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Paladins are not clerics, plain and simple; they are holy warriors, not psychics. The clerics commune directly with their gods and im fairly sure paladins do not.
Aphel I think you just insulted the alot of the A'zzatan church.
Paladins are not clerics, plain and simple; they are holy warriors, not psychics. The clerics commune directly with their gods and im fairly sure paladins do not. Hence why they tend to obey the priesthood, leave the ability of 'detection' with the clerics for figuring out divine enemies and let the paladin players use their instinct rather than a rather lame tell like: "Hey im a paladin, are you evil?". It canonly encourage more teamplay between the classes and make things a little more interesting. If something is clearly acting evil or you as the player have a bad feeling about a character, then RP it. Don't assume you will always be right.Thats my two cents on the whole Paladin detection ability concept; that said maybe such an ability could be given to Divine Champion classes since they are a cut above paladins but thats another discussion.
Paladins and Divine Champions however are called to be all that they can be, the pinnacle of their dedication to the god, the one uncorruptable living example of what it means to serve their God. Clerics are held to high standards yes, but Paladins and divine champions are held to such high principles that few if any achieve such a divine state of being in their diety's eyes.Clerics are the workhorses of the faith while Paladins and Divine champions are the standard to which all members of the faith are measured against.
Try living up to that reputation...
I would not say that Paladins and Champions are the standard the clergy is measured against, I would say that they are above it in a sense.
Note in many christian movies featuring Templars there always answering to the priests and/or bishops... though above all the Pope. Highest ranking member of the Clergy.
Toranites, Corathites et al are not structured like Christian Church(s). We do not tend to stray into the RL comparisons here because they, largely, do not work. Each of these Churches has their own structure as to where and how the clergy/Champions/paladins stand in official rankings. It is likely best to leave RL comparisons such as these behind and delve into what is on LORE to understand hierarchy and faith structure. ~row
Paladins and champions... (Holy warriors in service to there god. The right hand of there god as it were.)Clerics = Priest and/or Bishops (The voice of there god... in a way. Those of greater power and rank holding a higher authority of course.)