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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson Longinus" data-source="post: 8086905" data-attributes="member: 7025508"><p>Yes, though that certainly is a part I was apprehensive about. I really don't care about divine smite and wouldn't mind if it just didn't exist, but it probably is one of those paladin identity things for some people. But if I were seriously contemplating using this in a game it would&nbsp; of course require some mathammering. Note that as 1/3 caster instead of 1/2 caster they have less spells slots to burn for smiting and they are of lower level. And of course downgrading the damage die is easy, it can be d6 or d4 or/and it can be just one die per level instead of on+level. So downgrading the damage is not hard. Now, it is questionable if a mechanic that allows character to just burn their spell slots for boring extra damage instead of dong something more interesting with them is a good idea to begin with, but that applies to the original paladin as well. And yeah, on second though improved divine smite shouldn't definitely exist so it can just be a choice of an oath feature there. As I said, it was a tree minute draft.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Crimson Longinus, post: 8086905, member: 7025508"] Yes, though that certainly is a part I was apprehensive about. I really don't care about divine smite and wouldn't mind if it just didn't exist, but it probably is one of those paladin identity things for some people. But if I were seriously contemplating using this in a game it would of course require some mathammering. Note that as 1/3 caster instead of 1/2 caster they have less spells slots to burn for smiting and they are of lower level. And of course downgrading the damage die is easy, it can be d6 or d4 or/and it can be just one die per level instead of on+level. So downgrading the damage is not hard. Now, it is questionable if a mechanic that allows character to just burn their spell slots for boring extra damage instead of dong something more interesting with them is a good idea to begin with, but that applies to the original paladin as well. And yeah, on second though improved divine smite shouldn't definitely exist so it can just be a choice of an oath feature there. As I said, it was a tree minute draft. [/QUOTE]

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