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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 1874894" data-attributes="member: 177">Yes, but I see a minor issue with that - it is an example of the Paladin giving up responsibility for his own actions.  That's his child, and his responsibility.  If there's one thing paladins are supposed to do is act responsibly and not hurt innocents, right?  Should he be allowed to go away and just hope that someone else is going to take care of it?   I'd think not.  Rather, I'd imagine that he'd really have to make darned sure that any child was going to be as well cared for as possible.  If this is within a marriage, it's not too hard.  As I understand it the traditional role of the godfather and godmother was exactly that - taking care of the child if you passed on.  Make sure the godparents are solid, make sure there's funding, and you are golden.  But a travelling, philandering paladin is goign to risk leaving behind babies who may not be well cared for.  Does the name Modred mean anything to folks here?  He's what happens when paladins don't make sure their kids are cared for properly  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Even if they are well cared for, you have the risk from the evil doers that the paladin fights.  Have a kid, dont watch over him closely, and Dr. Evil comes along and nabs the kid to use as leverage.  What's the paladin to do then?  Not that this means paladins can't do the thing.  Just that they ought to be thinking long and hard about it before making babies, fertility deity or no.</blockquote>

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