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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sonofapreacherman" data-source="post: 250515" data-attributes="member: 2315">The hunter of the dead, the knight of the chalice, and the templar are all good prestige classes. They are combat *specialists* with chosen enemies, and no mistake. They smite and slay like it's nobody's business. All in the name of whichever god has blessed them with divine might.Not a one of them is particularly diplomatic.While the knight of the chalice does have "Diplomacy" as a class skill, I am certain that 9 times out of 10 players will choose Intimidate as their class skill instead.The paladin doesn't have Intimidate as a class skill, but they do have Diplomacy. That tells you a lot about them. Paladins are warriors who will attack you and try to save you at the same time. None of the prestige classes you mentioned know the meaning of the word "mercy". Paladins do. Paladins also know true evil when they see it and waste no time dispatching it.But of all the prestige classes that you mentioned, paladins are clearly the inspirational leaders among them. My prestige class requirements are designed to reflect that. Paladins just as easily take life as they preserve it. That balance is what causes their righteousness to emerge above and beyond all the others, not only as leaders, but as saviors.As for my take on power-gaming prestige classes, my opinion remains unchanged. If anybody thinks the paladin prestige class is underpowered, it's usually because they actually pass through levels without picking up any funky abilities listed under the "Special" category. I'd say that calls for ad-hominem argumentation. Well, sarcasm anyway.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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