#wearepaladin

[trek-tracks]

...and you put them together.

#star trek #leonard mccoy #jim kirk #nyota uhura #star trek aos #captain pike #christopher pike #bones mccoy #captain kirk #star trek 2009 #odditycollector #wizardcore420 #wearepaladin #hoths #tumblr things #things i found on tumblr #space smells #tbh aos jim is more wizardcore420 as a username and bones is more wearepaladin but otherwise

[paladin-tourney]

Round 1, Side B - wearepaladin (Tumblr) vs. Kibadda (Patapon 3)

Propaganda:

wearepaladin (Tumblr)

Tumblr's very own paladin. Brings the best paladin posts to everyone's dash.

Kibadda (Patapon 3)

Patapon is filled with a lot of cool looking knights, but I felt that Kibbada most closely resembled a classic paladin! Underneath that mask, Kibadda is just a little CREATURE :) Awesome looking horse

#Paladin Tourney #Paladin Tourney Round 1 #paladin #dnd paladin #d&d paladin #paladins #knights #tumblr polls #tumblr tournament #tumblr tourney #poll bracket #tournament #tumblr bracket #poll tournament #character polls #character tournament #character bracket #wearepaladin #tumblr #kibadda #patapon 3

[thewanderingcotabus]

Aedan halt, Aasimar Paladin of Torm by Donovan, Ajax Love

@wearepaladin @weareaasimar

#Donovan Ajax Love #Passenger #surge tank #queue #paladin #Wearepaladin #weareaasimar #aasimar paladin #Aasimar #armor #full armor #plate armor #sword

[iamcrimelord]

Story Time: Shadows of the Collective.

Daigo made his way down the street. It was nighttime in the Abyss and Daigo had just spent an eventful evening wining and dining with the demons down here, watching the clever ones try to trap him in snares and contracts while the more combative ones tried to pick a fight with him. All in all a rather standard night or day really. The air was certainly cool from the dark sea that surrounded the domain he was in now but there were gently wisps of heat that would caress his face every so often from the fires and torches down here. As he walked down the street, he heard someone step out from a corner behind him. "Excuse me sir... Might you be Mr. Belfir?"

Daigo turned to see who was addressing him. Before him was what appeared to be some sort of cleric. Dressed in red and black carrying a symbol of Iomedae. Daigo could not help but chuckle at the sight, being in the abyss as he was. "Something I can do to help you good father?"

The cleric smiled, though it did not touch his eyes, shook his head and stepped out further into the torch light. "No my son. I've come to help you." He said with a very pious and condescending tone.

Daigo knew where this was going and chuckled softly. Gently resting his hand on the medallion he kept on his belt. "Mmm. very generous considering I dont donate to any churches of Iomedae."

The cleric procured a holy knife from his robe and behind him four paladins emerged, all clad in armor showing their alliegance to Iomedae. "Oh I think you know very well what kind of help I'm bringing. We are here to destroy you once and for all, reclaim the heart of the herald that now beats in your breast and at last send you to Pharasma to answer for your crimes." He then gave Daigo a smile that oozed with arrogance and moral superiority.

Daigo cracked his knuckles and then took the medallion off his belt. "Before you do... might I ask how you found me?"

The cleric nodded his head towards him. "The collective made it very clear that you were forbidden to ever enter our lands again. In fact they are forbidden to even speak your name."

Daigo chuckled. "So I am 'He-who-must-not-be-named' eh? I have to admit I must have clearly scared the shit out of Tarek and his goonies for them to taboo me like they did."

The cleric scoffed. "It was for your crimes that you were struck from their records. It is disgust, not fear that stills their tongues."

Daigo gave a smile only a viper could. "Mmm. Well they all wanted me dead so I suppose sugar coating their own crimes to make me look more the villain is to be expected. But here's the real question, I've heard that little toad Lawyer of theirs is ten times the scum I ever was, yet he's still there....in fact he's one of their captains now if I'm not mistaken.... why haven't they nailed him to a tree and left him to die?"

The cleric's face sneered. "Judge not lest ye be judged."

Daigo scoffed at that. "Oh....I judge. Just like they all judged me without ever hearing my side of the story. But I guess when someone like Tarek is surrounded by sycophants more occupied with status than doing the right thing its to be expected. Does that man even realize what a monster he's made?"

The cleric slashed his hand across the air. "SILENCE. You will not speak ill of our founder! It's time to die!!"

The Paladins behind him were armed with special crossbows enchanted to fire magic missiles than crossbow bolts. Daigo quickly tapped into his pyromancy and engaged them in battle.

Daigo dashed to the side as the bolts shot past him. He used the spell burning hands to send out a blast of fire that scorched the group of five before him. The cleric caught fire with his robes but used magic to put them out quickly. The Paladins armor was hot, but blessings kept the damage to a minimum. The cleric cast binding chains on Daigo to hold him in place, the paladins fired again and the shots tore through his shoulders. Daigo roared in pain and used Banshee scream to stun them with fear for a moment. As he was bound he reached for a coin in his pocket and summoned his four phantom elf warriors with the Elven Ferryman's coin. They rushed forward to engage with the paladins who drew short swords to deal with these new threats in melee. Daigo quickly broke free of the chains and then pulled out his two guns and proceeded to shoot all four of them in the head. They fell to their knees and then onto their face. The cleric was then bound by the elf phantoms by holding his hands behind his back with the other two holding their swords to his neck. Daigo was panting a little, but he took out a comb, smoothed down his hair, and then walked over to the little man. "Now then, I will not hold this against Tarek. My opinion of the man is not great but I told him once years ago that I was going to bury the hatchet. And bury it I did. Now, my guess is, he doesn't know you lot came down here. in fact I don't think you're even members of the collective just a couple of clowns who were either trying to get into his good graces or were wanting to make a name for yourself.... or maybe....it was that little piece of shit lawyer..?"

The cleric swallowed and his eyes widened. Daigo smiled. "Oh it was...mm. See that creepy little frog came to my office once a long time ago, and thinking he was some sort of comedian, made some very rude comments. Now.....I will give you this message, and you will take it back to him. If he ever, EVER, comes near me again...I will bring ruin to the whole collective and I will ensure that Tarek deals with him, as he dealt with me. And make no mistake, the one thing that kept me civil all those years is gone. There's no strings on me now my dear friend......"

Daigo Stood up, and his eyes flashed a ruby red as he placed his hands on the Cleric, who began to scream moments later.

From that time forth, in a town some miles away from the collectives head quarters, people stayed clear of a corner house where a zombie was said to live. no one ever entered or left, but they could hear the pitiful cries and prayers of a man saying over and over again, "why have you forsaken me, Iomedae?"

Authors note: This story is a work of fiction, but it is based on previous experiences I had with a certain group on Tumblr. I certainly hope @wearepaladin takes a chance to read this in full, to see where I stand on things. And that he will deal with that little toad Lawyer accordingly. And if not. He can expect me to write quite a few more stories like this. Now I bear no ill will towards the members of the collective who joined after the incident in question but know this, there is more to the story of what happened to me than knight, paladin or lawyer will let on. I would much rather continue to write in peace though. And I would much rather not have to deal with the mess I did before. I will continue to write new stories about Daigo, and if anyone wishes to join me in writing such stories, I welcome you with open arms, and I advise the collective not to punish them unfairly for doing so. After all, you're not their owners. @weareadventurers

~Sincerely The Former Pyromancer.

P.S. If there is any justice in the world, Lawyer will be held to the same standard of judgement that I was. If he's not kicked out of the collective for what quite a few members have told me about him, then Paladin will truly be a hypocrite of the worst sort.

#daigo #daigo belfir #iamcrimelord #weareadventurers #the circle #the collective #wearepaladin #wearenemesis

[centurionking]

rejoining tumblr made me remember just how fucking metal Paladins are.

#haven't done any dnd shit in a hot minute #seeing posts from dnd blogs and 'wearepaladin' definitely reminded me why they are my favorite class in all things

[galahadiant]

i think hulst is cute!!! would it be weird to draw fanart of him :0??

😳😳 Go ahead!! There's some more stuff in his character tag, though not very much just yet.

#i've never been asked this before pleading eyes emoji #hes my character for wearepaladin's city of blood campaign! at some point i'll post art of other characters too #answered

[wanderingcotabussurgetank]

Mikel, young paladin by Diego Lafuente

@wearepaladin

[wearepaladin]

Happy New Year friends. Welcome to Wearepaladin year 9. May the next bring forth the next decade of lightbringers.

#happy new year

[wearesorcerer]

Me: "Hmm...I wonder what @wearepaladin would be like as a doggo. (I mean, Pally is into werewolves IIRC, so that's a pastability.)"

Me, realizing that this is very nearly asking about a fursona: (Is immediately squicked.)

Beat.

Me: "o.o Gasp! PALLY HAS A REACTIVE SMITE ABILITY THAT DEALS PSYCHIC DAMAGE!"

#random thoughts #polymorph

[mariposakitten]

Controversial paladin post: all paladins should understand, even if they never admit it out loud, what would make them break their oath.

Because. Because it isn't allowed to be easy. Being righteous. Being good. There is no easy solution, and thinking there is one is the quickest way to go bad.

You can't just swear a magically-enforced oath and go "okay, well, whatever the oath allows is good and the things the oath disallows are bad." You're not allowed to stop deciding for yourself. You're not allowed to stop questioning.

The oath is not the goal. The oath is a tool to help you reach the goal. The goal is being good.

What is your breaking point? When and why might you say, "if the oath doesn't allow me to do this, then the oath is wrong"? What would be your Huck Finn "Then I'll go to hell" moment? If it came down to it, if you had the choice of doing what you felt was right but breaking your oath, vs keeping your oath and doing something you believed was wrong... what would you choose? And what might prompt that choice?

(This was prompted by a post I saw a while back that wrongly claimed that if you free the spawn in bg3 you lose your paladin status, but it was also prompted by my complicated history with, and eventual decision to leave, Christianity.)

Anyway I love paladins and I love the paladin oaths and yes, in a well-run game with a good DM this should never come up but... it's something I feel all paladins should think about sometimes. Because you don't actually turn your brain off the moment you take your oaths. Because there is no algorithm for goodness that you can trust implicitly. Because it's important to remember that you're making a choice, every day.

(Tagging @erinlynnjeffreys @beardyblue and @wearepaladin because they might care about these ramblings lol)

#i fucking DARE you to tell me i was wrong to do this #paladins #d&d #but also it applies beyond d&d #never had a paladin break an oath before but I HAVE had paladins flip the universe the bird #and go #i just don't think you can be a good paladin if you don't have the moral courage to go 'nah fuck you I'm doing the right thing anyway'

[homebrewbydek]

The Oath of the Umbral Watch was one of the first things I designed, and the earliest work that shows up in my compendium. The Tenets of the Umbral Watch were inspired by @wearepaladin, and part of what encouraged me to first pick up doing my own homebrew stuff. My boyfriend has played this class up to level 6 in an Eberron game that I ran for some friends, so full balancing has yet to be completed on it.

Art on this comes from Dark Souls by FromSoftware on the first page, and by my boyfriend @sketchfeathers on the second page, of his paladin for aforementioned game, Yvaine.

I have done my best to make the pictures accessible with alt text descriptions, but I am very new to that, so any constructive criticism would be welcome, as I would prefer to make this as accessibility friendly as I can. A link to this full subclass can be found here for those who require the use of text to speech, or simply wish to see more.

Stay fresh, cheesebags.

#d&d #d&d 5e #d&d homebrew #homebrew #paladin homebrew #5e

[theoutcastrogue]

tagged by @lafcadiosadventures, hi!

Tag someone you want to get to know better! Or just check in with.

Favorite color: black (I give a different answer every time they ask me)

Last song: Fantastic Negrito - In the pines. This whole album is shivers.

Black girl, black girl, your man is gone Now you travel the road alone And you raise that child all by yourself Then the policeman shot him down

Black girl, black girl, where will you go? To the place where the cold winds blow In the pines, in the pines where the sun don't shine I shivered the whole night through

Well I know that your heart is breaking Into one million pieces I know that your heart is breaking, I know Where did you sleep last night?

Last movie: Umberto D. (1952) Classic Italian neorealist specimen.

Currently watching: Star Trek: Lower Decks, Critical Role c3.

Other stuff I watched this year: Fucked up movie of the year was Inside (2023), with Willem Dafoe and…. no one else, basically. The premise is intriguing and a bit misleading: "The film follows an art thief who is trapped inside a luxury penthouse, slowly losing his grip on reality". But it's not a heist flick, and it's not a survival thriller about obscene wealth and/or weird technology oppressing simple thieves folks, it's a movie about Art, and it's fucked up (honorific), and holy shit Dafoe's performance.

Also good movies: The Menu (2022), The Banshees of Inisherin (2022), Holy Spider (2022), Argentina, 1985 (2022), Mad God (2021), The Naked City (1948), Nimona (2023), Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021, thanks @tuulikki!). I kinda slept on new stuff, it's been a weird year.

Good shows: Babylon Berlin, The Last of Us, Succession, The Bear, and there's a bunch of good stuff coming out later (Yellowjackets, Severance, Chainsaw Man, The White Lotus, Interview with the Vampire, and SOME DAY Arcane and Russian Doll).

Shows I dropped this year: None (I chose wisely!)

Last book: Primo Levi, If this is a man (HOW had I not read this yet)

Currently reading: A book about the cuisines of yore of various greek minorities in Turkey. As a result, I am constantly hungry.

tagging: @bophtelophti, @athenenoctua9, @slowlymychaos, @honourablejester, @we-are-trickster, @wearepaladin, anyone who wants to share

#prison ballads #Fantastic Negrito #In the pines #rogues in fiction #film #Inside #art heist #art #trs

[paladin-tourney]

Paladin Tourney - Submissions OPEN closed, round 1 in progress!

Welcome, one and all, to the Paladin Tourney! Here, we will pit our beloved knights in shining armor against each other to determine who is Tumblr's favorite paladin!

I'm loosely defining "paladin" as any character who is, or who resembles, a paladin or knight, in either appearance or personality. They may wear the iconic shining armor, have an oath that they're fiercely determined to keep, or just have the vibes.

Tourney rules:

Be kind. You're welcome to make propaganda for or against characters, but don't attack people over who they vote for. Being racist, ableist, homophobic, or otherwise bigoted gets you blocked.

Please don't submit characters from Harry Potter, Attack on Titan, Vivziepop, or South Park. No OCs either, sorry. I probably won't accept submissions from real life unless you can make a good case for them in the propaganda section.

You can submit multiple characters, but please don't submit the same character multiple times unless you need to add or change something. Fill out the form separately for each character unless you want them to go together as a team.

If there's something wrong or you have tips for improving the tourney, please let me know! I've never run a Tumblr tournament before so I don't really know what I'm doing.

Submissions are closed, and preliminary polls are up!

Inspiration/Tagging for exposure (I'd appreciate it if you reblogged but of course you don't have to!): @tournament-announcer @wearepaladin @pinkhairswagtourney @annoyingblondebracket @the-ballerina-battle @bnuuy-bracket @stinky-fuck-swag @cringefaillosersummit @jerktournament @fictional-actors-bracket @platonic-pals-punchout @overworkedblorbobattle @spookygirlautumnbracket @battleoftheicyfreaks @battle-of-the-bowlcuts @retirement-home-rumble @our-favourite-orcs @besttropeveershowdown @best-bff-brawl @generic-anime-boy-bracket @arrowtossingtournament @elementspecificcharatourney @doomed-bythe-narrative @transhet-tourney

#Paladin Tourney #Paladin Tourney Info #paladin #dnd paladin #d&d paladin #tumblr polls #tumblr tournament #tumblr tourney #poll bracket #tournament #dungeons and dragons #d&d #paladins #knights #tumblr bracket #character polls #poll tournament

[thewanderingcotabus]

Human Paladin by Mark Roberts

@wearepaladin

#Mark Roberts #passenger #surge tank #queue #paladin #Wearepaladin #human paladin #armor #chainmail #sword #shield #sword and shield

[keeper-not-hero]

I'mma make a master-post of all the cool post I like and love and add them to part of my pinned. Starting with the Claws At The Sky post. Still hunting for the wearepaladin "Remember you can't save everyone || Remember that you have to try." post!!!

[curlzformetal]

#this is my roommate n bestie please boop him via poll since he doesnt deign to be booped with the rest of us fun lovers