If you were a lawful good paladin and a devil who could not lie told you to kill a child or it would kill one hundred but would in no way either directly or indirectly harm the hundred if you did kill the child, would you do it?
The children all being normal children of the standard player races, none of whom you know.
Which choice would you expect to make your paladin fall?
Kill the EVIL demon and save the 100 people without killing some random child. There's always a third option.
Listening to the devil in the first place is the option that'd make me fall. Wording's a bitch here.
>Is demon going to kill 100?
Kill demon.
>Is target child going to kill 100?
Kill demon, steer child to church for guidance.
>Devil could not lie
Why in the fuck would I trust its garbage? It could be making clever wordplay and through such bypassing any magical effect. Smite.
Kill demon, kill child, kill 100 people.
>devil who could not lie
No such thing
I'd kill both the devil and the children. By doing so I would remove an evil entity from the world and also ensure that, by dying for a righteous cause, the children ascend to heaven before they had the opportunity to commit sins and damn themselves to hell.
Yeah sorry. By it I meant the devil
>could not lie
as in it cannot tell a lie, it can misdirect and shit
the children are normal children, no more or less evil than the norm for their race
Assuming I had literally no other choice, it depends
What does my religion say? Is it highly utilitarianistic? then I would kill the child. Does it say I can't specifically murder an innocent no matter what? Then I would let the devil kill the hundred but spare the child.
>as in it cannot tell a lie, it can misdirect and shit
Again, no such thing. Satan's servants are liars by nature.
>the children are normal children, no more or less evil than the norm for their race
They have original sin, which makes them evil just like everyone else. Dying for a righteous cause ensures them a place in heaven, more than I can say for most people.
Catholic Pally for the win.
Personally, I'd slay the devil, take the children to the church, and assign each as a squire to a fellow paladin, so that it will be part of thier mission to make them righteous defenders of the faith. Even if the devil esubstanciates again, it'll have 101 Paladins with an APB to smite on its unholy face.
Kill the child. The demon leaves and presents his offer to 99 other paladins. At least 100 children still died. Good job, sir childkiller.