DnD/Class Handbooks/Paladins/Call of Duty - Paladin

Call of Duty – A Paladin’s Sourcebook: Chapter 1: Classes and Feats
* New feat, see page 3.
SA–Turn Undead (Su): Darsi can attempt to
turn undead creatures 7/day. She turns undead
as a 4 th level cleric.
SA–Smite Evil (Su):
1/day, if the target of a normal
melee attack is evil, Darsi
gains a +4 attack bonus and a
+6 damage bonus.
SQ–Lay on Hands (Sp):
Darsi can heal up to 56 hit
points per day, divided among
any number of creatures.
SQ–Purging Hands (Sp):
1/day, Darsi can use any of
the following spell-like
abilities: delay poison, lesser
restoration, remove
blindness/deafness, remove
disease, remove fear, or
remove paralysis.
SQ–Aura of Hope (Su):
Darsi and all allies within 10ft.
gain a +2 morale bonus to all
saving throws.
SQ–Enhanced Recovery
(Su): Darsi recovers from
injury very quickly. She
recovers 10 hit points per hour
normally.
Paladin Spells Prepared:
1- divine favor x2
Merseus Spells Prepared:
1- detect poison, remove fear,
2- remove paralysis
Equipment: +1 longsword
(called Silencer), +2 shining**
half-plate, +2 amulet of health,
boots of speed, potion of cure
serious wounds x2.
** New armor special ability,
see Chapter 4.
History: Darsi became a
paladin to end the suffering of
her people, commoners
threatened by bandits. After
years of fighting off threat
after threat, she grew tired of
seeing her comrades die, and after a week of
fasting and meditation, became the first merseus
of her order.
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Variant: Alternatives for Lay on Hands
Lay on hands is a method of channeling
positive energy, much like turning undead.
Conceivably, paladins could use the ability for
other effects that use positive energy. Below are
some ideas on using the positive energy from lay
on hands to do more than just heal.
All of these abilities require you to spend
your entire allotment of lay on hands for the day;
you must be able to heal at least one point of
damage.
This system does discourage paladins from
using their lay on hands ability, but makes the
ability useful even when there is no one to heal,
even if the cleric is doing all the healing, and
even if the paladin’s Charisma isn’t very high.
Bolster Smite (Su): You gain a +2 sacred
bonus to your attack roll when using
smite evil.
Bolster Attack (Su): You gain a +1 sacred
bonus to a single (non-smite) attack
roll.
Bolster Defense (Su): You gain a +1
sacred bonus to your AC for one
round.
Bolster Paladin Spell (Su): You can cast a
paladin spell you have prepared at +2
caster level.
Light (Sp): You may cast light as a spelllike
ability, with half your paladin level
as your caster level.
Turning Touch (Su): When using lay on
hands as a touch attack against an
undead creature, the paladin may
decide to turn the touched creature
instead of dealing damage, and gains
a +2 bonus to the turning check. This
is useful for paladins who have
expended all their regular turn
attempts, or who need to turn a
powerful undead creature.
Using this variant increases the power of
the paladin class slightly because it gives them
more options for no cost.
This rule may encourage paladins not to
use lay on hands as much, and may cause some
resentment from other players, particularly those
playing clerics.
Appearance: Darsi wears her hair short to
avoid problems in a fight, and wears shining halfplate
when in battle.
When not fighting, she is
fond of wearing feminine
clothing and sweet perfume, and
is quite lovely. Her breathtaking
beauty sometimes takes
her comrades-in-arms aback
and they often find themselves
speechless, much to her
amusement.
Personality: On the
battlefield, Darsi is unforgiving to
her enemies and gruff with her
allies. Like all mersi, she is an
expert at healing, but Darsi
chooses not to be careful about
causing undue pain to her
patients. Some believe she
goes out of her way to inflict a
bit of pain as she binds wounds,
and even when laying on hands.
She does not deny this if asked
directly. Her opinion is that if
she makes healing painless,
then the one she heals is more
likely to repeat the mistake that
caused their wound in the first
place.
Off the battlefield, Darsi is
quite gentle and kind, and not
ambitious at all. She spends
much of her time flirting with
commoners, going to formal
dances or anything else that lets
her dress up, and just having
fun. Unlike most paladins, when
times are peaceful she makes it
a point to enjoy life. She has
seen it slip away all too often.
Using Darsi: Darsi makes
a great support NPC for a party
with only a few members. The
PCs might not realize she is a
paladin if they meet her in a city
due to her carefree nature.
They might be surprised when
she dons her plate and charges to the front lines
during a battle.