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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ridley's Cohort" data-source="post: 2212356" data-attributes="member: 545">I would not disagree.This is really one of those things that the group should foresee.  As a group.  Both in and out of character.It would really suck to have to roleplay your character out of the group.  The reward of good roleplaying becomes the same as permenant irrevocable death.  Yeah, you can make a new one but that is an odd reward for being a good player.The DM does have some degree of responsibility of hinting what kind of characters will fit into an adventuring group.  Being a Paladin would be a no-no for some groups, and not necessarily because they are evil.  Being evil would be a no-no for others.Roleplayed out correctly, and this kind of conflict can easily comes to PC on PC fighting.  Some Paladins would simply kill a character who showed such attachment to evil items, and I would probably not sanction a Paladin for doing so if I were DM.I agree that the DM should stay out of it, and be no more activist than to remind the players that the actions of the PCs should not mean anything personal between the players.  If the DM faces an ugly interPC conflict, he should resort to informing all players that if something disproportionately bad happens to a PC because of good roleplaying, good karma will flow forward to the next PC...provided the past is left in the past.</blockquote>