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{{3.5e Alternate Class Feature
|name=Humble Champion
|summary=Not all paladins are clad in shining armor, nor wield the sword and shield. Some prefer an a lonely, ascetic existence, while others may live and work side-by-side with the power poor and vulnerable. Others take up the mantle of humility as a personal choice and demonstration of piety and service to their cause, while continuing to work and train alongside the more traditional paladins of their order. On rare occasions, a deity may test a chosen warrior's devotion to the faith and not to glory, imposing these restrictions upon them for either a set amount of time, or permanently. Whatever the reason, these paladins find that devotion providing all the weapons and faith can provide just as much power and protection as manufactured arms and armor they will ever need.
|prereq=Paladin level 1st
|class=Paladin
|level=1-20
|replaces=Paladin weapon and armor proficiencies
|benefit=The humble champion is not proficient with any armor or shields, but gains the AC Bonus of a [[SRD:Monk|Monk]] of his level. A humble champion may use their Charisma modifier in place of their Wisdom modifier; this choice cannot be changed once made. The humble champion's Paladin levels stack stack with any Monk levels the humble champion may have for the purposes of determining their total AC bonus (but not the Wis/Cha bonus).
The humble champion is proficient with all monk weapons, plus the favored weapon of their deity (which they may treat as a monk weapon). The humble champion also gains the unarmed strike and unarmed strike damage feature of the monk, though not flurry of blows.
A humble champion loses access to these benefits while wearing any armor constitutes a violation of their Paladin Code, becoming an [[SRD:Paladin#Ex-Paladins|Ex-Paladin]] until but regains them again after taking off the proper atonement is madearmor and spending at least one minute in prayerful meditation.
}}