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<blockquote data-quote="Balesir" data-source="post: 6216430" data-attributes="member: 27160">Yes, but paladins must pick a deity and have the same alignment as the deity. See below for more on this.Yes - ish. There is a Blackguard (&quot;anti-paladin&quot;) class as well as the straight paladin, but there's also a more fundamental conflict in 4E's cosmology that explains why &quot;bad&quot; paladins might have radiant powers whatever their alignment. The key is that they serve gods, and there is a big opposition between the gods and the demons. Demons tend to be vulnerable to radiant damage, but divine servitors often aren't, even if they are &quot;evil&quot;.There is a sort of vibe where evil gods are still part of the &quot;divine order&quot;, but demons definitely aren't.The original books discouraged PCs following evil deities, but the mechanics should work fine even if they do. I tend to find that evil characters make poor dramatic roles, personally (though Unaligned is fine - possibly the best), but that's more of an aesthetic thing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Balesir, post: 6216430, member: 27160"] Yes, but paladins must pick a deity and have the same alignment as the deity. See below for more on this. Yes - ish. There is a Blackguard ("anti-paladin") class as well as the straight paladin, but there's also a more fundamental conflict in 4E's cosmology that explains why "bad" paladins might have radiant powers whatever their alignment. The key is that they serve gods, and there is a big opposition between the gods and the demons. Demons tend to be vulnerable to radiant damage, but divine servitors often aren't, even if they are "evil". There is a sort of vibe where evil gods are still part of the "divine order", but demons definitely aren't. The original books discouraged PCs following evil deities, but the mechanics should work fine even if they do. I tend to find that evil characters make poor dramatic roles, personally (though Unaligned is fine - possibly the best), but that's more of an aesthetic thing. [/QUOTE]

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