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<blockquote data-quote="Shemeska" data-source="post: 3132420" data-attributes="member: 11697">Given that objective morality exists within D&amp;D, the random slaughter of an innocent, even if it goes with some religious creed, is still an evil act though the extent of the evil will vary with intention, etc. Even if a deity wants you to go out and burn orphans alive and drink baby orc blood every other full moon, that doesn't make it a good act. A god's alignment has nothing to do with the actual good or evil nature of the actions done in their name, though if a 'good' god is asking for such things to be done in their name, you might have big problems.Having considered the OP some more, this leaves two options as I see it: 1) the paladin is going to fall, or realize his crime and accept punishment by his deity for the rushed, terribly misjudged actions he took in the name of his faith.2) His deity wasn't LG in the first place or is in the process of falling away from Good, or the orders to destroy all undead have been wretchedly and blindly perverted by that deity's mortal followers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shemeska, post: 3132420, member: 11697"] Given that objective morality exists within D&D, the random slaughter of an innocent, even if it goes with some religious creed, is still an evil act though the extent of the evil will vary with intention, etc. Even if a deity wants you to go out and burn orphans alive and drink baby orc blood every other full moon, that doesn't make it a good act. A god's alignment has nothing to do with the actual good or evil nature of the actions done in their name, though if a 'good' god is asking for such things to be done in their name, you might have big problems. Having considered the OP some more, this leaves two options as I see it: 1) the paladin is going to fall, or realize his crime and accept punishment by his deity for the rushed, terribly misjudged actions he took in the name of his faith. 2) His deity wasn't LG in the first place or is in the process of falling away from Good, or the orders to destroy all undead have been wretchedly and blindly perverted by that deity's mortal followers. [/QUOTE]

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