New Posts For Thread: Who is the Paladin?http://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29503745/Who_is_the_PaladinAlright, since my other thread that tried to deal with this got derailed into one of the most pointless discussions ever, I'm going to try this again.Is the Paladin a "Holy warrior"/"champion of a specific diety" type character who follows the princi@Zaramon: I agree completely and that is exactly the idea that I was hoping for in that idea for a new class...http://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29503745/Who_is_the_Paladin?post_id=526557925#526557925@Zaramon: I agree completely and that is exactly the idea that I was hoping for in that idea for a new class...Sun, 02 Dec 2012 22:26:12 -0600If you're talking mechanically, paladins would have a specific set of abilities that combat things like undead, evil outsiders, and evil mortals. They would also offer very general benefits to their allies, like courage aura and healing powers. A frahttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29503745/Who_is_the_Paladin?post_id=526502861#526502861If you're talking mechanically, paladins would have a specific set of abilities that combat things like undead, evil outsiders, and evil mortals. They would also offer very general benefits to their allies, like courage aura and healing powers. A fraFri, 30 Nov 2012 20:32:28 -0600I don't see how they could differentiate the Paladin and a Crusader. Both appear to be the same save one derives it's power from their convictions while another gains it from divinity. Basically it seems like the same class with alternative fluff.http://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29503745/Who_is_the_Paladin?post_id=526502687#526502687I don't see how they could differentiate the Paladin and a Crusader. Both appear to be the same save one derives it's power from their convictions while another gains it from divinity. Basically it seems like the same class with alternative fluff.Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:17:22 -0600Take the insult and turn it into your dread title.Dessel did it with Darth Bane. "The name that had been my curse, would become my strength. Bane is my name! No one uses it against me!"Jon Snow did it with Lord Snow, at the advice of Tyrion Lannisterhttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29503745/Who_is_the_Paladin?post_id=526501077#526501077Take the insult and turn it into your dread title.Dessel did it with Darth Bane. "The name that had been my curse, would become my strength. Bane is my name! No one uses it against me!"Jon Snow did it with Lord Snow, at the advice of Tyrion LannisterFri, 30 Nov 2012 18:28:40 -0600the traditional paladin had its problems, its code of conduct for starters has always been way to broad and left it with dms setting up paladins to fall at the start.even when its stated what defines a chaotic or evil act, those acts some of them dohttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29503745/Who_is_the_Paladin?post_id=526495923#526495923the traditional paladin had its problems, its code of conduct for starters has always been way to broad and left it with dms setting up paladins to fall at the start.even when its stated what defines a chaotic or evil act, those acts some of them doFri, 30 Nov 2012 15:42:14 -0600