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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Corjay" data-source="post: 4360624" data-attributes="member: 52839">Back in 1e, my play group came up with an Anti-Paladin or Dark Paladin, which was essentially Lawful Evil. However, he was pure evil in the sense that the Paladin was pure good. With the new rules, a Paladin of this type could easily be created. But the Paladin still needs to heal himself and bring his divine might to the party. His goal should still be to honor his god and see himself as a holy warrior (that is, carrying out his god's will for the good of all).Evil is not a frame of mind. Unless they're insane, people don't just wake up and think about what they can do to be evil (contrary to much modern entertainment). They do evil things 1) under the misguided belief that they are doing right, or 2) they don't know how to be any other way.Even if I were wrong about the Knights Templar being the source of the Paladin, they make for a good point here for the point of the evil Paladin. Many of them performed wicked atrocities under the precept that they were serving the Christian God and doing so with full pardon. Their point of view was that they were doing God's will. But under our more sensitive consciences, it is clear that they were evil through and through. This is your evil Paladin, but the class should still apply. Their god will want them to survive and to keep their fellows alive.To others in the thread, the 3e Cleric was fashioned after the 1e Paladin, not the 4e Paladin on 3e Cleric. The 1e Cleric only had a mace, a breast plate and mage-like powers with a bit of healing tossed in.</blockquote>

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