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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celtavian" data-source="post: 1874307" data-attributes="member: 5834">rePaladins are supposed to be paragons of law and order as well as goodness, It is kind of difficult to be such a thing if you are a philandering drunk. It is possible to be lawful good and have such a flaw, but I don't believe it's possible to be a Paladin and have such a flaw.Though it is not required by the rules, it is assumed that Paladins engage in prayer and supplication often to maintain the pure and devoted spirit that receives the blessings of their god as a mandate from heaven to carry out a  war against evil. I don't think a Paladin must be chaste. They should not be a lecher. They would be unable to live up to the ideals of Paladinhood were they a lech. A Paladin should marry and be the ideal father according to his society. That does not mean he has to be at home all the time. Fathers in that time often let their children be raised by a favored servant or another family if their duty called them elsewhere. A Paladin who had a wife and children could do the same. Most likely his sons would be raised from a young age to fight, and depending on the flavor of the world, so might his daughters. Paladins receive the abilities they do for a reason. I think they have to live up to the expectation of their god. A philandering Paladin would constantly be atoning for his chaotic inability to remain faithful to a woman. That really is the key...Paladins being able to understand the concept of faith more than any other class by virtue of their profession would not encourage faithlessness in their interactions with other people including women. People can run the game as they wish. I would not allow a Paladin to be a faithless philanderer and maintain his Paladin status. It would be revoked until he atoned.</blockquote>

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