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<blockquote data-quote="Sundragon2012" data-source="post: 3804110" data-attributes="member: 7624">However, the code is often the tenants of the faith to which the paladin belongs. Warning Religious Example:[spoiler][/spoiler][spoiler][/spoiler][spoiler] A Christian paladin serves Christ first and that Christ happens to be (for the sake of argument) Lawful Good and espouse the 10 Commandments and the Beatitudes is just part of the package. IMO its the relationship with Christ that matters. It is the love of Christ that motivates the Paladin to do as Christ would wish. [/spoiler]I think that it is kind of sterile to think that a Paladin of Pelor, Paladine, Tyr, etc. would be mere servants of a cause without this personal feeling of inspiration or connection to the divine as prime motivator for their devotion to their cause. None of the archetypal examples in history such as Joan of Arc, Sir Galahad, King Arthur, etc. were about their code before their god. I don't believe that a paladin is anything more or less than a holy warrior, a warrior of faith, and an exemplar of his/her deity's code for the love of the god and not for the love of the code.I have doubts myself about other alignment paladins, however, if they are seen as holy warriors for their gods then it would make perfect sense. However, I realy only see the knightly paladin as a lawful good being. Other paladins IMO will need another archetype to be based upon. Sundragon</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sundragon2012, post: 3804110, member: 7624"] However, the code is often the tenants of the faith to which the paladin belongs. [B][COLOR=Red]Warning Religious Example:[spoiler][/spoiler][/COLOR][spoiler][/spoiler][/B][spoiler] A Christian paladin serves Christ first and that Christ happens to be (for the sake of argument) Lawful Good and espouse the 10 Commandments and the Beatitudes is just part of the package. IMO its the relationship with Christ that matters. It is the love of Christ that motivates the Paladin to do as Christ would wish. [/spoiler] I think that it is kind of sterile to think that a Paladin of Pelor, Paladine, Tyr, etc. would be mere servants of a cause without this personal feeling of inspiration or connection to the divine as prime motivator for their devotion to their cause. None of the archetypal examples in history such as Joan of Arc, Sir Galahad, King Arthur, etc. were about their code before their god. I don't believe that a paladin is anything more or less than a holy warrior, a warrior of faith, and an exemplar of his/her deity's code for the love of the god and not for the love of the code. I have doubts myself about other alignment paladins, however, if they are seen as holy warriors for their gods then it would make perfect sense. However, I realy only see the knightly paladin as a lawful good being. Other paladins IMO will need another archetype to be based upon. Sundragon [/QUOTE]

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