Paladin

Description: Paladins take their adventures seriously, and even a mundane mission is, in the heart of the paladin, a personal test - an opportunity to demonstrate bravery, to learn tactics, and to do good in the world. Divine power protects these warriors of virtue, warding off harm, protecting them from disease, healing them and their allies, and guarding against fear. Divine power also guides their sword arms, making them among the most effective warriors against undead and evil outsiders. Many of the paladin's special abilities also benefit from a high Charisma score.

Alignment restrictions: Chaotic good only

Hit die: d10

Proficiencies: armor (light, medium, heavy), shields, weapons (martial, simple)

Skill points: 2 + int modifier ( (2 + int modifier) * 4 at 1st level)

Skills: concentration, craft armor, craft trap, craft weapon, discipline, heal, lore, parry, persuade, ride, taunt

Unavailable feats: curse song, extra music, lingering song, quicken spell, weapon specialization
These general feats cannot be selected when taking a level of paladin.

Primary saving throw(s): fortitude

Base attack bonus: +1/level

Spellcasting: divine (wisdom based, armor related chance of spell failure is ignored). Must have a wisdom score of 10 + the spell's level to cast a spell.

Spells

1st level spells	2nd level spells	3rd level spells	4th level spells
Bless Bless weapon Cure light wounds Deafening clang Divine favor Endure elements Magic weapon Protection from alignment  Resistance Virtue	Aid Aura of glory Bull's strength Eagle's splendor Remove paralysis  Resist elements	Cure moderate wounds Dispel magic Greater magic weapon Magic circle against alignment  Prayer Remove blindness/deafness	Cure serious wounds Death ward Freedom of movement  Holy sword Neutralize poison

Level progression

Paladins receive bonus spells based on their wisdom ability modifier. A paladin with wisdom 11 has a modifier of 0 and gets no bonus spells, so level 1 spells won't become available until class level 6. A paladin with wisdom 12 or higher will receive bonus level 1 spells starting at class level 4. Wisdom 14 or higher will grant bonus level 2 spells starting at class level 8, and so on.

Lvl	BAB	Saves			Feats	HP range		Spells per day
		Fort	Ref	Will				1st	2nd	3rd	4th
1st	+1	+2	+0	+0	divine grace, divine health, lay on hands	5-10		-	-	-	-
2nd	+2	+3	+0	+0	aura of courage, smite evil	10-20		-	-	-	-
3rd	+3	+3	+1	+1	remove disease, turn undead	15-30		-	-	-	-
4th	+4	+4	+1	+1		20-40		0	-	-	-
5th	+5	+4	+1	+1	summon mount	25-50		0	-	-	-
6th	+6/+1	+5	+2	+2		30-60		1	-	-	-
7th	+7/+2	+5	+2	+2		35-70		1	-	-	-
8th	+8/+3	+6	+2	+2		40-80		1	0	-	-
9th	+9/+4	+6	+3	+3		45-90		1	0	-	-
10th	+10/+5	+7	+3	+3		50-100		1	1	-	-
11th	+11/+6/+1	+7	+3	+3		55-110		1	1	0	-
12th	+12/+7/+2	+8	+4	+4		60-120		1	1	1	-
13th	+13/+8/+3	+8	+4	+4		65-130		1	1	1	-
14th	+14/+9/+4	+9	+4	+4		70-140		2	1	1	0
15th	+15/+10/+5	+9	+5	+5		75-150		2	1	1	1
16th	+16/+11/+6/+1	+10	+5	+5		80-160		2	2	1	1
17th	+17/+12/+7/+2	+10	+5	+5		85-170		2	2	2	1
18th	+18/+13/+8/+3	+11	+6	+6		90-180		3	2	2	1
19th	+19/+14/+9/+4	+11	+6	+6		95-190		3	3	3	2
20th	+20/+15/+10/+5	+12	+6	+6		100-200		3	3	3	3

Epic paladin

Standing at the forefront of the battle against chaos and evil in the world, the epic paladin shines as a beacon of hope to all who fight the good fight.

Hit die: d10

Skill points: 2 + int modifier

Bonus feats: The epic paladin gains a bonus feat every three levels after 20th. In other words, at levels 23, 26, 29, 32, 35, and 38.

Epic paladin bonus feats: armor skin, devastating critical, epic prowess, epic reputation, epic spell focus, epic toughness, epic weapon focus, great smiting, greater spell focus, improved combat casting, improved critical (whip only), overwhelming critical, perfect health, planar turning
The inclusion of improved critical (whip) in this list is likely a bug.

Unavailable epic feats: automatic quicken spell, automatic silent spell, automatic still spell, bane of enemies, construct shape, dragon shape, epic spell penetration, epic spell: dragon knight, epic spell: epic mage armor, epic spell: epic warding, epic spell: greater ruin, epic spell: hellball, epic spell: mummy dust, epic weapon specialization, improved ki strike 4, improved ki strike 5, improved sneak attack, improved spell resistance, improved stunning fist, lasting inspiration, mighty rage, outsider shape, terrifying rage, thundering rage, undead shape
These epic general feats cannot be selected when taking a level of paladin.

Epic paladin level progression

Lvl	Feats	HP range
21st		105-210
22nd		110-220
23rd	bonus feat	115-230
24th		120-240
25th		125-250
26th	bonus feat	130-260
27th		135-270
28th		140-280
29th	bonus feat	145-290
30th		150-300
31st		155-310
32nd	bonus feat	160-320
33rd		165-330
34th		170-340
35th	bonus feat	175-350
36th		180-360
37th		185-370
38th	bonus feat	190-380
39th		195-390
40th		200-400

Prestige class tips

• The champion of Torm prestige class improves upon the paladin's already considerable melee and defensive abilities.

Notes

• Improved critical (whip) can be taken as epic paladin bonus feat (most likely a bug).
• A single level of paladin is used in some charisma-based bard (this is, however, impossible without an alignment change) and sorcerer character builds. In addition to improving all saving throws with divine grace, the paladin's weapon and armor proficiencies can be helpful. Sorcerers sometimes take a level in paladin very late in order to maximize the discipline skill as it is a cross class skill for sorcerers. (Maximizing discipline skill is a common practice in character building which allows the player to decrease the likelyhood of being victim of knockdown during combat.)