Due to some rather archaic stipulations, I find that paladins

>>52271351
Knight in sour armor? It can be very very tiring having to be the good guy.

Alternately go down the Deus Vult path a bit. You don't have to be a full, frothing-at-the-mouth genocidist, but your paladin could certainly have anger issues.

>>52271418
But even D&D 4e and 5e did away with the alignment restriction to lawful good
Older editions also had shit like Grey/Black/Rainbow-guard for other kinds of paladins

>>52271456
OK, so the problem is 3.5e. Got it. So have you tried not played 3.5e? Or, god forbid, Pathfinder?

Make them fall. That makes everything interesting.

But seriously, I think it could help to consider which god the paladin serves. A less Christian approach to what a paladin's duties and codes will make them more diverse.

>>52271489
Yeah, I have tried CoC, D&D 4e, a bit off Eclipse Phase, FATE, Savage Worlds and Dogs in the Vineyard.
The last one even gives you quite a few ways to play a paladin, as in warrior of god who does "good". Only played it for a few sessions and in a custom setting, rather than the regular one, but it was really inspiring, because it showed: it really is all about conviction and force of will, rather than something vague as alignments

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>>52271351
Or just this book in general.

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You could go full Lawful Literal.

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Yes yes I'm using a shitty image macro but it gets the point across. You can be goody two-shoes all you want as long as you get the job done and are open to interpretation.

>>52271504
>Norse paladin
would it be badass?

>>52272143
Confucianist paladins are better.

>>52271456
Lawful Good wasn't the reason paladins were pigeonholed, it was the players' inability to differentiate between lawful and law-abiding.

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>There is people who still thinks that class equals occupation

>>52271351
5e paladins aren't tanks, they have the highest burst damage in the game and their healing is a side thing
they're not alignment restricted either

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