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If the DM says something is unavoidable and no one can come up with any refutation to his claim then it is unavoidable, the rules have gaps in them because they are a finite source trying to cover infinite possibilities. If the rules cause you to abandon logic then they probably were not made for the particular event you have encountered. DM can rule any rule in the books does not apply to a situation if he or she so chooses.

This is a bit off topic...

People keep saying that the captain of the guard could definitively know that the Queen has no half siblings. But Royals are often the types to have extramarital affairs that they keep quiet to avoid scandal. The captain of the guard might not know of any half siblings but most likely would not be able to determine that there was no chance of any bastard children of the kingdom.

When one of my players takes 10 it is because I have not asked them to make a check to do something, because their chance of failing is less then 5%. The take ten rule exists so that the rules lawyers can't force people to make a check to unbutton their flies.

Memo to self make cleric who is summoned monkey.

I would not say that refusal to show mercy is an evil act. If the monk had decided to kill her because he though she might be dangerous; not evil to kill her. However he killed her because she ticked him off, and that is both chaotic and evil.