Fenryr
2012-09-20, 10:42 PM
Hi! After reading Smite Optimization (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=10289492#post10289492) I got curious about Ordained Champion.
The most interesting part is the Smite. For 3.5 burning a Turn Undead to gain a Smite attack was a fair trade, depending on several circumstances. But Pathfinder buffed Smite. If we go according to Smite rules, you expend a Channel Positive Energy and gain a Smite (and it scales with your Channel Positive Energy levels) for the whole HP of the target or another day. And you can get more Channel Positive Energy per day than a Paladin can get Smite Evil per day!
Seems a not very even exchange. I think it's powerful (not very but far superior than the ol' Smite Evil from Paladins). But how powerful? Should it be nerfed? Should the cost of the Channel Positive Energy increase? Or maybe 'm just wrong and is nothing special?
The most interesting part is the Smite. For 3.5 burning a Turn Undead to gain a Smite attack was a fair trade, depending on several circumstances. But Pathfinder buffed Smite. If we go according to Smite rules, you expend a Channel Positive Energy and gain a Smite (and it scales with your Channel Positive Energy levels) for the whole HP of the target or another day. And you can get more Channel Positive Energy per day than a Paladin can get Smite Evil per day!
Seems a not very even exchange. I think it's powerful (not very but far superior than the ol' Smite Evil from Paladins). But how powerful? Should it be nerfed? Should the cost of the Channel Positive Energy increase? Or maybe 'm just wrong and is nothing special?