D&D General March Madness 2024 - Round 6 - Martials Semi-Final

[OB1]

Fighter was my first 5e class and Paladin my second. Easy choice.

 

[CleverNickName]

Jeebus. This isn't a battle, it's a massacre.

 

[ezo]

Well, given the direction this has turned, who could be surprised at this sort of outcome.

 

[Cadence]

I made the mistake of telling my spawn. If he votes it will be for fighter :-(

 

[Tonguez]

@Tonguez I see what you did there.

For all the noise that surrounds them, I've always loved the Pally as a class. But they are definitely (thanks to the RP aspects) always a class I discussed with my GMs and players first. My first (and most telling) question: Name three examples of paladins from myth, books, comics, film, or TV. It's actually quite surprising how few people can name three. The next question is why.

Can you do better? Zero points for King Arthur, Lancelot, Galahad, or Roland.

Paksenarrion
Kwai Chang Caine
Solomon Kane

 

[ichabod]

Paladins? Feh. A bunch of uptight pretty boys. Give me a grizzled veteran of the border wars.

 

[Yaarel]

Paladins? Feh. A bunch of uptight pretty boys. Give me a grizzled veteran of the border wars.

Grizzled border wars ... you mean a Crown Paladin?

 

[Gradine]

When I first introduced my group to 5e right after it came out, we had a session zero to build characters. Most of my players had a good idea of what they wanted to play, but one of my players was stuck. I left them to flip through the book while I helped the others work on their characters.

About ten minutes later, that player fully silenced the room with the longest and loudest gasp I have ever heard in my life. We all looked at them, and they, as excitedly as I had ever seen them, shouted loudly to the group "THERE IS A BATMAN PALADIN?!?!" and then proceeded to make a Dragonborn Paladin based on Batman and named Batman, which set the tone for the rest of (admittedly short-lived) campaign.

My daughter's first character was also a Dragonborn Paladin (Oath of Ancients) because she loves dragons and protecting nature, and she named it Hulk, after her favorite superhero at the time, The Hulk.

 

[Ancalagon]

I know that "objectively" the paladin is better but... Fighter for me!

 

[ezo]

And the fighter pulls up to the paladin! They are neck-and-neck, rounding into the second bend... Who will pull ahead on the back straightaway?