Paladin

"I am the righteous shield of the gods and a sword in his mighty hand! I fear none!"

CLASS TRAITS

Role: Defender. You are extremely durable, with high hit points and the ability to ware the heaviest armor. You can issue bold challenges to foes and compel them to fight you rather than your allies.
Power Source: Divine. You are a divine warrior, a crusader and a protector of your faith.
Key Abilities: Strength, Charisma, Wisdom


Armor Proficiencies: Light, Medium, Heavy, Shield
Weapon Proficiencies: Simple melee, military melee, simple ranged, military ranged.
Implements: Holy symbol
Bonus to Defense: +1 Fortitude, +1 Reflex , +1 Will
Hit Points at 1st Level:
15 + Constitution score
Hit Points per Level Gained: 6
Healing Surges per Day: 10 + Constitution modifier
Trained Skills: Religion. From the class skills list below,
choose three more trained skills at 1st level.
Class Skills: Diplomacy (Cha), Endurance (Con), Heal
(Wis), History (Int), Insight (Wis), Intimidate (Cha),
Religion (Int) & globe skills.

Build Options: Avenging paladin, protecting paladin
Class Features: Channel Divinity, Divine Challenge, lay
on hands

Paladins are indomitable warriors who've pledged their prowess to something greater than themselves. Paladins smite enemies with divine authority, bolster the courage of nearby companions, and radiate as if a beacon of inextinguishable hope. Paladins are trans-figured on the field of battle, exemplars of divine ethos in action. To you is given the responsibility to unflinchingly stand before an enemy's charge, smiting them with your sword while protecting your allies with your sacrifice. Where others waver and wonder, your motivation is pure and simple, and your devotion is your strength. Where others scheme and steal, you take the high road, refusing to allow the illusions of temptation to dissuade you from your obligations. Take up your blessed sword and sanctified shield, brave warrior, and charge forward to hallowed glory!

Paladins rely on Strength, Charisma, and Wisdom for most of their key abilities and powers. Constitution is useful as well, although no paladin powers are specifically based on Constitution. Paladins start with two common builds: the avenging paladin and the protecting paladin. Avenging Paladin you burn with the desire to punish the wicked and smite the unbelievers. In your view, the best way to safeguard your allies is to destroy your enemies with divine power and overwhelming attacks. Choose Strength as your highest ability score, since your most damaging attacks are based on Strength. Charisma should be your second-best ability score, and Wisdom your third. Consider wielding a big two-handed weapon such as a greatsword or greataxe, and choose powers that deliver the highest amount of damage.

Protecting Paladin you emphasize defense, guarding your allies, and healing and bolstering them with a few of your powers. You do not deal as much damage as the avenging paladin, but you are better at dealing with a wider array of situations. Your best ability score should be Charisma. Choose Strength for your second-best score (you'll want a few Strength-based attacks), and Wisdom as your third-best score. The protecting paladin works best as a shield-carrying warrior, so you should probably use a heavy shield and a one-handed weapon such as a longsword or a warhammer.

Implements

Paladins make use of holy symbols to help channel and direct their divine powers. A paladin wearing or holding a magic holy symbol can add its enhancement bonus to the attack rolls and the damage rolls of paladin powers, as well as paladin paragon path powers, that have the implement keyword. Without a holy symbol, a paladin can still use these powers, but he or she doesn't gain the bonus provided by the magic implement. A holy avenger, a special magic weapon, can also be used as an implement for paladin powers, as well as paladin paragon path powers. These weapons are highly sought after by paladins.

Paladins & Deities

Gods Alignment Signature
Luna Good Life, Creation
Bahaumt Lawful Good Honor, Nobility, Law
Nall Good Protection
Celestia Neutrality Healing
Xavar Neutrality Elemental
Zermous Chaotic Evil Lord of Nightmares
Ubehas Evil Tyrant, Order, Law
Gazroth Chaotic Evil The Destroyer
Phillizo Evil Lord of Shadow
Azahem Neutrality Pleasure, Desire

Paladins are not granted their powers directly by their deity, but instead through various rites performed when they first become paladins. Most of these rites involve days of prayer, vigils, tests and trials, and ritual purification followed by a knighting ceremony, but each faith has its own methods. This ceremony of investiture gives a paladin the ability to wield divine powers. Once initiated, the paladin is a paladin forevermore. How justly, honorably, or compassionately the paladin wields those powers from that day forward is up to him, and paladins who stray too far from the tenets of their faith are punished by other members of the faithful.

Paladin Class Features

Your armor, your shield, and your weapon are the most important tools of your trade. In addition, you have the following class features.

Channel Divinity

Once per encounter you can invoke divine power, filling yourself with the might of your patron deity. With the divine might you invoke you can wield special powers, such as divine mettle and divine strength. Some paladins learn other uses for this feature; for instance, the divinity feats in Chapter 6 grant characters with access to the Channel Divinity class feature the ability to use additional special powers. Regardless of how many different uses for Channel Divinity you know, you can use only one such ability per encounter. The special ability or power you invoke works just like your other powers.

Divine Challenge

The challenge of a paladin is filled with divine menace. You can use the divine challenge power to mark an enemy of your choice.

Lay on Hands

Using the lay on hands power, paladins can grant their comrades additional resilience with a touch of their hands and a short prayer, though they must give of their own strength to do so.

Paladin Powers

Paladin powers are called prayers. In battle, paladins rely on their deities to strengthen their sword-arms and fortify them against the attacks of their enemies.


Class Features

Channel Divinity: Divine Mettle Paladin Feature
Your unswerving faith in your deity empowers a nearby creature to resist a debilitating affliction.
Encounter ✦ Divine
Minor Action Close burst 10
Target: One creature in burst
Effect: The target makes a saving throw with a bonus equal to your Charisma modifier.
Channel Divinity: Divine Strength Paladin Feature
You petition your deity for the divine strength to lay low your enemies.
Encounter ✦ Divine
Minor Action Personal
Effect: Apply your Strength modifier as extra damage on your next attack this turn.
Divine Challenge Paladin Feature
You boldly confront a nearby enemy, searing it with divine light if it ignores your challenge.
At-Will ✦ Divine, Radiant
Minor Action Close burst 5
Target: One creature in burst
Effect: You mark the target. The target remains marked until you use this power against another target, or if you fail to engage the target (see below). A creature can be subject to only one mark at a time. A new mark supersedes a mark that was already in place. While a target is marked, it takes a –2 penalty to attack rolls for any attack that doesn't include you as a target. Also, it takes radiant damage equal to 3 + your Charisma modifier the first time it makes an attack that doesn't include you as a target before the start of your next turn. The damage increases to 6 + your Charisma modifier at 11th level, and to 9 + your Charisma modifier at 21st level. On your turn, you must engage the target you challenged or challenge a different target. To engage the target, you must either attack it or end your turn adjacent to it. If none of these events occur by the end of your turn, the marked condition ends and you can't use divine challenge on your next turn. You can use divine challenge once per turn
Special: Even though this ability is called a challenge, it doesn't rely on the intelligence or language ability of the target. It's a magical compulsion that affects the creature's behavior, regardless of the creature's nature. You can't place a divine challenge on a creature that is already affected by your or another character's divine challenge
Lay on Hands Paladin Feature
Your divine touch instantly heals wounds.
At-Will (Special) | Divine, Healing
Special: You can use this power a number of times per day equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum 1), but only once per round.
Minor Action | Melee Touch
Target: One Creature
Effect1: You spend a healing surge but regain no hit points. Instead, the target regains hit points as if it had spent a healing surge. You must have at least one healing surge remaining to use this power.

Effect2: You can spend a healing surge to restore 2 wounds. This will burn one of your healing surges. You must have at least one healing surge remaining to use this power.


Paladin's Hero Tier Prayers


This here is a list of the Paladin's Hero Tier Prayers.


Paladin's Paragon Tier Exploits


This is a list of the Paladin's Paragon tiered Exploits.


Paladin's Epic Tier Prayers


This here is a list of the Paladin's Epic Tier Prayers.


Paragon Paths


This here is a list of the Paladin's Paragon Paths

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