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Being a paladin in DnD is the best thing ever. You get to heal your buddies. You get to hit people with sharp objects. You get to cast spells. You get to cast spells to help you hit people with sharp objects. You have the power of god and anime on your side. What's not to love.
I’m not a classicist, but I suspect one of the reasons so many of the Greek gods are portrayed so unflatteringly was less because they were seen as villains than because they represented their domains. Of course Zeus sometimes misuses his power, that’s what a king does. Of course Artemis’s wrath is wild and painful, that’s what nature can be. Of course Hades snatched away a young girl from her mother’s arms, that’s what death does. This is one of the reasons callout posts for some gods comparing them negatively to ‘nicer’ gods are kind of missing the point.
as someone who is partially a classicist, this is a better analysis of Greek mythology as a whole than 99.95% of the takes I’ve seen on here (and a substantial number of the takes I’ve seen in ~academia~)
there is a reason for this too
think especially of the hades example, hades doesnt snatch people all of a sudden, death does
the gods were created by humans as a way to process negative events in general, what can you do about death? nothing, you’re powerless, its a force of nature
but a god you can pray to, with a god there is a thin sliver, some miracle, some way of pleasing them through devotion and service that maybe, just maybe, you, through your own blood sweat and tears, can undo whatever terrible thing has happened, and sometimes people just need that, as something to cling to
but if thats the case, if the gods can choose whenever they please, in rare cases, whats the explanation for their being death at all? why is there no simple transactional method to reviving loved ones?
and from there, gods are given human personalities, they dont because they dont want to, for reasons of their own, you must instead bargain with them and convince them and pray and sacrifice as you would any other person
so the gods arent terrible people for no reason at all, the gods are terrible in stories because terrible things happen in this world
but the difference is if those terrible things have a person behind them, a person can be reasoned with, a crater in the ground cannot
Inge being a Gremlin (affectionate) to Kaidan. Rogue and Paladin in their traditional bothering roles. But ALSO mlm and wlw solidarity because I say so actually.
this was my first foray into figuring out cohesive color pallets and such. I’m still learning.
Source: Nature of Middle Earth
Adula from Elden Ring is basically a Lunar Paladin. …Also the first time they cast it is very surprising.
an underrated feature of the king james bible is how it transformed “smite” from a generic word that meant “strike” into a word that specifically denoted the kind of hitting that a god did to a mortal. this ends up being imperfectly translatable because almost nobody else has a word like that, because why even would you
lucid blade
@wearepaladin you were talking about an oath of the cosmos the other day, here’s some inspiration.
Fishtail pommel sword by Mateusz Sulowski Swords.
@wearepaladin, seems to fit your edgy bumblebee theme?
i think the reason im enjoying the mandalorian so much is because mando is 100% my favourite brand of character in that he seems absolutely convinced hes a stone cold hardass out-for-himself character but then the moment someone innocent is in trouble he starts muttering under his breath and goes back to save the day
CLOVERSTEEL
Commission for @beebumblingalong! Thanks for being a lovely commissioner! :]
@wearepaladin up yall’s alley?
Still can’t get over how Oath of the Cosmos this is, @wearepaladin
“I’ve got paladin sense. It’s like spider sense but better.”
Paladin to barbarian
Gustave Flaubert, from a notebook entry written c. February 1840
An interesting find from the Moscow, ID goodwill
Time for more Prestige Feats! This one is geared towards a more religious character, but relies heavily on the party in order to fully awaken their divine potential. After seeing Matt Mercer’s revival homebrew ruleset, I was inspired to create my own little ‘test’ - though this is certainly a team effort for more than just simply bringing someone back from the dead.
If they succeed, their comrade will rise with a burning strength inside them. If they fail, they instead risk being lost forever to the empty void of death.
@wearepaladin THEM QUIRKS THOUGH
Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider #4 - “Like Stars in the Sky” (2019)
written by Seanan McGuire art by Rosi Kampe, Takeshi Miyazawa, & Ian Herring
@wearepaladin This is Gwen being very paladin. Being a paladin isn’t just smiting evil. It’s doing what needs to be done
