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<blockquote data-quote="harmyn" data-source="post: 2707485" data-attributes="member: 13511">From what limited info was given here I would strip the Paladin of his powers. He could atone for his actions but it would require a true act of contrition to get them back. Why? Because he killed a man who was an accomplice in an assault on his wife and child. Did the family die? Sounds like they did. Did the halfling know that was the plan? Did he even fully understand what his role was supposed to be in this little bit of theatrics? Paladin didn't know and didn't try to find out. That's not a good thing.Was the hafling fighting back? Was it a simple halfling commoner? Did the paladin even attempt to Detect Evil since he can do it at will and it has been made clear the paladin was detaining the halfling. What facts we do have is that the halfling showed up to distract the paladin. The paladin detained the halfling when he deduced something was up. Upon discovering his family had been murdered he slew the halfling. That is a fit of anger. To simply detain someone as a prisoner or hostage, then to turn and kill them, that's wrong. That is also murder. Anger and dispair may have fueled it, but revenge doesn't equal right.From a metagame point of view it could have been useful to keep the unscrupulous little fellow around at least long enough to find out who he was in cahoots with. Might be useful to learn whose blade was actually responsible and why it was done. There must have been more to it than simply the desire to off a paladin's family.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="harmyn, post: 2707485, member: 13511"] From what limited info was given here I would strip the Paladin of his powers. He could atone for his actions but it would require a true act of contrition to get them back. Why? Because he killed a man who was an accomplice in an [b]assault[/b] on his wife and child. Did the family die? Sounds like they did. Did the halfling know that was the plan? Did he even fully understand what his role was supposed to be in this little bit of theatrics? Paladin didn't know and didn't try to find out. That's not a good thing. Was the hafling fighting back? Was it a simple halfling commoner? Did the paladin even attempt to [i]Detect Evil[/i] since he can do it at will and it has been made clear the paladin was detaining the halfling. What facts we do have is that the halfling showed up to distract the paladin. The paladin detained the halfling when he deduced something was up. Upon discovering his family had been murdered he slew the halfling. That is a fit of anger. To simply detain someone as a prisoner or hostage, then to turn and kill them, that's wrong. That is also murder. Anger and dispair may have fueled it, but revenge doesn't equal right. From a metagame point of view it could have been useful to keep the unscrupulous little fellow around at least long enough to find out who he was in cahoots with. Might be useful to learn whose blade was actually responsible and why it was done. There must have been more to it than simply the desire to off a paladin's family. [/QUOTE]

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