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<blockquote data-quote="Greg K" data-source="post: 5914299" data-attributes="member: 5038">For myself I&nbsp; think of paladins as&nbsp; Roland, Galahad, Percival, Joan of Arc. and Lancelot before sleeping with the Queen.&nbsp; Maybe, Bors. Gawain might depend on which version.&nbsp; In the early versions and Mallory which draws upon them, it is my understanding that,&nbsp; &quot;he is depicted as a proud and worldly knight who demonstrates through his failures the danger of neglecting the spirit for the futile gifts of the material world. On the Grail quest, his intentions are always the purest, but he is unable to use God's grace to see the error in his ways. &quot;&nbsp; This sounds like a Lawful Good Fight or LG Knight, but not a paladin.&nbsp; However, if you go with the English versions prior to Mallory,&nbsp; for example the Green Knight, possibly he is a Paladin or still a Lawful Good KnightFrom your modern list, I might consider Luke, but not the others. Some might be Lawful God and/or have personal codes, but I don't consider them paladins.&nbsp; If there was a knight/cavalier class I would accept a few of them to be &quot;knights&quot;, but Knight/Cavalier != Paladin in my opinion.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Greg K, post: 5914299, member: 5038"] For myself I think of paladins as Roland, Galahad, Percival, Joan of Arc. and Lancelot before sleeping with the Queen. Maybe, Bors. Gawain might depend on which version. In the early versions and Mallory which draws upon them, it is my understanding that, "he is depicted as a proud and worldly knight who demonstrates through his failures the danger of neglecting the spirit for the futile gifts of the material world. On the Grail quest, his intentions are always the purest, but he is unable to use God's grace to see the error in his ways. " This sounds like a Lawful Good Fight or LG Knight, but not a paladin. However, if you go with the English versions prior to Mallory, for example the Green Knight, possibly he is a Paladin or still a Lawful Good Knight From your modern list, I might consider Luke, but not the others. Some might be Lawful God and/or have personal codes, but I don't consider them paladins. If there was a knight/cavalier class I would accept a few of them to be "knights", but Knight/Cavalier != Paladin in my opinion. [/QUOTE]

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