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You can indeed be a paladin of Kossuth. There’s even an order: the Order of the Cleansing Fire, for those who don’t attach themselves to the monastic order Brothers and Sisters of the Purifying Flame.
Paladins of Kossuth active on Toril preserve and safeguard the..
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@TheEdVerse One of the discussions at the table have been. Can you be a paladin of Kossuth? My argument is you can as he does have lawful good clerics and monks. Though I imagine it is not a large paladin order. Be interesting to see the purification angle with a paladin.
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..lands and wealth of the Church of Kossuth, and are sent to hunt (and slay or thwart) agents of the primordials, deities, and other powers of the Inner Planes who are active on Toril. Kossuth devotes most of his energy and attention to the ever-raging intrigues...
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..of the Inner Planes, and wants his foes restricted to the Inner Planes, not dominating any Material Plane (Toril, Oerth, Krynn, and so on).
Paladins of Kossuth wield flaming swords for choice (and failing those, other fiery weapons), if they can get them. Other..
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..magic items (notably armor) that evoke fire and provide fire resistance will be acquired if possible, and paladins of The Lord of Flames are expected to visit (and know the precise whereabouts and any guardians of) accessible forges and lava flows, which...
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..sometimes brings them into conflict with dwarves and gnomes, though a Knight of Flame (paladin of Kossuth) is never expected to control access to such “hot spots” or dispute the right of others to use them.
Auril’s paladins and clergy are to be rebuffed and...
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..thwarted thwarted on sight, and any casters of cold magic or snow and rain weather are to be resisted and dissuaded.
Heat is never itself a goal, but smelting flames to “melt out impurities” (which of course require sufficient heat to accomplish this aim) are...
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..desirable, and smiths and others trying to accomplish such activities are to be guarded, assisted, and sponsored.
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