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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 2685315" data-attributes="member: 707">*shrug*&nbsp; Obviously I disagree.&nbsp; IMO, a paladin is a Sword of God.&nbsp; In most cases, he can feel confident that he knows against whom he should pit himself.&nbsp; His own morality guides him.&nbsp; But in a scenario where he finds himself lost and confused, unsure which path he should take, why wouldn't he seek out divine counsel?&nbsp; And per the spell description, it doesn't even necessarily bother the deity itself, either.&nbsp; Commune can make contact with an angel just as easily.&nbsp; My paladin won't quibble.&nbsp; Angelic counsel is good enough. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />I also disagree with your comment about moral questions.&nbsp; I don't think playing a paladin means being subjected to silly moral paradoxes any more than playing a cleric, or a rogue.&nbsp; Moral puzzles can be part of a campaign certainly, but playing a paladin isn't about being constantly put in &quot;who do you save, your wife or your mother?&quot; situations all the time.&nbsp; It's about picking up a sword and bringing down the Wrath of Heaven on the skittering creatures of the Dark.Not that your idea is wrong or unique.&nbsp; I've seen a lot of folks on these boards who believe as you do, that for some reason playing a paladin is tantamount to taking a moral philosophy test without the benefit of the class.&nbsp; But for me, it has nothing to do with it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lord Pendragon, post: 2685315, member: 707"] *shrug* Obviously I disagree. IMO, a paladin is a Sword of God. In most cases, he can feel confident that he knows against whom he should pit himself. His own morality guides him. But in a scenario where he finds himself lost and confused, unsure which path he should take, why wouldn't he seek out divine counsel? And per the spell description, it doesn't even necessarily bother the deity itself, either. [i]Commune[/i] can make contact with an angel just as easily. My paladin won't quibble. Angelic counsel is good enough. :p I also disagree with your comment about moral questions. I don't think playing a paladin means being subjected to silly moral paradoxes any more than playing a cleric, or a rogue. Moral puzzles can be part of a campaign certainly, but playing a paladin isn't about being constantly put in "who do you save, your wife or your mother?" situations all the time. It's about picking up a sword and bringing down the Wrath of Heaven on the skittering creatures of the Dark. Not that your idea is wrong or unique. I've seen a lot of folks on these boards who believe as you do, that for some reason playing a paladin is tantamount to taking a moral philosophy test without the benefit of the class. But for me, it has nothing to do with it. [/QUOTE]

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