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Please, PLEASE tell me there is an option for "Hamster" in there. Or rather, "miniature giant space hamster".

Really, the class wouldn't be complete without it.

I think that, while the latter would be rather nice, it probably wouldn't be very fitting with the size and prestige that the order has - or rather, the lack thereof. Rather, I think it would be one of the newer orders, formed out of a disparate group of dissatisfied paladins, and those who supported their views, from several different orders.

Loving the Order of the Sewer, it is fantastic!

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My free time, where has it gone?

You're asking ME?!?!?! If you think reading it is bad, just try running and writing it! :-P

(He says as he starts furiously prepping Citadel Drezen and trying to write up the WotR game from a month ago...)

I am suspecting that you are not entirely sane, actually...

But I am okay with that, because it provides me with such entertainment! I'm thinking I might do a campaign journal myself, from the point of view of my character. Bah, these messageboards are such a bad influence on me!

Hah, goblin Hellknights. FANTASTIC!

I have had a "d'oh" moment - I forgot to put up either the favoured weapon or the reckoning for the Order of the Scale!

I have only just come across this a few days ago, and have been enthralled by the whole tale. I have played through most of RotR a few years back, and a newly-minted GM will be starting up his own game for my local group in a few weeks. I am going to be linking him this thread and telling him it is "necessary reading"!

This has been nothing short of utterly fantastic, and has provided me with a slew of great ideas for characters and scenarios. I look forward to reading more!

Hey all,
So I noticed in the Hellknight faction description in the Inner Sea World Guide that there are numerous lesser orders of the Hellknights, most of which are not named. After reading on the forums the discussions surrounding how fitting it is for Paladins of different faiths being drawn to becoming Hellknights, I thought I'd try my hand at naming and fleshing out one of these small orders.

The concept began along the lines of: "What sort of lesser order would paladins of faiths other than Iomedae be drawn to?", and came up with the Order of the Scales. So, may I humbly present:

Order of the Scales

A small order, with fewer than 100 active Hellknights, the Order of the Scales are firm believers in the ideal of allowing transgressors to repent their sins. It is their belief (and one that has gotten little more than a knowing look by the mysterious members of the church of Pharasma) that when one commits a sin against his fellows - in effect, by breaking the laws - then he has put himself into the debt of society, and marked his soul.

In order for the law-breaker to repay this debt (usually referred to as “balancing the scales”) and to erase this mark so as to find peace in the afterlife, he must work until he has made amends. Thus, Hellknights of this order are loathe to use deadly force unless necessary, or against a foe that is utterly unrepentant of the heinous crimes and evils it has committed. Though this preference for arresting criminals and requesting service to the community as punishment is often derided by other orders, one should not mistake the Order of the Scales for being any more merciful or compassionate than any other. Even the smallest infraction of law is seen as something to be punished, and they are relentless in their pursuits. Most often, they target banditry and corruption, which generally means that most of the order is constantly on the move, following rumours of such things across the Inner Sea region.

Though nominally based at Castle Dunnarc in the northern Menador Mountains of Cheliax, in truth the small fort is usually only home to a few active Hellknights at a time, along with their Armigers and the various servants and slaves that are always found in such places. In keeping with their doctrine, only those who have been sentenced to slavery due to properly recorded and convicted crimes will be found in service to the Order of the Scale - slavemasters who have attempted to sell kidnapped men and women from other lands have swiftly felt the wrath of the Hellknights.
Older members of the order often elect to remain at the fort as its protectors and keepers of knowledge, more than once proving to the occasional wandering band of Orcs that a seemingly-harmless group of old men and women are not something to be taken lightly!

Paladins are relatively common in the ranks of the Order of the Scale, especially ones that follow the teachings of Abadar, though those who worship Sarenrae and Iomedae also are represented.
Almost a dozen of these holy warriors are present within the ranks, and it perhaps unsurprising that those with an evil bent are almost non-existent within this particular order. Still, even the most pure-hearted of these Hellknights are exemplars of law and order, and see the punishment of the evil in the world as secondary to bringing peace and stability to an otherwise unstable region.

This really seems like the GM has a hate-on for Paladins, and was determined to make you fall, no matter what.