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<blockquote data-quote="Rhialto" data-source="post: 460794" data-attributes="member: 630">Okay, seeing as everybody else has focused on the &quot;paladin&quot; part, I'd like to focus on this part.&nbsp; And I have to ask--what do you mean?&nbsp; Does he try to make his character hard to kill?&nbsp; In that case, he's just doing his job.&nbsp; In fact, I'd have to wonder about what the other less &quot;unstoppable&quot; characters are doing...&nbsp; The other option of course is that he is a rules-lawyer, though personally, I don't see too many rules-lawyers going into paladinship--too high a cost for too little gain.&nbsp; To be honest, I find myself wondering if the real problem lies with you, and your desire to control the game.&nbsp; When you say, &quot;the whole party&quot; is sick of it, do you mean that they are, or that you are, and they seem to agree with you?&nbsp; And why is the party sick of always having a paladin?&nbsp; Do they want to burn down some towns, and they find that the paladin crimps their style?&nbsp; Are you (and perhaps the group as well) essentially trying to intimidate the player into playing the kind of character you all want him to play, instead of the one he wants to play?&nbsp; If that's the case, no wonder there are problems...*Sigh* I know that all seems harsh, but I can't count the number of times I've read a DM bitching and said to myself &quot;Sounds like you're the problem here, pal, and not&nbsp; him...&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rhialto, post: 460794, member: 630"] Okay, seeing as everybody else has focused on the "paladin" part, I'd like to focus on this part. And I have to ask--what do you mean? Does he try to make his character hard to kill? In that case, he's just doing his job. In fact, I'd have to wonder about what the other less "unstoppable" characters are doing... The other option of course is that he is a rules-lawyer, though personally, I don't see too many rules-lawyers going into paladinship--too high a cost for too little gain. To be honest, I find myself wondering if the real problem lies with you, and your desire to control the game. When you say, "the whole party" is sick of it, do you mean that they are, or that you are, and they seem to agree with you? And why is the party sick of always having a paladin? Do they want to burn down some towns, and they find that the paladin crimps their style? Are you (and perhaps the group as well) essentially trying to intimidate the player into playing the kind of character you all want him to play, instead of the one he wants to play? If that's the case, no wonder there are problems... *Sigh* I know that all seems harsh, but I can't count the number of times I've read a DM bitching and said to myself "Sounds like you're the problem here, pal, and not him..." [/QUOTE]

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