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Message: <blockquote data-quote="shilsen" data-source="post: 1841953" data-attributes="member: 198">Matter of perspective. In a standard D&D campaign (i.e. using the rules mostly as written, in a somewhat generic setting such as FR or Greyhawk), I would have to seriously suspend my disbelief to to assume that the world does not know about classes and the abilities that come with it. In Greyhawk, for example, paladins have purportedly existed for thousands of years. All of them can can detect evil and smite evil, most (2nd lvl and higher) can lay on hands, many (3rd lvl and higher) are immune to disease, and some can turn undead and cast spells (4th+), summon special mounts (5th+) and remove disease (6th+). And nobody in these thousands of years has noticed these similarities or classified those who have them in some way? Yeah, right! Maybe Joe Commoner doesn't have precise details, but he's probably heard from someone about how holy warriors can heal the sick. And some more knowledgeable members of society (which will include many adventurers) will have very precise ideas about a paladin's capabilities.</blockquote>