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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 314304" data-attributes="member: 177">Exactly.&nbsp; That was my point.&nbsp; You said, &quot;The code of the paladin is not a strait jacket that hamstrings him in his battle with evil.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; But that's not true, in general.&nbsp; The code can be a straight jacket.&nbsp; If his code says no to a certain act, then he cannot do it, no matter how deserving the target is.Lots of folks around here seem pretty permissive with paladins - they have gone a little too far with the &quot;lawful good isn't lawful stupid&quot; line of thought.&nbsp; But the fact of the matter is that a paladins should have rules, and have to stick to them, even if those rules seem stupid in a given instance. To a paladin, following the rules needs to be about as important as fighting evil.&nbsp; Think of a paladin as a modern day cop - there are rules he simply isn't allowed to break in the search for justice.&nbsp; Can he use a little subterfuge for camouflage?&nbsp; Yes.&nbsp; However, like in our world, sometimes evil does get away because of &quot;silly little rules&quot; - the fantasy equivalent of Miranda Rights, or the rules of evidence.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 314304, member: 177"] Exactly. That was my point. You said, "The code of the paladin is not a strait jacket that hamstrings him in his battle with evil." But that's not true, in general. The code [i]can[/i] be a straight jacket. If his code says no to a certain act, then he cannot do it, no matter how deserving the target is. Lots of folks around here seem pretty permissive with paladins - they have gone a little too far with the "lawful good isn't lawful stupid" line of thought. But the fact of the matter is that a paladins should have rules, and have to stick to them, even if those rules seem stupid in a given instance. To a paladin, following the rules needs to be about as important as fighting evil. Think of a paladin as a modern day cop - there are rules he simply isn't allowed to break in the search for justice. Can he use a little subterfuge for camouflage? Yes. However, like in our world, sometimes evil does get away because of "silly little rules" - the fantasy equivalent of Miranda Rights, or the rules of evidence. [/QUOTE]

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