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<blockquote data-quote="Agemegos" data-source="post: 1566287" data-attributes="member: 18377">It is so written in the PHB chapter 3, in the section on the paladin class, under the heading &quot;Class features&quot;, sub-headings &quot;code of conduct&quot; and &quot;associates&quot;, and under the heading &quot;ex-paladins&quot;. In my PHB 3.0 that is page 43.A single Chaotic act does not make a character Chaotic, any more than a single Evil act makes a character Evil. Only a sustained tendency to act Neutrally, Chaotically, or Evilly would challenge a paladin;s status through the alignment requirement. But a paladin loses his or her powers and class membership if he or she willfully commits a single evil act. Also, a paladin is forbidden to associate with evil characters but not with chaotic ones. That clearly establishes the primacy of Good over Lawful in the constition of the paladin.While we are citing the rules, let's point out to those people who claim that a paladin is necessarily an emissary of his or her god, responsible only to his of her god, or that the continuation of his or her powers depends onthe judgement or even whim of that god, what is says under the heading &quot;Religion&quot; in the paladin class description:&quot;Paladins need not devote themselves to a single deity. Devotion to Righteousness is enough for most.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Agemegos, post: 1566287, member: 18377"] It is so written in the PHB chapter 3, in the section on the paladin class, under the heading "Class features", sub-headings "code of conduct" and "associates", and under the heading "ex-paladins". In my PHB 3.0 that is page 43. A single Chaotic act does not make a character Chaotic, any more than a single Evil act makes a character Evil. Only a sustained tendency to act Neutrally, Chaotically, or Evilly would challenge a paladin;s status through the alignment requirement. But a paladin loses his or her powers and class membership if he or she willfully commits a single evil act. Also, a paladin is forbidden to associate with evil characters but not with chaotic ones. That clearly establishes the primacy of Good over Lawful in the constition of the paladin. While we are citing the rules, let's point out to those people who claim that a paladin is necessarily an emissary of his or her god, responsible only to his of her god, or that the continuation of his or her powers depends onthe judgement or even whim of that god, what is says under the heading "Religion" in the paladin class description: "Paladins need not devote themselves to a single deity. Devotion to Righteousness is enough for most." [/QUOTE]

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