@Tonguez I see what you did there.
For all the noise that surrounds them, I've always loved the Pally as a class. But they are definitely (thanks to the RP aspects) always a class I discussed with my GMs and players first. My first (and most telling) question: Name three examples of paladins from myth, books, comics, film, or TV. It's actually quite surprising how few people can name three. The next question is why.
Can you do better? Zero points for King Arthur, Lancelot, Galahad, or Roland.
Grizzled border wars ... you mean a Crown Paladin?Paladins? Feh. A bunch of uptight pretty boys. Give me a grizzled veteran of the border wars.