holy warrior? [Archive] - Wizards Community

holy warrior? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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beowulf00
11-11-03, 07:51 PM Im going to be playing a holy warrior type soon (not sure exactly what yet...some sort of cleric or paladin) but I need to come up with an interesting concept for him. I'd rather him not be the noble knight in shining armor as most portray them or the solemn priest type. Any other personality types that would fit? Any models from literature?
Ace Spade
11-11-03, 09:00 PM You could very well have a character that has sincere compassion for people. He could be a guy who follows the rules and all that, but at the same time he could be a laid back kind of guy. However, when there is some injustice, he feels he needs to do something about and will do his best to correct the wrong. This may not mean that as soon as some kid steals some bread that he'll go nuts, but rather get the kid to give back what he stole and instead give the kid the money to buy it instead. However, when some villain is threatening the town, he stands up and fights, not because his god says the villain is evil, but rather his god would not want the town to suffer. This kind of character would very much be the people person. It is just that he follows the rules.
Dougan Axehammer
11-14-03, 07:21 PM Originally posted by beowulf00
Im going to be playing a holy warrior type soon (not sure exactly what yet...some sort of cleric or paladin) but I need to come up with an interesting concept for him. I'd rather him not be the noble knight in shining armor as most portray them or the solemn priest type. Any other personality types that would fit? Any models from literature?

So play a knight in not-so-shiny armor. Though not literature, some of the roles played by Clint Eastwood or John Wayne fit the paladin role, but were never portrayed as the "pomp and circumstance" types; the preacher from Unforgiven is a good one.
Araciel
11-15-03, 05:27 PM theres a prestige class in the FR book called "Divine seeker", an agent of the church who goes on missions to retrieve lost or stolen artifacts

also, it depends on what god you follow, i mean in regard to what is considered as holy. if you were a follower of garl glittergold in greyhawk, you would bee seeking money

if it were Azuth in forgotten realms, you would be seeking new spells and mages.

its all about perspective

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beowulf00 11-11-03, 07:51 PM	Im going to be playing a holy warrior type soon (not sure exactly what yet...some sort of cleric or paladin) but I need to come up with an interesting concept for him. I'd rather him not be the noble knight in shining armor as most portray them or the solemn priest type. Any other personality types that would fit? Any models from literature?
Ace Spade 11-11-03, 09:00 PM	You could very well have a character that has sincere compassion for people. He could be a guy who follows the rules and all that, but at the same time he could be a laid back kind of guy. However, when there is some injustice, he feels he needs to do something about and will do his best to correct the wrong. This may not mean that as soon as some kid steals some bread that he'll go nuts, but rather get the kid to give back what he stole and instead give the kid the money to buy it instead. However, when some villain is threatening the town, he stands up and fights, not because his god says the villain is evil, but rather his god would not want the town to suffer. This kind of character would very much be the people person. It is just that he follows the rules.
Dougan Axehammer 11-14-03, 07:21 PM	Originally posted by beowulf00 Im going to be playing a holy warrior type soon (not sure exactly what yet...some sort of cleric or paladin) but I need to come up with an interesting concept for him. I'd rather him not be the noble knight in shining armor as most portray them or the solemn priest type. Any other personality types that would fit? Any models from literature? So play a knight in not-so-shiny armor. Though not literature, some of the roles played by Clint Eastwood or John Wayne fit the paladin role, but were never portrayed as the "pomp and circumstance" types; the preacher from Unforgiven is a good one.
Araciel 11-15-03, 05:27 PM	theres a prestige class in the FR book called "Divine seeker", an agent of the church who goes on missions to retrieve lost or stolen artifacts also, it depends on what god you follow, i mean in regard to what is considered as holy. if you were a follower of garl glittergold in greyhawk, you would bee seeking money if it were Azuth in forgotten realms, you would be seeking new spells and mages. its all about perspective