"Oh, most certainly.  The foremost way I was able to justify keeping Mariona on as a Worldwound fortress commandant, despite her being underleveled for it by circles, was that her casualties were extraordinarily low and her expenses well-controlled.  Similarly, she had the bright idea of carrying out her duties to torture her subordinates for failure by by denying magical healing to them, and performing painful surgeries on them instead.  And I expect that by growing her skills in that way, her fort's total casualties were the lower, at the cost of a little screaming."

"I do wonder what a Lawful Goodie would say of that, and if they'd tell her to stop.  It has never before occurred to me to ask.  I imagine that if I were an impostor trying to pass as a paladin, I would say that Mariona was allowed to do whatever produced the fewest total casualties, but she was not allowed to enjoy it.  I am not sure what I'd say if I had to pass as a smart paladin, though.  I've never met one."

"Oh, most certainly.  The foremost way I was able to justify keeping Mariona on as a Worldwound fortress commandant, despite her being initially underleveled for it by circles, was that her casualties were low and her expenses well-controlled.  Similarly, she had the bright idea of carrying out her duties to torture her subordinates for failure by by denying magical healing to them, and performing painful surgeries on them instead.  And I expect that by growing her skills in that way, her fort's total casualties were the lower, at the cost of a little screaming."

"I do wonder what a Lawful Goodie would say of that, and if they'd tell her to stop.  It has never before occurred to me to ask.  I imagine that if I were an impostor trying to pass as a paladin, I would say that Mariona was allowed to do whatever produced the fewest total casualties, but she was not allowed to enjoy it.  I am not sure what I'd say if I had to pass as a smart paladin, though.  I've never met one."

"Oh, most certainly.  The foremost way I was able to justify keeping Mariona on as a Worldwound fortress commandant, despite her being initially underleveled for it by circles, was that her casualties were low and her expenses well-controlled.  Similarly, she had the bright idea of carrying out her duties to torture her subordinates for failure by denying magical healing to them, and performing painful surgeries on them instead.  And I expect that by growing her skills in that way, her fort's total casualties were the lower, at the cost of a little screaming."

"I do wonder what a Lawful Goodie would say of that, and if they'd tell her to stop.  It has never before occurred to me to ask.  I imagine that if I were an impostor trying to pass as a paladin, I would say that Mariona was allowed to do whatever produced the fewest total casualties, but she was not allowed to enjoy it.  I am not sure what I'd say if I had to pass as a smart paladin, though.  I've never met one."

"Oh, most certainly.  The foremost way I was able to justify keeping Mariona on as a Worldwound fortress commandant, despite her being initially underleveled for it by circles, was that her casualties were low and her expenses well-controlled.  Similarly, she had the bright idea of carrying out her duties to torture her subordinates for failure by denying magical healing to them, and performing painful surgeries on them instead.  And I expect that by growing her skills in that way, her fort's total casualties ended up even lower over time, at the cost of a little screaming."

"I do wonder what a Lawful Goodie would say of that, and if they'd tell her to stop.  It has never before occurred to me to ask.  I imagine that if I were an impostor trying to pass as a paladin, I would say that Mariona was allowed to do whatever produced the fewest total casualties, but she was not allowed to enjoy it.  I am not sure what I'd say if I had to pass as a smart paladin, though.  I've never met one."

"Oh, most certainly.  The foremost reason I was able to defend keeping Mariona on as a Worldwound fortress commandant, despite her being initially underleveled for it by circles, was that her casualties were low and her expenses well-controlled.  Similarly, she had the bright idea of carrying out her duties to torture her subordinates for failure by denying magical healing to them, and performing painful surgeries on them instead.  And I expect that by growing her skills in that way, her fort's total casualties ended up even lower over time, at the cost of a little screaming."

"I do wonder what a Lawful Goodie would say of that, and if they'd tell her to stop.  It has never before occurred to me to ask.  I imagine that if I were an impostor trying to pass as a paladin, I would say that Mariona was allowed to do whatever produced the fewest total casualties, but she was not allowed to enjoy it.  I am not sure what I'd say if I had to pass as a smart paladin, though.  I've never met one."