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Paladin Alignments - More than just LG?
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<blockquote data-quote="N'raac" data-source="post: 6130134" data-attributes="member: 6681948"><p>I agree with @<em><strong><u><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=29746" target="_blank">paradox42</a></u></strong></em> that the Paladin has traditionally been expected to be lG, not Lg, and prioitize Good over Law. If we are taking the step of converting the Paladin to a crusader for one alignment, whatever that alignment may be, perhaps we should step back from that viewpoint. A NG Paladin would espouse Good only. He would Detect and Smite Evil, and Law and Chaos would be unimportant to him. Similar the other "pure" alignments. A CN Paladin would believe in freedom and indiviuality above all else. The CN Paladin would not believe one's right to swing one's fist ends where another's nose begins - nothing can curtail individual freedom - where the CG paladin would balance that freedom with the wellbeing of others, probably having the more traditional view that the right to swing one's fist ends where another's nose begins.</p><p></p><p>Perhaps this requires non-polar alignments select one of the two elements to predominate. The classic lG Paladin will compromise Law in the interests of Good, detects evil, smites evil and will lose his powers from commission of even a single Evil act. But the Lg Paladin will compromise Good in the interests of Law, detects chaos, smites chaos and will lose his powers from commission of even a single Lawful act. Unlike the traditional Paladin, who tends to work with other Good characters, and even Neutral (but not Evil) characters, the lG paladin might be more comfortable in a mixed group of LG, LN and even LE companions than in a group of LG, CG and NG companions.</p><p></p><p>This posits Paladins of alignments, rather than paladins of deities. However, I think the key to the Paladin is a dedication to an ideal, and unswerving devotion to same. </p><p></p><p>I don't think a different alignment or devotion should allow the Paladin more "chances" before losing his powers, merely different standards. While they might approach Good differently, both the lG and cG Paladin would lose their powers for the intentional commission of and Evil act. Chaotic or Lawful, both are sworn to the tenets of Good, and expected to be a shining example of those principals. Failing in that devotion would cause both to fall from grace.</p><p></p><p>Remove this devotion to an ideal, and I think we no longer have the Paladin at its core. That devotion is the crux of both Paladin and Anti-Paladin, and should remain at the core of any other "alignment archetypes".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="N'raac, post: 6130134, member: 6681948"] I agree with @[I][B][U][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=29746"]paradox42[/URL][/U][/B][/I] that the Paladin has traditionally been expected to be lG, not Lg, and prioitize Good over Law. If we are taking the step of converting the Paladin to a crusader for one alignment, whatever that alignment may be, perhaps we should step back from that viewpoint. A NG Paladin would espouse Good only. He would Detect and Smite Evil, and Law and Chaos would be unimportant to him. Similar the other "pure" alignments. A CN Paladin would believe in freedom and indiviuality above all else. The CN Paladin would not believe one's right to swing one's fist ends where another's nose begins - nothing can curtail individual freedom - where the CG paladin would balance that freedom with the wellbeing of others, probably having the more traditional view that the right to swing one's fist ends where another's nose begins. Perhaps this requires non-polar alignments select one of the two elements to predominate. The classic lG Paladin will compromise Law in the interests of Good, detects evil, smites evil and will lose his powers from commission of even a single Evil act. But the Lg Paladin will compromise Good in the interests of Law, detects chaos, smites chaos and will lose his powers from commission of even a single Lawful act. Unlike the traditional Paladin, who tends to work with other Good characters, and even Neutral (but not Evil) characters, the lG paladin might be more comfortable in a mixed group of LG, LN and even LE companions than in a group of LG, CG and NG companions. This posits Paladins of alignments, rather than paladins of deities. However, I think the key to the Paladin is a dedication to an ideal, and unswerving devotion to same. I don't think a different alignment or devotion should allow the Paladin more "chances" before losing his powers, merely different standards. While they might approach Good differently, both the lG and cG Paladin would lose their powers for the intentional commission of and Evil act. Chaotic or Lawful, both are sworn to the tenets of Good, and expected to be a shining example of those principals. Failing in that devotion would cause both to fall from grace. Remove this devotion to an ideal, and I think we no longer have the Paladin at its core. That devotion is the crux of both Paladin and Anti-Paladin, and should remain at the core of any other "alignment archetypes". [/QUOTE]
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