Lord.Sorasen
2011-01-21, 11:52 PM
The blackguard presents an excellent option for a paladin who has turned his back on good. But recently I realized that there seems to be no such equivalent for a paladin who has simply gone non-lawful or neutral.
In my current campaign, a group of NPC paladins have been banished from the city they have served, accused of a crime they did not commit (not specific paladins but all paladins of this city.) Taking up a nomadic lifestyle, they encountered a large group of Gruumsh worshiping Orc nomads (in my setting, the orcs believe Gruumsh to be of chaotic neutral alignment, even bordering on good. The other races think of Gruumsh as evil still, however). The paladins attempted to fight these nomads and lost, but made a good impression on the leader. So much that they were given the offer to join the troupe. Quite a few accepted.
Naturally, this should mean that the paladins lose their paladin-hood. But I can't find any real replacement classes. Paladin of freedom would work if it wasn't a base class, and I don't really care for the idea of just changing their class into this. Greyguard sort of works, but I feel like the fluff is gone. Is there anything else?
In my current campaign, a group of NPC paladins have been banished from the city they have served, accused of a crime they did not commit (not specific paladins but all paladins of this city.) Taking up a nomadic lifestyle, they encountered a large group of Gruumsh worshiping Orc nomads (in my setting, the orcs believe Gruumsh to be of chaotic neutral alignment, even bordering on good. The other races think of Gruumsh as evil still, however). The paladins attempted to fight these nomads and lost, but made a good impression on the leader. So much that they were given the offer to join the troupe. Quite a few accepted.
Naturally, this should mean that the paladins lose their paladin-hood. But I can't find any real replacement classes. Paladin of freedom would work if it wasn't a base class, and I don't really care for the idea of just changing their class into this. Greyguard sort of works, but I feel like the fluff is gone. Is there anything else?