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<blockquote data-quote="babinro" data-source="post: 4275852" data-attributes="member: 67482">Early on in the 4th edition process my group heard that there will no longer be alignment restrictions on classes.&nbsp; In the spirit of this, we have a player that has been planning to play an evil or chaotic evil Paladin in what is intended to be a generally evil based campaign for our first time through 4E.Having just received the books, my friend looked over the Paladin to see that they recommend no gods for use of evil alignment...and in addition, nearly all the powers involve radiant damage.How would you suggest we proceed?&nbsp; Ideally his character background would suggest he is a follower of Bane.&nbsp; I'm wondering if it would hurt the game balance too much by simply changing all 'radiance' damage types to 'necrotic'.&nbsp; Or does it seem feasible simply to say, 'Bane has blessed you with the power of 'good' so that you can use your enemies powers against them'.Just curious how DM's would approach this.&nbsp; While no one is playing a cleric, and I haven't looked at how they work, I can assume the same potential problem lies here as well.&nbsp; &nbsp; On a final note, given that there are apparently no 'alignment based classes', its discouraging this information was not provided within the Paladin class description.Note: My friend still has my players, so if this is handled within the books, please provide me with the reference point in case we've simply missed it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="babinro, post: 4275852, member: 67482"] Early on in the 4th edition process my group heard that there will no longer be alignment restrictions on classes. In the spirit of this, we have a player that has been planning to play an evil or chaotic evil Paladin in what is intended to be a generally evil based campaign for our first time through 4E. Having just received the books, my friend looked over the Paladin to see that they recommend no gods for use of evil alignment...and in addition, nearly all the powers involve radiant damage. How would you suggest we proceed? Ideally his character background would suggest he is a follower of Bane. I'm wondering if it would hurt the game balance too much by simply changing all 'radiance' damage types to 'necrotic'. Or does it seem feasible simply to say, 'Bane has blessed you with the power of 'good' so that you can use your enemies powers against them'. Just curious how DM's would approach this. While no one is playing a cleric, and I haven't looked at how they work, I can assume the same potential problem lies here as well. On a final note, given that there are apparently no 'alignment based classes', its discouraging this information was not provided within the Paladin class description. Note: My friend still has my players, so if this is handled within the books, please provide me with the reference point in case we've simply missed it. [/QUOTE]

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