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<blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 5866288" data-attributes="member: 2067">To a certain extent, yeah, this is a bit of a &quot;leap forward.&quot; A paladin has been 90% combo-fighter-and-cleric-guy. But there's a few unique paladin mechanics that I'd like to see preserved and maybe made more powerful or central.<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol"> Lay On Hands (heals HP, could be expanded to heal other stuff or give buffs)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol"> Detect Evil (mostly ferrets out shapechanging devils, but also powerful evil artifacts &amp; junk)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol"> Cure Disease/Immune to Disease (that 1/week thing might need to be scaled up, though)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol"> A Mount (and improved mounts -- your warhorse should gain levels and abilities!)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol"> Divine Grace (ie: Better magical defenses than a straight fighter)</li>
</ol>You could add some other options -- auras, smites, whatever. And I'd probably retain some spellcasting, and the turn undead stuff. And, sure, bop in a few fighter manuever thingies (especially for mounted combat!) as options. No problems. But let us please not say that paladin = fighter/cleric. That seems...kind of needlessly reductive to me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="I'm A Banana, post: 5866288, member: 2067"] To a certain extent, yeah, this is a bit of a "leap forward." A paladin has been 90% combo-fighter-and-cleric-guy. But there's a few unique paladin mechanics that I'd like to see preserved and maybe made more powerful or central. [LIST=1] [*] [B]Lay On Hands[/B] (heals HP, could be expanded to heal other stuff or give buffs) [*] [B]Detect Evil[/B] (mostly ferrets out shapechanging devils, but also powerful evil artifacts & junk) [*] [B]Cure Disease/Immune to Disease[/B] (that 1/week thing might need to be scaled up, though) [*] [B]A Mount[/B] (and improved mounts -- your warhorse should gain levels and abilities!) [*] [B]Divine Grace[/B] (ie: Better magical defenses than a straight fighter) [/LIST] You could add some other options -- auras, smites, whatever. And I'd probably retain some spellcasting, and the turn undead stuff. And, sure, bop in a few fighter manuever thingies (especially for mounted combat!) as options. No problems. But let us please not say that paladin = fighter/cleric. That seems...kind of needlessly reductive to me. [/QUOTE]

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