Undead Paladin
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Hi,
I'm playing a Paladin that has become undead, don't ask it's a long story, but anyway suffice to say it has had no ill effects on her Pally abilities.
When the transformation took place the DM siad 'You notice that the presence of your god appears to have lessened and you feel as though you have become more distant from him', or words to that effect anyway.
Anyway, the Paladin soldiered on, slaying evil and doing what Paladins do but I have tried to show to the DM and other PC's (without actually telling them) that this transformation is taking a heavy toll on her. The Paladin has slowly become more reckless, frustrated with PC's and NPC's, random in her actions and sometimes compulsive with frightening, though not life threatening, consequences.
My opinion is that such a transformation would slowly drive a Paladin insane. She has become that which she despises most and cannot see an end to what may be an eternity of suffering. Subsequently, she has decided that better to die gloriously than to live forever gnawing on bones and wandering the earth as ua undead fiend.
During her travels recently she became seperated from her party in a barren, snow swept landscape. Visibility was down to a couple of feet. She wandered aimlessly and aware that a great White Dragon was in the are decided to draw attention to herself by baging on a steel bowl. Problem is, she drew the attention of something else.....
From nearby came a laugh. the Paladin spun around and tried to detect evil and sure enough a strong sensation of a creature will evil intent was felt a few meters away in the mist.
The creature mumbled something about the Paladins actions as being stupid. The Paladin rushed towards this evil creature and somehow, though a spell I assume, was disarmed and had her sword tossed away into the deep snow several meters away.
Recovering her sword she demanded to know who was there when a silver cord snaked its way out of the falling snow to land on her shoulder. The creature further added "come with me if you want to live" then the silver cord wrapped itself around the Paladins wrist and she was dragged off at a brisk pace, against her will.
She tried everything to break free, opposing strength, cutting the cord, spells but all were met with laughter from the creature up ahead, it's identity still hidden by the falling snow.
Eventually, the Paladin was led into a cellar of a ruined castle. Finally she could see the creature, a large Tiger-like man (Rakhshasa, though the Paladin had never seen one before) The Paladin demanded to be released several times, even going so far as giving her word that though it was evil she would walk away but each request was refused either with a laugh or silence. The Rakshas offered her a cup of tea, which turned out to be blood and though it somehow appeard enticing, the Paladin held firm and refused it.
Again and again the Paladin demanded to be released and again and again her demands fell on deaf ears. The Rakshas was told in no uncertain terms that it will either release the Paladin or be killed. The Rakshasa just laughed off or ignored the Paladin. The Paladin tried every spell in her inventory but each spell appeared to be absorbed by the silver cord.
Eventually, the Rakshasa attached the cord to a silver piton and placed it in the ground, firmly keeping the Paladin secure. The Paladin again made it clear to the Rakshasa, "Free me or die!!" but it was refused. The Rakshasa asked to which god did the Paladin pray and she replied with "Torm, why do you want to know this??" The Rakshasa did not reply but began to flick through the pages of a book, mumbling "torm...torm..." and began to read to itself.
Finally, after seemingly exhauseted all avenues at escape and communication the Paladin decided that she was not going to end up as food or slave to this evil creature and with nothing available other than a nearby lit candle and a flask of lantern oil, pitched the flask at the back of the Rakshasa's head and tossed the candle after it.
O' how the Rakshasa burned. Writhing in agony the Paladin demanded to be freed and eventually the silver cord disappeared. Grasping the Rakshasa, the Paladin dragged it outside, smothered it's flames and demanded to know why she had been imprisoned to which the Rakshasa just shrieked in pain and agony, so the Paladin withdrew a potion of 'Heal' and cured all the creatures wounds.
The Rakshasa was not happy and spat and cursed the Paladin but she again demnded to know why she had been treated thus but the Rakshasa remained indignant, saying that it merely wanted to find out if Torm was a god that could be trusted and if so he would have released the Paladin. The Paladins response was 'You had more than enough opportunities, I should kill you now for your vileness but would rather you be gone from my eyes at once!' and released the Rakshasa.
Now, this is where the DM and other players are all saying that the Paladins conduct was un-Paladin behaviour and I can can kiss good-bye to aladin status, and if you took the whole setting on fire of the Rakshasa incident by itself then maybe you would have something but I think when viewed in the context of all that had happened, the Paladin was entirely justified in her actions and could have also quite justifiably gutted the Rakshasa from grion to sternum and left its innards to sink into the snow, but alas she healed it AND spared it's life even after it had captured her, held her against her will and tried to feed her a cup of warm blood as a treat.
The Paladin may be undead but her mind was unaffected by the transformation and I fail to see how any Paladin could survive such an event without it having various other effects. Was the Rakshasa incident and the various other chaotic outburst (smashing a valuable Vase, wise-cracks to NPC's that tried to kill her though she bested them in combat, tolerating rude behaviour from fellow PC's etc etc) justifiable for a Paladin under immense mental torture?
Your thoughts please, btw, this is a 2nd ED campaign.
I'm playing a Paladin that has become undead, don't ask it's a long story, but anyway suffice to say it has had no ill effects on her Pally abilities.
When the transformation took place the DM siad 'You notice that the presence of your god appears to have lessened and you feel as though you have become more distant from him', or words to that effect anyway.
Anyway, the Paladin soldiered on, slaying evil and doing what Paladins do but I have tried to show to the DM and other PC's (without actually telling them) that this transformation is taking a heavy toll on her. The Paladin has slowly become more reckless, frustrated with PC's and NPC's, random in her actions and sometimes compulsive with frightening, though not life threatening, consequences.
My opinion is that such a transformation would slowly drive a Paladin insane. She has become that which she despises most and cannot see an end to what may be an eternity of suffering. Subsequently, she has decided that better to die gloriously than to live forever gnawing on bones and wandering the earth as ua undead fiend.
During her travels recently she became seperated from her party in a barren, snow swept landscape. Visibility was down to a couple of feet. She wandered aimlessly and aware that a great White Dragon was in the are decided to draw attention to herself by baging on a steel bowl. Problem is, she drew the attention of something else.....
From nearby came a laugh. the Paladin spun around and tried to detect evil and sure enough a strong sensation of a creature will evil intent was felt a few meters away in the mist.
The creature mumbled something about the Paladins actions as being stupid. The Paladin rushed towards this evil creature and somehow, though a spell I assume, was disarmed and had her sword tossed away into the deep snow several meters away.
Recovering her sword she demanded to know who was there when a silver cord snaked its way out of the falling snow to land on her shoulder. The creature further added "come with me if you want to live" then the silver cord wrapped itself around the Paladins wrist and she was dragged off at a brisk pace, against her will.
She tried everything to break free, opposing strength, cutting the cord, spells but all were met with laughter from the creature up ahead, it's identity still hidden by the falling snow.
Eventually, the Paladin was led into a cellar of a ruined castle. Finally she could see the creature, a large Tiger-like man (Rakhshasa, though the Paladin had never seen one before) The Paladin demanded to be released several times, even going so far as giving her word that though it was evil she would walk away but each request was refused either with a laugh or silence. The Rakshas offered her a cup of tea, which turned out to be blood and though it somehow appeard enticing, the Paladin held firm and refused it.
Again and again the Paladin demanded to be released and again and again her demands fell on deaf ears. The Rakshas was told in no uncertain terms that it will either release the Paladin or be killed. The Rakshasa just laughed off or ignored the Paladin. The Paladin tried every spell in her inventory but each spell appeared to be absorbed by the silver cord.
Eventually, the Rakshasa attached the cord to a silver piton and placed it in the ground, firmly keeping the Paladin secure. The Paladin again made it clear to the Rakshasa, "Free me or die!!" but it was refused. The Rakshasa asked to which god did the Paladin pray and she replied with "Torm, why do you want to know this??" The Rakshasa did not reply but began to flick through the pages of a book, mumbling "torm...torm..." and began to read to itself.
Finally, after seemingly exhauseted all avenues at escape and communication the Paladin decided that she was not going to end up as food or slave to this evil creature and with nothing available other than a nearby lit candle and a flask of lantern oil, pitched the flask at the back of the Rakshasa's head and tossed the candle after it.
O' how the Rakshasa burned. Writhing in agony the Paladin demanded to be freed and eventually the silver cord disappeared. Grasping the Rakshasa, the Paladin dragged it outside, smothered it's flames and demanded to know why she had been imprisoned to which the Rakshasa just shrieked in pain and agony, so the Paladin withdrew a potion of 'Heal' and cured all the creatures wounds.
The Rakshasa was not happy and spat and cursed the Paladin but she again demnded to know why she had been treated thus but the Rakshasa remained indignant, saying that it merely wanted to find out if Torm was a god that could be trusted and if so he would have released the Paladin. The Paladins response was 'You had more than enough opportunities, I should kill you now for your vileness but would rather you be gone from my eyes at once!' and released the Rakshasa.
Now, this is where the DM and other players are all saying that the Paladins conduct was un-Paladin behaviour and I can can kiss good-bye to aladin status, and if you took the whole setting on fire of the Rakshasa incident by itself then maybe you would have something but I think when viewed in the context of all that had happened, the Paladin was entirely justified in her actions and could have also quite justifiably gutted the Rakshasa from grion to sternum and left its innards to sink into the snow, but alas she healed it AND spared it's life even after it had captured her, held her against her will and tried to feed her a cup of warm blood as a treat.
The Paladin may be undead but her mind was unaffected by the transformation and I fail to see how any Paladin could survive such an event without it having various other effects. Was the Rakshasa incident and the various other chaotic outburst (smashing a valuable Vase, wise-cracks to NPC's that tried to kill her though she bested them in combat, tolerating rude behaviour from fellow PC's etc etc) justifiable for a Paladin under immense mental torture?
Your thoughts please, btw, this is a 2nd ED campaign.
