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Message: <blockquote data-quote="reapersaurus" data-source="post: 1841892" data-attributes="member: 1194">umm..  you're not getting my critique of this character concept.To fake or imitate a CLASS, you have to meta-game things. You have to assume that the world knows about D&D classes, and the abilities and skills that come with it.This requires a suspension of disbelief that I am not comfortable with.While we, as players, have read the book and understand the mechanics of class levels and abilities, I wouldn't feel comfortable gaming in a world where the common villager asks an outwardly noble and pious adventurer, "Why don't you just Lay Hands on that guy?"This whole approach of bluffing abilities precludes that you don't get what's wrong about faking being a paladin based on the abilities they traditionally have.Further, IMO many players and DM's treat classes as just numbers on paper - they treat their characters as an amalgamation of abilities they can do.I sincerely doubt that a village that was being lorded over by an evil creature or organization would question what class the adventurer(s) were that saved them.That noble LG fighter that follows Heironeous would be just as celebrated as a LG Paladin who freed them. Just like a LG rouge (yeah, right <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes    :rolleyes:"  data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> ) would be celebrated, regardless of what set of powers he used while risking his life for the villagers.BTW: I don't believe you can 'fake' being LG to people for a long period of time. You either are, or you aren't. Your alignment is based on your actions. If you consistently do good, and act like a paladin, than you ARE becoming closer to LG. It's not like a mantle you put on for an act. Alignment reflects your inner being.And when people meet you, talk to you, etc they get a sense of what kind of person you are over a long period of time.I've just never been a fan of a world where a group of adventurers walks into town, and the local populace falls on their knees, revering and extolling praise on the party "paladin."A true paladin only gets respect from people he encounters by:a) the actions that he has done for the people he encounters orb) the respect he is afforded based on some (usually) religious order that is known to the people he encounters. This order certainly would know whether this rogue is "faking it". Further, I'm sure they'd be quite upset if a rogue was faking being one of their organization, if he wasn't.Any questions, I'd be glad to clarify any of these points.</blockquote>

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