ThirdWizard
First Post
The way I see it, a paladin can worship a deity, but the paladin powers don't necessarily come from that deity. The paladin probably doesn't even know where the powers come from in many cases. A paladin who worships a CG deity might be more similar to a fighter than a cleric, for instance, the worship not being the cause of the powers but just something he does, like a rogue who worships a god of luck or a monk who worships a god of knowledge. I think piousness is an natural outgrowth of a paladin's nature, but I don't think its necessarily linked to their paladin status.