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<blockquote data-quote="dvvega" data-source="post: 1966027" data-attributes="member: 524">The Devoted Defender PrC was the basis of a whole guild in my campaign back in 3.0. They were obviously called the &quot;Bodyguard&quot; guild and they hired out to wealthy merchants, the rich, or anyone who could afford their services.I added guild-abilities like access to certain special armour that was available for assignments and so forth, easily hidden weapons, etc.However no matter what you do to change it, not many people want to be a devoted defender. If I was playing in my homebrew I would take a Devoted Defender as a cohort for some of my characters.If I had to revise the PrC I would actually add a couple of spell-like abilities. Perhaps something like Shield Other, Status etc. These would have a duration of 24 hours and only one charge (group of charges) can benefit per day.For example a bodyguard who is assigned to a group of nuns on their way to pilgrimage could know the status of them all and take damage for them all (dangerous but sacrificing in the way I would like to see this PrC).As to your write up, I think the living shield ability could have a second ability - you choose which one: the defender takes maximum damage from the effect while granting his charge immunity. D</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dvvega, post: 1966027, member: 524"] The Devoted Defender PrC was the basis of a whole guild in my campaign back in 3.0. They were obviously called the "Bodyguard" guild and they hired out to wealthy merchants, the rich, or anyone who could afford their services. I added guild-abilities like access to certain special armour that was available for assignments and so forth, easily hidden weapons, etc. However no matter what you do to change it, not many people want to be a devoted defender. If I was playing in my homebrew I would take a Devoted Defender as a cohort for some of my characters. If I had to revise the PrC I would actually add a couple of spell-like abilities. Perhaps something like Shield Other, Status etc. These would have a duration of 24 hours and only one charge (group of charges) can benefit per day. For example a bodyguard who is assigned to a group of nuns on their way to pilgrimage could know the status of them all and take damage for them all (dangerous but sacrificing in the way I would like to see this PrC). As to your write up, I think the living shield ability could have a second ability - you choose which one: the defender takes maximum damage from the effect while granting his charge immunity. D [/QUOTE]

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