Why can't Wood Elves be Paladins (Verant's reasoning?)

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Originally Posted by Sadre Spinegnawer [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

this. wood elves are "pagan" as it were, worshipping nature. Pagan races can be druids or shamans, but not the "church" classes of cleric or paladin.

It all goes back to DnD, which in turn goes back to Tolkein....

This guy is right, I was just gonna post a rather long explanation on why a wood elf cannot be a paladin but now... Im gonna do it anyways because it gives me the excuse to talk about dungeons and dragons(Double entendre)

EQ was made by some guys who played alot of Dungeons and Dragons, which in turn(as he said) is very much inspired by Tolkien's Middle Earth mythology. The standard goes: Elves are basically one race, but split into different cultures as time goes by, now two are represented in EQ; high elf and wood elf, the latter is the one who stayed in the woods, now of course if any of those two are gonna be paladins its the high elves. So if you like Elf Paladin you can play it. He just gotta be High! Now of course this game is not 100% Tolkien, if so then no race could cast spells except the angelic/demonic.
The Scottish was called barbarians, by the Romans, infact anyone not Roman was called a barbarian, just like those of Salahudins Dynasty would call non-believers "Kuffar", its not geographically based. EQ barbarians are more of a mythological nature.
I'd say they did very well mixing it up with race and class in this game, all fitting very well in with what at least older tabletop rpg and Tolkien fans would consider a classic Fantasy world. I used to play alot of tabletops especially Dungeons and Dragons when I was younger, but nowadays that does not happen even remotely, so if I ever wanna get that good ol dungeons and dragons game on, its easy, I just play Everquest P99, its just like that except we're alot more players, and I dont have a shitty mess to clean up after everyone when the games done, you know pizza leftovers and such, it used to be like that.

PS. This would be great: Wood Elf Shamans, Erudite Monks and Warriors, Troll Iksar and Ogre Rogues(thugs, as these guys arent climbing in any windows, nor bluffing anyone), Dwarf Hobbit Barbarian and High Elf Bards. Its beyond classic.