Oath against Fiends

[Zanzen]

Is this oath going to work in this game with the demonic ally we pick up in the 3rd book and hinted at finding more allies in the 4th book just released? How would a paladin with this oath have to interact with such npcs?

[DrSwordopolis]

Oath Against Fiends - Code wrote:

Never suffer an evil outsider to live if it is in your power to destroy it. Banish fiends you cannot kill. Purge the evil from those possessed by fiends

I don't see an issue. The ally you're referring to...

Demon's Heresy:

Isn't evil when the party meets her, is heavily forshadowed in book 2, and desperately wants to redeem herself.

I'd definitely play the paladin as incredibly suspicious of any demon that doesn't ping on the evil-dar, mind.

As far as book 4 and the code, well...

Midnight Isles:

Oath Against Fiends wrote:

Never suffer an evil outsider to live if it is in your power to destroy it.

Good luck with Noticula!

Additionally, Queen Galfrey gives the party items (akin to a phylactery of faithfulness, but with more awesome) with the explicit purpose of "protecting their souls against corruption" by letting them know if the acts they're about to take would displease their deity. The stated metagame purpose here is to give the more staunchly good-aligned players "permission" to work with the lesser of two evils.

[Zanzen]

DrSwordopolis wrote:

Oath Against Fiends - Code wrote:

Never suffer an evil outsider to live if it is in your power to destroy it. Banish fiends you cannot kill. Purge the evil from those possessed by fiends

I don't see an issue. The ally you're referring to...

** spoiler omitted **

I'd definitely play the paladin as incredibly suspicious of any demon that doesn't ping on the evil-dar, mind.

As far as book 4 and the code, well...
** spoiler omitted **

Ahh, gotcha. Good points. For some reason I glossed over the evil outsider bit and replaced it with "fiends" in my mind. Thanks :)