Holy Bolt (3.5e Alternate Class Feature)
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Holy Bolt
Most paladin face threats with a melee weapon in hands, often a sword or a shield. However a few prefer more advanced weapons, such the crossbow. The holy bolts focus on ranged combat over melee combat, and master the crossbow in particular.
Class: Pathfinder Paladin
Level: 1st, 3rd, 5th, 8th, 11th, 14th, 17th, 20th
Replaces: Weapon Proficiency, Smite Evil (Altered), Aura of Courage
Benefit: An Holy Bolt received the following class features:
Weapon Proficiency: An holy bolt is proficient with all simple weapons, one martial weapon of her choice and all crossbows.
Bolt-Bound Smite (Ex): An holy bolt's smite evil deals bonus is damage is halved when making attacks with melee weapons.
Crossbow Training (Ex): An holy bolt gain Point Blank Shot as a bonus feat, even if she does not meet the prerequisites. She counts her paladin level as fighter level for the purpose of qualifying for feats which improve crossbows (such as Weapon Specialization).
Bless Bolts (Su): A 3rd level Holy Bolt is able to bless up to 10 mundane crossbow bolts per day with a 1 minute ritual per bolt. The blessed bolts fall under the effect of bless weapon which last until she next regains her spells or 24 hours passed, whichever happens sooner. At 5th level the blessed bolts also count as both cold iron and silver for the purpose of bypassing damage reduction and regeneration, and gain a +1 enhancement bonus.
The enhancement bonus increases by +1 at 8th level and each 3 levels thereafter. The holy bolt can choose to add any weapon special abilities to the blessed bolt, though the bolt must have at least a +1 enhancement bonus, and these special abilities use an amount of bonus equal to the ability’s normal price. She may choose different weapon special abilities for each bolt, chosen upon creation.
Personal Courage (Ex): At 3rd level a holy bolt become immune to [fear]-effects.
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| Author | Leziad + |
| Class | Pathfinder Paladin + |
| Identifier | 3.5e Alternate Class Feature + |
| Rating | Undiscussed + |
| Summary | Most paladin face threats with a melee weapon in hands, often a sword or a shield. However a few prefer more advanced weapons, such the crossbow. The holy bolts focus on ranged combat over melee combat, and master the crossbow in particular. + |
| Title | Holy Bolt + |
