It's so fun in concept, leftist sentiments aside, it really is hard to go back to "I was born to a sickly noble household and am obligated to uphold the dogmas of the profiteering church as the fourth-born son while the first and second born keep busy making heirs to backstab each other" paladin status quos.
This, being the son of a blacksmith seeking revenge on the establishment that killed their father after he could not keep up with their insane smithing qoutas would be a good backstory compared to all the "oh I am but a poor noble and so sympathize more with the rifraf than the evil bad nobles schstick".
Is poor noble sob fest that common of a backstory? You'd think there wouldn't be that many people empathizing with noblefolk. Not that I should be complaining, my first (and only) D&D character was sort-of a disgraced nobleman.
It occurs with some frequency as a means to show nobility without the usual vices associated with royals, this is compared to figures such as Conan or your thief/smuggler that are world weary and wise while denying any form of title to themselves and being part of the common-folk/working class background. Disgraced/poor noble then is the means by which nobility is made palatable to common people when in reality most nobles and their actions you read about in history books are legit just sociopaths or incompetent failsons/daughters.
That homebrew should be canonized.
It's so fun in concept, leftist sentiments aside, it really is hard to go back to "I was born to a sickly noble household and am obligated to uphold the dogmas of the profiteering church as the fourth-born son while the first and second born keep busy making heirs to backstab each other" paladin status quos.
This, being the son of a blacksmith seeking revenge on the establishment that killed their father after he could not keep up with their insane smithing qoutas would be a good backstory compared to all the "oh I am but a poor noble and so sympathize more with the rifraf than the evil bad nobles schstick".
Is poor noble sob fest that common of a backstory? You'd think there wouldn't be that many people empathizing with noblefolk. Not that I should be complaining, my first (and only) D&D character was sort-of a disgraced nobleman.
It occurs with some frequency as a means to show nobility without the usual vices associated with royals, this is compared to figures such as Conan or your thief/smuggler that are world weary and wise while denying any form of title to themselves and being part of the common-folk/working class background. Disgraced/poor noble then is the means by which nobility is made palatable to common people when in reality most nobles and their actions you read about in history books are legit just sociopaths or incompetent failsons/daughters.
Reminds me of Nalia from Baldur's Gate 2. "FOR THE NEEDY!" yet a :LIB: through and through.
it would fit well in the canon since they already have a cleric of solidarity as well