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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. 24 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.
Penitent Sniper “Thou shalt kill.” Paladins use ranged weapons, but they are not exactly famous for it. Some strict (and probably foolish) orders of paladins actually forbid the use of ranged weapons on the field of battle. These orders are usually obsessed with honor and feel that ranged weapons, particularly crossbows, require no skill to use, and are therefore beneath them. But whether a ranged attack is seen as honorable or not, the forces of good sometimes need someone who can kill evil at a thousand yards with one shot, and call a penitent sniper into service to do just that. A penitent sniper is much like a paladin. No one decides to become one; they are called by deities or mysterious forces of good. Common folk do not often see penitent snipers as heroes. Indeed, penitent snipers try not to be famous, and are rarely the member of an organized church or order. More often, they operate as loners, or as part of a motley group of good adventurers, and provide combat support from a distance. Typically, they refer to themselves only as wandering bowmen, or as humble servants of their deity. Most penitent snipers are neutral good or chaotic good, and feel that the virtuous should fight evil however they can, without any restrictive “rules”. Nevertheless, many penitent snipers are lawful good, or even paladins, and fight as honorably as anyone. They just do not believe Lvl Base Attack Bonus Fort Save Ref Save Will Save Call of Duty – A Paladin’s Sourcebook: Chapter 1: Classes and Feats Special that something as difficult to use as a bow is dishonorable in combat. Penitent snipers usually have a patron deity, but not always. When they do, it is always of good alignment, and usually a deity of goodness, protection, or war. Religious members of the class usually offer a quiet prayer with every shot. Elves, half-elves, and humans are the most common members of this class, and most of them are fighters or rogues. The class has a religious tilt, however, so a surprising number are paladins and clerics. Design Notes: This class is loosely based on “good aligned” snipers from various movies, and on some real-life heroic sharpshooters, with some added religious flavor. Hit Dice: d8 Requirements Alignment: Any good Base higher attack bonus: +6 or Skills: Knowledge: Religion 2 ranks Feats: Point Blank Shot, Far Shot, Weapon Focus with any bow or crossbow. Class Skills 1 +1 +2 +0 +0 Detect Distant Evil, Paladin Abilites 2 +2 +3 +0 +0 Wisdom Grants Strength, Ranged Smite Evil 3 +3 +3 +1 +1 Aura of Accuracy, Call Celestial Spotter 4 +4 +4 +1 +1 Arrow of Healing 5 +5 +4 +1 +1 Pierce Evil 6 +6 +5 +2 +2 Ranged Smite Evil 2/day 7 +7 +5 +2 +2 Blessed Arrows 8 +8 +6 +2 +2 9 +9 +6 +3 +3 Greater Pierce Evil 10 +10 +7 +3 +3 Holy Arrows, Ranged Smite Evil 3/day Table 1-8, the Penitent Sniper The class skills of a penitent sniper, 25
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