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.
Multiclassing Restrictions
At least half of your class levels at all times must be Paladin or some multiclass combination of Paladin / Divine Champion / Hospitaler.
| Lvl | BAB | Saves | Feats | HP | Base spells per day | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort | Ref | Will | 0 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | |||||
| 1st | +1 | +2 | +0 | +0 | Divine Health, Lay on Hands | 10 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| 2nd | +2 | +3 | +0 | +0 | Aura of Courage, Smite Evil 2/day | 20 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| 3rd | +3 | +3 | +1 | +1 | Remove Disease, Turn Undead, Divine Grace | 30 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| 4th | +4 | +4 | +1 | +1 | 40 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | ||
| 5th | +5 | +4 | +1 | +1 | Summon Mount | 50 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | |
| 6th | +6/+1 | +5 | +2 | +2 | 60 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | ||
| 7th | +7/+2 | +5 | +2 | +2 | 70 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | ||
| 8th | +8/+3 | +6 | +2 | +2 | 80 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | ||
| 9th | +9/+4 | +6 | +3 | +3 | 90 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | ||
| 10th | +10/+5 | +7 | +3 | +3 | Extra Smiting | 100 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| 11th | +11/+6/+1 | +7 | +3 | +3 | Bonus Feat | 110 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | |
| 12th | +12/+7/+2 | +8 | +4 | +4 | 120 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | ||
| 13th | +13/+8/+3 | +8 | +4 | +4 | 130 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | ||
| 14th | +14/+9/+4 | +9 | +4 | +4 | 140 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 15th | +15/+10/+5 | +9 | +5 | +5 | 150 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 16th | +16/+11/+6/+1 | +10 | +5 | +5 | 160 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 17th | +17/+12/+7/+2 | +10 | +5 | +5 | 170 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 18th | +18/+13/+8/+3 | +11 | +6 | +6 | 180 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 19th | +19/+14/+9/+4 | +11 | +6 | +6 | Bonus Feat | 190 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| 20th | +20/+15/+10/+5 | +12 | +6 | +6 | 200 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
Divine Grace: The paladin adds her charisma bonus (if positive) to all saving throws.
Divine Health: The paladin is immune to disease, and disease based damage.
Lay on Hands: With this feat, characters can heal damage equal to 10% of the target's maximum life multiplied by their charisma modifier. When used against undead creatures, it is treated as a touch attack spell that deals divine damage equal to the paladin's level multiplied by their charisma modifier. 10 minutes recharge.
Aura of Courage: A character with this feat is immune to fear.
Smite Evil: This feat allows the character to make a special attack against evil creatures. The character applies their charisma modifier to their attack roll, and their class level (Paladin + Divine Champion if applicable) to the damage delivered. Smite evil may be used two times per day. 6 minutes recharge.
Remove Disease: All diseases and disease effects are removed from the target creature.
Turn Undead: With this feat, the character can force undead to flee in terror. This ability may be activated three times per day, plus the character's charisma modifier. The paladin's level minus two and charisma are used to determine how many undead are turned.
Summon Mount: Summons to the paladin a faithful, magical beast — a warhorse mount.
Extra Smiting: This feat increases the smiting ability to a total of 4 times per day.
Paladin Bonus Feat List: Combat Casting, Divine Might, Divine Shield, Empower Spell, Extend Spell, Extra Turning, Greater Spell Focus, Maximize Spell, Practiced Caster (Paladin), Quicken Spell, Silent Spell, Spell Focus, Still Spell
Bonus feats: The epic paladin gains a bonus feat every three levels after 20th. In other words, at levels 23, 26, and 29.
Epic Paladin Bonus Feats: Armor Skin, Devastating Critical, Epic Prowess, Epic Reputation, Epic Spell Focus, Epic Toughness, Epic Weapon Focus, Great Smiting, Improved Combat Casting, Overwhelming Critical, Perfect Health, Planar Turning.