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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 3675434" data-attributes="member: 1465">If you cannot lie, bluff by telling the truth <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Like, tell a partial truth that would mislead your target. &quot;We're servant of the king&quot; without mentioning which king is not lying. &quot;I've got a pet creature that could kill you in one blow&quot; when you have a cat, sure can kill anything with one blow if it's at -9 already.More seriously, your character concept is cool and it'd be a pity to let it go just because the RAW forces you some RP limitation. But a paladin *based* on deceit, whether you're technically lying or not, is effectively pretty hard to pull off. At least make sure that if you lie, you lie for a very good cause (never for your own personal benefit for example, but only when it's really needed to save an innocent); bluff only against evil foes, don't tell lies to normal people like the guard who's doing his duty to block the entrance to the castle; and of course try to limit your bluffs only to key situations, just like your PC didn't actually like telling lies even if he used to be a master at that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 3675434, member: 1465"] If you cannot lie, bluff by telling the truth :D Like, tell a partial truth that would mislead your target. "We're servant of the king" without mentioning which king is not lying. "I've got a pet creature that could kill you in one blow" when you have a cat, sure can kill anything with one blow if it's at -9 already. More seriously, your character concept is cool and it'd be a pity to let it go just because the RAW forces you some RP limitation. But a paladin *based* on deceit, whether you're technically lying or not, is effectively pretty hard to pull off. At least make sure that if you lie, you lie for a very good cause (never for your own personal benefit for example, but only when it's really needed to save an innocent); bluff only against evil foes, don't tell lies to normal people like the guard who's doing his duty to block the entrance to the castle; and of course try to limit your bluffs only to key situations, just like your PC didn't actually like telling lies even if he used to be a master at that. [/QUOTE]

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