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<blockquote data-quote="AFGNCAAP" data-source="post: 3235221" data-attributes="member: 871">Don't know if anyone else has mentioned this or not, but...Well, how about something from Arthurian tales for the paladin's behavior, esp. the idea/ideal of chivalric behavior.&nbsp; One key application of this combat-wise would be that the paladin will fight fair, as long as his/her opponent does so as well.&nbsp; Once the foe starts to fight unfairly (throwing dust in the face, poison use, etc.), then the paladin is allowed to switch to a no-holds-barred style of combat.In essence, the paladin will fight fair normally, but if his foe will use underhanded tactics to win, then the paladin may do as needed in order to ensure that evil does not succeed through such dishonorable means.You could generally apply the same basic principle to other areas of his behavior: being merciful unless the foe has shown themselves to be merciless; granting others the benefit of the doubt unless/until they've abused that trust.In the sense of a paladin of Torm, the paladin is fulfilling his &quot;duty&quot; to his code as best as possible, addressing potentially conflicting aspects of the code (maybe such as showing mercy, yet also having to be merciless in the fight against evil) by following different &quot;tiers&quot; of the code for different situations, and thus still being dutiful to the code/edicts.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AFGNCAAP, post: 3235221, member: 871"] Don't know if anyone else has mentioned this or not, but... Well, how about something from Arthurian tales for the paladin's behavior, esp. the idea/ideal of chivalric behavior. One key application of this combat-wise would be that the paladin will fight fair, [I]as long as his/her opponent does so as well[/I]. Once the foe starts to fight unfairly (throwing dust in the face, poison use, etc.), then the paladin is allowed to switch to a no-holds-barred style of combat. In essence, the paladin will fight fair normally, but if his foe will use underhanded tactics to win, then the paladin may do as needed in order to ensure that evil does not succeed through such dishonorable means. You could generally apply the same basic principle to other areas of his behavior: being merciful unless the foe has shown themselves to be merciless; granting others the benefit of the doubt unless/until they've abused that trust. In the sense of a paladin of Torm, the paladin is fulfilling his "duty" to his code as best as possible, addressing potentially conflicting aspects of the code (maybe such as showing mercy, yet also having to be merciless in the fight against evil) by following different "tiers" of the code for different situations, and thus still being dutiful to the code/edicts. [/QUOTE]

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