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Message: <blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 6335453" data-attributes="member: 3400">Even though druids have had alignment restrictions, can you honestly say that it has been nearly as big a deal among the players you've encountered? On the messageboards you've visited? Are there constant alignment debates that rage around druids falling like there are paladins? Moreover, the archetype of a "knight in shining armor" (and by that I don't mean just an evil knight with a good buff on his metalware) is widely known in general culture, not just in D&D. That makes the paladin, on its surface, a pretty easy class for the uninitiated to put into the context of heroic play. They may not get rogues, fighters, clerics, but the knight in shining armor? That's something they know and can relate to fairy tales and heroic tales they may have heard, seen in the movies, or read. Holy warrior of some fictitious god with any kind of moral outlook? Not so much. That's one of the reasons the debate on the paladin's alignment swirls so much but not for the druid.</blockquote>