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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stone Dog" data-source="post: 3912454" data-attributes="member: 16705">I'm hoping that the PHB has a small paragraph at the beginning saying something like "Smites primarily call upon divine power to deal extra damage to enemies.  However, the divine power will often bleed into secondary effects designed to aid the paladin and his allies in combat."I'm also hoping that the paladin will be shown to have healing and protection talents as well so that when people say "Why can't my paladin heal without hitting something" or "why do I need to attack to offer a defense bonus" we can point to Lay on Hands or Protection from Evil.Smites are one thing the paladin can do.  Odds are they aren't the ONLY thing the paladin can do.</blockquote>