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<blockquote data-quote="hopeless" data-source="post: 3364642" data-attributes="member: 36349"><p><strong>Reg: Paladins</strong></p><p></p><p>Sorry to say this but my impression of paladins is that the most important part is often the one lacking and that is the player running them.</p><p></p><p>I've have always run characters on the basis that actions speak louder than words and see that if they character is seen as truly good and inspirational people will change for the better.</p><p>The dm i ran a paladin with believes paladins should be crusading knights with absolutely no respect nor showing humility to anyone they consider beneath them especially when it concerned gloryhounding.</p><p>The only other time this character was played by someone who turned the paladin's code into a truly extraordinary talent bypassing several traps I had planned and executed by means that involved no looking at the dm's notes (which i took steps to memorise due to an experience a decade ago involving a game based on the original cartoon series) and still this was the second best portrayal I've seen of a paladin for another player under 2nd edition rules had really bad luck with initial funds for his characters equipment and started off wearing leather armour and ran his character whilst so effected unlike the dm i mentioned above who ran a Paladin in 3.0 Greyhawk game and persuaded the dm to let him sue 1st edition rules for his equipment for his noble born paladin so he started off with a set of full plate and a masterwork greatsword... didn't stop him grabbing a +1 ring of protection my halfling offered to the monk and the later claimed nobody wanted it ignoring the fact that wasn't the case.</p><p>Sorry but I don't see even the 3.5 paladin as over powered... my problem lies with the fact their code is poorly represented and abused by players who really don't have a clue and dm's are left with even less of an understanding of what constitutes as warrior of god when if that was actully the case shouldn't there be paladins' of all the gods?</p><p>Why only LG when its clear most can't run that character as LG?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hopeless, post: 3364642, member: 36349"] [b]Reg: Paladins[/b] Sorry to say this but my impression of paladins is that the most important part is often the one lacking and that is the player running them. I've have always run characters on the basis that actions speak louder than words and see that if they character is seen as truly good and inspirational people will change for the better. The dm i ran a paladin with believes paladins should be crusading knights with absolutely no respect nor showing humility to anyone they consider beneath them especially when it concerned gloryhounding. The only other time this character was played by someone who turned the paladin's code into a truly extraordinary talent bypassing several traps I had planned and executed by means that involved no looking at the dm's notes (which i took steps to memorise due to an experience a decade ago involving a game based on the original cartoon series) and still this was the second best portrayal I've seen of a paladin for another player under 2nd edition rules had really bad luck with initial funds for his characters equipment and started off wearing leather armour and ran his character whilst so effected unlike the dm i mentioned above who ran a Paladin in 3.0 Greyhawk game and persuaded the dm to let him sue 1st edition rules for his equipment for his noble born paladin so he started off with a set of full plate and a masterwork greatsword... didn't stop him grabbing a +1 ring of protection my halfling offered to the monk and the later claimed nobody wanted it ignoring the fact that wasn't the case. Sorry but I don't see even the 3.5 paladin as over powered... my problem lies with the fact their code is poorly represented and abused by players who really don't have a clue and dm's are left with even less of an understanding of what constitutes as warrior of god when if that was actully the case shouldn't there be paladins' of all the gods? Why only LG when its clear most can't run that character as LG? [/QUOTE]
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