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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Khaalis" data-source="post: 1566913" data-attributes="member: 2167">Personally I disagree. The Paladin code has NOTHING to do with the code of Chivalry, nor is the code of the Bushido.The code is very simple and straightforward.People who quote such things as this to describe things that are unbecoming behavior for a Paladin, and they have no true place being related to the Paladin. This was quoted to explain how a Paladin's Code and their expected behavior are different. My reply to this was:Wearing pants such as this has NOTHING what-so-ever to do with being a Paladin!  Hell it doesnt even have anything to do with being LG.  This is a modern day view of morality and propriety speaking here. Being LG and being a Paladin does NOT mean being a Prude, nor Chaste, nor even Polite nor do their battles always fall on a field of honor!  These are Chivalrous tenants and are NOT a part of the Paladin.  In fact there is a Novel set in the FR about a Paladin (of Tyr if I remember correctly) who is not only impolite, but rude, crass, dark, brooding, and a drunk to boot - but he slaughters evil and fights for the rights of the innocent - and thus is still a Paladin.Comments like this mix personal views of Chivalry and Morality into the definition of being a Paladin.  Following the tenants mandated to the Paladin in the PHB (as have been quoted dozens of times in these threads now) - what defines the Expected Conduct of a Paladin is defined by their code, their religion if they have one, and nothing else.  It says nowhere that the Paladin must follow the Code of Chivalry.</blockquote>

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