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Originally posted by Tseng


Let me make a few statements.

1) You cite someone's interpretation of what a Paladin is.

2) You are attempting to argue fiction against a dictionary definition.

3) If a paladin is merely a strong supporter of a cause (which it can be, according to the dictionary), then a "Dark Paladin" can exist.

The Paladin class has a universal meaning and that is a holy lawful good warrior in fantasy. I simply quoted that paragraph because it was nicely said. The dictionary cannot apply fully to a fictional world. Were not talking about the Paladins that once existed in real life, we are talking about Paladins in fictional stories. The Paladins that once existed in real life which were any of the 12 peers of Charlemagne's court are different then the Paladins of fictional stories. Charlemagne's Paladins never had holy powers of light. In our fictional games they do and those are the Paladins that we are playing as in Graal Kingdoms because Graal Kingdoms is suppose to be a fantasy role-playing world. If we were role-playing as the Paladins of real medieval times then we could dispute of whether Paladins can be good or evil. Of course no one can stop those that want to twist the Paladin into something that befits their chaotic or evil character... After all, is it not the work of evil to defile good?

The official D&D rulebooks though clearly state that Paladin is Lawful Good. A Black guard is just simply a Black guard but not a “Dark Paladin .“ So yes there is a official opposite of a Paladin but its not the same for its an opposite of that. You cannot be it when your are the opposite of it. Now with Kameitsu (sp?) If we apply what he just said then we can say a Light guard is possible because The 'light' prefix overrides the evilness and traditional Blackguard powers whatever that may be and implies a new set. Then things get crazy an classes are confusing and then jibba jabba semantics. But like I said, we can't stop people from twisting things.