroy those innocents nearby.  It is in fact his duty to do so.Yes.  It will not be easy, but the Paladin has his duty, to do what is right, and it calls him to the elimination of those evil beings that he has discovered.  The Paladin combats and destroys evil, he does not accept or forgive it.</blockquote>