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<blockquote data-quote="John Morrow" data-source="post: 1933757" data-attributes="member: 27012">1) I'd advise you to play him as a cleric, where you've got more alignment flexibility within the rules.&nbsp; The D&amp;D cleric is designed as a warrior priest and has a good attack progression and good access to armor and weapons.2) A paladin is designed to serve as an exemplar.&nbsp; That's why they must have only one rigid alignment rather than a choice.&nbsp; He's supposed to not only be a role model but inspire others toward Goodness (e.g., Aura of Courage).&nbsp; In fact, that's one of the primary reasons why the class was retained and not simply folded into Fighter.&nbsp; This character cannot serve in that capacity.3) Allowing the character to be a paladin without doing the hard work to be a paladin strikes me as being just wrong on several levels.&nbsp; First, why should the character ever improve himself if he's got all of his powers and works just find the way he is?&nbsp; Second, it reeks of unearned rewards and wanting the goodies without the limitations or consequences (e.g., &quot;Doesn't everyone who works hard deserve an 'A'?&quot;, &quot;Why can't I just default on this credit card?&quot;, etc.).&nbsp; Third, let's just say that faith, in a religious sense, means a lot more than just &quot;I believe X exists&quot; or &quot;I really admire the ideals of X&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="John Morrow, post: 1933757, member: 27012"] 1) I'd advise you to play him as a cleric, where you've got more alignment flexibility within the rules. The D&D cleric is designed as a warrior priest and has a good attack progression and good access to armor and weapons. 2) A paladin is designed to serve as an exemplar. That's why they must have only one rigid alignment rather than a choice. He's supposed to not only be a role model but inspire others toward Goodness (e.g., Aura of Courage). In fact, that's one of the primary reasons why the class was retained and not simply folded into Fighter. This character cannot serve in that capacity. 3) Allowing the character to be a paladin without doing the hard work to be a paladin strikes me as being just wrong on several levels. First, why should the character ever improve himself if he's got all of his powers and works just find the way he is? Second, it reeks of unearned rewards and wanting the goodies without the limitations or consequences (e.g., "Doesn't everyone who works hard deserve an 'A'?", "Why can't I just default on this credit card?", etc.). Third, let's just say that faith, in a religious sense, means a lot more than just "I believe X exists" or "I really admire the ideals of X". [/QUOTE]

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