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New D&D player, Paladin 5e, seeking advice
I have a very tight schedule and can't really dedicate whole evenings to play whole sessions, so this is a really great place for me to start playing. I have watched and listened to D&D shows and podcasts, so I pretty much know the basics, but the core of my question isn't primarily mechanics wise. let's dive in, I have been reading on the classes, races, etc and I really like the idea of an offensive paladin, which oriented me towards the Oath of Vengeance, I really like it, it gives the character a sense of strong justice, no matter what kind of way, and I really like that, but I'am a little bit worried. 1- What is really considered evil here? I have read that 5e is quite lenient on the way of the Paladin, meaning that the Oath and its tenants are what's most important, the alignment isn't necessarily LG, but what if one of my companions doesn't show mercy towards an enemy? what if he kills a cat lol, does that mean that I would have to turn into a red eyed bull? Or is it more of real evil, monsters, beasts, tyrants, murderers, etc? I really hope you guys get what I mean. 2- Does the oath require me to have a specific race/entity type that i'm vengeful on? Or could it just be evil? Like my sword is the weapon that annihilates evil, whatever it is? a thief stealing after a tragedy, a dragon ravaging a village? Because one of the tenants talks about sworn foes. I think these are the main issues that lay behind my worry. I really like and know that I'll enjoy this a little bit complicated class and oath so i'm really looking forward to your advice. Thanks |
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A lot of people do this wrong, which is why 5e is explicitly more lenient about Paladins. In an attempt to stay as far away from the dreaded "ex-paladin" status as possible, a lot of Paladin players in previous editions used the long pole of Lawful Good alternately as a rectum-straightening device and a bludgeon with which to bash their non-good allies any time they didn't give every copper of their treasure to the poor, which is entirely not the point.
To address your questions:
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Thank you very much for the detailed information very insightful and helpful
And about the weapon, I didn't mean it as a "sword" but more like "I'am the sword of justice that strikes all evil, whatever it is", but you definitely answered that And I also understand from what you said, that I should take D&D like any other RPG game where something happens and it triggers a reaction in the mind of the PC, but the PC is role played as an actual human being who thinks about what happens, investigates, judges situations, etc |
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