oh, brother, what is the point of holding back the Darkness only to close your door and make of your very threshold a shadow?? unbar thy door, faithful! unbar for the Lamplighter and do not tempt the Locksmith.
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I have never seen paladin as being based on a god or other worldly being like how a cleric or warlock is. They seem to be more based on displaying a virtue and keeping a code than providing worship to a god which is a genre of magical fiction on its own. While in the real world oaths and alike are enforced by authorities with the appropriate power its quite common in fiction for promises or oaths to be a kind of magic itself often one powerful enough to bind even gods and demons. There's also the common trope of the power of emotions like love, friendship and loyalty which a paladins oath could also easily fall into. This isn't to say you can't swear to a god just that the design of the paladin and general story conventions around that type of character do not in any way necessitate a patron or religious faith.
On the topic of tools. Not everything about a character must be related to their class. A paladin could have the criminal background and be a reformed criminal or have grown up with criminals. Its not as if they must purge from their mind all things about themselves to become a paladin they can have a past and individuality. Honestly a paladin order that did have a policy of completely erasing applicants identities could very easily be a villain in a campaign.
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Paladinson of a locksmith also cool
oh, brother, what is the point of holding back the Darkness only to close your door and make of your very threshold a shadow?? unbar thy door, faithful! unbar for the Lamplighter and do not tempt the Locksmith.
unhappy at the way in which we lost individual purchases for one-off subclasses, magic items, and monsters?
tell them you don't like features disappeared quietly in the night: provide feedback!
I have never seen paladin as being based on a god or other worldly being like how a cleric or warlock is. They seem to be more based on displaying a virtue and keeping a code than providing worship to a god which is a genre of magical fiction on its own. While in the real world oaths and alike are enforced by authorities with the appropriate power its quite common in fiction for promises or oaths to be a kind of magic itself often one powerful enough to bind even gods and demons. There's also the common trope of the power of emotions like love, friendship and loyalty which a paladins oath could also easily fall into. This isn't to say you can't swear to a god just that the design of the paladin and general story conventions around that type of character do not in any way necessitate a patron or religious faith.
On the topic of tools. Not everything about a character must be related to their class. A paladin could have the criminal background and be a reformed criminal or have grown up with criminals. Its not as if they must purge from their mind all things about themselves to become a paladin they can have a past and individuality. Honestly a paladin order that did have a policy of completely erasing applicants identities could very easily be a villain in a campaign.