Help! I'm a Paladin and my goddess is dead

[Belen]

Well, I guess that pretty much answers that now doesn't it?

Interesting though. Everyone's arguments above pretty much had me convinced that it was an Achyran plot.

It is. Just not in the way you think. I think most of the posters assume that she wants to maintain her worship of Sune.

 

[Nightfall]

I see. Well in any case I wish it had been Orcus. Be a nice way to get back into the game.

Too bad isn't not Cyric but since I didn't like him that much to begin with, I'm not THAT disappointed.

 

[Charles Rampant]

Imagine the situation from a mortal perspective. You're a common soldier. You take orders from 'El Cid'. One day you here are rumor that 'El Cid' is dead, and you notice that the handwriting on the letters is a little different than before. Still, the orders you recieve are exactly those that you'd expect to recieve from El Cid. You've got no reason to believe that anything you are being asked to do betray's El Cid's cause. Do you ignore the orders and go off on some personal quest to find out if El Cid is alive?

Uhm, If I fight for a cause and that cause is subverted... yes. Yes I do go investigate. If 'I' was a ultra-religious martial type then there is no question that the slightest hint of injury to my church or deity results in mass carnage (of goblins. Little bastards).

Religious types today are devoted enough to die for their gods. Why would a paladin be hesitant to investigate?

 

[boredgremlin]

Actually even in the modern military soldiers have a responsibility to follow up on anything that might lead them to question the validity of thier command. Also with regards to orders soldiers have a legal responsibility not to obey any unlawful orders. So soldiers allways kind of have to walk a thin thread between orders and responsibility for things like this.

 

[Saeviomagy]

Actually even in the modern military soldiers have a responsibility to follow up on anything that might lead them to question the validity of thier command. Also with regards to orders soldiers have a legal responsibility not to obey any unlawful orders. So soldiers allways kind of have to walk a thin thread between orders and responsibility for things like this.

Except that the orders are continuing exactly like they always did. The paladin isn't suddenly being ordered to burn orphanages - it's business as usual.

Just there's this rumour going round. What hurts the cause more? Stopping fighting for it to chase your tail, or ignoring the worry?

 

[haakon1]

My question to you all is: what do I do now? Does my character continue to worship a goddess who may no longer exist? Should she try and find out who is really giving her the visions and worship that deity? Would switching deities cause a loss of her Paladin abilities?

Gosh that's cool.

I think your paladin has to ask herself -- whom does she serve? Sune? Her country or race? Goodness in general?

Assuming the answer is Sune or goodness in general, I think the answer is: Be a paladin! Have faith, not fear. Quest to save your master -- find out who is interfering with her, hunt them down, and destroy them, unto your last breath and beyond! And if she is dead, so be it -- let her rest in peace, by seeking revenge on those who betrayed her.

Of course, I tend to play my paladins with more of a Viking or Conan ethos then nicey-nice guys . . . as champions who are there to destroy evil -- the shock troops of the gods, there to kick butt until they die in a blaze of glory. Your paladins may vary.

 

[haakon1]

And if that diety is in trouble, there's no better person to set things to rights. Paladins don't need explicit orders to act. They're Judge, Jury, and Executioner. If a paladin thinks her goddess is in trouble, it's her duty to act on that belief and set things right, not assume that a planetar will take care of things and remain wilfully ignorant unless directly ordered to help.

Hoo-ya!

Which is to say, I agree with your vision of what paladinhood is about, and they happen to be my favorite class.

Hmm . . . people don't generally argue about what druids or monks are for or can do.

 

[boredgremlin]

Except that the orders are continuing exactly like they always did. The paladin isn't suddenly being ordered to burn orphanages - it's business as usual.

Just there's this rumour going round. What hurts the cause more? Stopping fighting for it to chase your tail, or ignoring the worry?

Actually what hurts the cause more is having an imposter running things that no one bothered to root out. Just because they are running things as usual for now doesnt mean they wont change thier mind later. And anyway if some stranger just walked in off the street and started claiming to be your boss at work would you listen to them? Even if they are telling you to do all the things you normally do.

Just because this imposter god is running the show as normal for now doesnt mean it shouldnt be investigated. It might just be acting like normal for now so it can sneak more of its underlings into the organization, solidifying its power before acting in a way to raise suspicions. Gods arent stupid, even evil ones.

 

[Nightfall]

*would like to point out that his belief that since Bel is the DM, the plot has been revealed.*

 

[Belen]

*would like to point out that his belief that since Bel is the DM, the plot has been revealed.*

Who....me?