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What does a paladin do (or should be doing)?
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<blockquote data-quote="Yora" data-source="post: 5940349" data-attributes="member: 6670763"><p>Easy: The writers finally need to make a clear statement of what alignment actually is supposed to mean.</p><p></p><p>There are dozens of different interpretation of what alignment actually is and all the time each individual writer simply uses his own idea with no regard to descriptions of alignment by other writers.</p><p></p><p>Short story: Lawful does not have anything to do with laws.</p><p>Lawful alignments represent characters who approach situations based on certain sets of rules they have defined for themselves, because they recognize that only with rules you can actually get any long term progress instead of aimlessly wandering in circles all the time.</p><p>Society needs rules, and rules that everyone should follow. But it's not up to the person sitting on the highest chair to define those rules for everyone else. Lawful Good characters don't follow local law, they follow universal rules. And when local law conflicts with the universal rules, then the choice is easy. It's a universal rule that you still pay fees and taxes even though you think it should be 10% lower to be fair. But when people start running around murdering people, they are stoped. A paladin does not care if they have a written permit from the king that they have the legal right to murder everyone they like.</p><p>But that gets us into the code of conduct thing, which I think is better reserved for a later point.</p><p></p><p>Any other idea for known characters that could to some degree be considered similar to paladins?</p><p></p><p>The Saphire Order comes to mind. With Hinjo and Lien making good example of non-generic paladins.</p><p>And of course <strong>O-CHUL!</strong> <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yora, post: 5940349, member: 6670763"] Easy: The writers finally need to make a clear statement of what alignment actually is supposed to mean. There are dozens of different interpretation of what alignment actually is and all the time each individual writer simply uses his own idea with no regard to descriptions of alignment by other writers. Short story: Lawful does not have anything to do with laws. Lawful alignments represent characters who approach situations based on certain sets of rules they have defined for themselves, because they recognize that only with rules you can actually get any long term progress instead of aimlessly wandering in circles all the time. Society needs rules, and rules that everyone should follow. But it's not up to the person sitting on the highest chair to define those rules for everyone else. Lawful Good characters don't follow local law, they follow universal rules. And when local law conflicts with the universal rules, then the choice is easy. It's a universal rule that you still pay fees and taxes even though you think it should be 10% lower to be fair. But when people start running around murdering people, they are stoped. A paladin does not care if they have a written permit from the king that they have the legal right to murder everyone they like. But that gets us into the code of conduct thing, which I think is better reserved for a later point. Any other idea for known characters that could to some degree be considered similar to paladins? The Saphire Order comes to mind. With Hinjo and Lien making good example of non-generic paladins. And of course [B]O-CHUL![/B] :lol: [/QUOTE]
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