In the latest L&L column and the podcast this morning, Mike et. al. were talking about the Paladin, and how they've created three versions based upon the knightly oaths they take. As it stands now, the white knight good paladin is called the Cavalier, the nature-focused green knight is called the Warden, and the evil black knight is called the Blackguard. Thus, all three are reincorporating names we've seen used before.
However, a couple times I've seen mentioned by folks here on the board has been that they'd rather see the name Paladin used as the white knight, rather Cavalier. The Cavalier class name evokes too much of the mounted knight aspect, and not so much the "knight in shining armor" that the name Paladin traditionally evokes.
But this brings up an interesting question about how you could name these things. It seems as though since they keep identifying the three different oath-users as the "white knight", "green knight" and "black knight"... and that some folks would prefer the name Paladin to apply just to the "white knight" oath-user (rather than Cavalier)... I wonder how people would prefer the naming convention be? It almost seems like rather than calling the group of these three oath-users "Paladins"... you'd almost be better served calling the group Knights. Then within the Knight class, you have your white knight Paladin, green knight Warden, and black knight Blackguard. Or maybe it doesn't really matter to anyone that much? I dunno. But I'd be curious what most people's feelings on their prefered naming convention would be?
However, a couple times I've seen mentioned by folks here on the board has been that they'd rather see the name Paladin used as the white knight, rather Cavalier. The Cavalier class name evokes too much of the mounted knight aspect, and not so much the "knight in shining armor" that the name Paladin traditionally evokes.
But this brings up an interesting question about how you could name these things. It seems as though since they keep identifying the three different oath-users as the "white knight", "green knight" and "black knight"... and that some folks would prefer the name Paladin to apply just to the "white knight" oath-user (rather than Cavalier)... I wonder how people would prefer the naming convention be? It almost seems like rather than calling the group of these three oath-users "Paladins"... you'd almost be better served calling the group Knights. Then within the Knight class, you have your white knight Paladin, green knight Warden, and black knight Blackguard. Or maybe it doesn't really matter to anyone that much? I dunno. But I'd be curious what most people's feelings on their prefered naming convention would be?
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