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− | |date_created=2 August, 2008 | + | |date_created=2 August, 2008<br> |
− | |editing= Spelling and Grammar only, please.
| + | '''Refurbished:''' 29th August 2020 |
− | |status=Completed
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− | |balance=Rogue
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− | ===Zeal===
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− | [[Summary::Your hatred for the heathens and infidel pushes you into a powerful and overwhelming zeal.]]
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− | '''Class:''' [[Class::Paladin]] and [[UA:Paladin Variants: Freedom, Slaughter, and Tyranny|Paladin Variants]], may also work with the [[UA:Prestige Paladin|Prestige Paladin]]
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− | '''Level:''' 1st
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− | '''Replaces:''' If you select this class feature, you lose the ''Detect Evil'' and Smite Evil class abilities. Additionally, sacrificing your ''Special Mount'' class ability at level 5 allows you to improve your Zeal ability.
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− | '''Benefit:''' You gain [[#Zeal|Zeal]]
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− | '''{{Anchor|Zeal}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' This ability works exactly like a barbarian's Rage ability. The paladin gains new Zeal per day as a Barbarian of 2 level lower gains Rage (1 at 1st level, 2 at 6th level, 3 at 10th level, and so on). He also gains Greater Zeal and Tireless Zeal (The equivalents of Greater Rage and Tireless Rage) at 13th level and 19th level, respectively.
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− | '''Additionally:''' If the Paladin chooses to sacrifice his ''Special Mount'' ability at 5th, he is able to use Int-, Wis- and Cha-based skills and checks, to concentrate, and may even use spells while in a Zeal. However, he suffers a penalty of -4 to any Int-, Wis-, and Cha-based skills and checks and to concentration attempts and suffers a -2 penalty to Caster Level when casting spells (though this does not affect his daily spells and spells prepared).
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− | '''Special:''' Should a Paladin break his Code of Conduct and fall from grace, this ability is not suppressed like his other class abilities. In addition, [[SRD:Blackguard|Blackguard]] levels also count and stack with Paladin levels to determine the character's Zeal ability, including number of times per day, and when he gains Greater Zeal and Tireless Zeal. The Blackguard's Fiendish Servant class ability can also be sacrificed to gain the additional benefits provided to a Paladin that sacrificed his ''Special Mount'' ability.
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| + | {{3.5e Alternate Class Feature |
| + | |name=Zealous Crusader |
| + | |summary=Your hatred of evil tends to overwhelm your reason, leading to a more erratic, less chivalrous, fighting style. |
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| + | |class=Paladin |
| + | |level=1st-20th |
| + | |replaces=Smite Evil |
| + | |benefit=You gain the ability to rage as a barbarian of your paladin level. At 12th level you gain greater rage and tireless rage at 19th level. You do not lose the ability to rage if you become a fallen paladin.}} |
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Latest revision as of 04:01, 8 August 2022
Zealous Crusader
Your hatred of evil tends to overwhelm your reason, leading to a more erratic, less chivalrous, fighting style.
Class: Paladin
Level: 1st-20th
Replaces: Smite Evil
Benefit: You gain the ability to rage as a barbarian of your paladin level. At 12th level you gain greater rage and tireless rage at 19th level. You do not lose the ability to rage if you become a fallen paladin.
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