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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RuminDange" data-source="post: 2052546" data-attributes="member: 5412">To me a paladin is a champion for a cause either of his own choosing or a deity.  The cause he champions defines him and his code.  Not all paladins are "knights in shining armor" or paragons of alignment.   IMC, there are various paladin's that champion a deities cause and must abide by the code set forth by them, then there is the paladin's that champion their own cause and choose their own code of behavior.  To each their own when dealing with paladins since many tend to attach a whole lot other meanings to the word paladin and therefore what the class should represent. As far as poison use goes, it is a tool.  Granted most of the time not much good can come out of it, but that depends on the users goals as well.  I have had PC's use poison to knock out people who were under the influence of an evil artifact just so they would have time to find the artifact and dispose of it and free them.  Would I disallow a paladin to do such? No.  If a paladin wishes to use poison it better not be against his code and / or he better have a very good reason for its use, such as this case.  Using a poisoned blade in combat, it just goes back to whatever code has been defined for the paladin's cause and if the use is warranted. Basically to boils down IMHO to choose the cause to champion and define the code based on that and have fun from there.  I see no reason to have one code to define them all, and no two paladins should be exactly the same unless championing the same cause under the same deity, but even that should leave the chance for two champions to come at odds with the way each interprets the code.RD</blockquote>

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