Yea, blatant murder and assault isn't justifiable to most good deities or codes of ethics, even if the target pings as evil. "Oh this shopkeeper is evil? Guess he dies."
At the least, it's highly illegal most places, so even if there aren't divine consequences there'd certainly be social ones.
Supreme judicial power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical abuse of a magic item. I mean, if I went around stabbing people just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me they'd put me away!
I mean, that sounds very much like a paladin in unapologetic violation of one or more of their oaths.
I mean… theyre not harming anything good so not really?
But would it kill neutral innocent people?
Are neutral innocent people evil?
I could see a Vengeance Paladin justifying through divine will or whatever
It does sound like Frank Castle living out that one scene in Westworld.
Yea, blatant murder and assault isn't justifiable to most good deities or codes of ethics, even if the target pings as evil. "Oh this shopkeeper is evil? Guess he dies."
At the least, it's highly illegal most places, so even if there aren't divine consequences there'd certainly be social ones.
Yeah, even when alignment is proof enough you still need trials, and a random person's magic sword isn't exactly reliable proof in itself.
Can it fail? Can it be tricked? Is it a magical effect, or a divine one?
What about people who have done horrible crimes but served their sentence?
You can't expect to wield supreme judicial power just cause you threw a sword at some watery tart.
Supreme judicial power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical abuse of a magic item. I mean, if I went around stabbing people just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me they'd put me away!