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Breaking out of the "paladin trap."
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<blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 7806513" data-attributes="member: 63"><p>I ran a campaign with four paladin PCs.</p><p></p><p>The arcs of the characters were:</p><p></p><p>1. A worshiper of the goddess of love and beauty had lost his whole village to murderers, and he was the sole survivor. He needed to forgive himself and learn to heal from his grief so he could help others in the group, and eventually fell in love. When he had a chance to get revenge on the people responsible, he showed mercy.</p><p></p><p>2. An escaped slave who worshiped the god of righteous vengeance, well, initially wanted to stay far away from the people who kept him as a slave because he was traumatized. But then things escalated, he got <em>too</em> eager for violence, and ended up brutalizing a guy who'd tormented him. Afterward he felt hollow and broken, and kept 'chasing the high' by getting more and more aggressive and cruel, overstepping the bounds of what his god permitted. He fell, and was inches away from turning evil before the PC above pulled him back. After some reflection, he eventually forsook violence altogether.</p><p></p><p>3. A servant of the sun god who normally is all about fighting undead and healing made it his personal goal to show corrupt governments what proper leadership was.</p><p></p><p>4. A worshiper of the god of hearth and family started off by riding away to protect his home from looming danger, but eventually he saw that the group needed a calm hand to keep them together.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RangerWickett, post: 7806513, member: 63"] I ran a campaign with four paladin PCs. The arcs of the characters were: 1. A worshiper of the goddess of love and beauty had lost his whole village to murderers, and he was the sole survivor. He needed to forgive himself and learn to heal from his grief so he could help others in the group, and eventually fell in love. When he had a chance to get revenge on the people responsible, he showed mercy. 2. An escaped slave who worshiped the god of righteous vengeance, well, initially wanted to stay far away from the people who kept him as a slave because he was traumatized. But then things escalated, he got [i]too[/i] eager for violence, and ended up brutalizing a guy who'd tormented him. Afterward he felt hollow and broken, and kept 'chasing the high' by getting more and more aggressive and cruel, overstepping the bounds of what his god permitted. He fell, and was inches away from turning evil before the PC above pulled him back. After some reflection, he eventually forsook violence altogether. 3. A servant of the sun god who normally is all about fighting undead and healing made it his personal goal to show corrupt governments what proper leadership was. 4. A worshiper of the god of hearth and family started off by riding away to protect his home from looming danger, but eventually he saw that the group needed a calm hand to keep them together. [/QUOTE]
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