MintyNinja
2018-04-06, 12:44 PM
TL;DR: The Paladin's been bad, but not outright evil. What kind of quest should his god send him on to clean that slate?
Refresher Course:
Oath of Devotion
Honesty
Courage
Compassion
Honor
Duty
This specific God is the God of Courage and Self Sacrifice.
The Long and Short of it:
In my homebrew setting, the Paladin PC has recently been struggling with his Oath of Devotion. By which I mean I put him in a precarious position where playing nice with a Necromancer was necessary for the greater good. The moment the Paladin got the information he needed, he attacked. And while he never did promise to be civil as the Necromancer asked, his allies (the other two in the party) did. So, looking at it from the God's perspective, the Paladin knowingly acted in a way to besmirch the honour of his allies, which reflected poorly on him. The Paladin's defence is that the Necromancer doesn't really count, because he's a Necromancer.
Just before that, he had acted without compassion, barging into a woman's room when she had asked him not too. Perhaps he was flustered, perhaps he didn't believe her, but to his own admission when she said "Don't come in," he kicked her door down. She isn't faultless, but there were more reasoned ways to handle the matter.
At a previous encounter he had lied to a person he had no reason to suspect. The man turned out to be a Demon worshipping cultist, but the lie and the result were not related.
What I Have In Mind:
So far I'm just thinking Holy-Fetch Quest into a region the party hasn't explored yet. The twist on it would be that the Paladin has to abide by his Oath while going into a region that despises him more because of his heritage than of his quest.
I am open to suggestions on what to do. As well as suggestions on what to fetch. As well as Suggestion. My Wisdom's been taking a hit.
Refresher Course:
Oath of Devotion
Honesty
Courage
Compassion
Honor
Duty
This specific God is the God of Courage and Self Sacrifice.
The Long and Short of it:
In my homebrew setting, the Paladin PC has recently been struggling with his Oath of Devotion. By which I mean I put him in a precarious position where playing nice with a Necromancer was necessary for the greater good. The moment the Paladin got the information he needed, he attacked. And while he never did promise to be civil as the Necromancer asked, his allies (the other two in the party) did. So, looking at it from the God's perspective, the Paladin knowingly acted in a way to besmirch the honour of his allies, which reflected poorly on him. The Paladin's defence is that the Necromancer doesn't really count, because he's a Necromancer.
Just before that, he had acted without compassion, barging into a woman's room when she had asked him not too. Perhaps he was flustered, perhaps he didn't believe her, but to his own admission when she said "Don't come in," he kicked her door down. She isn't faultless, but there were more reasoned ways to handle the matter.
At a previous encounter he had lied to a person he had no reason to suspect. The man turned out to be a Demon worshipping cultist, but the lie and the result were not related.
What I Have In Mind:
So far I'm just thinking Holy-Fetch Quest into a region the party hasn't explored yet. The twist on it would be that the Paladin has to abide by his Oath while going into a region that despises him more because of his heritage than of his quest.
I am open to suggestions on what to do. As well as suggestions on what to fetch. As well as Suggestion. My Wisdom's been taking a hit.