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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Anabstercorian" data-source="post: 1887251" data-attributes="member: 2550">I don't see why the religious angle is an issue at all.  You have a supernaturally virtuous humanist, they have the aforementioned powers, they come from within and not from a god, but if their virtue falters so too does their power.  I mean - I'm not seeing the problem here.Assuming she still aggressively attempted to stop this behavior, her vow would be unbroken. She sure as heck isn't.  This is what's known as failing to stand up for what you believe in, and, in general, being a huge wuss. She SHOULD make every REASONABLE attempt to protect that creature from harm.  If they are in a dangerous dungeon, she would not be obliged to escort it to safety UNLESS that she had good reason to believe that failing to do so would essentially sign the critter's death warrent.  A good measure could be, if you ran in to this critter in the dungeon and it had NEVER attacked you, and had IMMEDIATELY left you alone, how would you have treated it (assuming you're exalted and non-violent by nature)?  Treat it that way.And if one of her allies killed it anyway she should express her dissatisfaction with this behavior as explicitly and aggressively as she could.  She would be within her rights to withhold healing and succor from people who toy with her vows in this way.</blockquote>