Ultimate Paladin
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Game Rule Information
Paladins have the following game statistics.
- Abilities: Same as in Player's Handbook.
- Alignment: Any good.
- Hit Points per Level: 1d10 + Con modifier.
- Hit points are maximized at 1st character level.
- Skill Points per Level: 4 + Int modifier.
- Skill points are multiplied by 4 at 1st character level.
Class Skills: The paladinss class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Handle Animal (Cha), Heal (Wis), Knowledge (nobility and royalty) (Int), Knowledge (religion) (Int), Profession (Wis), Ride (Dex), and Sense Motive (Wis).
Class Table
Base Fort Ref Will Level Attack Bonus Save Save Save Special . 1st +1 +2 +0 +0 Aura of good, code of conduct, holy light, spellcasting 2nd +2 +3 +0 +0 Divine grace 3rd +3 +3 +1 +1 Radiance 4th +4 +4 +1 +1 - 5th +5 +4 +1 +1 Cause (1st power) 6th +6/+1 +5 +2 +2 - 7th +7/+2 +5 +2 +2 Exalted mount 8th +8/+3 +6 +2 +2 Radiance 9th +9/+4 +6 +3 +3 - 10th +10/+5 +7 +3 +3 Cause (2nd power) 11th +11/+6/+1 +7 +3 +3 Brilliant radiance 12th +12/+7/+2 +8 +4 +4 - 13th +13/+8/+3 +8 +4 +4 Radiance 14th +14/+9/+4 +9 +4 +4 - 15th +15/+10/+5 +9 +5 +5 Cause (3rd power) 16th +16/+11/+6/+1 +10 +5 +5 - 17th +17/+12/+7/+2 +10 +5 +5 - 18th +18/+13/+8/+3 +11 +6 +6 Radiance 19th +19/+14/+9/+4 +11 +6 +6 Celestial radiance 20th +20/+15/+10/+5 +12 +6 +6 Cause (4th power)
Class Features
All of the following are class features of the paladin.
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Paladins are proficient with all simple and martial weapons, with all types of armor (heavy, medium, and light), and with shields (except tower shields).
Aura of Good (Ex): The power of a paladinâ's aura of good (see the detect good spell) is equal to her paladin level, just like the aura of a cleric of a good deity.
Code of Conduct: A paladin must be of good alignment and loses all class abilities if she ever willingly commits an evil act, she must help those in need (provided they do not use the help for evil or chaotic ends), and punish those who harm or threaten innocents. In addition, paladinâ's dedication may require additional commandments. Associates: A paladin cannot associate with evil characters. Same as in Playerâ's Handbook. Ex-Paladins: A paladin who violates his code of conduct loses some of his class abilities. A paladin can multiclass freely. Otherwise same as in Playerâ's Handbook.
Holy Light (Su): A 1st level paladin can call exalted powers to cause a variety of supernatural effects. She can use this ability a number of times per day equal to half her paladin level + her Wisdom bonus.
- Lay on Hands: A paladin can heal a number of wounds equal to her paladin level to herself or a creature she touches. Using lay on hands is a standard action. Alternatively, a paladin can use any or all of this healing power to deal damage to an undead or evil outsider. Using lay on hands in this way requires a successful melee touch attack.
- Remove Disease: A paladin can use holy light to remove all non-magical diseases from a creature she touches.
- Smite Evil: A paladin may attempt to smite evil with one normal melee attack. She adds her Wisdom bonus (if any) to her attack roll and deals 1 extra point of damage per paladin level. If the paladin accidentally smites a creature that is not evil, the smite has no effect, but the ability is still used up.
- Turn Fiend: A paladin can use holy light to rebuke evil outsiders in the same manner a good cleric can affect undead. Whenever an evil outsider would be destroyed by a paladin, it is sent to Carceri instead.
Spellcasting: A paladin casts divine spells, which are drawn from the Paladin Spell List. To learn or cast a spell, a paladin must have a Wisdom score equal to at least 10 + the spell's level. The Difficulty Class for a saving throw against a paladinâ's spell is 10 + one-fourth the paladin's level + the paladinâ's Wisdom modifier. Like other spellcasters, a paladin can cast only a certain number of spells of each spell level per day (excluding invocations, see below). The paladin doesn't receive bonus spells per day for having high Wisdom score. Like bard or incarnate, a paladin may know a number of spells from each spell level equal to 3 + her Wisdom modifier. It is possible for her to learn spells above that limit, but the costs are high. A paladin need not prepare her spells in advance. She can cast any spell she knows at any time, assuming she has not yet used up her spells per day for that level. She does not have to decide ahead of time which spells sheâ'll cast. Paladinâ's caster level is equal to 1/2 her class level, rounded up.
Spells Per Day
Spells per day Invocations Level 0 1 2 3 C.L. known. 1st 1 - - - 1 - 2nd 1 - - - 1 1 3rd 2 - - - 2 1 4th 2 - - - 2 1 5th 2 1 - - 3 1 6th 3 1 - - 3 2 7th 3 2 - - 4 2 8th 3 2 - - 4 2 9th 3 2 - - 5 2 10th 4 3 1 - 5 2 11th 4 3 1 - 6 3 12th 4 3 2 - 6 3 13th 4 3 2 - 7 3 14th 4 4 2 - 7 3 15th 4 4 3 1 8 3 16th 4 4 3 1 8 4 17th 4 4 3 2 9 4 18th 4 4 3 2 9 4 19th 4 4 4 2 10 4 20th 4 4 4 3 10 4
Learning New Spells: A paladin can learn any spell from her list, but doing so is tasking and requires a sacrifice. To learn a spell, a paladin must pay an amount of gold equal to spell level squared x 50 (or 25 gp in case of 0-level spells). That money is used as an offering to the good cause, such as feeding the poor, or fuelling a war effort against drow. In addition, a paladin prays for spells in a place sacred to a good deity. Prayer must take 1 hour per spell level (30 minutes for a 0-level spell) and can not be interrupted. If it is, it must be performed again, and the offerings are lost. If a paladin attempts to learn a spell and she already reached her limit of spells known for that level, multiply gold cost by 10. A newly created 1st level paladin knows a number of 0-level spells equal to her Wis bonus.
Invocations: A paladin can cast some spells as invocations. That means that she doesn't need to spend a slot of an appropriate level to cast that spell. Since paladinâ's caster level is equal to half her class level, spells use the same caster level whether they are cast normally or as invocations. A paladin can cast invocations even if she has no slots left. At 2nd level, a paladin learns how to cast one 0-level spell from the list below as invocation (provided she knows that spell). At 6th level and every 5 levels thereafter, a paladin learns how to cast another spell from the list. A paladin can choose a spell she doesn't know yet, but she is unable to cast it until she learns it. She cannot, however, choose a spell she can't yet cast because her class level is too low to access that level of spells. List of spells a paladin can cast as invocations:
- 0 level - Resistance, Virtue
- 1st level - Detect Evil, Magic Weapon
- 2nd level - Delay Poison, Shield Other
- 3rd level - Daylight, Prayer.
Divine Grace (Su): A 2nd level paladin gains a sacred bonus equal to her Charisma bonus (if any) on all saving throws.
Radiance (Su): At 3rd level and every 5 levels thereafter, a paladin gains one radiance from the list below. A paladin can activate any radiance she knows as a move action and the effects persist until the paladin either changes the radiance or loses consciousness. She can have only one radiance active at any given time. Each radiance has range of 20 ft. and affects both paladin and her allies. Creatures with evil alignment can never gain any benefits from radiance, even if they are not paladinâ's enemies.
- Radiance of Champions: A paladin gains +2 sacred bonus on all Strength-based skill checks. Non-evil allies within 20 ft. gain +1 sacred bonus on all Strength-based skill checks.
- Radiance of Chill: A paladin gains Fire Resistance 5, or her existing Fire Resistance improves by 5. Non-evil allies within 20 ft. gain Fire Resistance 3, or their existing Fire Resistance improves by 3.
- Radiance of Courage: A paladin is immune to fear. Non-evil allies within 20 ft. gain a +4 sacred bonus on saving throws against fear effects.
- Radiance of Dawn: A paladin gains ability to see in any darkness, even magical, up to range of 60 ft. Non-evil allies within 20 ft. gain darkvision.
- Radiance of Devotion: A paladin gains +2 sacred bonus on Will saves. Non-evil allies within 20 ft. gain a +1 sacred bonus on Will saves.
- Radiance of Endurance: A paladin gains +2 sacred bonus on Fortitude saves. Non-evil allies within 20 ft. gain a +1 sacred bonus on Fortitude saves.
- Radiance of Golden Light: Any healing spell cast on paladin is treated as if it had +2 caster levels. Any healing spell cast on non-evil allies within 20 ft. is treated as if it had +1 caster level.
- Radiance of Health: A paladin is immune to disease (including magical ones). Non-evil allies within 20 ft. gain a +4 sacred bonus on saves against disease. This radiance does not remove disease already affecting a character.
- Radiance of Kindness: A paladin gains +2 sacred bonus on saves against spells and spell-like abilities or evil creatures. Non-evil allies within 20 ft. gain a +1 sacred bonus on saves against spells and spell-like abilities of evil creatures.
- Radiance of Kings: A paladin gains +2 sacred bonus on all Concentration and Wisdom-based skill checks. Non-evil allies within 20 ft. gain +1 sacred bonus on all Concentration and Wisdom-based skill checks.
- Radiance of Poets: A paladin gains +2 sacred bonus on all Charisma-based skill checks. Non-evil allies within 20 ft. gain +1 sacred bonus on all Charisma-based skill checks.
- Radiance of Providence: A paladin gains fast healing 2 as long as she is on 0 or below hit points. Non-evil allies within 20 ft. automatically stabilize when on negative hit points.
- Radiance of Purity: A paladin is immune to curse effects. Non-evil allies within 20 ft. gain a +4 sacred bonus on saving throws against curses.
- Radiance of Purpose: A paladin gains a +4 sacred bonus on initiative checks. Non-evil allies within 20 ft. gain a +2 sacred bonus on initiative checks.
- Radiance of Resolution: A paladin gains +2 sacred bonus on Reflex saves. Non-evil allies within 20 ft. gain a +1 sacred bonus on Reflex saves.
- Radiance of Sages: A paladin gains +2 sacred bonus on all Intelligence-based skill checks. Non-evil allies within 20 ft. gain +1 sacred bonus on all Intelligence-based skill checks.
- Radiance of Sanctity: A paladin gains +2 sacred bonus to AC against attacks of evil creatures. Non-evil allies within 20 ft. gain a +1 sacred bonus to AC against attacks of evil creatures.
- Radiance of Tranquility: A paladin gains Acid, Electricity, and Sonic Resistance 5, or her existing Acid, Electricity, and Sonic Resistance improves by 5. Non-evil allies within 20 ft. gain Acid, Electricity, and Sonic Resistance 3, or their existing Acid, Electricity, and Sonic Resistance improves by 3.
- Radiance of Warmth: A paladin gains Cold Resistance 5, or her existing Cold Resistance improves by 5. Non-evil allies within 20 ft. gain Cold Resistance 3, or their existing Cold Resistance improves by 3.
Cause
A paladin has something she loves and sworn to defend at all cost. The available causes are: freedom, life, loyalty, order, peace, and truth. The cause provides paladin with additional restrictions to her code of conduct and four special abilities, including extra spells added to her list.
Freedom: A Paladin of Freedom is often wandering loner fighting oppressing dictators and evil rulers. A Paladin of Freedom must have chaotic good alignment, must respect individual liberty, and punish those who threaten or curtail such liberty.
- Liberate (Ex): At 5th level, whenever a paladin uses Lay on Hands, she also removes stun and paralysis effects from the creature touched. A paladin can learn Protection from Law as a 1st level spell.
- Divine Repulsion (Su): At 10th level, a paladin may spend one use of Holy Light as a move action to move all creatures occupying her square on random adjacent squares. A paladin can learn Cat's Grace as a 2nd level spell.
- Hermes Step (Su): At 15th level, a paladin may spend one use of Holy Light to gain ability to move on any kind of surface for 1 minute. For moving on water, see water walk spell. A paladin can walk on lava normally, but still suffers 2d6 points of fire damage per round of exposure. A paladin can learn Freedom of Movement as a 3rd level spell.
- Remove Obstruction (Su): At 20th level, a paladin can spend one use of Holy Light to annihilate any wall created by spell (wall of force, ice, stone, prismatic wall, etc.) as a moveaction.
Life: Paladins dedicated to life swear help those who are in need of medical attention. They donâ't have any oaths that forbid them from killing evil creatures but paladins do so with hesitation and they spare enemies that no longer pose a threat. Paladins of life fight undead with zeal, for they see such creatures as mockery of life itself. A paladin of life may not kill living non-evil creature unless in self-defense or for food. She also cannot kill evil creature if she can see a change for that creature to coexist peacefully with either paladin or her allies (or people she protects etc.). A paladin may not ignore cry for help from wounded or sick creature.
- Alabaster Essence (Su): At 5th level, a paladin can spend one use of Holy Light to grant herself or any touched creature a number of temporary hit points equal to half her paladin level. Those hit points remain for 1 hour. A paladin can learn Shield of Faith as a 1st level spell.
- Invigorate (Su): At 10th level, whenever a paladin uses Lay on Hands, she also restores 1 point of every ability score damage to the creature touched. A paladin can learn Status as a 2nd level spell.
- Energy Infusion (Su): At 15th level, whenever a paladin uses Lay on Hands, she also removes all negative levels from the creature touched. A paladin can learn Remove Disease as a 3rd level spell.
- Battle Resurrection (Su): At 20th level, a paladin can resurrect a dead ally by spending three uses of Holy Light as a full-round action. The target is prone, at full hit points and is cleaned of all temporary effects and conditions (such as ability or level drain). Resurrected ally can act normally for 1 round per paladin level, after which he returns to the afterlife. Battle resurrection does not cause any experience loss or other effects associated with raising the dead. A paladin can't use this ability more than once per encounter.
Loyalty: Paladins dedicated to loyalty believe in friendship and fight with zeal to protect those they care for. They fight in the name of loyalty and family. A paladin must protect her friends and loved ones and she may never abuse trust others put in her. A paladin must always respect teamwork and camaradrie, even in opponents.
- Critical Care (Su): At 5th level, a paladin can use Lay on Hands on allies within 30 ft. range instead of touching them. A paladin can learn Remove Fear as a 1st level spell.
- Shelter the Comrade (Su): At 10th level, a paladin can spend one use of Holy Light as immediate action to become the new target of any spell or spell-like ability that is cast on an ally within 30 ft. If paladin is not a valid target for the effect, this ability does not work but Holy Light is still expended. A paladin can learn Protection from Energy as a 2nd level spell.
- Share Burden (Su): Whenever an ally within 20 ft. from a 15th level paladin takes damage, she can transfer up to half that damage to herself. Whenever the paladin suffers damage, any ally within 20 ft. can transfer up to half that damage to himself. Sharing burden is a free action any creature can use once per round. A paladin can learn Good Hope as a 3rd level spell.
- Relieve Ally (Ex): At 20th level, a paladin can cast remove curse as invocation.
Order: A Paladin of Order believes in law and greater order of things. To such a Paladin, laws, especially just and wise ones, are as important as struggle between Good and Evil. A paladin of order must have lawful good alignment, must respect legitimate authority that is, or is trying to be, lawful good, and act with honor (not lying, not cheating, not using poison, and so forth).
- Police the Unruly (Su): At 5th level, a paladin can spend one use of Holy Light as a standard action to deal 1d8 + paladin level divine damage to a creature within 60 ft. Fortitude save halves the damage (DC 10 + half paladin level + paladin's Cha modifier, evil creatures suffer a -4 penalty on that save). A paladin can learn Protection from Chaos as a 1st level spell.
- Smite Anarchy (Su): At 10th level, a paladin can smite chaotic creatures as well as evil ones. A paladin can learn Hold Person as a 2nd level spell.
- Rightful Place (Su): At 15th level, at the end of each turn in which a paladin dealt damage to an evil or chaotic creature, she heals herself 2d6 points of damage. A paladin can learn Magic Circle against Chaos as a 3rd level spell.
- Judgment (Su): At 20th level, a paladin can spend 3 uses of Holy Light as a standard action to deal 1d6 points of divine damage per half paladin level + her Charisma bonus (if any) to all undead and evil outsiders within 60 ft. Fortitude save halves the damage (DC 10 + half paladin level + paladin's Cha modifier, evil creatures suffer a -4 penalty on that save).
Peace: Paladins of Peace believe that problems can be solved via peaceful diplomatic means. They make good negotiators and peacekeepers. A paladin of peace may not attack unprovoked. She must also try diplomatic means (or other means, depending on situation) before entering combat, if itâ's only possible and reasonable. A paladin is under no such compulsion when the creature is mindless, undead, or an evil outsider (but still can't attack unprovoked).
- Cool Tensions (Su): At 5th level, a paladin can spend one use of Holy Light to grant herself and all creatures (including enemies, even evil ones) within 100 ft. damage reduction 5/- and a +2 bonus on saving throws against spells for 10 minutes. A paladin can end this effect as a free action. A paladin can learn Sanctuary as a 1st level spell.
- Divine Shield (Su): At 10th level, a paladin can encase herself in a field of golden energy by spending one use of Holy Light as a standard action. While in the shield, a paladin gains Damage Reduction 5/- + her paladin level and spell resistance 10 + her paladin level. Shield's duration is 1 minute but it automatically ends if the paladin attacks or performs any other potentially harmful action. A paladin can learn Calm Emotions as a 2nd level spell.
- Retribution (Su): At 15th level, whenever a creature within 30 ft. deals damage to the paladin, it suffers 1d4 points of damage itself. A paladin can learn Deep Slumber as a 3rd level spell.
- Shimmering Shield (Su): At 20th level, a paladin gains +5 sacred bonus to AC when fighting defensively and a +10 sacred bonus to AC when taking total defense action.
Truth: Paladins of Truth believe in justice, honesty and accountability. They are sometimes naïve but gain friends and allies easily. A Paladin of Truth must have lawful good alignment, and may not lie or cheat.
- Sense of Truth (Ex): At 5th level, a paladin gains +4 morale bonus on all saving throws against illusions spells and effects and gains +4 bonus on Sense Motive checks to avoid being bluffed. A paladin can learn Detect Magic as a 1st level spell.
- Mindslip (Su): At 10th level, a paladin can spend one use of Holy Light and touch a creature under effects of charm, compulsion, figment, or phantasm effect, as a standard action. If the effect allows a saving throw, the creature can immediately make a new save to shake the effect. A paladin can learn Augury as a 2nd level spell.
- Clarity of Vision (Su): At 15th level, whenever a paladin uses Lay on Hands, she also removes blindness, daze, dazzle, and deafness conditions from the creature touched. A paladin can learn Invisibility Purge as a 3rd level spell.
- True Seeing (Su): At 20th level, a paladin is under constant effect of true seeing.
Exalted Mount
At 7th level, a paladin gains the servitude of a celestial rideable magical creature as a loyal companion that accompanies the paladin on his adventures. She may select her mount from the following list: bison, boar, camel, crocodile, dire badger, dire bat, hippogrif, horse (any), monitor lizard or riding dog. The exalted mount is entirely usual for a creature of it's type, save that it gains the celestial template. The paladin must be able to ride the creature in order to select it as her exalted mount; for example, a half-orc paladin cannot choose celestial wolf as her exalted mount. A paladin gains +4 bonus on Ride checks with her exalted mount.
A paladin's companion gains 1 extra Hit Die (up to the maximum HD for it's race, as per the Monster Manual) and increases the Strength, Dexterity, Constitution and Wisdom by 1 (as if it were born with exceptionally high ability scores) for every two paladin levels beyond the level that a mount of that type would become available to a paladin. If a paladin releases her mount from service, she may be granted a new after 24 hours and one hour of prayer.
As they level up, Paladins gain the ability to call upon greater allies of good to serve as their exalted mount: From 11th level onwards, a paladin may gain the aid of a dire wolf, giant eagle, lion, pegasus or a unicorn. From 15th level onwards, a paladin may gain the aid of a dire lion, megaraptor or a young brass dragon. From 19th level onwards, a paladin may gain the aid of a dire tiger, elephant, juvenile brass dragon, tyrannosaurus or a young bronze, copper or silver dragon.
Brilliant Radiance: At 11th level, a paladin can upkeep 2 radiances at once.
Celestial Radiance: At 19th level, a paladin can upkeep up to 3 radiances at once.
Epic Paladin
Hit Die: d10 + Con modifier.
Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 4 + Int modifier.
Paladin Level Special 21th Holy light 22th - 23th Radiance 24th - 25th Bonus feat 26th - 27th - 28th Radiance 29th - 30th Bonus feat
Holy Light: An epic paladin's number of daily uses continues to grow at epic levels.
Radiance: An epic paladin learns new radiance at 23rd level and every 5 levels thereafter (28th, 33rd, 38th, and so on).
Bonus Feat: An epic paladin gains bonus feat at 25th level and every 5 levels thereafter (30th, 35th, 40th, and so on). The list of available epic feats is same as in Epic Level Handbook.