tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5542288088513943439.post5134642539620367854..comments2013-08-21T13:57:01.972-06:00Comments on D&D 4th edition - Addicts' thoughts and opinions: Should we rest?Crwthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040674620903529496noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5542288088513943439.post-21619876916555684222009-08-11T00:43:52.508-06:002009-08-11T00:43:52.508-06:00Heh, you've spotted my carefully concealed sor...Heh, you've spotted my carefully concealed sore spot. :P<br /><br />Personally, if I ever play a Paladin, she's going to be a real smitier-than-thou type. That's probably not going to happen, though, as I'm usually the designated DM and when I'm not, I somehow end up in the Leader role. That's probably because our first session, which was just running through Keep on the Shadowfell like everyone else, we were being murdered by kobolds until I rolled up a Warlord.Alexandra Erinhttp://www.grownupgametable.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5542288088513943439.post-22130093709155100302009-08-10T19:58:17.160-06:002009-08-10T19:58:17.160-06:00I'd say from levels one through three, our pal...I'd say from levels one through three, our paladin was more likely to drop to <i>dying</i> than not -- then through level four, either (s)he smartened up, or the party as a whole did -- there hasn't been a mad-dash scramble on the cleric's part to quickly bring her back to life for quite a while.<br /><br />As for the Lay on Hands: it has been used perhaps three, four times? Generally we let her focus on luring the whole battlefield to her with some judicious Divine Challenge use (I'm not trying to start something by mentioning it, I swear! *:^D), and the cleric tends to wounds in-between Lances of Faith. We've also got a Warlord with an Inspiring Word, as well as two who multiclassed Warlord (the Rogue and, yes, the Cleric).<br /><br />Now if only the paladin's d20 could get swapped out for one that, y'know, had a 20 on it...Crwthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00040674620903529496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5542288088513943439.post-62399175343065552862009-08-10T15:22:43.915-06:002009-08-10T15:22:43.915-06:00We haven't had a Paladin in our group since th...We haven't had a Paladin in our group since the first session we played, when we weren't really sure what we were doing, so I'm a little curious about your experiences.<br /><br />Is the Paladin using lay on hands very often? How often does the Paladin end up healing someone else? <br /><br />I find it interesting that the Paladin has multiple abilities (particularly at higher levels) that can function as after-the-fact damage transference powers, starting with the lay-on-hands healing surge sharing and going up to and including Gift of Life giving half the Paladin's HP to a dead teammate. It's very much in keeping with the idea of divine healing via sacrifice that you mention with regards to the Cleric, and I think it's also a way of reinforcing the Paladin's role of defender... even if someone gets around the Paladin, the Paladin can <i>still</i> soak damage.Alexandra Erinhttp://www.grownupgametable.comnoreply@blogger.com