Paladins

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A holy warrior bound to a deity’s cause through oath and sacrifice, the paladin is the mortal weapon of the gods.

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Paladin Heroes

Prerequisite: 12 Strength, 12 Charisma
Starting Hit Points: 10 + your Constitution modifier
Hit Die: d10
Proficiencies: You are Trained in Armor, Bucklers and Light and Heavy Shields, Martial Maneuvers, Parry, Martial Maneuvers, Weapons, and Divine Magic and its Divine Guidance feature.
Skills: You possess the Religion skill and can select two other Skills.

Paladin Features

Arbiter's Attack

When you make an attack with your Deity's favored weapon, you can choose to do so with Disadvantage. If you do and both rolls result in a hit or one results in a 20, treat the attack as a critical success. If only one roll hits, treat the attack as a limited success.

Deity

Select a Deity. You can speak and understand the language granted by your Deity and can make Divine Guidance attempts on subjects related to its cause.

Divine Weapon

You are Adept with your deity's favored weapon and can use such a weapon as a Holy Symbol after blessing it during your daily prayers.

Sacred Oath

Double your maximum number of Fortune Dice and make three vows that align you to the purpose of your deity: One personal, one intrapersonal, and one societal. Your personal oath is related to yourself: chastity, abstinence from alcohol, only drinking wine, never cutting your hair, or the like. Your intrapersonal oath is related to interacting with another creature: never telling a lie, never falling in love, always speaking with passion, or the like. Your societal oath is related to the larger world: providing charity to the downtrodden, sowing discord, killing all goblins, etc.

When your commitment to your oath forces you to make a difficult decision, particularly one that goes against your self-interests, your DM can award you a Fortune Die. However, if you break an oath, you lose access to Smite, Lay on Hands, and Spellcasting until you redeem yourself in your deity's eyes.

Smite

When you damage a target with an attack with your deity's favored weapon, you can spend a hero's surge to deal additional damage equal to ¼ of your maximum hit points

Boon Option: Gain the option to use Smite on any attack.

The Paladin

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Level	Benefit	Hero’s Surges	Spell Points	Title
1	Paladin Features, Arbiter’s Attack, Deity, Divine Weapon, Sacred Oath, Smite	4	-	Gallant
2	Judgement, Lay on Hands, Righteous Purpose, Spellcasting	5	0
3	Dismaying Presence, Divine Calling	5	1	Keeper
4	Boon	6	1
5	Valor, Call Holy Charger	6	2
6	Divine Calling Feature	7	2	Protector
7	Boon	7	3
8	Divine Calling Feature	8	3	Defender
9	Boon	8	4
10	Heroism	9	4	Justiciar

LEVEL 2 Paladin

Judgment

When a foe you can see damages an ally you can see within 30', you can allow yourself to be pulled 5' toward the foe or add your Charisma modifier as bonus damage to the next successful attack you make against the foe before the end of your next turn with your deity's favored weapon.

Lay on Hands

As part of your turn, you can spend a hero's surge to allow a creature you touch to regain hit points equal to ¼ of your maximum.

Boon Option: Increase this healing by your Charisma modifier.

Righteous Purpose

You learn the Divine Defense feature of Divine Magic and gain Reliability on its attempts against attacks triggered by your movement.

Spellcasting

You gain a number of spell points as defined in the Paladin table.

Select one of your Deity's domains. You learn the orisons of this domain and its 1st level spells. You can spend spell points to cast a spell you know, at the cost of one spell point per spell level. You regain spent spell points after taking a long rest.
When you increase your maximum number of spell points, you learn the next-highest level spells in domains you have access to. Boon Options:

• Learn the orisons from another of your deity's domains, and spells up to a level equal to the maximum number of spell points you possess.
• Increase your total spell points once by one.
• Add your Charisma modifier to damage dealt and hit points affected with Divine spells.
• Add your Charisma modifier to healing done with Divine spells.

LEVEL 3 Paladin

Dismaying Presence

As you put your deity's stamp upon the world, word of your deeds spreads amongst those who would stand in your way. You double your Reknown with intelligent creatures whose gods, plans, or existence oppose your deity.

Divine Calling

At level 3, your commitment to act as the hand of your deity elevates you into a true holy warrior. Choose a divine calling.

Avenger

Avengers

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Through joining a secret society, swearing a greater oath, or unlocking forgotten magic, you have become a true weapon of your deity.

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Holy Hunter

Select a turn option offered by your Deities or a creature type opposed to a command option offered by your deity. Your attacks against such creatures deal an additional 1d4 damage.

Boon Options:

• Select an additional such Rebuke option.
• Your Favored Weapon’s attacks deal True Damage to creatures you can rebuke.

Hallowed Vow

You solidify your Sacred Oath by swearing an additional vow of supplication to your deity. Choose one of the following vows.

Vow of Consecration: You vow to only utilize the tools of your deity, swearing off all weapons except your deity's favored weapon. In exchange, once per turn as part of your turn, you can spend a hero's surge to mark a creature you can see as a blasphemous foe. While you remain conscious, you gain Advantage on attacks against the creature.
Vow of Faith: You put your faith in your deity's protection, swearing off medium and heavy armor. In exchange, you become Trained in Dodge, gain a +1 rank bonus to Divine Defense attempts, and increase your Smite damage by your Charisma modifier.
Vow of Penitence: You lash yourself for your sins daily, reducing your maximum hit points by 2 per level. In exchange, choose a number between 5 and 8. Whenever you make an attempt, treat rolls of this number as if you rolled a 20.
Vow of Silence: You put your faith in your deity speaking for you and swear off using your spell points. In exchange, once per round when you would normally apply a Hampering Effect, you can instead apply a Devastating Effect.
Boon Option: Choose an additional Hallowed Vow.

Sense Outsider

You learn Divine Magic's Sense Outsider feature.

LEVEL 6 Avenger

Avenging Smite

When you Smite a creature, you can cast a spell as part of the triggering attack. If you have chosen the Vow of Penitence, you can instead cast an orison.

Nimble Judgement

Increase the movement granted by your Judgement feature to 10'.

LEVEL 8 Avenger

Zealot's Fury

Your Hallowed Vow grants you expanded powers.

Vow of Consecration: Once per turn when you hit your blasphemous foe with an attack, you can attempt to Push a creature adjacent to it that you can see 10' using the success level of the triggering attack's.
Vow of Faith: Once per round when a creature hits you with an attack, the next ally to hit the creature with an attack before the end of the creature's next turn deals extra damage equal to your Charisma modifier.
Vow of Penitence: Against creatures you can rebuke, increase your Smite damage by the number of maximum hit points this vow has reduced you by.
Vow of Silence: Increase your speed by 10'.

Blackguard

Blackguards

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You have spurned the oaths you swore to your deity and now exult in the powers opposed to that which you once worshipped.

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Prerequisite: You have broken all aspects of your Sacred Oath.

Betrayer

When a creature triggers your Judgment, you can gain Temporary Hit Points equal to your Charisma modifier instead of the other effects.

Boon Option: Gain these Temporary Hit Points without losing your Judgement effects.

Blasphemous Smite

Your Smite damage becomes necrotic, radiant, or another damage type that would be repulsive to the deity you betrayed. In addition, choose two of the options below. When you Smite a creature, you can use one of these options instead of dealing your Smite damage.

Brutal Smite: Execute a Martial Maneuver against the target at the same success level as the triggering attack.
Deceptive Smite: Deal your Smite damage to a different creature you can see within 30'.
Distracting Smite: Make an attack with a weapon or orison other than the one used in the triggering attack. If this attack misses, you do not expend your hero's surge.
Dirty Smite: Slow the target until the end of your next turn.
Boon Option: Gain an additional blasphemous smite option.

Oath Breaker

Your Judgement, Smite, and Spellcasting are no longer bound by your Sacred Oath feature, and you no longer can gain Fortune Dice by adhering to your vows. Instead, you can gain Fortune Dice through difficult decisions to profane those vows.

Selfishness

When you use your Lay on Hands feature on another creature, you can allocate the healing between the target and yourself

Traitorous Command

You learn Divine Magic's Rebuke feature. Select a creature type your Deity offers a turning option for. You can attempt to command such creatures. If your deity offers no turning option, you can select a creature type opposed to a type your deity offers a command option for to command.

Boon Option: Select an additional such rebuking option.

LEVEL 6 Blackguard

Profane Spells

Learn the orisons and spells from a Domain opposed to the Domain you have access to, up to a level equal to the maximum number of spell points you possess.

LEVEL 8 Blackguard

Backstabber

Once per turn when you use a melee attack to strike a creature that is incapacitated, has yet to act in combat, or is unaware of your attack, you can Smite it without expending a hero's surge.

In addition, you can spend a hero's surge to make a melee attack against an adjacent foe that moves away from you. If this attack hits, you can Smite it without expending a hero's surge. If it misses, you do not expend a hero's surge.

Chevalier

Chevaliers

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The ultimate beacon of your cause, you stand in the full glory of your deity to bring their purpose to bear.

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Aura of Courage

You become immune to fear effects. In addition, creatures you choose within 10' of you gain Advantage on attempts to resist fear effects.

Divine Grace

You can make a Charisma attempt to resist or end an effect that would normally target another ability

Holy Arbiter

You can deal your Judgement damage with any attack, not just attacks with your deity's favored weapon. In addition, you can use your deity's favored weapon as an implement for your divine magic.

Rebuke the Profane

You learn Divine Magic's Rebuke feature and gain one of your Deity's rebuking options.

Boon Option: Gain all your deity's rebuking options.

LEVEL 6 Chevalier

Aura of Justice

If a creature you can see within 10' of you attacks an ally you can see, you can spend a hero's surge to make an attack against the triggering creature immediately afterward. If this attack hits, it gains the effects of your Smite. If it misses, you do not expend a hero's surge.

Divine Health

You become immune to disease.

Holy Touch

You can use your Lay on Hands to remove one disease, poison, or fear effect of which you are aware.

Boon Option: Remove all such effects.

LEVEL 8 Chevalier

Aura of Divinity

Creatures within 10' of you must resist your Divine Magic to lie to you. In addition, when you Smite creatures within 10', add your Charisma modifier to the damage dealt.

Holy Justiciar

Once a creature triggers your Judgement, you gain its damage bonus against them permanently.

LEVEL 5 Paladin

Call Holy Charger

You learn the Call Holy Charger ritual.