Can an undead be a paladin?
Can an undead be a paladin?
Jace James
Jackson Howard
No. It's forbidden in every setting.
Eli Gonzalez
no
it's absolutely impossible to have an undead paladin.
Zero exceptions.
Noah Hill
In most settings skeletons, zombies, etc are created with negative energies ie necromancy. If an undead were to channel the positive energy of a divine being, they'd essentially explode once the two opposing energies combined, sorta like what happens in a chemical reaction between potassium and water.
Mason Reyes
Depends on the setting. Btw has anyone made a "depends on the setting" reaction image yet?
Anthony Johnson
Depends on setting, context, and Edition.
Like 2nd Edition AD&D and antipaladin could be undead, or a paladin who fell hard could be a deathknight.
4E D&D played fast and loose, and a Revanant Pally was a possibility. This has carried over to 5E.
John Hughes
Yes
Aaron Murphy
As others pointed out it varies a bit. For the most part, Paladins need to be good (or Good if in an alignment-system) and generally undead are categorically evil/Evil. If you're in a game/system where either of those aren't true (IE good undead or evil pallies) then it would seem to work.
Sebastian Sanders
In my setting, undead are oneiromantic rather than necromantic, long story short because the realm of the recently-dead and the world's "dreamscape" are one in the same. At any rate, this realm is ruled by it's own pantheon loosely based off the Daedric princes from Elder Scrolls. One such god's "military" are effectively paladins.
Jose Parker
The same way an evil cleric can't use their Channel Negative Energy ability or they turn to dust?