Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
The
VOIDRUNNER'S CODEX
is coming! Explore new worlds, fight oppressive empires, fend off fearsome aliens, and wield deadly psionics with this comprehensive boxed set expansion for 5E and A5E!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
Would you allow this paladin in your game? (new fiction added 11/11/08)
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="BBQLord" data-source="post: 4544608" data-attributes="member: 79421"><p>With such an obvious "open end" one can hardly call it an end to the story of Cedric. <em>If</em> there is an end, it's the end of the story as far as we'll know it, from the mouth of <strong>shilsen</strong>. Though I personally hope his wording ("here's the conclusion <strong>to the siege</strong>", emphasis mine) was intentional and implies that Cedric's story has not yet seen it's last online chapter.</p><p> </p><p>If this is an end to the online adventures of Sir Cedric than please don't take the above in the wrong (negative) way, I approve wholeheartedly of the "open end choice" <strong>shilsen</strong> made as it makes readers think about and extrapolate from his story all the more (possibly spawning more stories about Sir Cedric the Paladin in numerous campaigns and stories worldwide).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As for this installment of Sir Cedric: nicely done!</p><p>It made me think of something akin to a dilemma. Can a paladin be brave?</p><p>I have often heard bravery described not as 'being without fear' (as I assume paladins are because of their <em>immunity to fear </em>class feature) but <strong>overcoming</strong> said fear and/or acting <strong>despite</strong> the fear.</p><p> </p><p>After all, can a computer be brave or courageous? Hardly, it doesn't even the capacity for fear. Well, unless I'm mistaken, neither do paladins...</p><p> </p><p>If so, what does this mean for a 'sacrifice' like we've seen in <strong>shilsen</strong>'s latest post? A paladin would most likely be <em>unable to fear death</em>. Is dying than still a sacrifice? Probably (you 'sacrifice' all your possible actions by dying). But in this example they were pretty much screwed by the enemies' numbers and the lack of reinforcements. Given that Sir Cedric was going to die if he did nothing; wasn't this an act to increase his chances for survival? I can believe a statement along the lines of it being selfless (if he did it not for his own survival but the survival of his comrades) but that alone doesn't make it a sacrifice (Sir Cedric didn't give anything up, did he? No, this actually was one of the few ways they could survive what was to come).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BBQLord, post: 4544608, member: 79421"] With such an obvious "open end" one can hardly call it an end to the story of Cedric. [I]If[/I] there is an end, it's the end of the story as far as we'll know it, from the mouth of [B]shilsen[/B]. Though I personally hope his wording ("here's the conclusion [B]to the siege[/B]", emphasis mine) was intentional and implies that Cedric's story has not yet seen it's last online chapter. If this is an end to the online adventures of Sir Cedric than please don't take the above in the wrong (negative) way, I approve wholeheartedly of the "open end choice" [B]shilsen[/B] made as it makes readers think about and extrapolate from his story all the more (possibly spawning more stories about Sir Cedric the Paladin in numerous campaigns and stories worldwide). As for this installment of Sir Cedric: nicely done! It made me think of something akin to a dilemma. Can a paladin be brave? I have often heard bravery described not as 'being without fear' (as I assume paladins are because of their [I]immunity to fear [/I]class feature) but [B]overcoming[/B] said fear and/or acting [B]despite[/B] the fear. After all, can a computer be brave or courageous? Hardly, it doesn't even the capacity for fear. Well, unless I'm mistaken, neither do paladins... If so, what does this mean for a 'sacrifice' like we've seen in [B]shilsen[/B]'s latest post? A paladin would most likely be [I]unable to fear death[/I]. Is dying than still a sacrifice? Probably (you 'sacrifice' all your possible actions by dying). But in this example they were pretty much screwed by the enemies' numbers and the lack of reinforcements. Given that Sir Cedric was going to die if he did nothing; wasn't this an act to increase his chances for survival? I can believe a statement along the lines of it being selfless (if he did it not for his own survival but the survival of his comrades) but that alone doesn't make it a sacrifice (Sir Cedric didn't give anything up, did he? No, this actually was one of the few ways they could survive what was to come). [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
Would you allow this paladin in your game? (new fiction added 11/11/08)
Top