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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Doctor Shaft" data-source="post: 1952031" data-attributes="member: 25737">Yes, but if we're to beg the question of whether the paladin will till the land or not based on maintaining a local towns economy... then does the paladin even belong there in the first place?Many mythological stories place the chosen hero either in places where good still resides... or a place where the hero can redeem said town.  One has to ask if a dispicable mining/brothel town would ever be blessed with heralded heroes from their deities.  And if they are so blessed... what's the paladin still doing there?  Also, once again, paladin's follow their deity's laws... not their government's.  While it is certainly appropriate to roleplay a paladin who struggles with deity and human law, and "lesser of two evils," it is not the paladin's fault if his good actions actually harm his town.  He follows the law of the deity... not the town.  If towns are destroyed because of "correct" or "good" actions... take it up with the deity, not the paladin.  And even in that case, a "paladin" would still find virtue in such a thing happening. His deity's way or the highway, so to speak.We can debate the virtues and cons of prostitution endlessly, but it still all comes down to the standards and demeanor of the deity, and not the human beings and their culture.  If the paladin serves a deity that would see no valor or virtue in drinking and prostitution, or would never take up such acts him or herself... then it's expected that the paladin follow the same, unless of course stipulated otherwise.  I feel Sir Cedric makes an interesting character, but if he were to maintain his LG paladin status, and not adopt some kind of chaotic paladin class, that his character still pushes the envelope a little too much. Too little deity following quality, IMO.</blockquote>

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