What is most important to YOUR paladin?
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Tom Cashel
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Wormwood, nice Misfits avatar.
"Mommy, can I go out and kill tonight?" asked the brave paladin.
"Mommy, can I go out and kill tonight?" asked the brave paladin.
ThoughtBubble
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Where's the porn version of the reply? "I can't define it, but I know it when I see it."
It's sort of variant for my paladins. The first, she's bloodthirsty. Definately about the smiting. The second is all about helping those in need. The third, and my most developed is simpler than that, he just follows his heart. So for him, it's a matter of "what am I feeling now?" and trying not to deny it.
It's sort of variant for my paladins. The first, she's bloodthirsty. Definately about the smiting. The second is all about helping those in need. The third, and my most developed is simpler than that, he just follows his heart. So for him, it's a matter of "what am I feeling now?" and trying not to deny it.
Epametheus
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My paladin usually goes Crusader against Evil while out in the lawless wilds, and normally operates as a Defender of the Weak when in the areas ruled by law. To kill the petty evils of the civilized areas is a gross abuse of power, but they shouldn't be left unopposed. Individual paladins have their own quirks, but that's how I usually handle the Code.
Gez
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I voted "Uplifting the downtrodden."
The paladin's duty is to protect civilization. Killing unredeemably evil creatures is well and good, but not necessarily the most useful task.
Let's take a lich for example. They are always evil (please, don't confuse my example with baelnorns and archlichs). Let's also take a despot. He's not exactly evil, rather lawful neutral without good tendancies. He's more interested in the strength of his armies and the content of his coffers than with the well-being of the citizens under his charge. He has harsh justice and heavy taxes.
If the lich is raising an army of undead to-take-over-the-world-bwahahahah, as they frequently do; then defeating it is a paladin's duty, and he will warn the despot of the danger and ask for a battalion to fend off the zombies while he will go after the lich.
If the lich is merely reading dusty tomes alone in its faraway tower, then it may be more important to pursue another goal, like lobbying the despot into more social justice, or even helping political opposition. While still keeping an eye on the lich, were it to become menacing.
The paladin's duty is to protect civilization. Killing unredeemably evil creatures is well and good, but not necessarily the most useful task.
Let's take a lich for example. They are always evil (please, don't confuse my example with baelnorns and archlichs). Let's also take a despot. He's not exactly evil, rather lawful neutral without good tendancies. He's more interested in the strength of his armies and the content of his coffers than with the well-being of the citizens under his charge. He has harsh justice and heavy taxes.
If the lich is raising an army of undead to-take-over-the-world-bwahahahah, as they frequently do; then defeating it is a paladin's duty, and he will warn the despot of the danger and ask for a battalion to fend off the zombies while he will go after the lich.
If the lich is merely reading dusty tomes alone in its faraway tower, then it may be more important to pursue another goal, like lobbying the despot into more social justice, or even helping political opposition. While still keeping an eye on the lich, were it to become menacing.
S'mon said:So your Paladin is CG?
Huh? The lich may be intrinsically evil, but it's not _doing_ evil, and is thus a low priority (of course, you have to worry that it's reading books on 'how to summon evil entities from beyond time to take over the world', but whatever). You may be able to do more good by reforming the despot.
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