Dropping Alignment Requirements for Paladins

[Aus_Snow]

If you want more options regarding Paladins, I reccommend one of the following: Purchase Dragon Magazine #310 or use the Champion class from Arcana Unearthed/Evolved.

Both very good ideas - I use both options in fact, currently. Also check out Dragon Magazine #312, if you want the three evil variants (LE, NE, CE). I've found these to be useful, too. YMMV and all that.

 

[LordBOB]

if you look in Unearthed Arcana if gives you some evil choices for paladins.

Paladin of Slaughter
Paladin of Tyrrany

It replaces some spells to fit the evilness of the paladins, takes away a few core abilities and replaces to suit the evilness inside you.......

 

[Aus_Snow]

if you look in Unearthed Arcana if gives you some evil choices for paladins.

Paladin of Slaughter
Paladin of Tyrrany

I looked at those and thought 'meh', personally. They're completely flavourless, is why. That can be an advantage in certain situations, but I really quite like (with a few of my own significant alterations) the eight Dragon Magazine variants which, together with the core Paladin, cover *all* the alignments.

The more elegant solution (by far) is the Champion from AU/AE. As I said, I currently use both options simultaneously - in a campaign full of options of all kinds - but the Champion is, all in all, more well-designed and 'convincing' than the entire Paladin thing (IMO).