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Paladin of the Undying Court

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#1
oli_eberron
Aug 11, 2010 17:06:19 Just a quicky - can you (in 3.5ed D&D) have a Paladin of the Undying Court? And if so, do they need to be lawful good, or can they be Neutral Good, as per the Undying Court itself? Cheers, Oli.
#2
Madfox11
Aug 12, 2010 7:45:51 In 3E paladins can serve deities that are 1 step within the Lawful Good alignment, in other words, Lawful Neutral and Neutral Good religions can have paladins. So a paladin of the Undying Court is certainly possible within the rule mechanics of 3E. Mind you, in Eberron alignments are not particularly strictly enforced, and I could even imagine paladins of the Dark Six (albeit likely serving some kind of heretic somewhat twisted version of said religions).
#3
aeryk08
Aug 12, 2010 16:26:51
In 3E paladins can serve deities that are 1 step within the Lawful Good alignment, in other words, Lawful Neutral and Neutral Good religions can have paladins. So a paladin of the Undying Court is certainly possible within the rule mechanics of 3E. Mind you, in Eberron alignments are not particularly strictly enforced, and I could even imagine paladins of the Dark Six (albeit likely serving some kind of heretic somewhat twisted version of said religions).

You could also use a variant paladin from Unearthed Arcana, though these all fall to one extreme or the other (LG, LE, CG, CE). Neutrality doesn't seem to fit with paladins. Looked at in this way paladins are actually on the fringe of society pushing toward an ideal.

Of course that doesn't stop you from homebrewing something. I would think a Paladin of Neutrality would need to be True Neutral. Aura, detect, smite good/evil, etc. would either be a choice at character creation (like a neutral cleric) or replaced with something else like detect, smite chaos/law and have an aura of neutrality.
#4
sester
Aug 13, 2010 14:06:03 And there is the Greyguard PrC, which allows more flexability.

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#1 oli_eberron Aug 11, 2010 17:06:19	Just a quicky - can you (in 3.5ed D&D) have a Paladin of the Undying Court? And if so, do they need to be lawful good, or can they be Neutral Good, as per the Undying Court itself? Cheers, Oli.
#2 Madfox11 Aug 12, 2010 7:45:51	In 3E paladins can serve deities that are 1 step within the Lawful Good alignment, in other words, Lawful Neutral and Neutral Good religions can have paladins. So a paladin of the Undying Court is certainly possible within the rule mechanics of 3E. Mind you, in Eberron alignments are not particularly strictly enforced, and I could even imagine paladins of the Dark Six (albeit likely serving some kind of heretic somewhat twisted version of said religions).
#3 aeryk08 Aug 12, 2010 16:26:51	In 3E paladins can serve deities that are 1 step within the Lawful Good alignment, in other words, Lawful Neutral and Neutral Good religions can have paladins. So a paladin of the Undying Court is certainly possible within the rule mechanics of 3E. Mind you, in Eberron alignments are not particularly strictly enforced, and I could even imagine paladins of the Dark Six (albeit likely serving some kind of heretic somewhat twisted version of said religions). You could also use a variant paladin from Unearthed Arcana, though these all fall to one extreme or the other (LG, LE, CG, CE). Neutrality doesn't seem to fit with paladins. Looked at in this way paladins are actually on the fringe of society pushing toward an ideal. Of course that doesn't stop you from homebrewing something. I would think a Paladin of Neutrality would need to be True Neutral. Aura, detect, smite good/evil, etc. would either be a choice at character creation (like a neutral cleric) or replaced with something else like detect, smite chaos/law and have an aura of neutrality.
#4 sester Aug 13, 2010 14:06:03	And there is the Greyguard PrC, which allows more flexability.