The funny thing about paladins of wee jas...

[Particle_Man]

According to Tomb of Battle: The Book of Nine Swords, you can have Paladins of Wee Jas.

OK.

Interestingly, one could have a Paladin of Wee Jas fall from grace and become a LE ex-paladin/blackguard, without even once wavering in his loyalty to Wee Jas. I'm not sure the goddess would even be that bothered about the shift in alignment.

 

[brehobit]

Had one in my last game. Pretty tricky to be a paladin in a church that has a non-trivial number of LE members....

Mark

 

[Qwillion]

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Your thinking of the Church of Wee Jas as monolithic rather than mortals interpreting the will of the divine.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Had one in my last game. Pretty tricky to be a paladin in a church that has a non-trivial number of LE members....

The primary axis of her church is lawful, though, isn't it? And it's not like there aren't plenty of people who share a god who disagree about the best way to live despite that.

I think a Lawful Intolerant paladin of Wee Jas would be a really neat character, with imagery you'd never normally see associated with a paladin.

 

[GwydapLlew]

I almost played a paladin of Wee Jas in the AoW games I'm in, but the general bent of characters made didn't really let a paladin fit in. It's a tricky beast, but a really cool way to get your roleplay fix.

Wee Jas is easily my favorite Greyhawk deity.

 

[pawsplay]

Except in FR, paladins do not have a deity alignment requirement at all. A paladin could freely worship Kord, Farlanghn, or anyone else.

 

[Umbran]

Except in FR, paladins do not have a deity alignment requirement at all. A paladin could freely worship Kord, Farlanghn, or anyone else.

Heck, paladins don't even need a deity at all! But then, neither do clerics....

 

[Aaron L]

The primary axis of her church is lawful, though, isn't it? And it's not like there aren't plenty of people who share a god who disagree about the best way to live despite that.

I think a Lawful Intolerant paladin of Wee Jas would be a really neat character, with imagery you'd never normally see associated with a paladin.

Ohhh, I can just see the ruby skull encrusted, black flame enveloped holy sword now!

Dang, I want to play that character!

 

[GwydapLlew]

Ohhh, I can just see the ruby skull encrusted, black flame enveloped holy sword now!

Dang, I want to play that character!

Doesn't it give an entirely different take on the concept of a paladin?

You still kick the snot out of (non-church-sponsored) undead, you still defeat evil, you still work to promote the values of your deity and make the world a better place...you just do it with a certain red-and-black gothic style. Adapt the deathless template to Sueloise undead created by the Jasidan clergy, and you could even adventure with them!

 

[pawsplay]

Heck, paladins don't even need a deity at all! But then, neither do clerics....

True. You could have a cleric of Chaotic Goodness who simply prayed to Wee Jas, just as you can have one who honors Kord, or a CE one that follows Orcus (who isn't a god).