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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Great Bear King" data-source="post: 2350911" data-attributes="member: 21850">How about this alternative?PaladinAlignment: Lawful good.Hit Die: d10.Class SkillsAs core paladin.Skill Points: As core paladin.Class FeaturesAll of the following are class features of the paladin.Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Paladins are proficient withall simple and martial weapons, with all types of armor(heavy, medium, and light), and with shields (excepttower shields).Aura of Good (Ex): The power of a paladin's aura of good(see the detect good spell) is equal to her paladin level.Smite Evil (Su): Once per day, a paladin may attempt tosmite evil with one normal melee attack. She adds herCharisma bonus (if any) to her attack roll and deals 1extra point of damage per paladin level. If the paladinaccidentally smites a creature that is not evil, the smitehas no effect, but the ability is still used up for that day.At 5th level, and at every five levels thereafter, the paladinmay smite evil one additional time per day, as indicatedon Table: The Paladin, to a maximum of fifteen timesper day at 60th level.Divine Grace (Su): At 2nd level, a paladin gains a bonusequal to her Charisma bonus (if any) on all savingthrows.Aura of Courage (Su): Beginning at 3rd level, a paladin isimmune to fear (magical or otherwise). Each ally within10 feet of her gains a +4 morale bonus on saving throwsagainst fear effects.This ability functions while the paladin is conscious, butnot if she is unconscious or dead.Divine Health (Ex): At 3rd level, a paladin gains immunity toall diseases, including supernatural and magical diseases.Turn Undead (Su):When a paladin reaches 4th level, shegains the supernatural ability to turn undead. She mayuse this ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + herWillpower modifier. She turns undead as a cleric of threelevels lower would.Spells: Beginning at 9th level, a paladin gains the ability tocast a small number of divine spells, which are drawnfrom the Law, Good, War, Protection, and Healing Domains up to level four. At 9th level and higher, her caster level is his or her paladin level -8.Paladin Spells: Level 0-Law: Detect Law and Detect Chaos; Good: Virtue, Purify Food and Drink; War: Guidance, Badger’s Strength; Protection: Resistance; Healing: Cure Minor WoundsLevel 1-Law: Protection from Chaos, Summon Monster I*; Good: Protection from Evil, Bless Water, Summon Monster I**; War: Magic Weapon, Bane, Bless, Divine Favor, Doom, Shield of Faith; Protection: Sanctuary; Healing: Cure Light Wounds; Protection and War: Shield of FaithLevel 2-Law: Calm Emotions, Align Weapon,  Summon Monster III*; Good: Aid, Align Weapon, Consecrate, Summon Monster II**; War: Spiritual Weapon, Bear's Endurance, Bull’s Strength, Status; Protection: Shield Other; Healing: Cure Moderate Wounds, Delay Poison, Lesser Restoration, Remove ParalysisLevel 3-Law: Magic Circle against Chaos, Summon Monster III*:; Good: Magic Circle against Evil, Helping Hand, Summon Monster III**; War: Magic Vestment, Prayer; Protection: Protection from Energy; Glyph of Warding; Healing: Cure Serious WoundsLevel 4-Law: Lesser Planar Ally*, Order's Wrath, Summon Monster IV*; Good: Holy Smite, Lesser Planar AllyT, Summon Monster IV**; War: Divine Power, Greater Magic Weapon; Protection: Spell Immunity; Healing: Cure Critical Wounds, Neutralize Poison, Restoration.*Cast as a Law spell only.**Cast as a Good spell only.Favored Enemy (Ex): At 5th level, a paladin may select a typeof creature from among those given on Table: PaladinFavored Enemies. The ranger gains a +2 bonus on Bluff,Listen, Sense Motive, Spot, and Survival checks whenusing these skills against creatures of this type. Likewise,he gets a +2 bonus on weapon damage rolls against suchcreatures.At 10th level and every five levels thereafter (15th, 20th,and upward), the paladin may select an additional favoredenemy from those given on the table. In addition, ateach such interval, the bonus against any one favoredenemy (including the one just selected, if so desired)increases by 2.If the paladin chooses humanoids or outsiders as a favoredenemy, he must also choose an associated subtype, asindicated on the table. If a specific creature falls intomore than one category of favored enemy, the paladin'sbonuses do not stack; he simply uses whichever bonus ishigher.Paladin favored enemies:Aberration Animal BeastMagical beastConstruct Dragon OozeElemental Fey Giant Monstrous humanoidHumanoid (reptilian)Humanoid (aquatic) Humanoid (dwarf) Humanoid (half-elf)Humanoid (goblinoid) Humanoid (gnoll) Humanoid (gnome) Humanoid (halfling) Humanoid (human) Humanoid (orc) VerminUndeadPlantOutsider (air)Outsider (earth)Outsider (water)Outsider (fire)Outsider (evil)Outsider (chaotic)Outsider (native)Special Mount (Sp): As core paladin.Chill of the Heavens (Su): Beginning at 22nd level the paladin may call a heavenly blast of cold . This is equal to a cold of cone cast by a theurgist (or sorcerer depending upon your terminology) of equal level. This calls for one use of smite evil.Holy Stasis (Su): Starting at 27th level, a paladin can call upon the power of both holiness and order to paralyze an evil foe.He can use this holy status attack  at 27th level, and he must announce her intent before making her attack roll. Constructs, oozes, plants, undead, incorporeal creatures,and creatures immune to critical hits cannot be affected.Otherwise, if the paladin strikes successfully and the targettakes damage from the blow, the holy status attacksucceeds. Thereafter the paladin can try to paralyze the victimat any later time, as long as the attempt is made within anumber of days equal to his paladin level. To make suchan attempt, the paladin merely wills the target to become stiff and ridged (a free action), and unless the target makes a Fortitude saving throw, the victim is paralyzed. If the savingthrow is successful, the target is no longer in danger from thatparticular holy status attack, but it may still be affected by anotherone at a later time. This calls for two uses of smite evil per day when using this power.Holy Stasis table:Lawful or Neutral Evil DC 10 + 1/2 the paladin's level + the paladin's Wis modifier.Chaotic Evil or vile Lawful or Neutral Evil DC 10 + 1 per paladin level + the paladin's WismodifierVile Chaotic Evil or Lawful or Neutral Evil with evil brand DC 10 + 2 per paladin level + the paladin's Wis modifierChaotic Evil with Evil Brand DC 10 + 3 per paladin level + the paladin's Wis modifierSlay Foe (Ex): At Epic levels a freedom fighter my gain the feat Death of Enemies. Instead of the one of the prerequisites being 30 ranks in Knowledge (Nature), the skill prerequisite is 30 ranks in Knowledge (Tactics).Code of Conduct: A paladin must be of Lawful Good alignmentand loses all class abilities if she ever willingly commits an evil act.Additionally, a paladin's code requires that she respectlegitimate authority, act with honor (not lying, not cheating,not using poison, and so forth), help those in need(provided they do not use the help for evil or chaoticends), and punish those who harm or threaten innocents.Associates: While she may adventure with characters of anygood or neutral alignment, a paladin will never knowinglyassociate with evil characters, nor will she continuean association with someone who consistently offendsher moral code. A paladin may accept only henchmen,followers, or cohorts who are lawful good.Ex-PaladinsA paladin who ceases to be lawful good, who willfullycommits an evil act or chaotic act, or who grossly violates the code of conductloses all paladin spells and abilities (including the serviceof the paladin's mount, but not weapon, armor, and shieldproficiencies). She may not progress any farther in levels asa paladin. She regains her abilities and advancement potentialif she atones for her violations (see the atonement spelldescription), as appropriate.The Paladin’s MountAs core paladin.Alternatives to The Paladin’s Mount and or Armor ProficienciesMystic KnightInstead of the typical mount and armor proficiencies the paladin my may opt for the domain abilities of the Knowledge Domain and gain some monk like abilities.AC Bonus (Ex): as core monk  1st Flurry of blows.  2nd Evasion.  3rd Still mind.  4th Slow fall 20 ft.  5th Purity of body.  6th Slow fall 30 ft.  7th Wholeness of body.  8th Slow fall 40 ft.  9th Improved evasion.10th Ki strike (lawful), slow fall 50 ft.11th Diamond body, greater flurry.12th Abundant step, slow fall 60 ft.13th Diamond soul.14th Slow fall 70 ft.16th Ki strike (Good), Slow fall 80 ft.17thTimeless body.18th Slow fall 90 ft.19th Empty body.20th Perfect self, slow fall any distance.Multi-class OptionsMay multi-class freely with any psionic class, alchemist (core wizard variant), gifted (celestial warlock), and any good priest (that can be lawful). As well as any paladin Prestige Class, or any non-evil, non-chaotic, Prestige Class of the classes that the mystic knight may multi-class into.</blockquote>

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