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Roland and Veillantif are the inspiration for the D&D paladin's special mount, and Galahad healing the "Maimed King" Pellam is the inspiration for the remove disease ability (at least by my reckoning).

My favorite campaign setting other than my own is Greyhawk. However, I imagine you are already familiar with Greyhawk so I would recommend Blackmoor (I don't have the book, but it looks interesting based on the preview pdfs). I would recommend you steer clear of the hopelessly lame Forgotten Realms.

I use my own world, so the "crunch" is most useful to me, but I appreciate good "fluff" and can be inspired by it.

Anyone who complains that "math is too hard" needs to be given copies of Walter Rudin's Principles of Mathematical Analysis and Gerald Folland's Real Analysis : Modern Techniques and Their Applications.

No. Enforced celibacy in the West predates the Catholic-Orthodox split. Besides which, it is my understanding that Orthodox bishops must be celibate (I don't know when that was first implemented, though).

Galahad and the idea of the chaste knight far predate Puritanism.

No.

That's fine, but you are hardly free of pedantry yourself.

Actually, the elves of the "Undying Court" are "deathless," which is the positive energy equivalent to undeath. Since they are fueled by positive energy, they are supposed to be good aligned. Essentially, they are good aligned liches.

Using celibacy to denote abstention from marriage is not archaic, sorry. Clearly, you are not familiar with the concept of secondary, tertiary, etc. definitions. Chaste can and does mean sexual abstinence. However, your above usage is also appropriate. I did not say they are interchangeable.

Uh, yes. Main Entry: chas·ti·ty Pronunciation: 'chas-t&-tE Function: noun 1 : the quality or state of being chaste : as a : abstention from unlawful sexual intercourse b : abstention from all sexual intercourse c : purity in conduct and intention d : restraint and simplicity in design or...

No, I think you meant chaste when you wrote it. To be chaste is to refrain from sexual intercourse. To be celibate is to remain unmarried, but it can also refer to abstention from sex.

It failed because it was lame, just like the show it spun off from. :)

They had all the core races and classes except gnomes, which was a huge plus for me. Until Termana, that is, when they were shoehorned in (with Nightfall's help, as I recall).

Well, you could always be a savage bard from UA.

I admire whomever does the artwork for Kalamar books. Would that be you?

Lawful Good Elf Paladin (albeit a prideful, lusty one--I envision several quests of atonement and regular self-flagellation)

Yes, but if you added PrCs into the mix you'd be a CN Elf Bard/Ranger/Foehunter (LSU Tigers).

One thing I like about the prestige versions of the paladin and ranger is that they get 0-level spells, which their base counterparts do not (to my chagrin). I can't say the same for the bard PrC, though, because it allows bards to have access to spells that I don't think they should have...

To answer the second part of your question, Monte's sorcerer gets d6 for HP, 4 skill points instead of 2, uses XP instead of material components, has a few charisma based skills added to his list, and knows one extra spell per level. The trade off is that some of his spells, like haste (3.0) are...