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From: elliottg@stolaf.UUCP (Glenn E. Elliott)
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Subject: Re: Re: Paladins
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Date: Wed, 1-May-85 11:15:51 EDT
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In article <684@umn-cs.UUCP> Matthew Goldman writes :
> 
> **** FLAME ON ****
> 
> Why do all paladins have to have Christain 'morals' concider the Islamic
> Paladin, or any other religious group you care to think of.  Just a gripe
> of mine, why does everyone insist that Christanity is Lawful Good?  To do
> so is to ignore the rich history of murder and mayham sponcered by Christanity.
> For starters you have the Spanish Inquisition, Programs in Europe, the 
> events in Europe during WWII - read up the Nazi's were NOT the only ones
> killing 'non-desirables' the partisans killed  thier share.  
> 
> **** FLAME OFF ****
> 
> I don't insist, nor encourage my players to play their paladins as Christains.
> Life is so much more interesting when the 'Bad Guys' think that they are
> on the side of TRUTH, Justice and the {fill in the blank} way.  In the end
> we all must face the face that there are no TRUTHs, just lots of truths.
> 

Hear! Hear!  I agree whole-heartedly.  I don't encourage players to
imitate Christian Ethics with their Paladins, nor do I necessarily
play mine that way.  In fact, the most fun that I ever had playing
a Paladin was one time when the group HAD to have the Paladin with
them in order to fulfill a quest, and he kept forcing them to
contribute to his church to keep him from leaving!  (Paladin's can
be greedy too, as long as it is within the morals of their
"church"... )  The most fun I've ever had DMing for a Paladin in a
group was for one that thought he was a Ninja - have you ever seen
a Paladin try to fight open-handed?


				Glenn Elliott
				St. Olaf College
				Northfield, MN
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I don't claim to be sane, just normal...