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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rashak Mani" data-source="post: 1182904" data-attributes="member: 642">I play a totally innocent Paladin... in fact he thinks he is a fighter. He comes from a very simple background being a farmer at heart. He dreams of going back home and planting some nice crops... not of glory in the battle vs. Evil. The other players and characters don't know he is a paladin either... well not in the beggining. The DM's girlfriend figured it out by 3rd lvl... not her character thou. I gave him a simpleton name too: Mika.      So back to the Detect Evil thing... since Mika doesnt know about his Paladin status... I basically roleplay it like a "feeling". I message the DM that I want to do a "Detect Evil" by putting a finger to my temple. He then criptically answers something.. usually head nods. So I play my simpleton Paladin as having a "bad feeling". The other characters have come to respect my "instincts". When I say key phrases such as "something is wrong"... "I dont feel well here" ... or "odd feeling". They get a bit nervous   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />   I detected evil in two main plot characters... and that didn't keep me from talking to them. Thou I was pretty dry and non-friendly to them. Leaving the meeting I told the group that I didn't trust them too much... never would I use my "bad feeling" to put the group strongly against them. I think its a pretty neat way to use Detect Evil.      Other abilities I have to signal by various means to the DM in order to keep the group out of the loop. Divine Might is done by shouting "Pelor give me strength". Smite Evil is "Pelor Guide my Hand". If I do both I just say both...  since I have Power attack feat the other players don't think the extra damage is strange. I got spells now in 4th lvl and the DM will control spellcasting... we agreed that my simple view and lack of formal training prevents me from spellcasting. I will make only cure light wounds mostly. I did one unsucessful Turn Undead by praying... As for Lay on Hands... I have a good number of herbalism ranks. I heal only 2 in 2 points since I don't know its me healing and not the herbs. One player was mystified at "herbalism" taking away damage... but didnt inquire further.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />      I won't go on longer since its my favorite character... but its great fun playing his dopey ways... he just loves to babble on about farming. He falls asleep incredibly early and wakes up before dawn... and usually manages to get some heavy workout cleaning the local stable since he misses the farm chores. His notions of right and wrong are very well defined thou and more than once he has demonstrated wisdom beyond his means (or statistics). He dreams of being a knight but can barely stop thinking of the rural life and dreads too much bloodshed. Yep... Mika the Farmer.</blockquote>

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