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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dragonblade" data-source="post: 430879" data-attributes="member: 2804">I play Paladins all the time and I too think that the character of Sparhawk is a good model for a paladin.You could also look at Galad in the Wheel of Time.  He can be a ruthless SOB but is definitely LG.I come from the SHARK school of paladin thought.  Paladin's are charged with bringing war and death to the forces of darkness wherever they may be found!  Including the use of ambushes, night attacks, misdirection etc.  A paladin will do what is necessary to maximize enemy casualties and minimize his own.Any paladin who rode up with his troops and allowed the evil necromancer's army time to prepare so that it would be a "fair" fight, would be arrested and executed for dereliction of duty by the church after being stripped of their powers by their deity for gross negligence and stupidity.The paladin and his men would sneak into the necromancer's camp and knife as many dark cultists as they could before the alarm was raised.  Even cutting the throats of sleeping men.Paladins avoid lies but always keep the big picture in mind.  Telling the truth in a situation where it would result in evil is ridiculous and a paladin would think nothing of lying to the forces of evil.Paladin's are kind and helpful to any people they meet.  Freely giving of their time, energy and knowledge to all who ask it of them.  Paladin would gladly strip off his armor and help a farmer put up a fence post.  A paladin would gladly part with his last coin to help feed a hungry child.A paladin always keeps his word of honor unto death.  But never gives his word of honor lightly or allows it to be twisted to evil ends.  A paladin who gives his word under duress or deception is not bound to keep it.If a paladin accepted the surrender of an enemy, the paladin would never turn around and then strike that enemy down.  But the paladin doesn't have to accept their surrender in the first place and is not obligated to hold back just because their enemy drops their weapons and cries for mercy.A paladin has no fear of death and would gladly lead a suicide charge against the forces of darkness if doing so would help his allies or further the cause of good.  A paladin will not necessarily throw their life away in a futile situation because of some ridiculous belief that the paladin must always charge the biggest monster and never retreat.The gods know that being a paladin is a difficult task and as such can be quite forgiving.  A paladin presented with a lose-lose situation will not be judged harshly for trying to make the best of a bad situation.  Instead they will be commended for doing the best they could.If villagers are dominated by a vampire lord into attacking the paladin, the paladin will not be stripped of his powers for killing them.  For the responsibility for their deaths lies on the head of the vampire that dominated them and not on the paladin who was just trying to survive so that he could put and end to the evil vampire.  Their deaths will be added to the tally of crimes the vampire will answer for and when finally caught the paladin will exact a terrible vengeance on the vampire.The gods or other paladins will not second guess the actions of their comrade and strip his powers because he didn't use subdual damage or some such nonsense.  It is assumed that paladin felt that he didn't have time to subdue them and his judgement will be trusted.The paladin's crusade against evil is never-ending.  Always they tirelessly and doggedly hunt down and destroy evil whereever it is found.  The paladin cares nothing for worldly goods beyond what is necessary to perform his divinely-mandated mission.  They keep enough money to pay for their own food and the upkeep of their arms and armor, donating the rest to the church or the poor.The difference between a LG fighter and a paladin is that the paladin is on a divine mission to destroy evil whereas the Fighter is under no such mandate and may freely engage in any number of activities.  For the paladin there is only the un-ending war against evil.  A lonely dangerous road that only the most dedicated, the most holy of men can traverse.</blockquote>

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