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<blockquote data-quote="mythusmage" data-source="post: 2708837" data-attributes="member: 571">Topic: Are a paladin's powers and abilities benefits he gains for being a paladin, or tools gained that he may better fulfill his obligations as a paladin?I say the latter. A paladin's abilities are bestowed by his deity that the paladin may better fulfill his obligations to others. They aid the paladin in serving others, in healing, protecting, succouring them. They are not there for the paladin's benefit, they are there for the benefit of others.Thus when a paladin uses his powers mainly to his own benefit he is violating the spirit and the letter of the agreement he entered into with his god. He is being, in a word, selfish. That is grounds for revocation of his status as a paladin.A paladin's abilities can also serve as punishment, serving as a reminder of what the paladin did wrong. Reminding the paladin he has those abilities because more is expected of him than is expected of others. That he has obligations and responsibility, and that his powers are to be used to aid him fulfill those obligations and responsibilities.A paladin murders another in a fit of rage. If you see his abilities as some sort of reward for being a paladin, then by all means strip him of them. But if they be tools by which he can better perform his duties as a paladin, then he keeps them be he determined to atone for what he has done. With this proviso; that every time he uses a power or ability said use serves as a reminder of what he did, and of those extraordinary charges he assumed when he agreed to become a paladin.Related: Are a blackguard's abilities reward or punishment?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mythusmage, post: 2708837, member: 571"] Topic: Are a paladin's powers and abilities benefits he gains for being a paladin, or tools gained that he may better fulfill his obligations as a paladin? I say the latter. A paladin's abilities are bestowed by his deity that the paladin may better fulfill his obligations to others. They aid the paladin in serving others, in healing, protecting, succouring them. They are not there for the paladin's benefit, they are there for the benefit of others. Thus when a paladin uses his powers mainly to his own benefit he is violating the spirit and the letter of the agreement he entered into with his god. He is being, in a word, selfish. That is grounds for revocation of his status as a paladin. A paladin's abilities can also serve as punishment, serving as a reminder of what the paladin did wrong. Reminding the paladin he has those abilities because more is expected of him than is expected of others. That he has obligations and responsibility, and that his powers are to be used to aid him fulfill those obligations and responsibilities. A paladin murders another in a fit of rage. If you see his abilities as some sort of reward for being a paladin, then by all means strip him of them. But if they be tools by which he can better perform his duties as a paladin, then he keeps them be he determined to atone for what he has done. With this proviso; that every time he uses a power or ability said use serves as a reminder of what he did, and of those extraordinary charges he assumed when he agreed to become a paladin. Related: Are a blackguard's abilities reward or punishment? [/QUOTE]

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