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<blockquote data-quote="Torm" data-source="post: 3323472" data-attributes="member: 12706"><p>As someone who actually DID, at one point, <em>spend a bit of time believing that I was my Paladin character</em>, I'm going to have to come down on the side of it being a problem with the player in question, and not the game. In my case, I was 13, and I was pretty thoroughly unhappy with the realizations I was coming to about the morality of people in my life, like my parents, whom I had looked at with rose-colored glasses until recently before. </p><p></p><p>There <em>are</em> various things in the makeup of the Paladin class that can be very appealing to people who are a bit cracked in one way or another - the righteousness of one's actions, the black-and-white morality, the self-sacrificing nature, and so on. The same thing can be said about other classes - the Rogue, for example, offers the opportunity to indulge in immoralities forbidden in life - but generally people understand that is in fun, and I don't THINK I've ever met anyone inspired to a life of crime by playing a Rogue. The Paladin is a bit different because, while playing one can be a lot of fun, they can also represent ideals that the PLAYER longs for in the real world. While I think I do a pretty good job of drawing a line between fact and fiction, these days, and I play other classes (I just got done playing a Cleric of Thoth that would have made my Paladins cringe, to say the least <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> ), I still aspire to be a Paladin.</p><p></p><p><em>I can't stand to fly </em></p><p><em>I'm not that naive </em></p><p><em>I'm just out to find </em></p><p><em>The better part of me </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>I'm more than a bird:I'm more than a plane </em></p><p><em>More than some pretty face beside a train </em></p><p><em>It's not easy to be me </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Wish that I could cry </em></p><p><em>Fall upon my knees </em></p><p><em>Find a way to lie </em></p><p><em>About a home I'll never see </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>It may sound absurd:but don't be naive </em></p><p><em>Even Heroes have the right to bleed </em></p><p><em>I may be disturbed:but won't you conceed </em></p><p><em>Even Heroes have the right to dream </em></p><p><em>It's not easy to be me </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Up, up and away:away from me </em></p><p><em>It's all right:You can all sleep sound tonight </em></p><p><em>I'm not crazy: or anything: </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>I can't stand to fly </em></p><p><em>I'm not that naive </em></p><p><em>Men weren't meant to ride </em></p><p><em>With clouds between their knees </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>I'm only a man in a silly red sheet </em></p><p><em>Digging for kryptonite on this one way street </em></p><p><em>Only a man in a funny red sheet </em></p><p><em>Looking for special things inside of me </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>It's not easy to be me.</em></p><p></p><p>- "Superman", by Five For Fighting</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Torm, post: 3323472, member: 12706"] As someone who actually DID, at one point, [I]spend a bit of time believing that I was my Paladin character[/I], I'm going to have to come down on the side of it being a problem with the player in question, and not the game. In my case, I was 13, and I was pretty thoroughly unhappy with the realizations I was coming to about the morality of people in my life, like my parents, whom I had looked at with rose-colored glasses until recently before. There [I]are[/I] various things in the makeup of the Paladin class that can be very appealing to people who are a bit cracked in one way or another - the righteousness of one's actions, the black-and-white morality, the self-sacrificing nature, and so on. The same thing can be said about other classes - the Rogue, for example, offers the opportunity to indulge in immoralities forbidden in life - but generally people understand that is in fun, and I don't THINK I've ever met anyone inspired to a life of crime by playing a Rogue. The Paladin is a bit different because, while playing one can be a lot of fun, they can also represent ideals that the PLAYER longs for in the real world. While I think I do a pretty good job of drawing a line between fact and fiction, these days, and I play other classes (I just got done playing a Cleric of Thoth that would have made my Paladins cringe, to say the least ;) ), I still aspire to be a Paladin. [I]I can't stand to fly I'm not that naive I'm just out to find The better part of me I'm more than a bird:I'm more than a plane More than some pretty face beside a train It's not easy to be me Wish that I could cry Fall upon my knees Find a way to lie About a home I'll never see It may sound absurd:but don't be naive Even Heroes have the right to bleed I may be disturbed:but won't you conceed Even Heroes have the right to dream It's not easy to be me Up, up and away:away from me It's all right:You can all sleep sound tonight I'm not crazy: or anything: I can't stand to fly I'm not that naive Men weren't meant to ride With clouds between their knees I'm only a man in a silly red sheet Digging for kryptonite on this one way street Only a man in a funny red sheet Looking for special things inside of me It's not easy to be me.[/I] - "Superman", by Five For Fighting [/QUOTE]
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