Quote Originally Posted by bloodtide View Post
1.Flavor wise this should be more a cleric spell. A cleric does things like confessions and abslotions. The paladin holy warrior does not fit well. The idea of the paladin putting away his weapon and touching an undead?
Clerics get atonement and paladins don't. Besides, a cleric may be able to deal with confessions and absolutions, but "The Power of Christ Compels You" = turn to dust is much more paladinlike, in my opinion.

2.Mechanically the spell does not look even slightly useful. The paladin can use a 2nd level spell to get rid of a mindless undead like a skeleton or a zombie? Or the paladin could save a spell slot and just hack at it with his sword? What is the up side? A 10th level paladin can hack a human skeleton to pieces with one sword hit or cast this spell and do it?
Let's see...how about when a paladin is completely disarmed? Paladins have a terrible spell list for dealing with a lack of weaponry. All other casters (save rangers) have ways of using their spells to augment their natural offense. Paladins only use it to augment their melee capacity, which is not versatile enough.

3.flavor wise again, this spell forgives acts the undead did while undead...ok, but what about the evil it might have done to become undead? That does not get forgiven?
If the undead is mindless, it was not changed of its own will. (Skeletons and zombies are reanimated against their will). If it is intelligent, it is atoned. So yes, it is forgiven for the evil it practiced to become undead.