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<blockquote data-quote="FormerlyHemlock" data-source="post: 7141484" data-attributes="member: 6787650">I like it too. It always strikes me as wrong, for instance, for paladins to be as common as fighters. 2nd edition paladins may not derive any mechanical benefit per se from high Charisma (IIRC), but all the bonuses from the whole paladin class are really a benefit of high Charisma, if you couple it with virtue, compassion, etc. The fact that you can't be a paladin without Cha 17 serves to both keep paladins rare, and to inform the roleplaying experience about how they should be portrayed and viewed by others. If you try to have one without the other it doesn't work so well; if paladins are just another class instead of rare paragons of virtue and chivalry, they quickly becoming annoying, especially if they try to insist on still being viewed as paragons of virtue and chivalry just because their character sheet says &quot;paladin&quot; on it. Having prereqs like Cha 17 is the first step on the road to making paladinhood an earned status (which can be lost) instead of something to take for granted.Anyway, I like the stat prereq approach quite a bit.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FormerlyHemlock, post: 7141484, member: 6787650"] I like it too. It always strikes me as wrong, for instance, for paladins to be as common as fighters. 2nd edition paladins may not derive any mechanical benefit per se from high Charisma (IIRC), but all the bonuses from the whole paladin class are really a benefit of high Charisma, if you couple it with virtue, compassion, etc. The fact that you can't be a paladin without Cha 17 serves to both keep paladins rare, and to inform the roleplaying experience about how they should be portrayed and viewed by others. If you try to have one without the other it doesn't work so well; if paladins are just another class instead of rare paragons of virtue and chivalry, they quickly becoming annoying, especially if they try to insist on still being [I]viewed[/I] as paragons of virtue and chivalry just because their character sheet says "paladin" on it. Having prereqs like Cha 17 is the first step on the road to making paladinhood an [I]earned[/I] status (which can be lost) instead of something to take for granted. Anyway, I like the stat prereq approach quite a bit. [/QUOTE]

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