Hey!!
Recently fixing to start a new campaign and I love playing Gnomes. Though I've never really played a melee and Paladin has been catching my interest.
Only issue is most of my group when I play with Paladins are the lawful stupid/if it's evil just kill it mentality(Which I don't wanna play). So I'm wanting to have some fun with this character/class combination and was curious on what you guys have come up with before or ideas.
Thanks!
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Don't play Lawful Stupid if you don't like it. Maybe you could make your paladin a Gnomic lawyer that never kills things because everything must first be judged. Or a Gnomic Comedian (with his high Charisma) with Antagonize that specializes in insulting all evil. You are playing a Charisma based melee class in a roleplaying game. The possibilities are ENDLESS.
Have a code.
Write this code down.
Act in accordance to this code.
In addition: be a nice guy/gall, and let this prevail over the code whenever there might be a conflict.
You are now Lawful Good, and fit to be a Paladin.
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Get a whip and go for disarm/trip, and non-lethal damage. And be sure that every time you crack your whip you say in a goofy gnome voice: "I smite ye in the name of the Lord!"
Actually, I think non-lethal is the way to go. Get a net and CAPTURE the bad guys, instead of killing them.
Also realize that sometimes the only way to beat evil is to, well, kill it. I doubt the denizens of the Abyss are really going to repent if you give them a nice speech, and if they kill someone after you've let them go, well...ever hear of Peter Parker? That's one big guilt-trip you'd be stuck with...
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Don't play a Lawful Stupid paladin that kills everything that detects as evil. Become skilled at sense motive and say that there are ways to detect as evil without being evil (*cough*Infernal Healing*cough*). Or take the Oath that gives you detect undead instead of detect evil and then say you only know if its undead, not evil.
i've played quite a few paladins (going back to 1st edition AD&D) and only one of them was "lawful-stupid" (and it was an intentional roleplaying decision). there are a lot of fun ways to play a paladin- the one i played that might be the best fit for a gnome (it was in 2nd edition, so he had to be human- but i could see a gnomish version) was a friendly but naive farmboy... remember, you weren't born a paladin- you could have been a carney, or the kid who swept his dad's shop floor and fed the mule- then one day you heard the call, you got trained to wear armor and swing a sword, but your still the inquisitive and (overly) friendly person you were before (who might have failed to learn how to sense motive if you really want to be naive).
