Class conjuring - an appropriate tradeoff for a paladin?

Thread starter Plane Sailing
Start date Jul 29, 2004

Which of these class features is a balanced swap for inspire courage?

Lose all spells and spell list (can't use wands etc)
Votes: 6 37.5%
Lose turning ability (and hence divine feats based on it)
Votes: 5 31.3%
lose special mount
Votes: 2 12.5%
lose some combination of smite, remove disease? detect evil
Votes: 1 6.3%
Something else, I'll elaborate in a message below
Votes: 2 12.5%

LazarusLong42

First Post

Jul 30, 2004

Create a spell, Courageous Shout, a first level Paladin spell. Duration: Concentration plus one round per caster level. Applies a +1 bonus to hit and damage, increasing to +2 at CL 6 (Pal12), and max +3 at CL 10 (Pal20). Concentrating on the spell is a free action, and the paladin can fight while concentrating, but can't cast other spells.

It's not *as* powerful as giving the Paladin the Bard's inspire courage ability, but it's not unreasonable for a first level spell (cf. Bless), and the Paladin has to prep it to use it. And he wouldn't need to lose any abilities, just prep the spell.