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<blockquote data-quote="Pielorinho" data-source="post: 2148091" data-attributes="member: 259">Okay, cool!&nbsp; So one more question:&nbsp;7) Had this paladin for whom they worked ever made clear what rules he expected the PCs to follow when they captured prisoners?&nbsp;If so (and assuming they violated these rules), then it seems to me you've got a great in-character means to resolve the situation:&nbsp; the released prisoner gets free and spreads word of what the PCs did, and that word makes it back to their ruler, who is Very Unhappy.&nbsp;If not, then their lawful-good liege can hardly object to the PCs' actions:&nbsp; the whole point of a legal system is that people need to have a reasonable ability to know what the law is, and it was the liege's failure to give orders to his minions that's at the root of the matter.&nbsp;As a player, I would think it very cool if I was told ahead of time what my superiors expected me to do with prisoners.&nbsp; I would be pretty upset if I wasn't told ahead of time and then I faced a severe punishment (in- or out-of-game) for making a defensible choice.&nbsp;Daniel</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pielorinho, post: 2148091, member: 259"] Okay, cool! So one more question: 7) Had this paladin for whom they worked ever made clear what rules he expected the PCs to follow when they captured prisoners? If so (and assuming they violated these rules), then it seems to me you've got a great in-character means to resolve the situation: the released prisoner gets free and spreads word of what the PCs did, and that word makes it back to their ruler, who is Very Unhappy. If not, then their lawful-good liege can hardly object to the PCs' actions: the whole point of a legal system is that people need to have a reasonable ability to know what the law is, and it was the liege's failure to give orders to his minions that's at the root of the matter. As a player, I would think it very cool if I was told ahead of time what my superiors expected me to do with prisoners. I would be pretty upset if I wasn't told ahead of time and then I faced a severe punishment (in- or out-of-game) for making a defensible choice. Daniel [/QUOTE]

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