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<blockquote data-quote="Storyteller01" data-source="post: 3136278" data-attributes="member: 20931">In what respect? They represent the their church, enforce its creeds, and are expected to respect the local laws and their authority.Also from the SRD:Additionally, a paladin’s code requires that she respect legitimate authority, act with honor (not lying, not cheating, not using poison, and so forth), help those in need (provided they do not use the help for evil or chaotic ends), and punish those who harm or threaten innocents. As for harming innocents, it states that they are to be punished. This does not automatically invoke a death sentence. Man gets caught beating his children, and I can see the paladin calling him out 'and allowing him to fight an equal for once' without fear of power loss, especially if he leaves the guy bloody but not dead or maimed (however, the law may allow the last <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> ). But to sit there and go 'but he's evil, he must die' tends to get into some very sticky situations, especially if the locals don't apply the death penalty for their crimes.Now if said brigands attack, well, self defense is a beautiful thing (as long as you don't deliberately goad them into an attack). But if you attack without proof I'm not inclined to agree that the paladin is any better.The last means you've witnessed the crime and know everyone's place in it. Lurking and armed isn't exceptionally justifiable, as most adventurers (including paladins) do the same thing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Storyteller01, post: 3136278, member: 20931"] In what respect? They represent the their church, enforce its creeds, and are expected to respect the local laws and their authority. Also from the SRD: [I]Additionally, a paladin’s code requires that she respect legitimate authority, act with honor (not lying, not cheating, not using poison, and so forth), help those in need (provided they do not use the help for evil or chaotic ends), and punish those who harm or threaten innocents.[/I] As for harming innocents, it states that they are to be punished. This does not automatically invoke a death sentence. Man gets caught beating his children, and I can see the paladin calling him out 'and allowing him to fight an equal for once' without fear of power loss, especially if he leaves the guy bloody but not dead or maimed (however, the law may allow the last :) ). But to sit there and go 'but he's evil, he must die' tends to get into some very sticky situations, especially if the locals don't apply the death penalty for their crimes. Now if said brigands attack, well, self defense is a beautiful thing (as long as you don't deliberately goad them into an attack). But if you attack without proof I'm not inclined to agree that the paladin is any better. The last means you've witnessed the crime and know everyone's place in it. Lurking and armed isn't exceptionally justifiable, as most adventurers (including paladins) do the same thing. [/QUOTE]

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