Paladin #

Paladins use Prowess to power many of their abilities, including their Devotions. Every Paladin has 3 Prowess in Adventurer Tier, 4 Prowess in Champion Tier, and 5 Prowess in Epic Tier. It’s restored during a Quick Rest.

Once per turn, you can spend 1 Prowess as a free action on or outside your turn to give 1 Disadvantage to an attack against your AC.

• Champion Perk: If the attack against your AC hits, your target can’t attempt to disengage until the end of its next turn.
• Epic Perk: You have one extra maximum Prowess.

Several talents have “Oath” in them. You’re encouraged to come up with certain behavioral restrictions for yourself if you take these. You may have up to one of these in Adventurer tier and up to two in Champion and Epic tier.

Any class skill rolls made in pursuance of an oath you’ve sworn gain 1 Advantage.

• Adventurer Perk: You may come up with behavioral restrictions for each Oath (usually an “I must” or “I cannot” statement). If you put yourself in danger beyond the usual in service of these restrictions, you may regain 1d4 Prowess. If you pointedly ignore one, lose 1 Prowess.

• Adventurer Perk: You can spend 1 Prowess to gain 1 Advantage on a save roll. (If you have this ability from something else, the first time you use it per combat, it costs 0 Prowess.)

• Epic Perk: Once per day, you can be Softened or Dazed instead of Weakened.

You gain the following ability:

Exalt
11+ Recharge, Free

Use this to activate the Exalt effect on a Devotion.

In addition to rolling to Recharge during a Quick Rest, you may roll to Recharge as a free action when you’re crit or an ally is crit. In Champion Tier, you may also roll to Recharge when an ally is dropped. In Epic Tier, you may also roll to Recharge when an ally is staggered. You only roll to Recharge once per turn, even if multiple conditions are fulfilled.

• Adventurer Perk: Add the escalation die to your Recharge rolls when you attempt to Recharge Exalt.
• Champion Perk: If multiple Recharge conditions are fulfilled, you gain 1 Advantage for every condition past the first (thus, if an ally is dropped with a crit, you would roll to Recharge with 1 Advantage).
• Epic Perk: You automatically recharge Exalt if you drop to 0 HP.

• Adventurer Perk: You gain 1 Advantage on Death Saves.
• Champion Perk: When you crit while you’re gaining Advantage from this ability, you can immediately roll saves against any conditions you have.
• Epic Perk: You can instead have all nearby allies roll saves against 1 condition they have (if it’s a one-turn condition, it’s an 11+ save).

• Adventurer Perk: Once per turn as a free action, you can give this benefit to one ally next to you until the start of your next turn.
• Champion Perk: You can spend 1 Prowess to gain 1 Advantage on a save against an effect.
• Epic Perk: You gain +1 to PD and MD. You can spend 1 Prowess to give this benefit to a nearby ally instead of an ally next to you.

• Adventurer Perk: When you hit an enemy with an Opportunity Attack, on a Natural 13+ Hit, they’re Stuck until the end of their turn.
• Champion Perk: Your Opportunity Attacks from this talent have half miss damage instead of none.
• Epic Perk: You can spend 1 Prowess on your turn as a move action to take up a stance that makes the Opportunity Attacks from this talent deal full miss damage until the end of your next turn.

• Adventurer Perk: You can reroll one relationship die from your Patron when you roll at the start of a day.
• Champion Perk: When you use a relationship die from your Patron when using your Paladin Skill, you gain 1 Advantage on the skill check.
• Epic Perk: When you use a relationship die from your Patron when making death saves, you gain 1 Advantage on the save as well.

• Adventurer Perk: As a quick action, you can extend this talent’s abilities to an ally (but not the Champion or Epic Perks for the talent).
• Champion Perk: When you stagger or drop an enemy with radiant damage, one ally adjacent to that enemy may heal using a recovery.
• Epic Perk: When you crit an enemy with radiant damage, either increase the healed amount to double your level or, if you stagger or drop the enemy, that ally may heal using a free recovery.

• Adventurer Perk: You can intercept a group of mooks or up to two single-strength enemies in a group instead of just one enemy.
• Champion Perk: When you’re Staggered, increase your recovery amount by your level.
• Epic Perk: You can’t be crit while intercepting, and an ally you’ve protected in the past round with a Devotion can’t be crit.

• Adventurer Perk: Once per day, as a free action on your turn, you can give every ally 1 Advantage on all saves until the start of your next turn.
• Champion Perk: If you’re next to at least two allies, you also have a +1 Save Bonus.
• Epic Perk: When you would normally get a Twist with a Positive relationship, roll an 11+ save. On a success, you don’t get one.

• Adventurer Perk: You can choose to roll to Recharge Exalt instead of replenishing 1 Prowess.
• Champion Perk: When you’re Crit by an enemy, replenish 1 Prowess.
• Epic Perk: When you use a Recovery to heal, as a free action you can halve the amount healed to use this talent.

You’ve taken an oath in direct opposition to ancient, dark magic. You can treat your Prowess as if it were also Focus (so you can spend 1 Prowess to give disadvantage to attacks vs. MD as well as AC).

You gain +1 to MD.

• Adventurer Perk: When you attack an enemy who’s cast a spell in the last round, they count as Vulnerable to you.
• Champion Perk: You gain 1 Advantage to Skill checks involving history or heraldry.
• Epic Perk: Spells cast on you gain 1 Disadvantage to attacks.

• Adventurer Perk: You may roll to Recharge Exalt when you drop a double-strength or triple-strength enemy, but the roll gains 1 Disadvantage.
• Champion Perk: You may roll to Recharge Exalt when you drop a single-strength enemy or 3 or more mooks, but the roll gains 1 Disadvantage.
• Epic Perk: Whenever you roll to Recharge Exalt after Critting or dropping an enemy, if the attack that triggered it was from a Devotion, regain 1 Prowess.

• Adventurer Perk: You can also change your known Devotions during a Quick Rest.
• Champion Perk: Once per day, for one encounter, you may use a Devotion you don’t know.
• Epic Perk: Gain a 5th Devotion.

Exalt: Choose if you’re Exalting Aura of Courage before you or any allies roll their saves. Double the amount of temporary HP gained and any saves gain 1 Advantage.

Exalt: Choose if you’re Exalting Bastion when you choose your ally to be protected. When your ally is attacked, both of you take a quarter of the original damage instead of half.

Special: If you’re next to the ally you choose, melee attacks against them gain a further 1 disadvantage (to a total of 2 disadvantage).

Exalt: Instead of choosing 1 ally, this affects all of your allies.

Hit: 1d4 x Level + Volition x Tier radiant damage. The target is Softened (11+ save ends).

Natural 13+ Hit: As Hit, and the target is also Vulnerable until the end of your next turn.

Miss: Radiant damage equal to your level.

Exalt: Choose if you’re Exalting Cast Judgment before you roll. On a hit, replace Softened with Stunned. On a miss, the target is also Softened (11+ save ends).

Hit: Radiant damage as per a Basic Attack. The target is Dazed (11+ save ends).

Natural 13+ Hit: As Hit, and the target is also Stuck until the end of your next turn.

Miss: Radiant damage equal to your level.

Exalt: Choose if you’re Exalting Incandescent Smite before you roll. The attack now attacks vs PD. On a hit, replace Dazed with Weakened. On a miss, the target is also Dazed (11+ save ends).

Exalt: While your challenge persists, you gain 1 Advantage on attacks against your challenged target and your crits against them do triple damage.

Exalt: You do not spend a Recovery. Increase the amount healed by Escalation x Tier.

Hit: Damage as a Basic Attack + 1d12 x Tier (1d8 at level 1).

Miss: Half damage.

Exalt: Choose if you’re Exalting Zealous Smite before you roll. The attack does radiant damage, attacks vs PD instead of AC, and treats the target as being Weak to radiant (or if the target is already Weak to radiant, the attack gains 1 Advantage).