D&D 5E Roasting the Paladin

[Brotton Goodfellow]

Angry boi Doom Slayer from Doom 2016/Eternal is, to me, the best example of a paladin. Unyielding in the face of evil, even if it means tearing down the establishments that help perpetuate evil.

Yes, I am an Oath of Vengeance fanboy.

 

[Minigiant]

I still say paladins are gym fanatics on divine steroids and all the holy fads.

 

[Weiley31]

Almost all of the above, except Van Helsing (he was just a professor with a special interest in vampires)

I thought he was clawless Wolverine?

 

[Weiley31]

I prefer the Lawful Stupid Paladin as a NPC to be played against. The idea of a party facing off against that sounds pretty fun. Of course, twisting the associated tropes of a Paladin could also be an interesting concept as well. One time, on one website that tracked the ways in which a PC died, one person's character died because said character got sacrificed by a Paladin.

And the website doesn't go into deep details on what all led up to said death: just a few words and that's that. So I'm still wondering how the whole getting sacrificed by a Paladin thing happened.

 

[Maxperson]

Michael Carpenter.

He was the stereotype, and a good one. I liked Shiro and Sansa better, though.

 

[Lidgar]

I kept looking for the “Laugh at the DM when I make yet another saving throw” option.

 

[Lanefan]

I prefer the Lawful Stupid Paladin as a NPC to be played against. The idea of a party facing off against that sounds pretty fun. Of course, twisting the associated tropes of a Paladin could also be an interesting concept as well. One time, on one website that tracked the ways in which a PC died, one person's character died because said character got sacrificed by a Paladin.

And the website doesn't go into deep details on what all led up to said death: just a few words and that's that. So I'm still wondering how the whole getting sacrificed by a Paladin thing happened.

Was the sacrificed PC evil? That right there could do it.

 

[Helldritch]

Nothing will ever beat the 1ed paladin. Upholding law, justice and goodness were his goals.

The lawful stupid paladin was never at my table nor would I ever allowed it. The lawful stupid came about in response for the removal of the prerequisites that were so hard to obtain and by doing so, with such a strong class, the lawful stupid became the way to restrict paladins...

Paladins are always my go to class whenever I am a player (which does not happen often).

 

[Mannahnin]

I've played a paladin as a dangerous fanatic who had no mercy for any evil. It was a lot of fun. Even better was the party members being unable to refute my paladins arguments for wanting to slay all evil without mercy.

I did something similar once with having my Paladin quote Communist literature. In a treasure division discussion, "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need" is a remarkably Paladinic sentiment.

 

[Mannahnin]

Almost all of the above, except Van Helsing (he was just a professor with a special interest in vampires) and Don Quixote (who was only a Paladin in his own mind).

Ja. And we all know Van Helsing was the first Cleric, anyway.