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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 9363937" data-attributes="member: 177">Sorry, but dedication to the cause isn't supposed to be easy or convenient.&nbsp; If you want easy and convenient, go be a thief, or&nbsp; a fighter.&nbsp; Swing a sword and stab people.&nbsp; Sneak around and kill from behind.&nbsp; Anyone can do that.&nbsp; Even filthy goblins can stab someone in the back and take their purse to line their own pocket.&nbsp; That's not what it means to be a Paladin.No.&nbsp; They understood that what they were asking for was difficult.&nbsp; They understood that it made things hard. The fact that it was a pain in the tuchus was the point.&nbsp; The idea is personal sacrifice as a source of power.&nbsp; It isn't a sacrifice if it can be done in passing, so you barely notice that you've done it. You don't come by the ability to smite evil, even where deities cannot go, by taking an easy or convenient road.&nbsp; Your aura of righteousness does not carry the glory to protect you and others, even in the Abyss itself, if you are just some other shlub.&nbsp; The Paladin is the best of the best of the best, sir! And they have to be that best, in word, thought, and deed, every day.&nbsp; Because Evil won't be held at bay by anything less.&nbsp; (Not that I agree with this as a game design element, mind you.&nbsp; But that's the idea.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 9363937, member: 177"] Sorry, but dedication to the cause isn't supposed to be [I]easy[/I] or [I]convenient[/I]. If you want easy and convenient, go be a thief, or a fighter. Swing a sword and stab people. Sneak around and kill from behind. Anyone can do that. Even filthy goblins can stab someone in the back and take their purse to line their own pocket. That's not what it means to be a Paladin. No. They understood that what they were asking for was [I]difficult[/I]. They understood that it made things hard. The fact that it was a pain in the tuchus [I]was the point[/I]. The idea is personal sacrifice [I]as a source of power[/I]. It isn't a sacrifice if it can be done in passing, so you barely notice that you've done it. You don't come by the ability to [I]smite evil[/I], even where deities cannot go, by taking an easy or convenient road. Your aura of righteousness does not carry the glory to protect you and others, even in the Abyss itself, if you are just some other shlub. The Paladin is the best of the best of the best, sir! And they have to be that best, in word, thought, and deed, every day. Because Evil won't be held at bay by anything less. (Not that I agree with this as a game design element, mind you. But that's the idea.) [/QUOTE]

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