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Would you allow this paladin in your game? (new fiction added 11/11/08)
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<blockquote data-quote="drnuncheon" data-source="post: 1959207" data-attributes="member: 96"><p>But he's not. If he were counseling despair, why would he bother to keep fighting? What's the point? Why keep living, keep fighting, etc? Something in him must not have given up, because no matter how much he complains, <em>he still goes and does it</em>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Believe it or not, some people do play in low-magic games where such things are not commonplace.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Well, for 4 rounds, when the 'dancing' stops.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Maybe he wants to, and the church doesn't want people thinking "look what happens if you fight for good - you wind up a ball of meat." </p><p> </p><p> Anyway, there's a saying - "scratch a cynic and you find a disappointed idealist". I suspect that somewhere in Cedric, that idealist is still there, and that's what keeps him from really despairing. But he's been battered around by the world enough that it's hard to see.</p><p> </p><p> But clearly, he thinks that one man makes a difference, because he still goes out and fights. Even if he thinks that that difference is keeping the world from falling into blackness for one more day, that's still one more day - and so he fights.</p><p> </p><p> That's why he's such a fascinating character. Unlike other paladins who are miles away, he's ridden right up to the edge of the chasm and looked in. He's riding along the edge, and he doesn't fall. The question of "will he?" makes watching him a heck of a lot more exciting than some shiny fanatic who never has doubts or flaws.</p><p> </p><p> J</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="drnuncheon, post: 1959207, member: 96"] But he's not. If he were counseling despair, why would he bother to keep fighting? What's the point? Why keep living, keep fighting, etc? Something in him must not have given up, because no matter how much he complains, [i]he still goes and does it[/i]. Believe it or not, some people do play in low-magic games where such things are not commonplace. Well, for 4 rounds, when the 'dancing' stops. Maybe he wants to, and the church doesn't want people thinking "look what happens if you fight for good - you wind up a ball of meat." Anyway, there's a saying - "scratch a cynic and you find a disappointed idealist". I suspect that somewhere in Cedric, that idealist is still there, and that's what keeps him from really despairing. But he's been battered around by the world enough that it's hard to see. But clearly, he thinks that one man makes a difference, because he still goes out and fights. Even if he thinks that that difference is keeping the world from falling into blackness for one more day, that's still one more day - and so he fights. That's why he's such a fascinating character. Unlike other paladins who are miles away, he's ridden right up to the edge of the chasm and looked in. He's riding along the edge, and he doesn't fall. The question of "will he?" makes watching him a heck of a lot more exciting than some shiny fanatic who never has doubts or flaws. J [/QUOTE]
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