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Message: <blockquote data-quote="theNater" data-source="post: 4233899" data-attributes="member: 62560">I accept your challenge.  Let's see what we can find.It looks like this is where the trouble started.  Many folks took this to mean "4e paladins aren't necessary(because fighters and clerics fill the role 4e paladins have been given), so they should have been left out."  While it doesn't precisely say that, the last sentence takes a bit of an adversarial tone.  When people took exception to this, eventually we saw:This specifically says "If paladins aren't going to be Lawful Good, they shouldn't be a class."  This really got people freaking out.  It's where the "they're coming to take away our multi-alignment paladins" panic set in.  And when it did, well:The implication that restriction on paladins has to be being Lawful Good rather than any other possible restriction did not sit well with people.  And then it moved on to:which carries an undercurrent of "WotC has broken something that worked fine."  Again, something that can raise ire.Did people misinterpret some of your statements?  Yes.  Oh, yes.Did you make some statements that freaked people out?  Yes again.In an effort to do something more than just throw fuel on this fire, I'd like to propose a few statements that I think we can all agree on.1.  Some people, including ProfessorCirno, would prefer that paladins be required to be Lawful Good.2.  Some people, including MadMaligor, would prefer that paladins not be required to be Lawful Good.3.  Whether the word paladin indicates a paragon of virtue depends on which dictionary definition you use.4.  WotC is using a different dictionary defenition of paladin for 4th edition than they used in 3rd edition.5.  It is going to be very difficult to determine whether relaxing the alignment restriction for paladins makes a better game until we've seen many paladins of many alignments in play.Can we all agree on these statements?  Please?</blockquote>

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