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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5691597" data-attributes="member: 8835"><p>The point of a code of conduct is to make the character have to face situations where they intepret and apply the code. If the code was such that life was easy peasy, one is leading an unreflective life as a robot.</p><p></p><p>As to GMs who create no-win situations to cause the paladin to fall, that's probably a bad GM.</p><p></p><p>If the PC is trying to apply the code to the problem, then whatever they do is correct. When the PC abandons the code and rejects its tenets, that is when they fail.</p><p></p><p>for reference, here is a real Code, taken from this <a href="http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/knights-code-of-chivalry.htm" target="_blank">site</a>, which alleges it is from the Song of Roland (circa 1098-1100AD):</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">To fear God and maintain His Church</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">To serve the liege lord in valour and faith</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">To protect the weak and defenceless</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">To give succour to widows and orphans</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">To refrain from the wanton giving of offence</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">To live by honour and for glory</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">To despise pecuniary reward</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">To fight for the welfare of all</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">To obey those placed in authority</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">To guard the honour of fellow knights</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">To eschew unfairness, meanness and deceit</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">To keep faith </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">At all times to speak the truth</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">To persevere to the end in any enterprise begun</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">To respect the honour of women</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Never to refuse a challenge from an equal</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Never to turn the back upon a foe</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Janx, post: 5691597, member: 8835"] The point of a code of conduct is to make the character have to face situations where they intepret and apply the code. If the code was such that life was easy peasy, one is leading an unreflective life as a robot. As to GMs who create no-win situations to cause the paladin to fall, that's probably a bad GM. If the PC is trying to apply the code to the problem, then whatever they do is correct. When the PC abandons the code and rejects its tenets, that is when they fail. for reference, here is a real Code, taken from this [URL="http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/knights-code-of-chivalry.htm"]site[/URL], which alleges it is from the Song of Roland (circa 1098-1100AD): [LIST] [*]To fear God and maintain His Church [*]To serve the liege lord in valour and faith [*]To protect the weak and defenceless [*]To give succour to widows and orphans [*]To refrain from the wanton giving of offence [*]To live by honour and for glory [*]To despise pecuniary reward [*]To fight for the welfare of all [*]To obey those placed in authority [*]To guard the honour of fellow knights [*]To eschew unfairness, meanness and deceit [*]To keep faith [*]At all times to speak the truth [*]To persevere to the end in any enterprise begun [*]To respect the honour of women [*]Never to refuse a challenge from an equal [*]Never to turn the back upon a foe [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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