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<blockquote data-quote="Rashak Mani" data-source="post: 1181695" data-attributes="member: 642"><p>Like most complex topics its easier to point out what you "shouldn't" do rather than what you should do.</p><p></p><p> Firstly avoid being blood thirsty... most Paladins seemed like Frenzied Crusaders. You should be a living example to others and not a zealot barbarian. Most paladins forget that they will make the world better not only by their actions... but what they show the world.</p><p></p><p> Which leads us to the many forgotten qualities a Paladin should have: </p><p></p><p> Humility: Stop ordering people around. No "Holier than thou."</p><p> Generosiy: Donate more.... help more.</p><p> Good Will: You should be always helpful and positive in your actions</p><p> "Pure": Its about trying to remain "pure" from the daily temptations and mistakes of human life. To remember when you do fail to be really regretful.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> Second... Awful/Lawful Stupid alignment should be avoided. Everyone has stories about Paladins not backing off fights or charging head on into hordes of foes. Just because you are one of the chosen holy warriors doesn't mean your diety has enough time and power to help you get out alive of every encounter. Paladins do not have a death wish... or not all of them. Your not a evil killing machine only.</p><p></p><p> Third: Balance. Anyone who seeks to be the embodiement of good should never be extreme. Your life should include discipline as well as adventure... prayer as well as fighting. Innocence as well as worldliness. Your not a living saint... just a messenger... still you need to operate in the "real" world. Clerics can be religious fanatics... you can't. Others have defects and so do you. Help them out and comprehend them... people come in many colors... not only black and white. Evil and Good. So avoid the famous "kill all evil detected" syndrome. By working with others you not only fight evil... you spread your good example and your dieties ideas. </p><p></p><p> (Last one is personal. I feel Paladins have to have a touch of innocence. Every religion puts children as an example of purity... purity comes from their innocence. Even selfish children are innocent in their desires. I feel Paladins should have this touch of innocence. My latest Paladin is very innocent... but not all have to. Only those who have this innocence can escape the temptations of power and greed. Good examples of this are Hobbits in LOTR... or Peter Sellers the Gardener character in "being there".)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rashak Mani, post: 1181695, member: 642"] Like most complex topics its easier to point out what you "shouldn't" do rather than what you should do. Firstly avoid being blood thirsty... most Paladins seemed like Frenzied Crusaders. You should be a living example to others and not a zealot barbarian. Most paladins forget that they will make the world better not only by their actions... but what they show the world. Which leads us to the many forgotten qualities a Paladin should have: Humility: Stop ordering people around. No "Holier than thou." Generosiy: Donate more.... help more. Good Will: You should be always helpful and positive in your actions "Pure": Its about trying to remain "pure" from the daily temptations and mistakes of human life. To remember when you do fail to be really regretful. Second... Awful/Lawful Stupid alignment should be avoided. Everyone has stories about Paladins not backing off fights or charging head on into hordes of foes. Just because you are one of the chosen holy warriors doesn't mean your diety has enough time and power to help you get out alive of every encounter. Paladins do not have a death wish... or not all of them. Your not a evil killing machine only. Third: Balance. Anyone who seeks to be the embodiement of good should never be extreme. Your life should include discipline as well as adventure... prayer as well as fighting. Innocence as well as worldliness. Your not a living saint... just a messenger... still you need to operate in the "real" world. Clerics can be religious fanatics... you can't. Others have defects and so do you. Help them out and comprehend them... people come in many colors... not only black and white. Evil and Good. So avoid the famous "kill all evil detected" syndrome. By working with others you not only fight evil... you spread your good example and your dieties ideas. (Last one is personal. I feel Paladins have to have a touch of innocence. Every religion puts children as an example of purity... purity comes from their innocence. Even selfish children are innocent in their desires. I feel Paladins should have this touch of innocence. My latest Paladin is very innocent... but not all have to. Only those who have this innocence can escape the temptations of power and greed. Good examples of this are Hobbits in LOTR... or Peter Sellers the Gardener character in "being there".) [/QUOTE]
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