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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 9380010" data-attributes="member: 177">The character class is not based on those.&nbsp; The class does not currently have and has not traditionally had government or law-enforcement mechanics, duties, or lore.The character class is based, first and foremost on Aragorn, from Lord of the Rings, and then on Robin Hood, and eventually Drizzt (in a weird, circular self-definition).&nbsp; None of these people worked for the government as law enforcement.The Paladin that is a basis for the class is not a generic government agent.&nbsp; They were 12 specific knights highly placed in the court of Charlemagne, led by Roland/Orlando (as in the &quot;Song of Roland&quot; - the oldest surviving major work of French literature).&nbsp; The Paladins references are comparable to the Knights of the Round Table.&nbsp; In calling them &quot;government agents&quot;&nbsp; you vastly underplay the social class implied by the name.&nbsp; Adding &quot;knight&quot; might not change the ratios meaningfully - but it would entirely misrepresent the class by referring to a specific archetype of heavily armored horseman, when the class is actually far more broad than the one archetype.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 9380010, member: 177"] The character class is not [I]based on[/I] those. The class does not currently have and has not traditionally had government or law-enforcement mechanics, duties, or lore. The character class is based, first and foremost on Aragorn, from Lord of the Rings, and then on Robin Hood, and eventually Drizzt (in a weird, circular self-definition). None of these people worked for the government as law enforcement. The Paladin that is a basis for the class is not a generic government agent. They were 12 [I]specifi[/I]c knights highly placed in the court of Charlemagne, led by Roland/Orlando (as in the "Song of Roland" - the oldest surviving major work of French literature). The Paladins references are comparable to the Knights of the Round Table. In calling them "government agents" you vastly [I]underplay[/I] the social class implied by the name. Adding "knight" might not change the ratios meaningfully - but it would entirely misrepresent the class by referring to a specific archetype of heavily armored horseman, when the class is actually far more broad than the one archetype. [/QUOTE]

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