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<blockquote data-quote="Guest&amp;nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 5887384">In 2E the paladin does have some advantages and these are meant to be reflected in the xp totals. Sure the paladin wont lag behind for a long time, but he may spend a session or two catching up and that kind of lag did matter in play. There were plenty of time I went with a fighter instead of a paladin because I didn't want to wait.But there is more to keep in mind here. First fighters in 2e get followers at 9th level. That is huge and shouldn't be minimized. Many times I have seen this put to far better use than any number of high level spells or a paladin's aura of protection. Followers starting at 9th level is one of the things that made fighters awesome IMO. Also prior to 3e you had ability score requirements for classes and you rolled you ability scores. Some classes like paladin you couldn't just choose, you had to roll good enough stats to qualify (str 12, con 9, wis 13, and chr 17). It was a bit like winning the lottto for some people. Every once in a while someone in the group rolled well and got to play a paladin. Over time it balanced out and&nbsp; paladins were not by any stretch everyone's favorite class. Lots of people had the stats but chose to pay a fighter. Rangers had a pretty high bar of entry as well: str 13, dex 13, con 14 and wis 14. All the fighter needed was a 9 str.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Guest 85555, post: 5887384"] In 2E the paladin does have some advantages and these are meant to be reflected in the xp totals. Sure the paladin wont lag behind for a long time, but he may spend a session or two catching up and that kind of lag did matter in play. There were plenty of time I went with a fighter instead of a paladin because I didn't want to wait. But there is more to keep in mind here. First fighters in 2e get followers at 9th level. That is huge and shouldn't be minimized. Many times I have seen this put to far better use than any number of high level spells or a paladin's aura of protection. Followers starting at 9th level is one of the things that made fighters awesome IMO. Also prior to 3e you had ability score requirements for classes and you rolled you ability scores. Some classes like paladin you couldn't just choose, you had to roll good enough stats to qualify (str 12, con 9, wis 13, and chr 17). It was a bit like winning the lottto for some people. Every once in a while someone in the group rolled well and got to play a paladin. Over time it balanced out and paladins were not by any stretch everyone's favorite class. Lots of people had the stats but chose to pay a fighter. Rangers had a pretty high bar of entry as well: str 13, dex 13, con 14 and wis 14. All the fighter needed was a 9 str. [/QUOTE]

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