Quote Originally Posted by FdL View Post
But that's only part of my opinion. I feel that the way religions are organized in Faerun, they are different paths to take in serving a deity (barring the fact that you can have a more tenuous affiliation to a church as both classes).
Hilariously enough, that's exactly the position of one of the most orthodox branches of Tyr's church in-universe. But they have this position precisely because there are some more liberal temples that allow the mixing of the cleric and paladin or paladin and monk traditions, so it's obviously possible. Really, it all has to do with whether his church and sect tell him that he may not do it, and for a divine caster in the Realms, that does matter very much.