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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SBMC" data-source="post: 2551834" data-attributes="member: 30040">I read most of the responses (a lot of them!): here is mine; if I repeat what some have said - sorry about that…IMO I think that to balance out IC and OOC your Paladin really needs to get a grip on what is "right". Eliminating a near certain evil is a bad thing? Attempting to kill off the Dwarf who is a champion of what is good and right (killing evil things) is not a good idea. Recall that the alignment is both lawful, and good - the mix of the two: NOT "apply lawful, then apply good to that result"An adventurer (soldier, etc.) should know that sacrifices need to be made to accomplish the "mission" or task…whatever. Your paladin should know that as well. You are focused on the "defenseless" portion. What if it were something where there were no doubts about the evil - defenseless demon kids for example?Once puberty hits these little buggers…what then? Is this the typical "special interest"/"minority number rules" approach where the Paladin proclaims something evil and so it is? Where the small, immediate "good" outweighs the greater long term good? Where the Paladins own code is more important than the safety of defenseless commoners - many yet to be born! What if you let them go then one of them, 10 years down the road slaughters a village - you come to assist the survivors and find out that this is one of the Gobby kids you let go…what then? What would you tell the survivors of your error? Should the DM rule you need to atone (I would)? What if they slaughtered a dozen other Paladins…I would say that of course your Paladin may not "approve" and lacked the intestinal fortitude to do the deed - but it is one of those things that he should "overlook" as being for the greater good perhaps even offer moral support and council to the dwarf for having to do such a horrible, yet essential deed (not that the dwarf wants that or needs it!).I ask you to read the Shadowbane Inquisitor from Complete Adventurer.</blockquote>

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