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<blockquote data-quote="Altalazar" data-source="post: 1391929" data-attributes="member: 939">For a Paladin, there can truly be no such thing as an unbreakable oath.What if the only way for the Paladin to save a poor peasant was to give up the Arrow to the Dragon?&nbsp; Should he follow the Oath and let the peasant, a total innocent, die?&nbsp; That would be an evil act.&nbsp; There is no guarantee giving up the arrow would actually cause anyone any harm.&nbsp; As others have pointed out, it may simply have been destroyed.&nbsp; In contract law, there is a rule that an unconscionable contract will NOT be enforced - because a court of equity will not be used as an instrument for non-equity.&nbsp; What makes a contract unconscionable is often the changed circumstances.&nbsp; If following the oath prevents a current, needed good from happening, then it should be broken and with NO consequences - because it would be the right thing to do.&nbsp; No god who would enforce an oath in such a manner when it would cause immediate harm to the side of good - at least no LG god would - and by defintion with a Paladin, it is a LG god.&nbsp; Think of it this way - the GOD must be held to exactly the same standards as the Paladin.&nbsp; If the Paladin were in a situation where HE had gotten an oath from someone, and a situation came up where either that person would violate the oath or they would follow it and sacrifice some good that needed doing, would the Paladin be expected to allow the oath to lapse and let them do the greater good or would they have to smite them, despite the good, for the mere violation of the oath?&nbsp; I'd think that the LG paladin would have to let the oath slide - and so the diety could do no different.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Altalazar, post: 1391929, member: 939"] For a Paladin, there can truly be no such thing as an unbreakable oath. What if the only way for the Paladin to save a poor peasant was to give up the Arrow to the Dragon? Should he follow the Oath and let the peasant, a total innocent, die? That would be an evil act. There is no guarantee giving up the arrow would actually cause anyone any harm. As others have pointed out, it may simply have been destroyed. In contract law, there is a rule that an unconscionable contract will NOT be enforced - because a court of equity will not be used as an instrument for non-equity. What makes a contract unconscionable is often the changed circumstances. If following the oath prevents a current, needed good from happening, then it should be broken and with NO consequences - because it would be the right thing to do. No god who would enforce an oath in such a manner when it would cause immediate harm to the side of good - at least no LG god would - and by defintion with a Paladin, it is a LG god. Think of it this way - the GOD must be held to exactly the same standards as the Paladin. If the Paladin were in a situation where HE had gotten an oath from someone, and a situation came up where either that person would violate the oath or they would follow it and sacrifice some good that needed doing, would the Paladin be expected to allow the oath to lapse and let them do the greater good or would they have to smite them, despite the good, for the mere violation of the oath? I'd think that the LG paladin would have to let the oath slide - and so the diety could do no different. [/QUOTE]

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