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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WayneLigon" data-source="post: 3131991" data-attributes="member: 3649">My first thought is that the situation should not have occurred to begin with, and is common with the unfortunate stereotyping of the paladin as an unthinking 'shoot first and ask questions later' idiot, because that is how we've come to see people with the strong beliefs the paladin espouses. It's like some part of people's brains turn off and they don't see the Good part of that alignment. An undead-hunting paladin is a perfect role to play: virtually all undead are evil of a particularly dark and grotesque sort, and the world is well rid of them. But some are not, and that's where the wisdom of a paladin comes into play. Being wise means you're not an unthinking killing machine. A ghost can be any alignment. That's when the Paladin is going to make use that that class ability that, you know, lets him discern what evil lies in the hearts of Man.If the ghost is evil, probably destroy it and then severely question the monks to find out if they are necromancers of some stripe, or if they were under it's control. If it's not evil, then he'll probably either  (1) leave, uncomfortable with sheltering in a possibly tainted place, (2) talk to it and see why it's sticking around, or if it imprisoned on Earth for some reason (and if it's the latter, seeing what he can do to sending it on it's way).Unless both sects are very secretive, though, the situation should not even have come up. The paladin, seeing that this is the Wo-Lun Sect and that they are known to consort of ghosts, might not enter the grounds. The monks, knowing that the paladin serves Arwas the Purifier, might not let him enter the grounds unless they talk to him about things first to see where he stands. Unless both groups are habitually very secretive, they are going to openly wear some symbol or such announcing their faith. If they are common sects in the world at large, no Knowledge Religion check is even needed.</blockquote>

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