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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jsaving" data-source="post: 6315463" data-attributes="member: 16726">Does the OP mean:1) Is anyone unhappy that paladins can be any alignment?or2) Is anyone unhappy that paladins can have any code of conduct?If #1, then my answer is no, because I've long felt it would be possible to follow the traditional paladin behavioral code (alignment restriction excepted) while being one or in rare cases two 'steps' away from LG.  This would also in my view rationalize the 3e setup under which deities who are one (Helm) or in rare cases two (Selune) 'steps' away from LG give special powers to some of their followers, on condition that those followers not adopt the deity's own alignment but instead remain LG.   If #2 then my answer is yes, because the traditional behavioral code is the main reason to include the paladin as a separate class rather than simply telling people to play a fighter/cleric if they want a divinely powered warrior.  (Or alternatively, a code-less paladin could simply be made a subclass of fighter or cleric.)</blockquote>