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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DragonLancer" data-source="post: 1508474" data-attributes="member: 11868">DM's can take the whole Paladin walking the narrow path of LGness too far, but then I do think that during any campaign the DM should throw a moral quandry in there to test the paladin character. I'm not saying that the DM should force the character into a situation where he will almost certainly lose his paladinhood, but something that tells a story and gives the paladin some spotlight.This can backfire though. I'll give an example from my last campaign.During an adventure to recover a healing artifact, the party were tricked into believing that it was inside a sealed tomb of a holy saint. Without a shadow of a doubt the paladin went to smash it open and reclaim it. I asked was he sure he wanted to do that, and he said yes. So, he lost his powers for desecrating the tomb (he didn't just try to open it, he smashed it open).The next story he was offered a chance to atone for this act (I didn't see it as that big an issue). He refused, saying that what he did was for the betterment of others and that any deity who would condone his champion because of that was not worth his service, and so he semi-retired the character (Who would return later in the game as a blackguard villain).</blockquote>