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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Epametheus" data-source="post: 1164599" data-attributes="member: 719">I fully see why the guy mowed down the evil spellcaster, though declaring "orcish blood lust" as the reason was a pretty bad move.  I'm guessing the player himself isn't the brightest bulb in the room.I never really cared for the Superman analogy, for a pretty simple reason: Superman is both nigh-invincible and nigh-unstoppable, and thus can take whatever approach he wants.  Since he's a nice guy, he refrains from killing the people whom he completely outclasses.  Except for Doomsday and perhaps a few other scenarios, Superman is hardly ever locked in a battle to the death with something that can fight him on his own terms.  Supes can be threatened by mere mortals through kryptonite, but the situation immediately falls back under his control the instant the green rocks are gone.DnD Paladins can't compete with that at all.  A Paladin is a cleric with better martial ability, less magic, and a lot more constraints.  He's a guy with a sword, risking his life against evil in the trenches, and sometimes he's going to screw up.  Whacking a constrained evil priest who knew what misfortune had befallen the party and was clearly pleased with it was rather rash, but hardly evil -- in a world of supernatural evil (especially the frikking TEMPLE OF ELEMENTAL EVIL, which is where this happened), that could well be the best thing to do.The worst the guy should get is a divine warning along the lines of "I know you mean well, but you need to watch yourself."</blockquote>

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