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<blockquote data-quote="MasterOfHeaven" data-source="post: 374614" data-attributes="member: 196">A very Lawful Good stance in many ways.This is not Lawful Good.&nbsp; This is Neutral Good. And the fact remains the merchant broke the law.&nbsp; Why didn't the merchant try and find help in another way?&nbsp; Why didn't the merchant sell his house or holdings or what have you to get his daughter healed?&nbsp; He broke the law, and he did it for good reasons, but he also did it out of convience.&nbsp; The NPC Paladin is LG with LN tendencies, but the PC Paladin is purely NG from your description of him.&nbsp; He analyzes the situation as it comes to him, and does what he thinks is the best good given the circumstances.&nbsp; That is not Lawful Good, that is Neutral Good.&nbsp; Honor, reputation, the law, are all vital parts of the LAWFUL part of the LG alignment a Paladin has.&nbsp; Now, I'm not surprised you allow this, as many people view the Paladin as an upholder of just the good, and not good and the law.&nbsp; The Paladin is designed to be a classic knight, and he is supposed to not only follow the tenets of morality at all times, he is supposed to uphold the law and the commandments of his church and god.&nbsp; Many DMs do not enforce the latter part of the Paladins code, however, which leads to many Paladins having LG on their character sheets, but being Neutral or Chaotic Good in true alignment.&nbsp; The association with infernals is definitely unacceptable to any LG Paladin, and if you seriously want to keep the Lawful part of the Paladins alignment, I suggest you penalize the players character for taking such actions.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MasterOfHeaven, post: 374614, member: 196"] [B][/b] A very Lawful Good stance in many ways. [b][/b] This is not Lawful Good. This is Neutral Good. [b][/b] And the fact remains the merchant broke the law. Why didn't the merchant try and find help in another way? Why didn't the merchant sell his house or holdings or what have you to get his daughter healed? He broke the law, and he did it for good reasons, but he also did it out of convience. The NPC Paladin is LG with LN tendencies, but the PC Paladin is purely NG from your description of him. He analyzes the situation as it comes to him, and does what he thinks is the best good given the circumstances. That is not Lawful Good, that is Neutral Good. Honor, reputation, the law, are all vital parts of the LAWFUL part of the LG alignment a Paladin has. Now, I'm not surprised you allow this, as many people view the Paladin as an upholder of just the good, and not good and the law. The Paladin is designed to be a classic knight, and he is supposed to not only follow the tenets of morality at all times, he is supposed to uphold the law and the commandments of his church and god. Many DMs do not enforce the latter part of the Paladins code, however, which leads to many Paladins having LG on their character sheets, but being Neutral or Chaotic Good in true alignment. The association with infernals is definitely unacceptable to any LG Paladin, and if you seriously want to keep the Lawful part of the Paladins alignment, I suggest you penalize the players character for taking such actions. [/QUOTE]

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