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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5667019" data-attributes="member: 19675">I generally sort paladins into 2 groups: &quot;Old Testament&quot; &amp; &quot;New Testament&quot;OT Paladins are merciless foes of evil, and see themselves as judge, jury and executioner in the service of the divine.&nbsp; Once given an order by The Divine, they do not question it, and very much embrace talon law: an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.&nbsp; Their most common version of being &quot;Lawful Stupid&quot; and biting off far more than they can chew and simply getting killed.&nbsp; Their &quot;crisis of faith&quot; typically comes if they encounter someone who really SHOULD be shown mercy, but whom they may be expected to kill.NT Paladins are defined by their mercy and charity.&nbsp; They may be fierce warriors, but they'd rather dissuade you from evil by their words and by being a living example of their faith.&nbsp; Harm them, and they may forgive you, because you don't know any better- and by forgiveness, they provide you that better example.&nbsp; Their version of &quot;Lawful Stupid&quot; results in them being stabbed in the back by a foe they showed mercy when they should have killed or incarcerated them.&nbsp; A typical &quot;crisis of faith&quot; typically takes the form of encountering someone whom they perceive as irredeemably evil but who has everyone else fooled.Both may also suffer equally from simple violations of their codes of conduct.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 5667019, member: 19675"] I generally sort paladins into 2 groups: "Old Testament" & "New Testament" OT Paladins are merciless foes of evil, and see themselves as judge, jury and executioner in the service of the divine. Once given an order by The Divine, they do not question it, and very much embrace talon law: an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Their most common version of being "Lawful Stupid" and biting off far more than they can chew and simply getting killed. Their "crisis of faith" typically comes if they encounter someone who really SHOULD be shown mercy, but whom they may be expected to kill. NT Paladins are defined by their mercy and charity. They may be fierce warriors, but they'd rather dissuade you from evil by their words and by being a living example of their faith. Harm them, and they may forgive you, because you don't know any better- and by forgiveness, they provide you that better example. Their version of "Lawful Stupid" results in them being stabbed in the back by a foe they showed mercy when they should have killed or incarcerated them. A typical "crisis of faith" typically takes the form of encountering someone whom they perceive as irredeemably evil but who has everyone else fooled. Both may also suffer equally from simple violations of their codes of conduct. [/QUOTE]

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