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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FireLance" data-source="post: 878058" data-attributes="member: 3424">I suppose the key question is, why is the Paladin a core class.  The other "Holy Warrior" classes are PrCs.  Mechanics-wise, there is no reason why the Paladin should not be a PrC, or why you could not have a "Holy Warrior" core class.  In terms of flavour, however, I like the idea that a person dedicated to the ideals of Law and Good can be entrusted with a bit more power from the start of his adventuring career.As to how a Paladin could be made more effective against chaos and evil, how about the following, either as advanced class abilities or achievable through feats:1. Detect Evil in a 360 degree radius, so that the Paladin is immediately aware when evil is near.  Or perhaps this gives the paladin a level/2 bonus to Spot checks against evil.2. As a further refinement to Detect Evil, give the Paladin a level/2 bonus to Sense Motive checks against evil.3. Allow the Paladin to radiate a personal Protection From Evil effect or a Magic Circle Against Evil effect.4. Give the Paladin a further bonus to saves against committing evil acts when Charmed, Dominated or otherwise controlled.5. 1/day, when facing an evil foe, the Paladin can ask for a special blessing from his God, in the form of a cleric spell of the foe's CR/2 or less.  When facing a CR 1/2 orc, he could ask for a 0-level Virtue spell.  When facing a CR 16 pit fiend, he could ask for a 8th-level Holy Aura.</blockquote>

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