Character Concept: The Risen Antipaladin

[Neal Litherland]

Evil alignments are usually the first thing a DM says no to, which means that classes like the antipaladin get a loud "HELL no!" However, this week I'd like to discuss an unusual character concept: The paladin with a dark history. If a paladin can fall, then surely an antipaladin could rise? Additionally, with a villainous background, you get either a dark secret to hide from the party, or you get a reputation that might make you sought out by not-so-good folks.

This one follows in the spirit of the Android Barbarain concept I posted about a month or two ago.

The Risen Antipaladin

[Gregory Connolly]

You are also going to run into the fact that this is the plot to Final Fantasy 4.

[Neal Litherland]

Entirely possible, given that it's a classic archetype (I don't really play video games, so that's news to me).

However, if we never played anything because it had already been done in a different medium, or by a different player, would we ever play anything at all?