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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Avouz" data-source="post: 1338251" data-attributes="member: 15670">I'm all for breaking the stereotypical "knight in shining armor" paladin. I once built a Robin Hood-style paladin that was an archer in leather armor. Not what a lot of people expected.Still, I'd like to comment on your interpretation.1) As others have stated, the paladin definately follows a code of conduct.2) Case by case judgment on lying. There are often times circumstances when a paladin ends up in an inner struggle between the "lawful" portion of his alignment and the "good" portion. Casual lying is certainly forbidden, but lying in situations where telling the truth would be disastrous is more permissable (as in the guard asking "Are you a paladin?" example.)3) I do see paladins are working within the system, obeying just law while they work to bring about changes for the greater good. Unjust laws are another matter entirely. I will agree with you on your "ordered life" interpreation, but that's in addition to being law-abiding, not instead of.4) Your example of a paladin spy is intriging and in that particular circumstance, I can see the paladin not acting in accord with an established church. Still, under most situations, the paladin would work with (not neccessarily for) the church of his god's religion, which would no doubt lead many to associate the paladin with the church.</blockquote>