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Originally posted by slicer15:
Generally a Paladin is not a drunkard. He/she probably wouldn't even be accepted into an Order if he/she had a drinking problem. While it's not "evil" as such, most "good" aligned orders, being religious, probably see it as a sin, and one that corrupts. Alcohol can completely change the person you are when intoxicated. I point to an example in Temple of Elemental Evil where if you have a Paladin in your party and do a drinking contest in the local Tavern, you become a Fallen Paladin.
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I think automatically Falling just for downing a few ales is rough. When a man's off duty, his time is his own, right? Besides, there are different kinds of drunks--sleepy drunks, funny drunks, vomiting drunks....it's only the
violent drunks that I would consider being justly Fallen. If I were coding that part of ToEE, I would simply run a check on the Paladin's INT and WIS to determine what sort of Drunk he is....and then he can only Fall if he's a violent drunk and gets Intoxicated, or a vomiting drunk and gets VERY Intoxicated.
If you're going to argue that "A defender of justice must remain vigilant at all times," when the hell are you supposed to
sleep?