Such a great class! Let's see if YT will bring this video back for an encore after a year. We'd missed #39, but heard about it in the 'Best of'. I thought the concept was cool and DM let me play one. It was my 2nd long-running character. I don't know if I really loved the concept or if the DM was just getting better at running games, but I had a lot of fun with that guy. Great review! Thanks!
Issue #39 was the very first issue I ever purchased. I used the anti-paladin only once though. I do remember EGG, didn't like the npc class and thought the assassin class was the real anti-paladin. Also, just recently learned the picture used for the article was a drawing of the Witch King from LotR. Also, the artist may not have been paid or credited. :( The A-P could also be equivalent of a chaos warrior from Warhammer. An A-P leading a mixed group of undead, demons, and humanoids through the countryside for treasure and sacrifices, 'Blood for the Blood God!' And 3rd edition has a prestige class called champion of the faith, so pc could actually recreate the A-P. The Blood Reaver sword sounds like a damn fine reason for an adventure.
Touching on what you said about evil player-characters: at first, I allowed them in my campaign, but ultimately, I banned them. This was after a few incidents where players (the actual people, not their characters) were ready to step outside with each other after and evil PC had dicked over another PC, with the offending player using the excuse of, "I'm just playing my alignment." So, yeah, another reason why I wouldn't allow a PC Anti-Paladin. I have used them as NPC opponents, however, which made for memorable feuds.
Chaotic Evil tends to be the most Chaotic of all the Evils... Commentary Gold.... I played a AD&D Anti-Ranger for 8 years. My DM home brewed it for me. Dual weilder with no spell abilities, but some cool extras... Had a Nightmare figurine of wondrous power.
first and foremost...thanks for talking about this class...one of my favorites. The ONLY problem I have with the anti-paladin was alignment. This class shouldn't be chaotic evil...it should be lawful evil. Paladin's almost by definition have a code. The Anti-Paladin (as I saw it) are aligned against the Paladins (for whatever political, mystical or arcane reason you may choose). To put this in a popular sci-fi perspective...the Jedi are Paladins...the Sith are Anti-Paladins.
That's best of the dragon vol 1., My favorite item in that issue was the section on true rings and wizard blades. True rings were lord or the rings type items. True artifact/relic class items that you could make. The upside was that you could soak all your exp into the ring and give it the level of a mu with equal xp. So pour 1,000,000 xp into it, you lose 1m xp and it gains 1mxp and gets the levels and spell casting ability of a mu of that level. Pour more, it gets more. You lose levels and it gains them. just that one time. Then you can work at gaining levels again. It would be like having the ultimate ring of spell storing or a ring of wizardry for however many levels you pump into it. Now we know why Sauron wanted it back so bad, he'd sunk the biggest part of his power into that dang ring.
You can find the PDFs online. They seem like ok scans but its better than spending 50-100 bucks on something that could come and be falling apart. I also love the idea of this. I have some plans for a possible possession of a character who ended up being retired because of an injury (broken back, was in a choma for a long time then woke up unable to walk) they are a magic user and thinking of having them look for ways to heal their broken body and come across ancient magical items but it turns out it is cursed and they become a vessel for a warrior who is also a magic user and having them be one if the bad guys causing issues for my players, all while hidden in their mists.
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Such a great class! Let's see if YT will bring this video back for an encore after a year.
We'd missed #39, but heard about it in the 'Best of'. I thought the concept was cool and DM let me play one. It was my 2nd long-running character. I don't know if I really loved the concept or if the DM was just getting better at running games, but I had a lot of fun with that guy.
Great review! Thanks!
Issue #39 was the very first issue I ever purchased. I used the anti-paladin only once though. I do remember EGG, didn't like the npc class and thought the assassin class was the real anti-paladin. Also, just recently learned the picture used for the article was a drawing of the Witch King from LotR. Also, the artist may not have been paid or credited. :( The A-P could also be equivalent of a chaos warrior from Warhammer. An A-P leading a mixed group of undead, demons, and humanoids through the countryside for treasure and sacrifices, 'Blood for the Blood God!' And 3rd edition has a prestige class called champion of the faith, so pc could actually recreate the A-P. The Blood Reaver sword sounds like a damn fine reason for an adventure.
Interesting info. Thanks for sharing.
I agree. This was a great issue.
Touching on what you said about evil player-characters: at first, I allowed them in my campaign, but ultimately, I banned them. This was after a few incidents where players (the actual people, not their characters) were ready to step outside with each other after and evil PC had dicked over another PC, with the offending player using the excuse of, "I'm just playing my alignment."
So, yeah, another reason why I wouldn't allow a PC Anti-Paladin. I have used them as NPC opponents, however, which made for memorable feuds.
Chaotic Evil tends to be the most Chaotic of all the Evils... Commentary Gold.... I played a AD&D Anti-Ranger for 8 years. My DM home brewed it for me. Dual weilder with no spell abilities, but some cool extras... Had a Nightmare figurine of wondrous power.
Excellent!
they later had an issue for a holy warrior,, it was a paladin for each alignment, very cool.
Yep. That was a good article, also.
first and foremost...thanks for talking about this class...one of my favorites. The ONLY problem I have with the anti-paladin was alignment. This class shouldn't be chaotic evil...it should be lawful evil. Paladin's almost by definition have a code. The Anti-Paladin (as I saw it) are aligned against the Paladins (for whatever political, mystical or arcane reason you may choose). To put this in a popular sci-fi perspective...the Jedi are Paladins...the Sith are Anti-Paladins.
It makes more sense?Maybe as an evil cavalier? But polar opposite and cowardly ?
I really enjoyed this video. Would you consider covering more of the classes from Dragon in the future?
Yep. I already did the Anti-Paladin. I want to do the Witch, the Bounty Hunter and a few others.
Great NPC VILLAIN
Now..where is that build your own demon prince article
That's best of the dragon vol 1., My favorite item in that issue was the section on true rings and wizard blades. True rings were lord or the rings type items. True artifact/relic class items that you could make. The upside was that you could soak all your exp into the ring and give it the level of a mu with equal xp. So pour 1,000,000 xp into it, you lose 1m xp and it gains 1mxp and gets the levels and spell casting ability of a mu of that level. Pour more, it gets more. You lose levels and it gains them. just that one time. Then you can work at gaining levels again. It would be like having the ultimate ring of spell storing or a ring of wizardry for however many levels you pump into it. Now we know why Sauron wanted it back so bad, he'd sunk the biggest part of his power into that dang ring.
Curious, what did your shirt say, We asked the Death Knight if we could trust him, what's the punchline?
A picture of a tombstone and a caption that says "He said yes". This actually happened in a game which is what inspired the shirt.
You can find the PDFs online. They seem like ok scans but its better than spending 50-100 bucks on something that could come and be falling apart. I also love the idea of this. I have some plans for a possible possession of a character who ended up being retired because of an injury (broken back, was in a choma for a long time then woke up unable to walk) they are a magic user and thinking of having them look for ways to heal their broken body and come across ancient magical items but it turns out it is cursed and they become a vessel for a warrior who is also a magic user and having them be one if the bad guys causing issues for my players, all while hidden in their mists.