Diablo seems to be based pretty heavily on paganism and it's many different forms, with stuff like the sorc, the druid, the necro ("actual" necromancy is about speaking with the spirits, not raising skeletons, but they seem to amp-up everything for the fantasy value) and even the barbarian is very much like the anglo-saxon warriors.
The paladin seems to represent christianity in a way, with the holy spells and whatnot, although World of Warcraft's paladin fits the idea a little better.
I wouldn't be surprized to see a new version of the paladin, so this idea might work. Especially since they made the Wizard which is essentially a chaotic version of the Sorceress. However, since they don't seem to really focus much on minor differences among the characters' religions and belif systems (they tend to go for extremes) i'm not sure if they'd worry much about the characters' religious background being slightly different than the paladin, since there really isn't a distinguished "god" in Diablo games. Even the paladin focuses on "the light" in general rather than a speciffic diety.
So, while i understand there are great differences between Christian and Jewish in real life, i don't think they are going to really focus on that in diablo.
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The paladin seems to represent christianity in a way, with the holy spells and whatnot, although World of Warcraft's paladin fits the idea a little better.
I wouldn't be surprized to see a new version of the paladin, so this idea might work. Especially since they made the Wizard which is essentially a chaotic version of the Sorceress. However, since they don't seem to really focus much on minor differences among the characters' religions and belif systems (they tend to go for extremes) i'm not sure if they'd worry much about the characters' religious background being slightly different than the paladin, since there really isn't a distinguished "god" in Diablo games. Even the paladin focuses on "the light" in general rather than a speciffic diety.
So, while i understand there are great differences between Christian and Jewish in real life, i don't think they are going to really focus on that in diablo.
You don't always know where you stand,
'Till you know that you won't run away.
There's something inside me that feels...
Like breathing in sulfur.