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Page 86 of the DUNGEON MASTER's Guide, between the loremaster and the shadowdancer.
Paladin
Every description in the Player's Handbook between pages 41 and 44 holds sway, except where indicated below.
No one ever chooses to be a paladin. Becoming a paladin is answering a call, accepting one's destiny. The compassion to pursue good, the will to uphold law, and the power to defeat evil-these are the three weapons of the paladin. Few have the purity and devotion that it takes to walk the paladin's path, but those few are rewarded with the power to protect, to heal, and to smite. In a land of scheming wizards, unholy priests, bloodthirsty dragons, and infernal fiends, the paladin is the final hope that cannot be extinguished.
The paladin takes their adventures seriously and have a penchant for referring to them as "quests". Even a mundane mission is, in the heart of the paladin, a personal test-an opportunity to demonstrate bravery, to develop martial skills, to learn tactics, and to find ways of doing good. Clerics, monks, rangers, and warriors primarily answer the call of paladinhood, while ex-bards, rogues, sorcerers, and wizards are more inclined towards artifice and subterfuge than paladins generally embrace. Berserkers and druids rarely become paladins, as doing so contradicts the instinctive nature of who they are.
As NPCs, paladins really come into their own when leading mighty campaigns against evil, or setting off on their own to further the causes of good and law. They work well with good and lawful clerics, and they appreciate working with those who are brave, honest, and committed to good. While they cannot abide evil acts by their companions, they are otherwise willing to work with a variety of people quite different from themselves. All paladins, regardless of background, recognize in each other an eternal bond that transcends culture, race, and even religion.
Hit Die: d10.
Requirements
To qualify to become a paladin, a character must fulfill all the following criteria.
Alignment: Lawful good.
Base Attack Bonus: +6.
Knowledge (religion): 2 ranks.
Ride: 5 ranks.
Feats: Improved Disarm, Leadership.
Special: The paladin must have made peaceful contact with a good outsider from whom they successfully preformed a quest and were deemed worthy of divine blessing.
Class Skills
All of the following are class features of the paladin prestige class.
The paladin's class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Handle Animal (Cha), Heal (Wis), Knowledge (religion) (Int), Profession (Wis), and Ride (Dex). See chapter 4: Skills for skill descriptions.
Skill Points at Each Level: 2 + Int modifier.
Table 2-16: The Paladin
Class-Base-Fort-Refl-Will
Level-Attk-Save-Save-Save-Special
1st---+1---+2---+0---+0---Detect evil, divine health,
--------------------------lay on hands
2nd---+2---+3---+0---+0---Divine grace, smite evil
3rd---+3---+3---+1---+1---Aura of courage, turn undead
4th---+4---+4---+1---+1---Remove disease 1/week
5th---+5---+4---+1---+1---Special mount
6th---+6---+5---+2---+2
7th---+7---+5---+2---+2---Remove disease 2/week
8th---+8---+6---+2---+2
9th---+9---+6---+3---+3
10th--+10--+7---+3---+3---Remove disease 3/week
Table 2-16: The Paladin (continued)
Spells per Day
Class
Level-1st-2nd-3rd-4th
1st---0
2nd---1
3rd---1---0
4th---1---1
5th---1---1---0
6th---1---1---1
7th---2---1---1---0
8th---2---2---1---1
9th---2---2---2---1
10th--2---2---2---2
Class Features
Spells: Beginning at 1st level, a paladin gains the ability to cast a small number of divine spells. To cast a spell, the paladin must have an Wisdom score of at least 10 + the spell's level, so a paladin with an Wisdom of 10 or lower cannot cast these spells. Paladin bonus spells are based on Wisdom, and saving throws against these spells have a DC of 10 + spell level + the paladin's Wisdom modifier (if any). When the paladin gets 0 spells of a given level, such as 0 1st level spells at 1st level, the paladin gets only bonus spells. (A paladin without a bonus spell for that level cannot yet cast a spell of that level.) The paladin's spell list appears below. A paladin has access to any spell on the list and can freely choose which to prepare, just like a cleric. A paladin prepares and casts spells just like a cleric does (though the paladin cannot spontaneously cast cure spells).
Divine Grace: At 2nd level, a paladin applies their Charisma modifier (if positive) as a bonus to all saving throws.
Smite Evil: Once per day, a paladin of 2nd level or higher can attempt to smite evil with one normal melee attack. The paladin adds their Wisdom modifier (if positive) to their attack roll and deals 1 extra point of damage per paladin level (e.g., an 5th level paladin armed with a longsword would deal 1d8+5 points of damage, plus any additional bonuses for high Strength or magical effects that normally apply. If the paladin accidentally smites a creature that is not evil, the smite has no effect but is still used up for that day. Smite evil is a supernatural ability.
Aura of Courage: Beginning at 3rd level, a paladin is immune to fear (magical or otherwise). Allies within 10 feet of the paladin gain a +4 morale bonus on saving throws against fear effects. Granting the morale bonus to allies is a supernatural ability.
Remove Disease: Beginning at 4th level, a paladin can remove disease, as the spell remove disease, once per week. Paladin can use this ability more often as they advance in levels (twice per week at 7th level and three times per week at 10th level). Remove disease is a spell-like ability for the paladin.
Paladin Spell List
Paladins choose their spells from the following list:
1st level-bless, bless weapon, cure light wounds, detect poison, detect undead, divine favor, endure elements, magic weapon, protection against evil, read magic, resistance, virtue.
2nd level-aid, bull's strength, cure moderate wounds, daylight, delay poison, remove paralysis, resist elements, shield other.
3rd level-cure serious wounds, discern lies, dispel magic, greater magical weapon, heal mount, magic circle against evil, prayer, remove blindness/deafness.
4th level-cure critical wounds, death ward, dispel evil, freedom of movement, holy sword, neutralize poison.
SPECIAL MOUNT
Table 2-17: Special Mounts
Paladin
Character--Bonus-Natural-Str
Level------HD----Armor---Adj.-Int-Special
12 or less-+2 HD-+1------+1---6---Empathic link, improved evasion,
----------------------------------share saving throws, share spells
13-15------+4 HD-+3------+2---7---Command creatures of its kind,
----------------------------------speak with paladin
16-18------+6 HD-+5------+3---8---Blood bond
19-20------+8 HD-+7------+4---9---Spell resistance
Paladin Character Level: The character level of the paladin (paladin levels plus all other class levels).
Blood Bond: The mount gains a +2 bonus to attacks, checks, and saves if it witnesses the paladin threatened or harmed. This bonus lasts as long as the threat us immediate and apparent.)
