Best Prestige Class Paladin

[Aus_Snow]

If I understand your meaning right, I'd say Sword of Righteousness. From what I've actually witnessed, anyway. He seemed to work out just fine.. for a while (the Paladin in question).

I've never PrC'd a Paladin, myself. So, I can't post any 1st-hand experiences or real recommendations. :\

 

[Krug]

Sorry I meant where the Paladin has been removed as a base class and instead is considered a Prestige Class. I think there are quite a few books out there that have the Paladin as a PrC, or did I hallucinate the whole thing?

 

[Thanee]

UA has done that, I think.

Bye
Thanee

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

So'd the Chainmail Bikini Paladin book. The Paladin PrC was available for download on their website, IIRC.

 

[Viktyr Gehrig]

This is the version I use:

Paladin
Paladins are a Prestige Class with the following prerequisites:
Alignment: Any Good
Base Attack Bonus: +6
Skills: Diplomacy 5 ranks, Knowledge (religion) 2 ranks
Feats: Power Attack, Divine Might
Spells: Must be able to cast 1st level divine spells
Special: The character must have made peaceful contact with a good outsider who was conjured by him or someone else.

They have Full BAB, 2 + Skills per level, and the Paladin class skill list from the PHB. Paladins are proficient in Simple and Martial Weapons, plus all Armor and Shields.
Spells: Paladins gain +1 level of existing divine class every odd level. They add the Paladin's spell list (minus spells with the [Law] descriptor) to the spell list of their previous divine class, but if they cast spells spontaneously, must select them as normal.
Aura of Good: Paladins have an aura of good with a power equal to the character's class level.
Divine Health: At 1st level, a Paladin gains immunity to all diseases, including supernatural and magical diseases.
Detect Evil: Paladins may use detect evil at will, as the spell.
Divine Grace: Starting at 2nd level, Paladins may add their Charisma modifier (if positive) as a bonus to all saving throws.
Smite Evil: At 2nd level, Paladins may Smite Evil once per day, as the Paladin class ability. This increases to 2/day at 5th level and 3/day at 10th level.
Turn Undead: At 3rd level, Paladins gain the ability to turn undead and Evil outsiders as a Cleric of his Paladin class level.
Aura of Courage: At 3rd level, Paladins are immune to fear and provide a +4 morale bonus to saves against fear effects to any ally within 10 feet.
Celestial Servant:Paladins replace the Special Mount ability with the Celestial Servant ability. This functions exactly like the Blackguard's Fiendish Servant ability except that the Paladin summons a Celestial Animal, and may select from the following list: cat, dog, riding dog, eagle, horse, pony.
Fallen Paladins: An ex-Paladin may trade in levels of ex-Paladin for levels of Blackguard, as long as the character meets the requirements for the Blackguard Prestige Class.

Blackguard has the same requirements as in the DMG, except they replace their feat requirements with Power Attack and Divine Might, and they have to be able to cast first level divine spells.

 

[Pinotage]

UA has done that, I think.

Bye
Thanee

I also believe that's available online at:

SRD

Some of the UA stuff is available there.

Pinotage

 

[Joshua Randall]

The Chainmail Bikini book on Paladins is... sketchy, at best. I'd avoid it.

And what is it about the Paladin that encourages constant tinkering? We don't have 87 different versions of, say, Bard-as-PrC -- even though the Bard was arguable the first real PrC!

 

[Aus_Snow]

And what is it about the Paladin that encourages constant tinkering? We don't have 87 different versions of, say, Bard-as-PrC -- even though the Bard was arguable the first real PrC!

Perhaps because the Paladin's passion/dedication/love-or-hate-me qualities inspire people, whereas (ironically) the Bard, who does what in game time? Oh yes, inspire. Well out of game time, the Bard seems to inspire. . . ambivalence at best. :\

Or not.

 

[Drew]

The Chainmail Bikini book on Paladins is... sketchy, at best. I'd avoid it.

And what is it about the Paladin that encourages constant tinkering? We don't have 87 different versions of, say, Bard-as-PrC -- even though the Bard was arguable the first real PrC!

Because the role the paladin fills - warrior with divine calling - fits prestige class better than base class to some people. Especially since they have a specific alignment requirement.

I don't really care for the paladin as written. Clerics are knights in heavy armor that serve as crusaders for the gods. Fighters make better secular knights than Paladins. The paladin is kind of an ugly stepchild that can summon a horse. Meh...give the paladin some prestige!

 

[Viktyr Gehrig]

Well out of game time, the Bard seems to inspire. . . ambivalence at best. :\

Or not.

See, I love the Bard-- and, a 1st level Bard makes a lot more sense to me than a 1st level Paladin.

There's also no anti-Bard Prestige Class.