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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 8638406" data-attributes="member: 82106"><p>This is why I find game design interesting. So, imagine this 'paladin', with an attached concept of honor which includes some version of "always confront your enemy directly and give him a chance to answer" coupled with flanking (attacking from outside an opponent's view basically). So, nothing really rewards you, in my game at least, for sticking to your ethical principles. OTOH suppose the paladin does circle around behind his opponent. This is a game where the following course of character development, in terms of what sorts of powers and whatnot that get attached to your character, are dictated by narrative logic and the action. Surely backstabbing someone is not going to get the paladin a shiny holy sword! Maybe he's taken the first step down the road towards becoming a 'blackguard' or something. His reward is likely to be appropriate to his behavior in some way at least. That is a central conceit of the game, heroes form their destinies by their actions. If you want to be a holy warrior, well, behave like one! This is a bit different from a game like DW where players select things like bonds and then either uphold them or not, as they are questions about the character more than descriptions. If a DW paladin swears to protect the halfling and then leaves him in the lurch, well, the bond is discharged (assuming neither player wants to keep it) and XP is given! The paladin might also change alignment.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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