Has anyone managed to make the paladin less Euro-Medieval

[Tonguez]

Done in the Monk thread Ranger Reg asked "Has anyone managed to make the paladin less Euro-Medieval"

and I'm wondering if yes in what way - can you give us some examples of how you have reimagined the Paladin without the Divinely-inspired Medieval Chivalrous Knight fluff?

 

[Jdvn1]

I've thought that Clint Eastwood's characters are Paladins...

 

[Starglim]

When thinking (as you do) about D&D stats for Harry Potter, I considered Harry would have a level or two of Paladin.

 

[Gez]

George Lucas did. He just renamed them "jedi" (with "sith" for blackguard and "dark jedi" for antipaladin), and disguised his setting with sci-fi elements to make people forget it's a D&D setting with the classical orcs (stormtroopers), evil sorcerer (Palpatine), ogres (Jabba), dragons (rancor), knights, and princesses.

 

[sword-dancer]

Read The Solomon Kane Stories from Robert E. Howard.

 

[Kathaer]

Samurai?
Van Helsing? He's a Vampire Hunter.. against Evil forces.. who is he? a Paladin! even Blade IMHO..

and.. Buffy.. so.. all the Vamp. Slayers.. are paladins

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for the monk, the other post... think about a Capoerist.. and think about a greek olympic fighter.. well well..