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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mallus" data-source="post: 1935240" data-attributes="member: 3887">Not exactly. I think its a enormous stretch to say the character I defined is the polar opposite of a Paladin. He's not an atheist, a heretic (he's not challenging his church's doctrines, he just can't livle up to them initially), or a devotee of an Adversarial, evil-type diety)I want to play a man chosen by his God for Paladinhood before he's virtuous, while he's still just a weak man with true faith, and that I want to roleplay his becomimg the traditional sort of Paladin.I'm not trying to redefine paladin. I want to play the making of one, while exploring the notion of grace, which, admittedly, has more to do with real-world theology than the PHB. Also, he'd be a blast to play whilst wrestling with his sassiness. See, that's exactly the kind of thing I want to play through. In some ways, he's a lesson to others about the sin of Pride (ain't it odd that a little larceny and adultery disqualify one for Paladinhood, but Pride, which either cometh or goeth (I forget which) before the Fall is tacitly accepted, almost expected?)From a dramatic standpoint, the character works best if he starts off with precisely the same blessings/powers/divine stature as the by-the-book Paladins. How's he supposed to jar the 12 Peers unless he is, de facto, one of them?</blockquote>