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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tomBitonti" data-source="post: 6267729" data-attributes="member: 13107">That seems very sensible.Bringing this back to the case of the Paladin, there are game mechanic type problems which interfere with a nuanced analysis:Cases where the Paladin is magically influenced are very easy to create: A Confused Paladin could easily harm or kill a bystander.Curiously, Paladins used to have a continuous Protection from Evil, which would guard against many problematic effects, but that seems to have been removed from v3.5.  A v3.5 Paladin could be dominated and made to commit all manner of evil acts.  Unlikely, because of high saving throw values, but possible.Because of the chance of accidentally breaking their strictures, I imagine a Paladin would have many special rules to provide protection against such accidents.  Say, never attack first; never attack an unarmed opponent; always offer mercy, and so forth.In a kind of worst case: A Paladin's memories could be wholly altered in a high level campaign as the result of an encounter with a mind flayer.  All sorts of transgressions could result.  If the mind flayer were used against a low level Paladin, the Paladin would have no hope.  (Which says to me, as a DM, don't do that, unless you know that the players will have fun dealing with the consequences.)Thx!TomB</blockquote>