Pharasma and lawyers? (minor Kingmaker VG spoilers)

[deuxhero]

In the Kingmaker game there's an NPC lawyer who was cursed (infertility) by Pharasma for defending a necromancer in court. While the source of this is very dubious (priest of a chaotic evil deity) there's no option to say it's out of character for her. Is this something she'd actually do? It seems a little petty given the books establish her feelings against necromancy don't effect her when judging souls of actual necromancers.

[Deadmanwalking]

It's unlikely but not impossible.

There's a big difference between doing something unpleasant to someone (like a curse) and assigning their soul improperly. The first is a temporary and personal matter, the second is Pharasma's job and of cosmic importance.

[Garretmander]

Could have also been done by a psychopomp acting on their own, and the cursed assumed it was at Pharasma's order.

[Bartram]

The devs of the video game seem to have a very loose grasp of how alignment actually works, and to me seem to mischaracterize Pharasma quite a bit. I wouldn't take anything that happens in the game to be reflective of actual tabletop pathfinder.

[David knott 242]

What was the relationship of the lawyer to Pharasma?

I could see Pharasma taking this action if the lawyer was one of her priests, since she has a definite animosity towards necromancers and no fixed attitude about upholding mundane law, but it would be highly improper for her to do that to somebody who wasn't one of her worshipers.

[Bill Dunn]

Kind of depends on just how 'activist' you see the gods being. If you take a more Greek model, you figure the gods are constantly meddling in mortal affairs. Alternatively, you could take a more passive approach in which the gods are more concerned with grand cosmic stuff and not stooping to curse a lowly lawyer. Either approach might be valid for a campaign.

[Mudfoot]

I can see one of her priests cursing the lawyer, on the basis that priests are only human (or whatever) so would make their own judgement. And as far as a third party is concerned, that's Pharasma's curse.