Moonlatern and pixie

[Leander.quest]

After receiving the moonlantern I broke my oath by keeping the pixie inside...I mean...why? I have the oath of the ancients, but letting the pixie out in the shadow-cursed lands would be more than dumb, wouldn't it? "Ah, pixie, be free, bye"...I don't understand why this would make me a good paladin.

I might let her out later (if still possible)....and making rhymes after succeeding an intelligence test with the narrator's "pixies are tricksters" or something like information that does not win my trust.

Normally, the narrator should tell the truth that letting out the pixie is not trickery as she does not say "Haha, you fool, bye, have fun with the curse".

Sometimes I think the game wants to mock and f u up all the time, regardless what you do. Whatever you choose it is evil and mean.

[SonnenKätzchen]

If you let her out, she gives you a bell to protect you from the shadow curse. So yeah. It's not dumb to let her out.

[galagaalpha]

The Pixie is in an item that blocks the shadow curse. If the pixie in one of these items dies it no longer grants protection. Ergo the Pixie in the item is the source of the protection and you are keeping it enslaved for your benefit.
this breaks Tenant 1
Kindle the Light. Through your acts of mercy, kindness, and forgiveness, kindle the light of hope in the world, beating back despair.

[ImHelping]

Trigger happy Oaths are a holdover from "Aw ♥♥♥♥ we need some way to lock people out of 'literally better version of fighter'!" origins of the paladin class.

You won't see people making most Cleric's lose their stuff because they only want the easy softball "consequences" that hurt stab focused characters, and not the "Oh no the wizard is mad at me for this one!" ones that get rid of the support slave for munchkins, or to paper over the rough patches in over-tuned encounter design.

"Now I know the barbarian lost 90% of their health on turn one... But this is fine you have a cleric-oh no"

Meanwhile slapping around a paladin still looks too much like screwing over a fighter for anyone to think too hard about how selective they are with "Actions have consequences" claims. Think too hard and they will realize it is actually just bad writing most of the time.

[Leander.quest]

But why should I let her out when even the narrator tells you a warning after succeeding a check? The chance is 90% that it will be a "Haha, f.. you" Larian joke with bad outcome.

[Mike Garrison]

The pixie says the lamp is lit because it is torturing her. The narrator tells you that pixies are known to sometimes lie. You also know that the lamps are made by the absolutists, who are not exactly known to be good people.

Regardless of all that, you know that the lamp is trapping a sentient creature and enslaving it for your own benefit.

Make your choice, and see what happens.