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Prickly moral situation for a Paladin - did I judge it correctly?
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<blockquote data-quote="Tsyr" data-source="post: 1207772" data-attributes="member: 354"><p>Restating:</p><p></p><p>The paladin is by default <em>not</em> a pacafist. The paladin is a holy <strong><em>warrior</em></strong>. Not a holy peacemaker that is inexplicably skilled at martial combat. A paladin is not under any vow of pacafism or peace. They are not obligated to at all times find the "warm fuzzy cuddely feel good" solution to a problem. Clerics have the luxury of sitting back and thinking about the absolute best way to handle all things. A paladin does not always have that luxury. A paladin is putting his life on the line to protect people from evil, and to combat evil. He is the first and last line of defense. He <em>cannot</em> sacrifice his life needlessly; if he dies, he <strong><em>cannot</em></strong> assume anyone else will pick up where he left off. If a paladin can, <em>reasonably</em>, persue a pacafistic, non violent solution, so much the better, but he is not obligated to do so. And if his attempt to do so needlessly endangers people (As attempting to subdue the demon-children would have, both the party and innocent people elsewhere when the party failed, or by delaying and attempting another solution when there may not have been time), he has commited a <em>far</em> worse, <em>far</em> more gross violation of his duty than if he killed them.</p><p></p><p>Granted, this all goes out the window if you're a Paladin of Fuzzyiya The Pacafist God, or something, but...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tsyr, post: 1207772, member: 354"] Restating: The paladin is by default [I]not[/I] a pacafist. The paladin is a holy [B][I]warrior[/I][/B]. Not a holy peacemaker that is inexplicably skilled at martial combat. A paladin is not under any vow of pacafism or peace. They are not obligated to at all times find the "warm fuzzy cuddely feel good" solution to a problem. Clerics have the luxury of sitting back and thinking about the absolute best way to handle all things. A paladin does not always have that luxury. A paladin is putting his life on the line to protect people from evil, and to combat evil. He is the first and last line of defense. He [I]cannot[/I] sacrifice his life needlessly; if he dies, he [B][I]cannot[/I][/B] assume anyone else will pick up where he left off. If a paladin can, [I]reasonably[/I], persue a pacafistic, non violent solution, so much the better, but he is not obligated to do so. And if his attempt to do so needlessly endangers people (As attempting to subdue the demon-children would have, both the party and innocent people elsewhere when the party failed, or by delaying and attempting another solution when there may not have been time), he has commited a [I]far[/I] worse, [I]far[/I] more gross violation of his duty than if he killed them. Granted, this all goes out the window if you're a Paladin of Fuzzyiya The Pacafist God, or something, but... [/QUOTE]
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