Thoughts on the OOTS goblin predicament

[Dion]

No, I'm saying "clearly The Giant is choosing not to follow the rules of D&D in this instance."
The reason for not following the paladin rules and having all those paladins fall on-panel seems to be "so I can illustrate that DMs and players who play paladins this way (i.e. without actually following the paladin rules) are doing it wrong."

I don’t believe it’s against the rules for paladins to kill non-combatant goblins.

I dont think there’s anything in the rules or in the supplementary material that says DMs must treat non-combatant goblins as innocents.