Comments on: Alignment Part 10 – The Goodest of the Goodest? http://tomcat1066.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/alignment-part-10-the-goodest-of-the-goodest/ The Great Geek Revolution is NOW! Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:33:21 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Tom http://tomcat1066.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/alignment-part-10-the-goodest-of-the-goodest/#comment-156 Tom Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:20:02 +0000 http://tomcat1066.wordpress.com/?p=119#comment-156 I agree completely. Lawful Good doesn't mean that you wouldn't flank an opponent, much less hit them from behind. To often, people look at paladins as a paragon of virtue. While that is true, virtue takes on many forms. That's a great example of where the Code of Conduct really helps! Thanks for sharing that! I agree completely. Lawful Good doesn’t mean that you wouldn’t flank an opponent, much less hit them from behind. To often, people look at paladins as a paragon of virtue. While that is true, virtue takes on many forms. That’s a great example of where the Code of Conduct really helps!

Thanks for sharing that!

]]> By: reveal74 http://tomcat1066.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/alignment-part-10-the-goodest-of-the-goodest/#comment-155 reveal74 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:08:42 +0000 http://tomcat1066.wordpress.com/?p=119#comment-155 Here's an example of why this should always happen: I was playing in a PbP with people I had never played with before. I was a paladin. In our first combat, the goblin leader was yelling out orders to his cohorts to attack us. Thinking tactically, I went up behind the leader and attacked. The DM decided to penalize me because "a paladin wouldn't attack someone from behind." I quit right then and there. No where in my character history had I inferred that I was honorbound to attack only from the front. As the saying goes, "Lawful Good does not mean Lawful Stupid." If it is beneficial to the party to take out the leader, attacking his front or rear shouldn't matter. Here’s an example of why this should always happen: I was playing in a PbP with people I had never played with before. I was a paladin. In our first combat, the goblin leader was yelling out orders to his cohorts to attack us. Thinking tactically, I went up behind the leader and attacked. The DM decided to penalize me because “a paladin wouldn’t attack someone from behind.” I quit right then and there. No where in my character history had I inferred that I was honorbound to attack only from the front. As the saying goes, “Lawful Good does not mean Lawful Stupid.” If it is beneficial to the party to take out the leader, attacking his front or rear shouldn’t matter.

]]> By: Tom http://tomcat1066.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/alignment-part-10-the-goodest-of-the-goodest/#comment-154 Tom Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:16:15 +0000 http://tomcat1066.wordpress.com/?p=119#comment-154 Thanks for the testimonial reveal! I've heard the same from many others, and have made it a house rule in games I DM as well. Personally, I think it's a great way to keep things clipping along nicely! Thanks for the testimonial reveal! I’ve heard the same from many others, and have made it a house rule in games I DM as well. Personally, I think it’s a great way to keep things clipping along nicely!

]]> By: reveal74 http://tomcat1066.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/alignment-part-10-the-goodest-of-the-goodest/#comment-153 reveal74 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:01:45 +0000 http://tomcat1066.wordpress.com/?p=119#comment-153 Whenever I run a paladin, or DM a paladin, I always work out a code of conduct beforehand. It makes it so much easier to run a character who adheres to a code because you know the code beforehand and you and the player both know exactly what it code is. Whenever I run a paladin, or DM a paladin, I always work out a code of conduct beforehand. It makes it so much easier to run a character who adheres to a code because you know the code beforehand and you and the player both know exactly what it code is.

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