Posted by Khiravn on February 1, 2000 at 10:11:29:

In Reply to: That is how a lawful evil person would think, I believe. n/t posted by Mithadris on February 1, 2000 at 05:00:53:

It's always amazing how suddenly people start being strict about things like roleplaying ethos when it starts to affect them :P

There are a good twenty cheesy RP reasons I can think of why paladins can attack you in town and still be lawful, each one, in my mind, just as logical and valid as the cheesy RP justification for Imperials to attack, or lawful evils in general.

As we've seen with Imperial law, being lawful means you follow a set of laws, not necessarily the city laws of the Arbiters. In a Maran Paladin's case, the laws he follows are Shokai's laws, for example:

1. Thou shall not kill good.
2. Thou shall destroy evil mercilessly.
3. Thou shall not practice dark magiks.
4. Thou shall not betray thy comrades.
5. etc.

You as a player Mithadris have broken at least three of these laws, and thus, have broken The Great Lord's law, and thus, it is perfectly justifiable for a Paladin to attack you and try to send you to Shokai, where you might be Reborn in His Flames.

I saved all the really serious laws of Shokai for the game :) These are just examples that I find just as silly and justifiable as Imperial law.

Khiravn.

Follow Ups:

• You know, Khiravn, I like you, but.. Defender of Law 11:36:30 2/1/2000 (6)
  • Laws Khiravn 13:08:50 2/1/2000 (3)
    • So how is that any different from how an NG or CG would act? (n/t) An Observer 13:14:10 2/1/2000 (2)
      • A NG or a CG would not feel the need to protect the town. They would kill Mithadris for an entirely different set of reasons n/t Khiravn 13:17:12 2/1/2000 (1)
        • ie. The actions might be the same, but the reasons behind them are differing, that's called RP n/t Khiravn 13:18:11 2/1/2000 (0)
  • Agreed (text) Queen of all Media 11:47:49 2/1/2000 (1)
    • First: Khiravn 18:58:48 2/1/2000 (0)

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