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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hjorimir" data-source="post: 1164794" data-attributes="member: 5745">It doesn't say anything about that within the description of LG. On the other hand, it doesn't advocate cutting down subdued and bound prisoners either. If it did, we wouldn't be having this discussion.I am of the opinion that just because somebody is evil in alignment it doesn't give the paladin (or anybody else for that matter) the lawful right to administer punishment because of something they might do. If that was the case they could just put paladins at city gates to kill whoever showed up on their evil radar. Consider the implications.Would that paladin be justified in killing an evil man because he was stomping on butterflies? Or if he stole some food because he was hungry? Or smiled because somebody the paladin likes set off a trap? Obviously, the paladin was in a strong position to simply knock this person out. Instead he made the conscious decision to cut her down.There are even articles in Dragon that suggest a paladin is culpable for their actions if they are under compulsion effects or if they unknowingly committed an evil (i.e. cause a landslide while fighting a giant that destroys a farmer's house).The case we are speaking of seems far clearer to me.</blockquote>