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Message: <blockquote data-quote="coyote6" data-source="post: 2708632" data-attributes="member: 1225">What "attack", though? Someone snuck past the guard, was in the room with her, and "did something" -- but she was alive, and appeared unharmed. The someone then teleported away.So far, the "assault" could've been practically anything, including beneficial things. (A really elaborate way to deliver a baby shower gift?) The wife is "apparently unharmed", though the cleric didn't seem to mention that, nor that the manner of the assault is (apparently) unknown. (Maybe the cleric is a servant of the God of Garbled Messages. If prankster kids in masks threw snowballs at his door, would the cleric report an attempted home invasion by fiends from the Abyss?)Did the paladin detect evil? It wasn't mentioned that he did; "halfling radiating strong aura of evil" would put a whole different spin on the neck snapping. (Heck, the friendly cleric could've been a doppleganger -- he hires some halfling who is a firm believer in the Crown/Church/Gods/Food, but not a very good liar; then gives him a fake story about how They need his help; the halfling needs to get the paladin tp his front door for a few minutes, for some very good but but very secret reason, and the halfling is *not* to relate the story to the paladin -- the King/archbishop/gods/Master Chef demands it, and the fate of the kingdom/righteousness/the world/dinner is at stake! So, the paladin gets delayed by a halfling that's clearly hiding something, and can't tell a life to save his neck. Then, the doppleganger walks up and says, "Hey, they just attacked your wife. That little halfling was in on it." And, without a hint of confirmation, or even clarification on what "attacked your wife" means (they threw a pie at her and missed? Death attacked her with a poisoned vorpal sword?), the paladin snaps the halfling's neck. Oops.)</blockquote>

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