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

Call of Duty – A Paladin’s Sourcebook: Chapter 3: A Variety of Paladins
Turn Undead: At 3 rd level, you may give up
your ability to turn the undead in order to gain one
of the following abilities.
Improved Smite Evil (Su):
Whenever using the smite evil
ability, you gain a +3 bonus to
damage.
Extra Spells (Su): You may
cast paladin spells as if you
were a paladin 2 levels higher.
At 18 th level, you gain the ability
to cast one additional 1 st level
paladin spell per day. At 19 th
level you gain an extra 2 nd level
spell slot, and at 20 th level you
gain an extra 3 rd level spell slot.
For example, a 20 th level paladin
with this ability would be able to
cast four 1 st level spells, four 2 nd
level spells, four 3 rd level spells,
and three 4 th level spells, plus
any bonus spells.
Improved Lay on Hands
(Su): You may lay on hands as
a paladin two levels higher.
Special Mount: At 5 th level,
you may give up your ability to
call a special mount in
exchange for one of the
following special abilities:
Call Celestial Destrier (Sp):
Once per day, you may
summon a celestial war horse,
complete with riding equipment.
The celestial destrier
communicates with you
telepathically, and follows your commands. This
ability is like a summon monster I spell; your caster
level is half your paladin level, but the duration
equals your paladin level in hours. See the text
box for more about celestial destriers. Instead of a
celestial warhorse, your DM may allow a more
exotic creature, or one more appropriate to the
campaign. Possibilities include celestial
hippogriffs, pegasi, rhinos, unicorns, or any other
suitable mount with a CR of 4 or less. For such
creatures, only allow this ability once per week
instead of once per day.
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Celestial Destriers
These noble steeds once were
special mounts to long dead
paladins, and now stand by, ready to
serve paladins in need of a
temporary mount. The advantage of
being able to call a celestial destrier
is that the paladin need not worry
about the beast’s safety. It reforms
on the celestial planes after death,
and can be summoned again in a
week. Celestial destriers do not
need constant care, and can be
summoned when needed, even
deep in a dungeon, on a distant
plane, or anywhere else that a
special mount may have trouble
getting to safely.
Celestial Destrier CR 3;Large
Magical Beast; HD 4d8+12 (Animal);
hp 30; Init +1; Spd 35; AC 22; Atk +1
base melee, -2 base ranged; +1/-4
(1d6+4, 2 Hooves; 1d4+2, Bite); SQ:
Scent(Ex); AL LG; SV Fort +7, Ref
+5, Will +2; STR 18, DEX 13, CON
17, INT 3, WIS 13, CHA 6.
SA – Smite Evil (Su): Once per
day the celestial destrier can make a
normal attack to deal +4 damage
against an evil opponent.
SQ – Celestial Traits (Su):
Darkvision 60ft.,Acid, Cold,
Electricity resistance 10, SR 8.
Equipment: Full plate, Barding,
MW; Bit and bridle; Saddle, military.
Extra Smite (Su): You may use your smite evil
ability one additional time per day.
Improved Lay on Hands (Su): You may lay on
hands as a paladin two levels higher.
Spellcasting: Upon reaching
4 th , 8 th , 11 th , or 14 th level as a
paladin, you may decide to give up
the use of spell slots of the new spell
level gained, and instead, may use
smite evil one additional time per
day.
Note that you must have enough
Wisdom to cast any spells
sacrificed. For instance, if you have
a Wisdom of only 12, you cannot
“sacrifice” the casting of 3 rd level
spells when reaching 11 th level,
because you were never able to cast
them in the first place.
For example, Darius
Brightshield belongs to a militaristic
order of paladins who disdain
spellcasting. At 4 th level, Darius
chooses to gain the ability to smite
evil a second time per day, and
cannot use 1 st level paladin spell
slots. At 8 th , 11 th and 14 th levels he
gains additional smites so that at
14 th level he can smite evil up to 5
times per day, but cannot cast any
paladin spells.
Vardi also belongs to a
militaristic order, but has a Wisdom
of only 12. He chooses to gain an
additional smite evil attempt per day
at 4 th level instead of 1 st level spell
slots. At 8 th level he decides to gain
the ability to cast 2 nd level spells (but
gains no 1 st level spell slots). Vardi
can still cast 1 st level paladin spells at 8 th level by
using his 2 nd level spell slots, since higher level
slots can be used to prepare lower level spells. He
cannot give up spells at 11 th level because he has
no 3 rd level spells to give up, due to his low
Wisdom, and therefore may not opt to gain an
additional smite instead.
If Vardi’s Wisdom were to increase to 13 after
reaching 11 th level, then he could choose to gain
3 rd level spell slots or an additional chance to smite
evil. Once the choice is made, the decision cannot
be changed.