We keep getting threads about paladins, and "what to do" about them. On the first three pages of this board alone, we've got:
- Can a paladin kill an accomplice to murder?
- Inspired by the first thread, a thread on whether paladins should lose their abilities all at once, or piecemeal
- A DM who won't let the paladin use his Mount as written
And, lest we forget, the nearly-endless thread a few months ago about whether paladins need to be chaste and / or celibate (and whether those two were different, anyway).
In many of these cases, the threads become extensive, heated discussions about morals and interpretations of the "paladin code".
Why is it always paladins that we get these threads about? Why, out of all the classes, is it the paladin that seems to drive a significant percentage of the playing population nutty? I imagine it's because, unlike any of the other base classes, they've got the most explicit code of behavior presented in the PHB, but that's just my guess.
One would *think* that other classes with powers that are, in theory, based on their faith or behavior (e.g., clerics, druids, monks) should be equally scrutinized. Yet, one never sees threads on "my DM stripped my cleric of his powers, I think he was wrong!"
Why is this? What do people have against paladins, anyway?
- Can a paladin kill an accomplice to murder?
- Inspired by the first thread, a thread on whether paladins should lose their abilities all at once, or piecemeal
- A DM who won't let the paladin use his Mount as written
And, lest we forget, the nearly-endless thread a few months ago about whether paladins need to be chaste and / or celibate (and whether those two were different, anyway).
In many of these cases, the threads become extensive, heated discussions about morals and interpretations of the "paladin code".
Why is it always paladins that we get these threads about? Why, out of all the classes, is it the paladin that seems to drive a significant percentage of the playing population nutty? I imagine it's because, unlike any of the other base classes, they've got the most explicit code of behavior presented in the PHB, but that's just my guess.
One would *think* that other classes with powers that are, in theory, based on their faith or behavior (e.g., clerics, druids, monks) should be equally scrutinized. Yet, one never sees threads on "my DM stripped my cleric of his powers, I think he was wrong!"
Why is this? What do people have against paladins, anyway?