Sort of a spin off of the paladin-as-lawful-stupid thread, in which the thought occurred to me but it didn't seem to generate any response, whether because it wasn't relevant the discussion or I'm just the only one thinks it significant. Guess I'll find out.
Playing 3.5/PF for the past several years the thought has occurred to me a number times that there really doesn't seem to be a good reason for paladins and clerics to be separate classes. Both essentially fill the same niche of martial agent of divine will, the only real difference being paladins generally focus more on smiting and clerics more on support. Not that there's anything wrong with overlapping roles, of course, I just think the two are generally so similar in virtually every other respect nothing would really be lost if you just axed one, rolled the important bits from it into the other and called it a day.
My question isn't necessarily meant to be specific to 3.5/PF or even D&D in general, though that's undoubtedly where it will have the most relevance. I'm just curious. Is there some important distinction I'm missing or failing to consider, or are they just separated out from each other Because Tradition?
Playing 3.5/PF for the past several years the thought has occurred to me a number times that there really doesn't seem to be a good reason for paladins and clerics to be separate classes. Both essentially fill the same niche of martial agent of divine will, the only real difference being paladins generally focus more on smiting and clerics more on support. Not that there's anything wrong with overlapping roles, of course, I just think the two are generally so similar in virtually every other respect nothing would really be lost if you just axed one, rolled the important bits from it into the other and called it a day.
My question isn't necessarily meant to be specific to 3.5/PF or even D&D in general, though that's undoubtedly where it will have the most relevance. I'm just curious. Is there some important distinction I'm missing or failing to consider, or are they just separated out from each other Because Tradition?
Why have clerics *and* paladins?
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