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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="Jeremy Ackerman-Yost" data-source="post: 2392380" data-attributes="member: 4720"><p>As a biologist (and someone who spends every day with psychologists), I can safely say that I haven't a clue. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> </p><p></p><p>Fear is central to our lives as they are lived. Fear is a HUGE motivator for so many of our behaviors. Removing it completely might well create something entirely inhuman. But here are some guesses...</p><p></p><p>1) He'd be incredibly attractive to women (and that's without his Charisma bonus)</p><p>2) He'd live a lot longer, provided he managed to die of natural causes (for similar reasons, he would have better spatial memory than people of similar age and would process toxins more efficiently. If anyone wants the bio on this, I can go into detail, but it primarily has to do with the fact that I'm assuming many of his fight or flight responses would be drastically decreased. He also would probably have a lower overall metabolism unless he kept very active, though again... paladin.)</p><p>3) He would generally be the first one to act in any surprising or dangerous situation. People tend to freeze up momentarily when their amygdala wants them to get out of Dodge but their personal inclinations are to stand and fight.</p><p>4) If he was in the habit of being a good person (we can assume 3rd level paladins are) he would be insanely heroic. He has nothing inhibiting him from many kinds of rash action.</p><p>5) If someone who was not a third level paladin acquired this ability, they would probably start sliding towards what D&D calls "Chaotic Evil" right quick. It is generally accepted (and is even central to some religions and some theories of altruistic behavior among psychologists) that fear of the consequences of their actions is the only thing that keeps people from behaving in entirely selfish ways all the time. I personally don't believe that is the case for all people, but there is definitely a category of people for which this is true.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeremy Ackerman-Yost, post: 2392380, member: 4720"] As a biologist (and someone who spends every day with psychologists), I can safely say that I haven't a clue. ;) Fear is central to our lives as they are lived. Fear is a HUGE motivator for so many of our behaviors. Removing it completely might well create something entirely inhuman. But here are some guesses... 1) He'd be incredibly attractive to women (and that's without his Charisma bonus) 2) He'd live a lot longer, provided he managed to die of natural causes (for similar reasons, he would have better spatial memory than people of similar age and would process toxins more efficiently. If anyone wants the bio on this, I can go into detail, but it primarily has to do with the fact that I'm assuming many of his fight or flight responses would be drastically decreased. He also would probably have a lower overall metabolism unless he kept very active, though again... paladin.) 3) He would generally be the first one to act in any surprising or dangerous situation. People tend to freeze up momentarily when their amygdala wants them to get out of Dodge but their personal inclinations are to stand and fight. 4) If he was in the habit of being a good person (we can assume 3rd level paladins are) he would be insanely heroic. He has nothing inhibiting him from many kinds of rash action. 5) If someone who was not a third level paladin acquired this ability, they would probably start sliding towards what D&D calls "Chaotic Evil" right quick. It is generally accepted (and is even central to some religions and some theories of altruistic behavior among psychologists) that fear of the consequences of their actions is the only thing that keeps people from behaving in entirely selfish ways all the time. I personally don't believe that is the case for all people, but there is definitely a category of people for which this is true. [/QUOTE]
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