Quote Originally Posted by Liquor Box View Post
A lot of what you are saying misses the mark, but I found these two examples particularly ironic. You are proposing to respond to people going to war or abusing their power, by your PCs abusing their own power to go to war with those people.
Yet I still find it a better reason than what most murderhobo PC's attack people for: gold or exp. Whether its ironic or not has no bearing on anything. Imminent disasters require action. If there is no other way to get rid of the problem- which in a fantasy setting with nobility will be the ONLY way given the lack of social mobility- that is the only path forward if they refuse to be persuaded. Do you comment on the irony of killing bandits trying to kill you as well?