OotS 547!
- Thread starter Brakkart
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I just have to say, in my honest opinion, this is how a paladin should be DMed: The paladin does what's right and just and good, and follows his code, and the scene turns out well and doesn't end in a "and now that you have chosen the lesser evil, reap the consequences! Look at the dead innocents! Fall from Grace!" scene.
("The deeds of Paksenarion" made me change from a "haha, let's see how the paladin deals with a situation where he has to pick the lesser evil" to a "a paladin acts for the gods, and as long as he's true to himself he'll not cause evil (even though he may fail/die and let evil happen that way)".)
Very well done, Rich.
("The deeds of Paksenarion" made me change from a "haha, let's see how the paladin deals with a situation where he has to pick the lesser evil" to a "a paladin acts for the gods, and as long as he's true to himself he'll not cause evil (even though he may fail/die and let evil happen that way)".)
Very well done, Rich.
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dmccoy1693
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Fenes said:
I totally agree. This was practically a perfect example of both how a player should play a paladin, and how a DM should run this kind of scenario. Rick gives us all a DM'ing lesson.
wingsandsword
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Wow, O'Chul was dead-on with how to play it.
That's one of those Paladin's Paradoxes that could lead to a hell of a thread on here. He handled it the best he could: there was nothing he could say that would prevent their deaths. The truth couldn't do it, and he couldn't tell a convincing enough lie to do it, and he had apparently failed with Diplomacy many times over. He knew their deaths were apparently inevitable, but retained the resolve to avenge them and pray for their loved ones. He did not relish the unmaking of those innocents, but he knew he could do nothing to prevent it, so he had to suffer through it and pray for their families.
The Sapphire Guard in OOTS can be treated as practically an instruction manual on how to play Paladins. O'Chul and Hinjo are good solid examples of how to do it right, while Miko is a textbook case of how to do it wrong.
Interesting to see that O'Chul's fortitude acted as an inspiration to the slaves. Might we be seeing the beginnings of a slave uprising?
That's one of those Paladin's Paradoxes that could lead to a hell of a thread on here. He handled it the best he could: there was nothing he could say that would prevent their deaths. The truth couldn't do it, and he couldn't tell a convincing enough lie to do it, and he had apparently failed with Diplomacy many times over. He knew their deaths were apparently inevitable, but retained the resolve to avenge them and pray for their loved ones. He did not relish the unmaking of those innocents, but he knew he could do nothing to prevent it, so he had to suffer through it and pray for their families.
The Sapphire Guard in OOTS can be treated as practically an instruction manual on how to play Paladins. O'Chul and Hinjo are good solid examples of how to do it right, while Miko is a textbook case of how to do it wrong.
Interesting to see that O'Chul's fortitude acted as an inspiration to the slaves. Might we be seeing the beginnings of a slave uprising?
