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<blockquote data-quote="haakon1" data-source="post: 5688907" data-attributes="member: 25619">My argument is not in favor of playing a paladin as Hamlet (&quot;to slay or not to slay?&nbsp; Is it nobler to remain jailed by a hobgoblin, or to escape like I'm not a moron?&nbsp; Woe is me, such a difficult question.&quot;)&nbsp; nor as Miko.My argument is that, given the choice of angsty philosophy major paladin or kill 'em all let god sort them out Taliban paladin, both choices are bad, because they are boring to the player and annoying to everyone else.&nbsp; And lead to these endless internet bullsessions about things that normal people would never actually do in a game, in my experience.The right choice, IMHO, is to play a hero.&nbsp; PLAY as in get on with the game and stop obsessing about it.&nbsp; HERO as in no rules lawyering pushing to the limits of unheroic player, no illogical self-defeating Lawful Stupid actions, just Do the Right Thing.If you don't like Luke Skywalker, try Willow Ufgood or Beowulf or Aragorn or Captain America or something . . . traditional fantasy is full of heroic heroes, if you ignore the &quot;everyone must wear black and be a rogue&quot; types of recent pop culture.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="haakon1, post: 5688907, member: 25619"] My argument is not in favor of playing a paladin as Hamlet ("to slay or not to slay? Is it nobler to remain jailed by a hobgoblin, or to escape like I'm not a moron? Woe is me, such a difficult question.") nor as Miko. My argument is that, given the choice of angsty philosophy major paladin or kill 'em all let god sort them out Taliban paladin, both choices are bad, because they are boring to the player and annoying to everyone else. And lead to these endless internet bullsessions about things that normal people would never actually do in a game, in my experience. The right choice, IMHO, is to play a hero. PLAY as in get on with the game and stop obsessing about it. HERO as in no rules lawyering pushing to the limits of unheroic player, no illogical self-defeating Lawful Stupid actions, just Do the Right Thing. If you don't like Luke Skywalker, try Willow Ufgood or Beowulf or Aragorn or Captain America or something . . . traditional fantasy is full of heroic heroes, if you ignore the "everyone must wear black and be a rogue" types of recent pop culture. [/QUOTE]

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