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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 3209527" data-attributes="member: 19675">You're asking what would be a good test to enter a Paladin PrCl?Anything that tests something of those characteristics inherent in (the DM's conception of) Paladins:If they are to be merciless slayers of evil, then the test might involve testing their resolve to slay evil...even if the source of the evil seems to be innocuous.  OTOH, if mercy is the crucial ingredient of Paladins in your world, someone would have to prove themselves "smite-worthy."Example: What would a typical Paladin in your campaign do if he were given a prophetic text describing the Age of Darkness, and described the harbinger of that age as being an elf male having a birthmark that looked like "999" ( <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> ), then encountered said elf...as a babe in arms.  The test for the merciless type would be to see if he recognize this Harbinger and attempt to do away with him...while the Merciful Knight would have to show his patience and wait until the dev-elf actually comitted an evil act.If that's too gritty or drawn out, there are lesser ways to do the same tests.  What penalty does the PC demand for the street urchin who steals the would-be paladin's food to feed himself...or others?Or perhaps he must do a tour of duty with the city watch (or the highway guardsmen, or in a soup kitchen, or...), closely (and secretly) observed by an observer from his Order, to see how he metes out justice and generally interacts with the world.</blockquote>

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