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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MoonSong" data-source="post: 5939886" data-attributes="member: 6689464">I think the easiest way to give paladins an unique thing is by absolutely divorcing them from gods. A paladin isn't a god's servant or a gods chosen, he couldn't care less about any deity or organized religion. He may pray to a god and have a patron deity, but he isn't subject to the wims of that god.A paladin is first and foremost about his dedication to a code and a set of virtues, he is after a cause. There is nothing divine about him, but rather he is a paragon of heroism and dedication. Again he may choose a deity and even dedicate part of his efforts to that deity's cause, but the casue and code of his order come first and fore most, ther is only much you can do serving two masters before being forced to pick one. He may pray to a god to encourage himself, but he doesn't asks or demands miracles from a God, he makes them possible by his raw will and does them with his own hands.As such there IS NO SUCH A THING AS PALADINS OF A GIVEN GOD, some orders may serve a God, but not all of them do, not even most of them. Would a Paladin fight dirty?(lurker) Would he Shield others(Defender)? Would he smash any opossition ot his cause?(Slayer) Would he focus on how to tend and help those who suffer? (Healer) Would he dabble on arcane arts or even make a pact with a god/entity/outsider?, Yes yes and yes, he would do anything that aided his cause without compromising his code.Was he raised on the streets? Was he a pickpocket that decided to make things better for others? Was he born on a life of luxury? was he a dirt farmer? Was raised by wolves?, It doesn't matter, causes come from many places possible. I fact his Theme could easilly be a reflexion of the nature of the paladin's cause while his Background explain why he picked it.</blockquote>

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