Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jan 3, 2020 23:02:04 GMT -5
The third topic for International Original Dungeons & Dragons Month is what is your "Favorite Playable Class"?
My favorite class is simply "Fighting-Men" and to drill down farther it is Paladins and Rangers. To drill all the way down it is Paladins hands down. In OD&D the Paladins are Lawful, in later D&D versions it became Lawful Good. Lawful Good is how I always played my Paladins with the heavier emphasis on Good. I abhor all the stories I have heard of Lawful Stupid, I have no idea why anyone would play that way. It has always seemed to me that either jerks look at the Paladins write up and take it to a non-logical extreme to mess with all the other players or a referee just does not have a clue how the character should work and makes the players toe an impossible forced code of behavior. In practice it has always been my perspective that there are a lot of fun ways to play a Paladin that does not involve ruining everyone else's fun and being a disruption.
It does not involve playing the role as the worst of the rigid inflexible rule following unmerciful and unloving holier than thou arrogant supercilious snobs.
It does involve playing the role as the best of the righteous, merciful, loving and humble servants of their god.
That does involve a few tweaks to the rules, which is the homebrew #DIY/#MIY way. I will be continuing this in my blog post for the 4th of January.
Please share your thoughts on your favorite class and the reasons you favor it, please any other observations that you want to make.
My favorite class is simply "Fighting-Men" and to drill down farther it is Paladins and Rangers. To drill all the way down it is Paladins hands down. In OD&D the Paladins are Lawful, in later D&D versions it became Lawful Good. Lawful Good is how I always played my Paladins with the heavier emphasis on Good. I abhor all the stories I have heard of Lawful Stupid, I have no idea why anyone would play that way. It has always seemed to me that either jerks look at the Paladins write up and take it to a non-logical extreme to mess with all the other players or a referee just does not have a clue how the character should work and makes the players toe an impossible forced code of behavior. In practice it has always been my perspective that there are a lot of fun ways to play a Paladin that does not involve ruining everyone else's fun and being a disruption.
It does not involve playing the role as the worst of the rigid inflexible rule following unmerciful and unloving holier than thou arrogant supercilious snobs.
It does involve playing the role as the best of the righteous, merciful, loving and humble servants of their god.
That does involve a few tweaks to the rules, which is the homebrew #DIY/#MIY way. I will be continuing this in my blog post for the 4th of January.
Please share your thoughts on your favorite class and the reasons you favor it, please any other observations that you want to make.
