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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gothmog" data-source="post: 373272" data-attributes="member: 317">Here are some specifics on that paladin situation I posted earlier:Both paladins are in service to a god of justice and law, and they act much like a secular police force in my world.  Where the paladin differ is in their belief about how justice should be implemented.  The NPC paladin is very conservative in his beliefs- he believes the law is the law no matter what, and ANY infraction of the law must be punished.  He really is concerned with the wellfare of people as well- twice in the campaign he has nearly sacrificed his own life to safegaurd innocent lives, and he routinely offers freely of his own wealth, resources, and time for the betterment of people.The PC paladin also strongly believes in the law, and is a compassionate man as well.  He is just as sacrificing towards helping others as the NPC, but where they differ is in their approach towards how justice should be handled.  Where the NPC believes that "God will sort them out", the PC paladin often tries to determine motvie before he metes out justice.  If he feels the action was warranted, he might not punish the crime, but instead tries to help the person understand what he did was wrong, and tries to rehabilitate them.  Example- in one adventure, the daughter of a merchant had been run over and severly injured by a joyriding careless nobleman.  The noble was intoxicated at the time, and didn't remember the incident, so when the merchant came to him and asked for his aid in making sure his daughter recieved aid, he refused.  Desperate, the merchant blackmailed the noble with some false info until he paid the merchant's fee so the merchant could pay for his daughter's medical recovery.  The PC managed to prevent the nobleman from double-crossing the merchant and having him imprisoned, while at the same time helping the merchant's child.  The PC also used a rare potent one-shot healing magic item to restore the little girl's health.  The NPC paladin would have likely arrested the merchant on ground of extortion and blackmail of a noble, which would have been punished very harshly, and the girl would have been fatherless.  The NPC would likely have helped heal the little girl with his own funds, but the fact remains she would have lost a parent.The initial disagreements between the two men were mostly over implementation of justice, but recently it has escalated to a higher level.  In some recent adventures, the PCs in my campaign had to make a tough moral decision, and in order to insure the wellfare of many people, they willingly worked with infernal forces to right a wrong priests of the PCs own church did a long time ago.  When the NPC met the PC paladin again, he detected some demonic taint on him, and was concerned that he might be selling out to diabolic powers.  The NPC then rationalized that the lax attitude of the PC towards criminals might in fact be due to his desire to work with them to cause havoc and damage to society.  The NPC has not declared a witch hunt against the PC yet, but he is watching him like a hawk, and tries to discredit him when possible.  The NPC is truly worried that the PC is a serious danger, but he doesn't have proof yet that he can have him tried for.  The PC, on the other hand, had to make a tough moral decision- and he probably chose the right thing to do since it would save many lives, but at the possible cost of his honor and reputation in his church.So, are both of these guys LG? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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