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Cleric vs Paladin: Concepts and Mechanical realisation
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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 6828734" data-attributes="member: 996"><p>Clearly, one might like both if simply drawn to the idea of a pious hero who derives power from Faith or from a personal pact with a deity. </p><p></p><p>Why like one and not the other, though? </p><p></p><p>In the early game, both often came off as being pseudo-/quasi-/vaguely Christian, but the Paladin more so with his LG requirement and strict code. If you didn't care for that feel so much, the Paladin might appeal even less than the Cleric. </p><p></p><p>By the same token, the Paladins requirements might make it seem like a superior, 'advanced' class (which, compared to the fighter, it was, a fallen paladin simply lost abilities to become a mere fighter), while the Cleric just needed a modest WIS, and there was a deity for every alignment.</p><p></p><p>|'m sure there's more. But, one of the more strangely ironic things I've noticed about gamers over the decades is their attitude towards Charisma. Maybe high CHA suggests the popular kids in school who could make a nerd's life hell, or maybe the kinds of oily/handsome used-car-salesmen types who are sometimes obstacles for the protagonist in the movies, or maybe the rich or classist or something. Whatever the source of it, there's a subtle distaste for the high CHA character, a tendency to play it as a superficial conceited slimeball or bimbo. Even though we all know that's not what CHA represents. Anyway, the pally suffers from high CHA.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 6828734, member: 996"] Clearly, one might like both if simply drawn to the idea of a pious hero who derives power from Faith or from a personal pact with a deity. Why like one and not the other, though? In the early game, both often came off as being pseudo-/quasi-/vaguely Christian, but the Paladin more so with his LG requirement and strict code. If you didn't care for that feel so much, the Paladin might appeal even less than the Cleric. By the same token, the Paladins requirements might make it seem like a superior, 'advanced' class (which, compared to the fighter, it was, a fallen paladin simply lost abilities to become a mere fighter), while the Cleric just needed a modest WIS, and there was a deity for every alignment. |'m sure there's more. But, one of the more strangely ironic things I've noticed about gamers over the decades is their attitude towards Charisma. Maybe high CHA suggests the popular kids in school who could make a nerd's life hell, or maybe the kinds of oily/handsome used-car-salesmen types who are sometimes obstacles for the protagonist in the movies, or maybe the rich or classist or something. Whatever the source of it, there's a subtle distaste for the high CHA character, a tendency to play it as a superficial conceited slimeball or bimbo. Even though we all know that's not what CHA represents. Anyway, the pally suffers from high CHA. [/QUOTE]
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