Posted by ORB on December 08, 1999 at 13:11:42:
Paladins should be the hardest to be Empowered and stay Empowered character. Only those who can really Roleplay the Paladin should be able to keep the blessing of thier God. With this in mind I offer up some Ideas for new powers and such. 1. Lose Call Lightning, Sancitify room, Know Alignment, and some of the other less Paladin like abilities.
2. When Paladins get tattoo'd it is three tiered. The first tattoo of thier God which is the same as all Tattoo's that thier gods give out. When they reach level 35 or so, If they have shown they are worthy of representing thier God they're tattoo reaches the next level, and at Hero a Third.
example-
Shokai Paladin
Level 15- tattoo of a silver flame
10 10 10 10 +1 str
will cast dispel evil once every
30 rounds of combat
level 35-tattoo of a silver Phoenix
20 20 20 20 + 1 con +2 str
Will cast dispel evil once every
20 combat rounds
level 51-Tattoo A Silver phoenix
with wings of Flame
30 30 30 30 +2 con
+3 str +30 hp
Will cast dispel evil and
heal every 15 combat
rounds
Every god that has a Paladin would have this, And Tatto's would be give out only if the Paladin truly represented his God. These Tattoo's would also give rank to the Paladin's Order, with lower Tattoo'd paladins following the orders of those above them.