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<blockquote data-quote="papastebu" data-source="post: 3450198" data-attributes="member: 40894">Paladins should be strong, hardy, intelligent, and compassionate.As to what powers and special abilities they should have, that would depend on whom they serve or what ideals. If you look at them as the ultimate warriors for cause, then having the ability to heal others also in service to that cause--or injured as bystanders--would be good. Also, some sort of protection from the enemies of said cause, some way of sussing out those enemies, and a way of striking them down would be very useful, and therefore, a highly-likely choice for powers granted.Slightly more esoteric would be immunity of some sort to things that the paladin would come into contact with as he fought for his cause. Some would be immune to disease, or at least have strong resistance, as they would be fighting undead. Others might be able to inflict diseases, curses, etc, and have consequent immunity. I think that having the powers, if only in some small part, of the source they serve would only make sense. There are any number of directions that can be taken with the choice of what a paladin can do, especially if you're trying a ground-up build, rather than a conversion.It seems to me that your best bet would be to decide what the powers/deities/ideals the paladins would serve are all about, then decide what their chosen ones can do based on that. The strong hand is still a part of the body.--Steve</blockquote>

[QUOTE="papastebu, post: 3450198, member: 40894"] Paladins should be strong, hardy, intelligent, and compassionate. As to what powers and special abilities they should have, that would depend on whom they serve or what ideals. If you look at them as the ultimate warriors for cause, then having the ability to heal others also in service to that cause--or injured as bystanders--would be good. Also, some sort of protection from the enemies of said cause, some way of sussing out those enemies, and a way of striking them down would be very useful, and therefore, a highly-likely choice for powers granted. Slightly more esoteric would be immunity of some sort to things that the paladin would come into contact with as he fought for his cause. Some would be immune to disease, or at least have strong resistance, as they would be fighting undead. Others might be able to inflict diseases, curses, etc, and have consequent immunity. I think that having the powers, if only in some small part, of the source they serve would only make sense. There are any number of directions that can be taken with the choice of what a paladin can do, especially if you're trying a ground-up build, rather than a conversion. It seems to me that your best bet would be to decide what the powers/deities/ideals the paladins would serve are all about, then decide what their chosen ones can do based on that. The strong hand is still a part of the body. --Steve [/QUOTE]

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