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<blockquote data-quote="Kid Charlemagne" data-source="post: 1565666" data-attributes="member: 93"><p>Well exactly, all games are different. I tried to qualify my points by noting that this only applies to my game - which is why these paladin threads never, ever come to any resolution. All we can do is offer the alternatives that apply to our games and hope that the original poster can make some use of it.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There's a reason that quote is so well-known, and this instance is exactly that reason. The key tenet to being a paladin is to always act correctly, even if it puts you at a disadvantage.</p><p></p><p>True, it's very easy to screw a paladin over - I certainly wouldn't use such a thing often - maybe not even once over a paladin's entire career. On the other hand, if the party was up against a demon known as a deceiver, well, that's what's called for. I'm playing a paladin in a game right now - I personally will feel let down if I am <em>never</em> given the chance to make those tough decisions. I don't want to have to do that every sessions, though.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Withe the illusion, I was thinking something along the lines of "illusion of man about to molest girl over actual father arriving to save daughter." And again, in that instance, the transgression is minor - the paladin has a valid excuse, and the punishment would be correspondingly less. </p><p></p><p>Again, as I said above, a DM shouldn't do this kind of thing ALL the time, but I feel that every paladin should have one or two opportunities to show his shining example, or to blow it entirely. Again, my view, my game. YMMV.</p><p> </p><p>It all comes down to this, however: Every player intending to play a Paladin should talk to their DM in order to be sure that both parties are on the same page when it comes to this kind of thing. The more detail the better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kid Charlemagne, post: 1565666, member: 93"] Well exactly, all games are different. I tried to qualify my points by noting that this only applies to my game - which is why these paladin threads never, ever come to any resolution. All we can do is offer the alternatives that apply to our games and hope that the original poster can make some use of it. There's a reason that quote is so well-known, and this instance is exactly that reason. The key tenet to being a paladin is to always act correctly, even if it puts you at a disadvantage. True, it's very easy to screw a paladin over - I certainly wouldn't use such a thing often - maybe not even once over a paladin's entire career. On the other hand, if the party was up against a demon known as a deceiver, well, that's what's called for. I'm playing a paladin in a game right now - I personally will feel let down if I am [i]never[/i] given the chance to make those tough decisions. I don't want to have to do that every sessions, though. Withe the illusion, I was thinking something along the lines of "illusion of man about to molest girl over actual father arriving to save daughter." And again, in that instance, the transgression is minor - the paladin has a valid excuse, and the punishment would be correspondingly less. Again, as I said above, a DM shouldn't do this kind of thing ALL the time, but I feel that every paladin should have one or two opportunities to show his shining example, or to blow it entirely. Again, my view, my game. YMMV. It all comes down to this, however: Every player intending to play a Paladin should talk to their DM in order to be sure that both parties are on the same page when it comes to this kind of thing. The more detail the better. [/QUOTE]
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