What is D&D bling?
Welcome to the first episode of D&D Bling - a look at the stylish accessorizing of heroes in medieval fantastic worlds.
D&D Bling #1: Paladins
Paladins are an obvious choice to kick off this new series of articles. They started the trend of knights in shining armor. A regular armor will not do. It has to be shiny. That’s bling.
Medallions
A blinged up paladin
An ubiquitous fashion statement in the paladin community is the medallion. Does it really represent their deity? If it was only a symbol of their faith they would keep it small. But most pallys wear cumbersome, intricate golden medallions. And then they claim to live in poverty and say all their gold coins go to charity. Yeah, right.
Mounts
Yet another proof paladins are obsessed with bling is their mounts. How annoying is it to a party when a paladin claims that he has to go on a quest to acquire a pimped mount. They’re all about having a dope ride.
Big swords
It is also common to see paladins with swords that glow - which has no utility in combat.
Attention junkies
While we’re on the topic of combat - why do pallys warn their enemies before attacking. They claim it is the honorable thing to do. I say they just want to show off their gear to evil-doers before cutting them up into pieces.
Proof of paladin bling abounds
Have you ever witnessed the hypocrisy of the blinged up and pimped up paladin? Share your comments and frustration here!
5 Comments
4:55 am on August 6th, 2007
I love paladins notice my name I even got a flying mount once. with a golden armour. that was bling!
6:56 am on August 6th, 2007
I love Paladins too, they suit my personality as well as (one) of my RP’ing styles.
I do however use a couple of variants which I am willing to share with you…If I could but work out how.
Yax old fruit (yes I am british…no that does not refer to sexuality) how does one post something that has formatting in it? You have the information anyway (don’t post the whole file though please…you will get me shot)
I took apart what makes them interesting and re-jigged it, as the difficulty with paladins is they are (like the old 3e ranger) very front loaded. Hence I messed with the progressions and added in a few little abilities like to have a your sword become more magical as you level. Paladins thus EARN their weapon not ‘earn’, buy or ’steal’ (sorry find) it.
I also do a completely none spell casting paladin, which makes more sense to me than a spell casting one…same for ranger actually.
Oh and before anyone says ooo rip off, I wrote them well before UA came out.
4:04 pm on August 6th, 2007
Can’t wait for the part on Cleric!
10:13 pm on August 6th, 2007
Clerics are obviously loaded with ecclesiastical bling, yeah. But what about wizards and sorcerers? Claiming the majority of rings, bracers and amulets. For protective purposes. Yeah, right. Sure. Believe it if you like…
10:39 pm on August 6th, 2007
Don’t get me started on wizards and sorcerers. They’re uber-bling-hoarders. They’ll get their own episode of D&D Bling for sure.