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Message: <blockquote data-quote="painandgreed" data-source="post: 2709978" data-attributes="member: 24969">My take on the situation is that the OP asked what we would do if the following situation happened. He did not ask "What to do if a paladin commits an evil act, or violates his code." If he meant that, he should have said so. In this case, I would not do anything to the paladin for the action itself. This is a matter of DMing style. If I felt the action itself would cause a paladin to violate his code, I would have warned the player of such before hand. If the paladin loses his abilities, I want it to be because the character acted out of frustration, not the player. A similar thing would happen to any player about to commit an act that would change their alignment. I do not think that such a warning was given no do I really think the act itself was evil or outside the code so I would not do anything for the act. The paladin might get a stern dream or something instead but would otherwise slip through.Now, that wouldn't take into account if the guy actually deserved to die or not. If he was innocent or not. If he wasn't, then the paladin was just doing his job. If the halfling was innocent, then the paladin would have made a mistake and must pay for it in short order. This would probably happen instantly to a few days by loss of paladin powers and maybe a dream telling him what he did wrong and how to attone (without revealing any real infromation on what was going on). I'd probably cut the paladin powers immediatly but the player wouldn't find out till he actually tried to use them again.So, IMC, the paladin has the right, according to his class, to preform the action he did by killing a suspected murderer and the act itself would not cause any punishment. The paladin is however held responsible for his choices and if he had killed an innocent by mistake, he would have to pay.</blockquote>

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