{"id":1420,"date":"2010-02-18T19:31:46","date_gmt":"2010-02-19T01:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.campaignmastery.com\/blog\/?p=1420"},"modified":"2010-10-11T09:53:59","modified_gmt":"2010-10-11T15:53:59","slug":"50-paladin-hooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.campaignmastery.com\/blog\/50-paladin-hooks\/","title":{"rendered":"50 Paladin Hooks"},"content":{"rendered":"
This entry is part 3 of 5 in the series Character Hooks<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>

By D.L. Campbell<\/em><\/p>\n

\"paladin-candle\"One of the first posts I ever read at Campaign Mastery was the amazing 50 Barbarian Hooks<\/a>. I instantly thought, ‘I hope there will be more of those!’ followed by ‘I wanna try that!’<\/p>\n

Another list has joined the party<\/a> (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.<\/p>\n

50 Paladin Hooks<\/h3>\n
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  1. Reestablishing law and order in the wake of a societal upheaval<\/li>\n
  2. Asked by his king to begin diplomatic relations with a newly encountered people<\/li>\n
  3. Stay with a trapped unit of soldiers to heal and assist them until reinforcements can arrive<\/li>\n
  4. Performing tasks to earn a dragon’s respect so it will agree to be her mount<\/li>\n
  5. Wants to clear out the ruins of an ancient library and restore access to its knowledge<\/li>\n
  6. Start a crusade against elementals terrorizing peaceful settlers<\/li>\n
  7. Having returned from years of battle, tries to convince church hierarchy the crusade is costing too many lives; they should find another way<\/li>\n
  8. Establish a hospital in a remote area and train other healers<\/li>\n
  9. Must clear the name of her church after it has been accused of a heinous crime<\/li>\n
  10. Hunt down avengers of enemy deities<\/li>\n
  11. A dangerously powerful artifact was stolen from his church; he must track it down and return it<\/li>\n
  12. After a spiritual crisis, traveling the world looking for signs to restore their faith in their deity<\/li>\n
  13. Seek the perfect site for a new cathedral<\/li>\n
  14. Her kingdom needs her to help stimulate commerce by establishing a trade caravan between two neighboring cities<\/li>\n
  15. Find out why his holy symbol is losing its powers<\/li>\n
  16. Determined to crush the cult he fell prey to before finding the true path of his current faith<\/li>\n
  17. Escort and protect dignitaries who visit the capital city<\/li>\n
  18. In Sehanine’s name, helping two lovers find a way to lift the curse keeping them apart<\/li>\n
  19. Seek justice for the death of a hero<\/li>\n
  20. Go into a lich’s lair after a party that invaded it weeks ago; neither the party nor the lich have been seen since<\/li>\n
  21. Inspire a band of allies to join in her sacred mission<\/li>\n
  22. Dreams of performing enough great deeds to earn a place as an exarch upon her death<\/li>\n
  23. Bodyguard an eladrin prince or princess as they explore the world outside the Feywild<\/li>\n
  24. Serve Ioun by guiding a group of students as they study magic<\/li>\n
  25. 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<\/li>\n
  26. Became an adventurer to develop the skills to become a slayer of a particular monster<\/li>\n
  27. Must elude pursuers from his faith because he has cast aside his honor in pursuit of vengeance against an enemy<\/li>\n
  28. Select, train and lead a town militia<\/li>\n
  29. Work as an investigator of strange religious happenings<\/li>\n
  30. Patrol and maintain the graveyard for a huge city – its graveyard is the size of a small town<\/li>\n
  31. Assist her church in setting up its rulership of a nation<\/li>\n
  32. Guide a growing city in learning to execute the law with authority and compassion<\/li>\n
  33. Provide aid and security to a region devastated by natural disaster<\/li>\n
  34. Entrusted with the guardianship of her people’s ancestral burial grounds<\/li>\n
  35. Called by Melora to protect the last few of a species decimated by disease until they can recover their numbers<\/li>\n
  36. Act as advisor\/enforcer for prisoners due to be released; rehabilitates those that wish to reform, polices those that can’t or won’t<\/li>\n
  37. Work with a wizard to gather the skills and knowledge to create an artifact<\/li>\n
  38. Recruited to clear a Feywild mountain pass of evil creatures<\/li>\n
  39. Find and join a legendary secret society dedicated to fighting demons<\/li>\n
  40. Try to convert a captured, conflicted minion to her side<\/li>\n
  41. Itching to raid the treasure hoard of an enemy dragon<\/li>\n
  42. 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<\/li>\n
  43. Desperately trying to figure out if the voice he hears is his deity calling him, or a sign he’s going crazy<\/li>\n
  44. Atone for having previously served an evil deity<\/li>\n
  45. Has adopted a belief that makes her a heretic of her faith – driven to convince others of the true way<\/li>\n
  46. 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<\/li>\n
  47. 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<\/li>\n
  48. Armed with a charter from their queen, he intends to carve a settlement out of the wilderness and rule it<\/li>\n
  49. Start a mercenary company that will only accept honorable jobs<\/li>\n
  50. 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<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n


    \nD.L. Campbell has been playing roleplaying games for 15+ years – and has the extensive dice and book collections to show for it.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    This entry is part 3 of 5 in the series Character Hooks<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>

    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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[71,12],"tags":[109,172,282],"series":[196],"class_list":["post-1420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-johnn","category-pcs","tag-dm-advice","tag-npcs","tag-pcs","series-character-hooks"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1toiD-mU","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.campaignmastery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1420"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.campaignmastery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.campaignmastery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.campaignmastery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.campaignmastery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1420"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.campaignmastery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2370,"href":"https:\/\/www.campaignmastery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1420\/revisions\/2370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.campaignmastery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.campaignmastery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.campaignmastery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1420"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.campaignmastery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=1420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}