D&D 5E Class built around a Favored Foe

[lowkey13]

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[Flamestrike]

I was going to say he was awesome, but, you know, Paladin.

My current Vengeance Paladin is LE and worships Bane.

He fights for the 'greater good' of a fascist theocratic State dedicated to Bane. And against the evil of the false Gods of good (in particular Torm).

 

[lowkey13]

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[Flamestrike]

Why does D&D have so many Paladins, but New Jersey has so many toxic waste dumps?

Because New Jersey got first choice.

DM: Right Matt, whats your Paladin doing for his downtime while the Mage crafts his wand and the Rogue learns a new profficiency.
Matt: I'll spend my time going from door to door in town, asking the townsfolk if they wish to hear the word of Bane, Lord of Darkness. Hand out literature. That kind of thing.
DM: Ummm... OK. What are these pamphlets going to say exactly?
Matt: You know. The promise of an afterlife as a larvae in the Barrens of Doom and Despair, to be collected by Night Hags and have your eternal soul destroyed when it gets used as spell components. If you make it through that, you get to maybe ascend to a lesser fiend like a Yugoloth or Lemure or something. From there, you get to try and climb the infernal ladder for the next few millennia of your tortured existence. Better to rule in Hell than serve in Heaven..
DM: Errr... OK... You don't... get... many takers...
Matt: Aww, but I haven't even gotten to the bits about wearing cool evil looking armor, being a tyrant and all the human sacrifice yet. It's not all bad...
DM: Seriously...
Matt: HAIL BANE!

 

[lowkey13]

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[Flamestrike]

Dunno man. Your best case scenario for a Paladin is that he's Jack Chick?

I stand by my assessment.

What's the difference between a porcupine and two Paladins in plate?
With the porcupine, the pr**ks are on the outside.

I take it you've never met an Ancients Paladin who worships Olidamarra (God of wine, women and song).

Those guys are loose.

 

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[Lanliss]

I take it you've never met an Ancients Paladin who worships Olidamarra (God of wine, women and song).

Those guys are loose.

I happen to have an ancients Paladin named Glory who serves Dionysus. Not only is he a fun guy, he is also 100% focused on defending his party, even at the cost of his own life. Basically a pretty cool guy.

 

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[Lanliss]

Party: Glory. Glory. Glory. GLORY!!!!!!!

Glory: Wut?

Party: We have to go save the Princess. Like, now.

Glory: Uh ... there's, like, at least 40 more beers with my name on it. I gotta stay here and defend my party. I gots my party on! *hic*

Party: What's more important, the Princess, or partying?

Glory: You gotta fight, for your right, to PAR-TAY!



...See? Paladins.

Actually, he has been spending his downtime living in the local pub, the "Church" of Dionysus, and has been doing general repairs and gardening around town to help people. He also almost died carrying our unconscious Wizard out of a dungeon full of goblin hordes.