Paladin Orders

[EdTheKet]

For all you paladins out there, Paladin Orders have just been posted in the 'Organizations' section of the forum.
  http://www.layonaraonline.com/forums/forums/forum-view.asp?fid=75
  It includes several Orders which, once you character is a member, allow you to multiclass freely.
  Enjoy, and thanks to GhostWhoWalks for coming up with them.

[Leanthar]

And Ed for getting them to work with our history and making sure everything fits.
  Good job to both of you and thank you very much.

[GhostWhoWalks]

Cool, not many edits either. I was crossreferencing the forums and deity descriptions when I wrote them trying to get them to fit in with the Layonaran mythology.

Added a bit of handbook info in though, Ed. Nice touch.

[Virgil Thompson]

Oooh How do you get to be a member of an order?
  Hmmm, I have an idea or 7 for a new character.

[Leanthar]

You need to RP in game... then at the right time (kind of up to you and the GM that runs the CDQ) you need to submit a CDQ request.... Sometimes one is successful and sometimes one is not.

[Virgil Thompson]

Hmm, I guess I will need to look into the Paladin criteria again.

[Nuzatch]

So...technical question...could a Wizard in Evocation be considered a Paladin?  IE could the character start as a Wizard and then take Paladin classes as he sees fit, assuming the min level of 5 is reached in either class?

[GhostWhoWalks]

Someone could start a wizard (envoker), then seek to join Lucinda's temple as a paladin. If thier alignment was correct (lawful good) and they met whatever other tests/trials/rituals a paladin must go through (all of which must be through a CDQ), then you would be able to become a paladin (after you submitted a character approval for the change if its a preexisting character). Once you were a paladin, you must then attempt to join the Chapter of Destruction through another (probably) short CDQ (though I imagine it would be possible to combine both aspects into a single CDQ when becoming a paladin, that would be up to the GM that ran the thing). From that point on you would be able to multiclass freely between paladin and envoker. Otherwise, what happens is you join the church and become a paladin and you can no longer level as a mage, and if you do you can't go back to paladinhood.

Does that clarify?

[Dorganath]

Nice job on all these.

Out of curiosity...

Why weren't specialist Sorcerers included in the Lucindite Paladin orders?  I'm not planning on doing such a thing, but it kind of struck me as odd.  I was wondering about the logic of that or if it was even considered.

On the surface, it seems to be a logical fit...a sorcerer (who feels perhaps his powers were a gift from Lucinda), wishes to do all he could to further and protect the Weave, etc.  Afterall, how much purer could a Lucindite paladin/mage be if not one who inately uses the weave?

Again, just curious...not being critical in the slightest.

[Dorganath]

It occurred to me that perhaps I wasn't clear.

I'm speaking about the free multi-classing between Paladin and Wizard for the Lucindite Paladin orders.  Why wouldn't one be able to freely multi-class between Paladin and Sorcerer for the same orders?

[GhostWhoWalks]

Mechanic reasons.

[lonnarin]

Aye, sorcerers can't specialize schools to fit the molds well for abjuring, evoking and transmuting orders.  (plus the paladins have rigid orders with a very specific way of training)  Also, I think Lucinda gained her spellcasting through wizardry, so her Paladins, being literal types who obey every code, would try to follow in her footsteps.  

I think Cleric/sorcerers of Lucinda might be allowed though, and that might have some aura of Divine Mandate in their history.... being able to cast spells without studying being like the mark of Lucinda on her "chosen".

[Dorganath]

I could be wrong, but I think you can, at character creation, pick a spell school specialization for sorcerers.  I'd think one would RP this with the idea that the spells they are "granted" tend to fall within that particular type of magic. *shrugs*

I'll have to check that out....

Good point about sorc/clerics...And upon further thought, I seem to remember reading somewhere that Sorcerers tend not to be of Lawful alignments because of the nature of their gifts...which would of course exclude them from Paladin-hood.

[FlameStrike]

No, you cant choose a school of magic if you are a sorcerer, that's only for wizards.