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That's why I play paladin. I have one spell worth remembering and it's a delete button.
Ok I play paladin because even in my fantasies I just want to be a hero who has the power to help people
This is why I love barbarians.
I deeply loved playing my delightful himbo. I only had two questions to answer: reckless attack (usually yes, because taking damage usually just makes me a more effective HP tank), and "do I want to hit them, or try to hit them really hard?" (Great weapon master feat — also usually a yes, mostly depending on healer availability).
I relate to your thing about a power fantasy of helping people. My guy had big "dad energy", because he was older, and was deeply committed to putting himself between the squishy kids of the group (even if those "kids" included an elf who was twice his age). His mindset felt very paladin-y
I hate being the person that quietly judges people who clearly chose paladin type classes for the power rather than for the class fantasy, but I just can't help it sometimes
Class mechanics are a perfectly valid reason for playing a class. I love paladin in 5e while the pf2 equivalent is less appealing to me because I'm not as much into playing tanks as damage dealers. No matter what class I play I like to play big damn heroes or damaged women struggling to be better.