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[–] [email protected] 36 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

I mean, paladins are creatures who thrive on extremes. Being a neutral Paladin would be difficult, unless their oath had something to do with balance and/or harmony? Typically speaking, the Paladin will fall back to their oath when confronted with a new situation. And oaths are rarely flexible enough to allow for middle ground.

But yeah, Paladin of Vengeance is often Doom Guy and/or Batman. Zero chill, because they can’t stand for injustice, and their oath calls them to make things right even when the law fails to do so.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

John Wick is a great example of a Dex Paladin of Vengeance

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

John Wick is a Dex Fighter

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

John Wick is a Dex Barbarian

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Neutral paladin is just in it because his mom sent in the application to the temple and he was too lazy to find a different job. He just clocks in and clocks out each day to collect a paycheck. He takes a 10 minute break every 2hrs to smoke some weed which he refers to as "reflecting on God's blessings".

Alternatively, I think maybe Hellboy is an example of Neutral Good paladin?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

neutral paladins are defense lawyers

[–] [email protected] 26 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Bad paladins and good paladins.

Or is Captain Amurica considered a warlock of capitalism?

[–] [email protected] 30 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Depends on the Captain America

[–] [email protected] -3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Answer the question.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Well most of the time, no.

He's more often literally the embodiment of American ideals

"truth, justice, and the people and 'right thing' above the law or corporations"

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

And “Hey! language”

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

Cap's shield is an Eldritch blast of Vibranium.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Definitely he isn’t. I swear editors have to be the reason for no captain anarchy as a hero yet

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Ancap-tain America

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

the one with wings on his head is the druid of collard greens.

there's also a bard/ disco murica called "nomad" I think.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Haha, this perverted druid (non-nature based, but still green $ and at times anti-nature) is kinda a good/fun concept to roleplay.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

John Brown started out on the left, but after he died he followed the confederates to Hell and became the one on the right

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure John Brown was the one on the right well before he was in the ground.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

You're right, he made that switch May 23rd, 1856. Started killing demons long before he died.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

there's Thanos and his oath of balance...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

That's the one on the right.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Wait, his original class is Paladin? I've only ever watched the BR dub version (awesome BTW).

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's never really specified. They call him the "cavalier", which in 2e was a kit that either paladins or fighters could take. He occasionally did some sorta-paladiny stuff like when he bubbled with a force bubble type thing to protect his friends

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Cavalier was a first edition class (Yes I'm old)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

I've never actually played 1e or OD&D, i started in 2e. Still makes me old, though, for the record.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

I played a crunchy nature paladin with 8 intelligence. He was like the guy from Grizzly Man

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Always thought cap was more chaotic good.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'd say he switched from lawful to chaotic over time as his character arc.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

I’d argue he always held true to his beliefs, even when the government shifted around him. That’s more lawful than a character who allows their actions to be swayed by external pressure. He’s meant to be the ideal that America strives towards, which would include standing up to the government when it does fucked up shit. He held onto his beliefs and moral compass, even when the government had labeled him a rebel for doing so.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's not what D&D Lawful means, though. You literally just described Chaotic Good.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

[Insert “Lawful doesn’t mean they follow the law. It means they follow a set of rules and refer to those rules for guidance when uncertain about how to proceed. Chaotic means they make it up as they go” argument here.]

You can have a lawful evil assassin who breaks the law by murdering people. As long as they have a strict code of conduct (like maybe they never kill kids, always kill to make a statement, never kill for free, etc,) then they are lawful. Because the law of the land may change, but the character’s code won’t. That code is what makes them lawful; Not following the law of the land.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

The Assassin alien from Mass Effect 2 (and 3) is a good example of a lawful assassin

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

His beliefs didn't change exactly, but his understanding of the world did.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Paladins can be chaotic good.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Doomguy is a ranger/barbarian who has a personal vendetta against demons after his animal companion was killed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

The Third type is a winged lizard creature so that doesn't really apply here..... unless you want to roll a dragonborn..... huuuuuuuuhhhhhhh?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The third is Nanny Paladin

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So option 1

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Nah cap is all "lets punch nazis yeah" nanny paladin is like...eeyore in full plate

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