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Message: <blockquote data-quote="painandgreed" data-source="post: 2710465" data-attributes="member: 24969">Um, no. Fascism is where the state exerts its control over all aspects of the individual's life. The paladin isn't the state in this case, so it can't be fascism. You could say that it is authortarian rule, which it is because the paladin is an authority as demonstrated by his paladinhood. Since he has become and paladin and still retains the paladin powers, it shows that he has the rightful authority to preform his duties as he sees fit. Should he exert those powers wrongly, he would lose those powers and that authority. This has no bearing on whether the local government or authority recognises that authority or not. A paladin, havign gained that authority is expected to use it and could lose it due to inaction even if following the local laws against his code. Seeing that the paladin has the authority, it can't be murder since murder is just an unlawful killing.Furthermore, it was not demonstrated that the paladin killed because of a fit of rage. He may have been angry, it may have been known to him that the halfling was going to be killed, but it was never, that I read, determined that the sole and motivating factor in the death was his anger. Such a thing would have to be declared by the player.</blockquote>