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I was totally distracted the whole time, thinking to myself, "Are British people self-aware of how cool they sound?" :p

Sorry, I really meant dueling in general, on "honorable" terms. Yep. As a frequent player of paladins, I relish these events as they rise organically in play. They make some of our best roleplay encounters. My gaming group particularly enjoys watching my character try to break out of a moral...

LOL in the context of D&D that is a HUGE can of worms. It's why I like to write stories where the bad guys are really bad, and they do really bad things; moral quandaries in the players' quest can be fun once in a while, but overall I want the players to feel just and righteous on their quest. I...

That's an interesting case. I'm tempted to label such behavior as Chaotic rather than Evil, especially if no malice is involved.

If an evil NPC never commits an evil act, then I would posit that he has the wrong alignment.

No. I said that those actions cannot adequately define a CG "paladin" because a LG paladin ought to be doing them also. So I'll ask again: what differentiates a CG paladin from a LG one? In this case, I'd say that a non-lawful character can and may. But you can't depend on it. If you could​...

Let me clarify. I have played playful, whimsical paladins. I've played paladins with a penchant for skirt-chasing. But all of them are absolutely, 100% deadly serious about their codes. They do not swerve from them, and they do not act against them. They do not tolerate any evil act performed...

At the table, it comes down to communication. I make it clear in my games that Lawful means you have an iron constitution, and are not subject to whims and fancies. People KNOW how you're going to react to stuff. Not saying that chaotic is bipolar, but it IS unpredictable. It's a chaotic...

None of those are chaotic principles (indeed, the very idea of "principles" is inherently lawful). That sounds like a LG paladin to me. And any paladin in my game that did NOT uphold those principles would lose their powers. That sounds like a Good (any ethos) cleric to me. The point of the...

Oh, yikes. TBH, that sounds like a poorly laid out adventure!

Agreed. For me, the RP aspect of the paladin is the entire point. The mechanical consideration takes a back seat. A CG paladin just doesn't make sense to me, and it robs the paladin of its uniqueness. The entire point of the paladin is the CODE, and the fact that devotion to that code gives them...

I called 4E "D&D: The CCG" and you call that a bad thing? It's one of the best ideas an RPG had in years. Decreased system complexity plus increased tactical complexity is exactly what I wanted from D&D for that stretch. Now I'm coming back around to a more old-school mind-set, so the new...

For my part, I found 4E to be very unlike any MMO. I thought of it as more like MtG. You have your cards, you play your cards, and they're used up until the next hand is dealt. D&D: The CCG.

Err... I collected a lot of 1st and 3rd Edition books, and I don't remember this. Where were they? I'm not doubting you; I'm just curious. I never once saw a non-LG paladin; only Blackguards. It's the tired, fallacious 4E = WOW meme. Pay it no mind. What really eats my grits, though, it this...

If conversion is as easy as some people say it is, it should be a cinch. Just use the D&D equivalent of the monsters for one, scale up and down as needed by adding/removing hit dice and attack/damage bonuses. For custom monsters/NPC's, there is a thread floating around where someone presents a...

I'll call that "designing" a monster if you let me call my stick figure drawing a portrait. :p

Err... but if you're going to use published adventures, why would you care how the monsters are constructed?

I would change "easier" to "correct". I don't want WotC telling me how to run my game. I want some rough guidelines, and then I want them to get out of the way. 3E and 4E are both offenders in this regard; OSR is surprisingly refreshing. EDIT: I suspect (and expect) the DMG to have the...

Darvus Andar, Paladin of Helerion "All the approaches are covered, and charging would be foolhardy," says Darvus. "Is it possible to enter by subterfuge?" Darvus Andar AC: 16 (15 flat-footed, 11 touch) HP: 11/11 CMB: +5 CMD: 16 Fort: +3 Reflex: +1 Will: +1 Perception: -1 Initiative: +1...

Not gonna lie; it looks sketch as heck and I don't know why...