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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Herobizkit" data-source="post: 4062762" data-attributes="member: 36150">Paladins are as dicey a subject around here as you can get; browse any thread with the word 'Paladin' in the title to see what I mean.Just because the PLAYER wanted to make an excuse to kill anything they wanted doesn't mean they were playing their proper alignment.  You said it yourself; they had LG on their sheet but they were PLAYING CN.  Either they'd lose access to their Paladin powers, or the DM would smile and say, "Battle on!"... in the latter case, obviously the DM doesn't care about aligments.  And if he doesn't care, then I wouldn't stress so much about your own.Threatening to kill party members is a good indication that the player of said Paladin is you "kick down the door" type of player... he's there to kill things and take their stuff, while using K3wl P0w3rz and an in-game "excuse" to do so.MY point is this -- attitude does not equal alignment.  You can be snide, arrogant, and a jackass and still ACT for the greatest good if you're a decent role-player.I admit this is a bit trite, but if you don't want cookie-cutter characters, why are you pigeon-holing all of these attitudes into specific aligments?* A smooth-talking, homicidal psychopath COULD be LE, but could just as easily be NE or CE.* A bigoted holier-than-thou elf is likely CG, but could just as easily be CN or LG. (In my experience, Paladins are the ultimate example of such racist behavior, but this also depends on what type of game the DM is running - traditional "Good vs. Evil" or "Shades of Grey").* A CE critter can't be counted on unless you have him bested, and only for the time you have him bested.  Works for most E alignments.* And the Three Musketeers as LN?  Chances are, but they could just as easily be any of the Goods.  In fact, they might be ALL of the Goods... Athos might be NG, Porthos might be CG, Aramos might be LG, and D'Artagnan is probably LN or LG.</blockquote>

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