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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 2380475" data-attributes="member: 707">Certainly.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Hrm.  I see your point.  I guess I'm used to a more unified party.  Not necessarily that everyone sees things eye to eye, but that once a decision is made, the entire group sticks with it.  And a charismatic, forceful paladin is likely to get her way often.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />But I definitely see what you're saying.  In a party that's not particularly Good, a paladin is going to have a hard sell, convincing the group that they should protect the cleric from the forces of darkness.This is really up to the DM and what kind of roll he wants this event to play in the campaign, and what kind of campaign he wants to run.  SHARK could decide he wants to run a fugivitive campaign for a while, and set the entire Army of Orcus on the party.  He could decide on an escalating campaign ending in a final showdown, in which the party would challenge (and hopefully defeat) successively stronger minions of Orcus, until finally taking the battle to Orcus himself.  SHARK could even decide on a deus ex machina, where the paladin can ask for, and receive, divine fortification against the forces of darkness.  Many archtypical Christian stories feature priests and knights calling on God to fortify them in their hour of trial.  Who better to receive that grace than a paladin?  (Previous comment not meant as religious commentary, but rather an example of archtypical deus ex machina.)So really, the field is wide open.  I definitely agree that Orcus will respond to this.  Demon Princes aren't known for being forgiving.  But the nature of that response depends on what SHARK needs in his campaign.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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