That seems to be pretty common , especially if you ' re under 18 but you could get arrested and put on the sex offenders list . Just like you could get arrested and registered as a sex offenders for peeing outside or the cop may tell you to go home . <| sep |> Anyway , the point is that if a DM wants to then a paladin isn ' t the only one that can be punished for straying from their path , whatever that may be . It all comes down to the player and the DM . Yes , but the Fall is different it ' s not an option that can ever be imposed by a DM . You can take the weapons , remove spellbooks , take the tongue of the bard and they will find a way to reverse it . Because you didn ' t change the characters , just their circumstances . But the Fall changes the inner core of a Paladin . It is horrible DMing to tell someone beyond suggestion how his character reacts or feels . But it ' s beyond horrible to permanently alter his character for him . And that ' s exactly what the Fall does .