Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Dungeons & Dragons : Honor Among Thievescontained a lot ofDnD spell and abilities , but the Paladin ’s oath teased one wicked magic spell in finical . Regé - Jean Page certainly steal the show with his no - nonsense , righteous Paladin Xenk Yendar , who arrived the moment Edgin ( Chris Pine ) and his party of misfits need him the most . Of naturally , his inclusion in their quest to write Edgin ’s girl and justify the people of Neverwinter was n’t without scruples that foreclose Edgin from any of the skullduggery he usually rent in to see his plans through .
InDnD , both Bards and Paladins use Charisma to purge their spells , but the movie made a point of highlight how different the two fictitious character could be depending on their sprightliness experience . Heartache and disaster had forced Edgin , once a Harper , to have his selflessness be corrupted , while Xenk continue unfaltering and selfless in the expression of adversity . Though they have different personalities because of their course , Xenk almost gazump Edgin of a large chance to prove himself with a sinewy while .
Xenk’s Book Promise Scene Teased DnD’s Paladin Geas Spell
Xenk make a high-minded gesture of forcing Edgin to pose his hired hand on a book and imprecate that he will distribute Forge ’s riches to the people of Neverwinter . Given the sanctity of the moment , it seems like Xenk is about to bind Edgin ’s curse word with the Paladins ' Geas trance , found in theD&D 5th Edition . This works on humans or creatures and forces them to do whatever the champion commands , whether carry out an enactment of service in Edgin ’s suit or refrain from a specific action , and can only be altered by a Wisdom economy stroke when applied to someone sentient .
Why Xenk Didn’t Use A Spell To Seal Edgin’s Promise
There are a few reasons why Xenk did n’t habituate a spell to check that that Edgin fulfill his promise after taking smithy ’s treasure trove . It ’s potential that using the spell would have fleece Edgin of his own representation , thus draw his pledge to respect the allegiance he made to the people of Neverwinter less of a selfless human activity . Xenk trusted Edgin to keep his word found on the honor he knew he still had , because deeply down the paladin lie with that Edgin had n’t completely abandon his Harper code .
Using the Gaes spell would have also prevented anyone in the party from knowing whether Edgin had move of his own volition or because of Xenk ’s ascendence . By just giving his word and keeping it , Edgin proved that he was n’t really the shallow , virtuously bankrupt Bard he played into . Not only did he give Forge ’s riches to the citizenry of Neverwinter , his action mechanism force them to pull up stakes the arena , thereby preventing them from being killed by the Red Wizard , and shew his enduring heroism .
