Call to the Four Lands

[Pyrex]

So far we have
A paladin
A scout/ranger
A dragon shaman
A divine mind
A cleric
A mage type

and i think we can do with one more for so martial a party
what did you have in mind

Sounds like the major and minor bases are pretty well covered. Somewhere between two and three front-liners, a skirmisher, two divine casters, an arcane caster and a dragon shaman as support.

*ponders*

What about a Warlock who traces his power back to some Fey ancestry (via the Fey Heritage feats in Complete Mage).

I'm thinking a high-charisma social type (with a couple blasting powers) who'se somewhere in the CG/CN range.

 

[J. Alexander]

New Character

A Warlock huh .......it could be a very good fit ..........but some of the holier church types may have a problem with you on occasion ............i like i like.......tons of chances with a warlock for the dm to give teh party grief

 

[Leif]

Pyrex, we gotta do a backstory together

Sounds like the major and minor bases are pretty well covered. Somewhere between two and three front-liners, a skirmisher, two divine casters, an arcane caster and a dragon shaman as support.
*ponders*
What about a Warlock who traces his power back to some Fey ancestry (via the Fey Heritage feats in Complete Mage).
I'm thinking a high-charisma social type (with a couple blasting powers) who'se somewhere in the CG/CN range.

Hey, man, I don't want to start any trouble, but would you mind working with me to do a backstory for our two characters to explain why a paladin and a warlock are adventuring together, instead of trying to kill each other? Like, say, I was thinking something along the lines of twins separated at birth and raised very differently or something? My paladin, Nijel, could be the second-born twin who was abandoned on a rock by the river where Mom gave birth, and then Nijel was found by a wandering friar or something and raised in the monastery, until he was placed more permanently with the Bladesong family. Nijel could have been abandoned because he was born without the Fey manifestations, or he could have even had the same potential for Fey traits that just weren't allowed to develop properly due to environmental factors. But still, if I know that you're my brother, I can't very well want to do you harm, I'll be trying to protect you from the evil, which will probably also be a huge pain in your backside at times, but, hopefully, you can justify some degree of toleration of your "retarded brother." Will you go along with this idea, or something similar of your own creation? Just let me know, please.

 

[Redclaw]

Obviously you're the best judge of Nijel's attitudes and motivations, Leif, but I would say the very concept of the campaign/group answers your concern. As a paladin, you follow orders pretty zealously. If the warlock is part of the regiment, and you're under orders to treat him well, protect him, etc., you're not going to violate that. You might struggle with the conflict of following orders vs. ending a clear violation of all that you find holy, but that just sounds like fun role-playing to me.

 

[Neurotic]

Paladin vs. Warlock

Still, it would be prudent to have another reason to keep you because sooner or later we'll find ourselves far away from orders of any kind. Soooo, other who don't follow orders so diligently as paladins would have reason to have blasphemous fey magic user among them.

There is priest around...and he might just attempt exorcism instead of healing first time you drop dead in combat.

 

[Neurotic]

Paladin with Warlock

Option:

Warlock is not your brother but an orphan who was found by Bladesong member and you were raised together. Reason for abandonement: too much human traits (i.e. not half-fey template) and being paragons of goodness (and also ignorant at first of true nature of the child) Bladesongs adopted a child and you grew up together as close friends as you could be.

When you left for your training you didn't know about his powers. When you saw him later he already developed some of his incantantions and you were put in the same unit because some biroucrat thought that brother sorceror and paladin would work well together...

 

[Leif]

Redclaw and Neurotic, opinions about Paladin v. Warlock

Okay, thanks guys, for raising some points that I hadn't even considered. I am still curious to know the opinion of Pyrex about all of this. I still think it would be cool if he and I could work out some connection between our two characters, maybe brothers or cousins, or twins separated at birth, or something else. But, if that is not to be, then, Redclaw is correct that Nijel will follow his orders to work with a Warlock, even if it is personally distasteful to him. And, as Neurotic points out, we will be away from the watching eyes of our superiors soon enough, and this will change nothing for Nijel because he is still under orders. The question will be how our chaotic Warlock chooses to handle the situation, should he be so inclined to pre-emptively eliminate the potential "paladin threat." Nijel will just have to hope that the warlock will depend sufficiently upon having the paladin's combat skills working on his own side that Nijel is more good to him alive than dead.

 

[Rhun]

This time I'll be playing a PC that doesn't care. Roak only cares about battle, not petty religious concerns.

In "The Great North" campaign though, my PC (Cleric of the Light) and Cannan's PC had to work through some of the same issues early on. Of course, now it looks like we have yet another arcane caster joining that group...

 

[Leif]

Then there's no quesiton that Nijel will get along just fine with Roak. Just as long as Roak can tolerate being on the receiving end of the occasional sermon....

 

[Pyrex]

We can certainly work out a connection. Let me ponder a bit.

Here's more about what I had in mind:

My character won't be evil. Warlocks are required to be either Chaotic or Evil, but not both. In the interest of party harmony I'll be going either CN or CG depending on how his personality shapes up. Probably CN. Somewhat flighty, occasionally altruistic, but with a nasty mean streak.

Also, his power stemming from a Fey heritage rather than Fiendish eliminatest the last mechanical obstacle to a Paladin and a Warlock being in the same party.

Of course, even if he's not evil, he can still be a nature-worshipping hippie heathen.

Let me catch up on the posts above and I'll add more info.