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<blockquote data-quote="ProfessorCirno" data-source="post: 4942767" data-attributes="member: 65637">Regarding paladins in history:It's important to note one of the major differences in D&amp;D as opposed to real life, is that in D&amp;D there are very much big E Evil religions, unabashedly evil ones involved in necromancy and the servitude of literal existing Evil gods.While in real life it gets a bit, urm, touchy to talk about people going on a righteous crusade against the heretics/infidels/pagans/what have you, in D&amp;D, those cultists are literally doing the whim of a malevolent and existing force of anti-good.&nbsp; As such, it's important to transfer those D&amp;D-isms in when you want to talk about such figures.One paladin-trope I've used that I REALLY love that involves historical tales calls back to Saint George, and uses the idea of Good and Evil being actual forces.&nbsp; A great evil - maybe a rampaging horde of orcs, or a great number of demons, or maybe a classic evil dragon - is approaching the town, and the players are outclassed.&nbsp; Instead of running away, I give a hint to the cleric or paladin of the group: convert the people.&nbsp; As more and more citizens of the town/city turn good, the literal power of Good swells, the enemy is weakened, the players are empowered, and they defeat the enemy that previously outclassed them.&nbsp; The party has stories of their heroism written down, and maybe a holy blessing visits the town, much like the spring waters that cure disease in the story itself.Stuff like that is exactly why I love the alignments as powers view.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ProfessorCirno, post: 4942767, member: 65637"] Regarding paladins in history: It's important to note one of the major differences in D&D as opposed to real life, is that in D&D there are very much big E Evil religions, [I]unabashedly[/I] evil ones involved in necromancy and the servitude of literal existing Evil gods. While in real life it gets a bit, urm, [I]touchy[/I] to talk about people going on a righteous crusade against the heretics/infidels/pagans/what have you, in D&D, those cultists are literally doing the whim of a malevolent and existing force of anti-good. As such, it's important to transfer those D&D-isms in when you want to talk about such figures. One paladin-trope I've used that I REALLY love that involves historical tales calls back to Saint George, and uses the idea of Good and Evil being actual forces. A great evil - maybe a rampaging horde of orcs, or a great number of demons, or maybe a classic evil dragon - is approaching the town, and the players are outclassed. Instead of running away, I give a hint to the cleric or paladin of the group: convert the people. As more and more citizens of the town/city turn good, the literal power of Good swells, the enemy is weakened, the players are empowered, and they defeat the enemy that previously outclassed them. The party has stories of their heroism written down, and maybe a holy blessing visits the town, much like the spring waters that cure disease in the story itself. Stuff like that is exactly why I love the alignments as powers view. [/QUOTE]

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