50 Paladin Hooks
By D.L. Campbell
One of the first posts I ever read at Campaign Mastery was the amazing 50 Barbarian Hooks. I instantly thought, ‘I hope there will be more of those!’ followed by ‘I wanna try that!’
Another list has joined the party (though I’m still greedy for more – hint, hint everybody) and I finally produced one, too. I settled on paladins because while the requirements of the class can be demanding, there are still a variety of ways they can play a role in a game.
50 Paladin Hooks
- Reestablishing law and order in the wake of a societal upheaval
- Asked by his king to begin diplomatic relations with a newly encountered people
- Stay with a trapped unit of soldiers to heal and assist them until reinforcements can arrive
- Performing tasks to earn a dragon’s respect so it will agree to be her mount
- Wants to clear out the ruins of an ancient library and restore access to its knowledge
- Start a crusade against elementals terrorizing peaceful settlers
- Having returned from years of battle, tries to convince church hierarchy the crusade is costing too many lives; they should find another way
- Establish a hospital in a remote area and train other healers
- Must clear the name of her church after it has been accused of a heinous crime
- Hunt down avengers of enemy deities
- A dangerously powerful artifact was stolen from his church; he must track it down and return it
- After a spiritual crisis, traveling the world looking for signs to restore their faith in their deity
- Seek the perfect site for a new cathedral
- Her kingdom needs her to help stimulate commerce by establishing a trade caravan between two neighboring cities
- Find out why his holy symbol is losing its powers
- Determined to crush the cult he fell prey to before finding the true path of his current faith
- Escort and protect dignitaries who visit the capital city
- In Sehanine’s name, helping two lovers find a way to lift the curse keeping them apart
- Seek justice for the death of a hero
- Go into a lich’s lair after a party that invaded it weeks ago; neither the party nor the lich have been seen since
- Inspire a band of allies to join in her sacred mission
- Dreams of performing enough great deeds to earn a place as an exarch upon her death
- Bodyguard an eladrin prince or princess as they explore the world outside the Feywild
- Serve Ioun by guiding a group of students as they study magic
- Quest for the pieces of a magical suit of armor; it was taken and scattered by enemies when the last wearer of it was defeated
- Became an adventurer to develop the skills to become a slayer of a particular monster
- Must elude pursuers from his faith because he has cast aside his honor in pursuit of vengeance against an enemy
- Select, train and lead a town militia
- Work as an investigator of strange religious happenings
- Patrol and maintain the graveyard for a huge city – its graveyard is the size of a small town
- Assist her church in setting up its rulership of a nation
- Guide a growing city in learning to execute the law with authority and compassion
- Provide aid and security to a region devastated by natural disaster
- Entrusted with the guardianship of her people’s ancestral burial grounds
- Called by Melora to protect the last few of a species decimated by disease until they can recover their numbers
- Act as advisor/enforcer for prisoners due to be released; rehabilitates those that wish to reform, polices those that can’t or won’t
- Work with a wizard to gather the skills and knowledge to create an artifact
- Recruited to clear a Feywild mountain pass of evil creatures
- Find and join a legendary secret society dedicated to fighting demons
- Try to convert a captured, conflicted minion to her side
- Itching to raid the treasure hoard of an enemy dragon
- Follow the clues in a prophecy, search for a magic blade and the one who can wield it – he is destined to lead the kingdom into a new era
- Desperately trying to figure out if the voice he hears is his deity calling him, or a sign he’s going crazy
- Atone for having previously served an evil deity
- Has adopted a belief that makes her a heretic of her faith – driven to convince others of the true way
- Had a lifelong quest he was unable to complete because he grew too old for combat; acting as guru to a new party trying to complete the task
- The Raven Queen requires her to defeat a villain who is blackmailing nations for protection money with an artifact that allows him to create winter weather
- Armed with a charter from their queen, he intends to carve a settlement out of the wilderness and rule it
- Start a mercenary company that will only accept honorable jobs
- The church of Avandra has given its paladins one year to perform great deeds of exploration; at the end of the year, they will gather to tell their tales and one journey will be judged the best, with the prize being a holy avenger
D.L. Campbell has been playing roleplaying games for 15+ years – and has the extensive dice and book collections to show for it.
- 50 Barbarian Hooks
- 63 Wizard Hooks
- 50 Paladin Hooks
- 54 Sorcerer Hooks
- 25 Cleric Character Hooks
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February 19th, 2010 at 11:55 am
Well you got three classes so far may as well just keep going with it, I’d love to see some Rogue hooks or some Bard hooks.
I’ve loved these lists and actually used one of the wizard hooks to setup the background for one of my characters that I’m creating for a pathfinder game.
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February 20th, 2010 at 1:35 pm
Just received 54 Sorcerer hooks from Bobby Catdragon. Thanks Bobby! I’ll post those hooks to Campaign Mastery in the coming weeks.
February 25th, 2010 at 8:22 am
I liked the ones dealing with “crusade,” “hospital,” and “secret society,” because those are cool religious knight tropes. I also liked “settlers” as a different kind of innocent to protect. I also like reestablishing law and order, that’s just a cool idea for lawful good.