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<blockquote data-quote="Dragonblade" data-source="post: 575811" data-attributes="member: 2804">Wow, reapersaurus!&nbsp; Again you are right on the mark! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />It drives me nuts when people treat paladins like robots or something.&nbsp; I always think of that old Star Trek episode where Spock destroys the robot by giving it a logic puzzle:Spock: &quot;Robot, Kirk only speaks the truth.&nbsp; He never lies!&quot;Kirk:&nbsp; &quot;Wrong, Robot.&nbsp; I always lie.&quot;Robot:&nbsp; &quot;If Kirk only speaks the truth then he cannot say he is lying.&nbsp; But if he does lie and he just admitted to doing so, then he just spoke the truth.&nbsp; But he can't speak the truth because he admitted he is lying...BBBXZZZZZZTTTT&nbsp; DOES NOT COMPUTE!?!?!&quot;And the robot blows up!Its like people treat paladins the same way:Paladin you can never tell a lie because lies are evil!&nbsp; Paladin the evil necromancer is asking you where the virgin is hiding!Paladin you told him the truth and now the girl has been sacrificed!&nbsp; You lose your status!&nbsp; Shame on you!ORPaladin, you saved the girl but lied to the necromancer!&nbsp; You broke your code and have now lost your status!&nbsp; Shame on you!This isn't directed at you Lela, but whenever I read threads like this where the DM is pondering stripping the paladin of his status for stupid BS situations like this, it drives me frickin nuts!!!Ok, just wanted to get that off my chest!&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dragonblade, post: 575811, member: 2804"] Wow, reapersaurus! Again you are right on the mark! :) It drives me nuts when people treat paladins like robots or something. I always think of that old Star Trek episode where Spock destroys the robot by giving it a logic puzzle: Spock: "Robot, Kirk only speaks the truth. He never lies!" Kirk: "Wrong, Robot. I always lie." Robot: "If Kirk only speaks the truth then he cannot say he is lying. But if he does lie and he just admitted to doing so, then he just spoke the truth. But he can't speak the truth because he admitted he is lying...BBBXZZZZZZTTTT DOES NOT COMPUTE!?!?!" And the robot blows up! Its like people treat paladins the same way: Paladin you can never tell a lie because lies are evil! Paladin the evil necromancer is asking you where the virgin is hiding! Paladin you told him the truth and now the girl has been sacrificed! You lose your status! Shame on you! OR Paladin, you saved the girl but lied to the necromancer! You broke your code and have now lost your status! Shame on you! This isn't directed at you Lela, but whenever I read threads like this where the DM is pondering stripping the paladin of his status for stupid BS situations like this, it drives me frickin nuts!!! Ok, just wanted to get that off my chest! :) [/QUOTE]

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