arnwyn said:For paladins IMC, I'm going to echo Rashak Mani - his views virtually mirror my concept of paladins and what I tell the players of them IMC.
Further, I remind my players that "good deeds" are what paladins revolve around, and they do *not* go out and "kill evil". In fact, if they can avoid killing it's even better. Further, the term "holy warrior" does not describe paladins IMC - while they may receive divine spells, they are almost never even connect in any way to a church - they are above religion, and while they may be good in combat, combat is always a last resort.
That IMC. YMMV.
Well, I agree with that somewhat, but some players have tried to justify that "necessary evil" argument to go smack down and kill anything that could even be remotely construed as a threat (thankfully, the last time this happened was more than a decade ago with my group).Rashak Mani said:I wouldn't say combat is a last resort... since we are playing D&D... but combat when needed is a necessary evil. My paladins loathes the results which is the bloodshed even when he knows it was correct to do so. He hasn't killed a human being yet too... thou he pities humanoids "monsters".