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The 3e spell also has a generic protection against possessions and mental control, and both 3e and 5e can protect against evil from the same plane. Not that what you suggest cannot be implemented, you just need to go on "protection from possession" and/or "protection from aberrations" route if...

This is untrue. First and foremost, the universe tells apart normal orcs from fiends in 3e. As an example, look how detect evil works - the HD table is related to the creature type. Outsiders ping strongly with less HD. Robin Hood does not get flayed because Holy Word does not punish stealing...

I think that this is what the designers thought, and I cannot blame them (or you), but this led to two issues, one practical and one conceptual. The practical one was the way feat chains worked. Feat chains are not inherently bad. Some (SOME) feat should be gated, other should be linked...

I think this fails to understand how the universe work. You spare humanoids but this is a universe in which there is literal material, physical evil in the form of fiends (spare me more BoED nonsense please, I remember those succubi). I think what the designers failed to do here is to...

I think is context dependent. Say Aragorn spares Grima but would not accept a Witch King surrender. Is this the Exalted Deeds? Because I don't recall this in the PH but I could be wrong.

I fail to understand how these are supposed to be contradictory. You fight unrepenting evildoers and show mercy to those that deserve it. Is that difficult? Don't think so. The fact that different people have different ideas can be maintained up to a certain point unless you go full moral...

The paladin is not supposed to avoid association as in company or adventuring, is not supposed to share goals. Which makes sense - why share major goals with evil people? Do you think they meant to do not order together a pizza? See my post above - you guys are giving the less charitable and...

I think a massive problem with this is the fact that people forgot the best lesson from 4e. Is something that I rarely hear even from many 4e fans. Which is modularity. 4e built the class layout for 30 levels giving to every class a number of slots. Did I like the powers? Usually not. Did I like...

I think the first paragraph is mostly about people that enjoy playing psychopaths and pay no consequences if a LG character able to inflict violence is around. I feel more the second part, but I am personally against at-will magical detection.

But the archetype has not roots there. I have even shown that thinking every crusader was heavily armored is another historical misconceptions. Axe to grind?

There is absolutely nothing in 3e doing what you suggest. 3e defines good, defines LG, and defines what a Paladin should and should not do, in the extent of its expectactions.

To me this sounds just a failure of understanding context or willingly doing to for an advantage by some problematic player. Also the robots are LN, not LG. Not relevant. Your interpretation of the code is also less than charitable. I frankly don't see anything hampering usual adventuring unless...

I feel blessed because I did this to my players, another instance I killed and reanimated them all for a period, and they kept going. What they did in-universe was to find workarounds. The Mage Disjunction feels really epic tho, and honestly it becomes a sort of MAD (edit: intended not in D&D...

But these are not all the same. The armor + enhancement, as an example, is counted as a whole. If something goes through the armor, will usually go through the enhancement. It's a bigger number but in the same order of magnitude. what is applied or not to touch attack and your flatfooted AC are...

Probably the next question should be - what MADE a Paladin Lawful Stupid, and is every LG paladin actually LS? Because forgive me if I misunderstood you, this is what you seem to imply in the first part of the post - if the class wasn't "broadened" then it would have remained LS. LG non-LS can...

I responded to 1) a fundamental misunderstanding of the origins of an archetype and what classes actually are in D&D (not only classes, see my first post in the thread) 2) A grave misconstruction of a very complex series of historical events, including the partial erasure of the experience of...

But the problematic archetype is connected with a certain organized religion. In a specific historical moment. If what you say is correct (not solely organized religions), the Paladin stops to be a problem. What is next step, ban clerics? This is utterly ridiculous.

The underlying archetype, I have shown, only has an uninformed connection with its presumed problematic partial origin. So what if they swear an oath. You are going in circles here I am sorry. If the point doesn't stick, just drop it. And ultimately, I wish to know why the discourse in previous...

It doesn't feel like a deconstruction, it feels like someone not using all the class features unless there is a solid build plan. Also you are still using martial weapons and armors so whatever. If we have to circle back to the crusades, there were probably more crusaders equipped like that than...

Which part of being leather-armored and using a bow is moral and/or religious, could you kindly explain me?