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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Great Bear King" data-source="post: 2286358" data-attributes="member: 21850">These passages are supposed to give you a feel for the philosophies of this class and other chaotic goods.Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord,He is trampling out the vintage where thegrapes of wrath are stored,He hath loosed the fateful lightning of Histerrible swift sword,His Truth is marching on.Glory, glory, halleujah!Glory, glory, halleujah!Glory, glory, halleujah!His Truth is marching on.I have seen Him in the watch fires of ahundred circling camps,They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps.I can read His righteous sentence by the dimand flaring lamps,His Day is marching on.I have read His fiery gospel writ in burnishedrows of steel:"As ye deal with My condemners, so with you My grace shall deal."Let the hero, born of woman, crush theserpent with His heal,As God is marching on.He has sounded forth the trumpet that shallnever call retreat.He is shifting out the hearts of men before Hisjudgment seat.Oh! Be swift, my soul, to answer him, bejubilant my feet,Our God is marching on.In the beauty of the lilies, Christ was bornacross the sea,With a glory in his bosom that transfigures youand me.As He died to make men holy, let us die to makemen free!While God is marching on.-Battle Hymn of the Republic, Julia Ward Howe"You don't need to be 'straight' to fight and die for yourcountry. You just need to shoot straight."-Retired Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater (R), on the question of gays in the military."They who would give up liberty for a little temporary safety deserve and will have neither."-Benjamin Franklin, on the Proprietor's exemption from taxationFreedom FighterPaladins could be thought of as the MacArthurs or George Orwells of heroic fantasy, or even martial versions of Buchanan and Nader, perhaps even Yoda. But where are the John Browns, the Barry Goldwater’s, or armored Howard Sterns on horse back smiting the wicked, performing minor miracles, and screaming obscenities at the forces of tyranny, slavery, and obscenity laws. Where are the Dirty Harrys with their god at their rear guard taking out scum bags where ever they are. Where are the holy vigilantes who are willing to fight street thugs and their own governments if need be. I decided not to call this class ‘paladin of freedom’ since paladin means inmate of the palace, and therefore a supporter of order and government.Alignment: Chaotic Good.Hit Die: d10Class SkillsThe freedom fighter has the same class skills as the paladin but replace Knowledge (royalty and nobility) (Int) with Knowledge (politics andphilosophy) (Int)Skill Points at 1st Level: As core clericClass FeaturesAll of the following are class features of the paladin.Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Freedom fighters 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): Same as paladin.Smite Evil (Su): As core paladin but, to a maximum of fifteen timesper day at 60th level.Divine Grace (Su): Same as paladinAura of Courage (Su): Same as paladin.Divine Health (Ex): Same as paladin.Turn Devils (Su):When a freedom fighter reaches 4th level, shegains the supernatural ability to turn devils. She mayuse this ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + herWillpower modifier. She turns devils as a cleric of threelevels lower would turn undead. If the freedom fighter has twice as many modified hit dice as the devil, the devil is sent back to the Nine Hells, where it belongs.Spells: Beginning at 9th level, a freedom fighter gains the ability tocast a small number of divine spells, which are drawnfrom the Chaos, Good, War, Protection, and Healing Domains up to level four. At 9th level and higher, her caster level is his or her freedom fighter level -8.Freedom Fighter Spells: Level 0-Chaos: Detect Law and Detect Chaos; Good: Virtue, Purify Food and Drink; War: Guidance, Badger’s Strength; Protection: Resistance; Healing: Cure Minor WoundsLevel 1-Chaos: Protection from Law, 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-Chaos: Magic Circle against Law, 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-Chaos: Magic Circle against Law, 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-Chaos: Chaos Hammer, Summon Monster IV*; Good: Holy Smite, Lesser Planar Ally*, Summon Monster IV*; War: Divine Power, Greater Magic Weapon; Protection: Spell Immunity; Healing: Cure Critical Wounds, Neutralize Poison, RestorationFavored Enemy (Ex): At 5th level, a freedom fighter may select anoppressive or other wise evil order from among those given on Table: Freedom FighterFavored 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 freedom fighter 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.These would be examples of such groups and individuals.The KGBJoseph StalinAdolph HitlerBonito MussoliniThe Brown ShirtsAl-QaedaSaudi Royal GuardThe TalibanThe Gestapo The SSThe Red Army Emperor Palpatine’s Imperial GuardSAVAKThe SAImperial Storm Trooperssamurai (a freedom fighter slash ranger to me would make great chaotic good ninja)The NKVDThe Ku Klux KlanHoover’s FBIevil cult members (remember, they’re vigilantes too)organized crimeslave overseersOutsider (lawful evil)Outsider (chaotic evil)Outsider (neutral evil)Buford T. JusticeDarth VaderEmperor PalpatineThe Fairy Godmother and her henchmen (from Shrek 2)Lord Farquod and his knights Righteous Wrath (Sp): Upon reaching 5th level, a freedom fighter gainsthe ability to go in to a holy and divinely inspired frenzy similar to a barbarian’s Rage. This constitutes one use of smite evil.Shatter Bonds (Sp): At 11th level a freedom fighter may releaseany sentient being that is falsely imprisoned, enslaved, or under mind control by touching them with his for her weapon.First the prisoner must not be evil or must sincerely promise to mend their ways, second they must not have committed a crime to be imprisoned, third if the prisoner did commit the crime the punishment they do or will receive must be worse than would call for (like executing someone for theft), it must be a ridiculous or oppressive law under which they were imprisoned, or a minor crime and they are released to help a good cause (think of the Blues Brothers).Therefore you won't have freedom fighters trying to release Charles Manson from San Quentin.Special Mount (Sp): Same as paladin.Greater Righteous Wrath (Sp): Upon reaching 15th level, a freedom fighter becomeseven more powerful holy and divinely inspired frenzy similar to a barbarian’s Greater Rage. This constitutes two uses of smite evil.Tireless Wrath (Ex): At 21st level and higher, a freedom fighter nolonger becomes fatigued at the end of his wrath.Mighty Righteous Wrath (Sp): Upon reaching 24th level, a freedom fighter becomeseven more powerful holy and divinely inspired frenzy similar to a barbarian’s Mighty Rage. This constitutes three uses of smite evil.Let loose the Fateful Lightning (Sp):At 25th a freedom fighter may call a Lightning Bolt out of the sky and thoughhis or her sword. The bolt does 20d6 points of damage to any Evillyaligned being and the saving throw DC is equal to that of a theurgist(or sorcerer depending upon your terminology) of equal level. Half of the damage is holy damage. The damage increases by ten every ten levels.This constitutes three uses of smite evil.True Righteous Wrath (Sp): Upon reaching 33rd level, a freedom fightercan upon the third round of his rage smite a number of evil foesequal to his or her freedom fighter level divided by three. The smitingused is that from the spell Holy Smite. This constitutes four uses of smite evil and one use of Holy Smite.Code of Conduct: A freedom fighter must be of Chaotic Good alignment and loses all class abilities if she ever willingly commits an evil act.Additionally, a freedom fighter's code requires that she respectlegitimate authority as long as it acts in a legitimate fashion, act with honor (respecting the lives and rights of civilians and captured enemy troops, not necessarily playing fair), help those in need(provided they do not use the help for evil or lawfulends), punish those who harm or threaten innocents, resist totalitarianism, (paladins aren‘t required to, but many still do so) respect the rights of the individual, and free the oppressed and the enslaved (paladins aren’t required to do so, but it’s recommended).Associates: While she may adventure with characters of anygood or neutral alignment, a freedom fighter will never knowinglyassociate with evil characters, nor will she continuean association with someone who consistently offendsher moral code. A freedom fighter may accept only henchmen,followers, or cohorts who are good and almost never lawful.Ex-Freedom FightersA freedom fighter who ceases to be chaotic good, who willfullycommits an evil act or lawful 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 freedom fighter. She regains her abilities and advancement potentialif she atones for her violations (see the atonement spelldescription), as appropriate.The Freedom Fighter’s MountSame as paladin.P.S. I use the standard turning system for devils with one exception, see above.</blockquote>

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