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Message: <blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 6250124" data-attributes="member: 22424">Strictly speaking, a Paladin doesn't have to worship a god at all - she can derive her powers directly from Good. Presumably, then, such a Paladin could choose to give worship to any Good or Neutral deity of his choice, under much the same arrangement (they're a Paladin because of Good, but they happen to worship a non-Good deity).A Paladin couldn't worship an Evil deity, because of the restrictions on associates - although a Paladin could work with a Cleric of such a god short-term to deal with a greater threat, it's not really possible to see how the Paladin herself could worship the deity long-term and consider it an alliance against a greater threat.Finally, note that the Paladin's alignment restrictions and code don't vary (per RAW) based on the deity they follow - so a Paladin who also worships a CN deity is still herself required to be LG. This may well put her at odds with her deity quite frequently, since although Lawful doesn't mean "obeys the law", it does imply respect for the concept of laws, and order, structure, and society. A Chaotic deity, by contrast, not only doesn't care for such things, but is actually diametrically opposed to them. So that would be a tricky line for the Paladin to walk.</blockquote>