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<blockquote data-quote="Spatzimaus" data-source="post: 495255" data-attributes="member: 3051"><p>You've equated Paladin and Good. First of all, they're LAWFUL Good. More specialized. But that's not the point.</p><p></p><p>I like symmetry. For every paragon of Lawful Good, there should be one of Chaotic Evil (and to complete the set, one CG and one LE). Each should have a corresponding code of conduct, and each should have comparable abilities. You shouldn't have one extreme as a core class with the othes as Prestige classes if they're meant to be balanced with each other.</p><p></p><p>The core rules are heavily biased towards Good characters, and I don't like that. The only reason you should see so many more Lawful Good ones is that most adventurers live in a Good-biased city-based society, but I loved the idea of evil races having Blackguards as their Paladin-equivalent core class.</p><p></p><p>So, while you might have 4 Paladin subclasses, you wouldn't see some Evil Paladin try to switch to the Good side (although I have rules for that, and it's not easy). There's nothing in the PHB that says someone who was Evil in the past can't become a Paladin once they become LG, and I like it that way; outsiders may be inherently Good or Evil, but all Humans have the capacity for both and are only defined by their actions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spatzimaus, post: 495255, member: 3051"] You've equated Paladin and Good. First of all, they're LAWFUL Good. More specialized. But that's not the point. I like symmetry. For every paragon of Lawful Good, there should be one of Chaotic Evil (and to complete the set, one CG and one LE). Each should have a corresponding code of conduct, and each should have comparable abilities. You shouldn't have one extreme as a core class with the othes as Prestige classes if they're meant to be balanced with each other. The core rules are heavily biased towards Good characters, and I don't like that. The only reason you should see so many more Lawful Good ones is that most adventurers live in a Good-biased city-based society, but I loved the idea of evil races having Blackguards as their Paladin-equivalent core class. So, while you might have 4 Paladin subclasses, you wouldn't see some Evil Paladin try to switch to the Good side (although I have rules for that, and it's not easy). There's nothing in the PHB that says someone who was Evil in the past can't become a Paladin once they become LG, and I like it that way; outsiders may be inherently Good or Evil, but all Humans have the capacity for both and are only defined by their actions. [/QUOTE]
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