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The Pala-Wizard

Not all paladins use physical weapons. Some use the Smite Evil ability to do damage to the enemy with arcane spells. They

They are proficient with any 4 simple weapons, but not armor or anything else.
A Paladin who takes levels of Pala-Wizard or vice versa does not lose advancement potential. For purposes of smiting per day, Pala-Wizard and Paladin levels stack. A Pala-wizard casts like a wizard and needs a spellbook for arcane spells. A Pala-Wizard casts from the Sorcerer-Wizard spell-list using his Intelligence. A Pala-Wizard can also cast all Paladin spells as a paladin of 1 level lower (Paladin levels stack for this, too) at one-half caster level. He gains no bonus spells whatsoever.

Pala-Wizard

{table="head"]Level|BAB|Fort|Ref|Will|Special |0lvl|1st|2nd|3rd|4th|5th|6th|7th|8th|9th

1st|+0|+0|+0|+2|Aura of Good, Detect Evil (at will), Smite with Magic (su) 1/Day|3|1|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—

2nd|+1|+0|+0|+3||4|2|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—

3rd|+1|+1|+1|+3||4|2|1|—|—|—|—|—|—|—

4th|+2|+1|+1|+4||4|3|2|—|—|—|—|—|—|—

5th|+2|+1|+1|+4|Divine Health, Turn Undead, Smite with Magic (su) 2/Day|4|3|2|1|—|—|—|—|—|—

6th|+3|+2|+2|+5|Aura of Courage, Improved Magical Smiting|4|3|3|2|—|—|—|—|—|—

7th|+3|+2|+2|+5|Paladin\'s Mount|4|4|3|2|1|—|—|—|—|—

8th|+4|+2|+2|+6||4|4|3|3|2|—|—|—|—|—

9th|+4|+3|+3|+6||4|4|4|3|2|1|—|—|—|—

10th|+5|+3|+3|+7|Smite with Magic (su) 3/Day|4|4|4|3|3|2|—|—|—|—

11th|+5|+3|+3|+7||4|4|4|4|3|2|1|—|—|—

12th|+6/+1|+4|+4|+8|Greater Magical Smiting|4|4|4|4|3|3|2|—|—|—

13th|+6/+1|+4|+4|+8||4|4|4|4|4|3|2|1|—|—

14th|+7/+2|+4|+4|+9||4|4|4|4|4|3|3|2|—|—

15th|+7/+2|+5|+5|+9|Smite with Magic (su) 4/Day|4|4|4|4|4|4|3|2|1|—

16th|+8/+3|+5|+5|+10||4|4|4|4|4|4|3|3|2|—

17th|+8/+3|+5|+5|+10||4|4|4|4|4|4|4|3|2|1

18th|+9/+4|+6|+6|+11|Bonus Feat [wizard]|4|4|4|4|4|4|4|3|3|2

19th|+9/+4|+6|+6|+11||4|4|4|4|4|4|4|4|3|3

20th|+10/+5|+6|+6|+12|Smite with Magic (su) 5/Day|4|4|4|4|4|4|4|4|4|4

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Alignment: Lawful Good
Hit Die: 1d4

Class Skills:
Concentration, Spellcraft, Knowledge (arcana), Knowledge (religion), Ride, Heal, Diplomacy, Sense Motive, Handle Animal, Profession
Skill Points at 1st Level: (2 + Int modifier) × 4
Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 2 + Int modifier



Smite with Magic A Pala-Wizard can use a Smite Evil use on arcane magic and choose a free metamagic feat to apply to a spell from the following list: Widen (Will not enlarge if there are nonevils in the normal spell area and does not hit nonevils), Extend (for spells that impair an enemy or enemies in the duration), Enlarge, Heighten (does not cost a higher level spell slot, but must be able to cast that level), Maximize, Empower, and, can add his Charisma bonus to any type of attack (touch or otherwise) for the spell. If he holds the charge, he can still use the bonus. He also adds his his class level (Paladin levels stack) to the damage done by any spell. If the spell forces a save, he adds his Charisma to that as well, but cannot then use the empower feat.
Improved Magical Smiting At 6th and 12th level, a Pala-Wizard can choose one more free metamagic to add to the spell.
Paladin"s Mount A Pala-Wizard uses these abilities as a paladin of one level lower. Once again, paladin levels stack.




So. How broken is this?

[Vella_Malachite]

Hehe...cool. If normal paladins get the features they get by inserting sticks in odd places, this must be one *expletive* of a stick!

The only thing I'd like to know is if they have more class skills...there seems to be awfully few...

[Tempest Fennac]

It's an interesting idea. I'm not sure how well the abilities synergise, though. Do you think a Battle Sorcerer with feats which give Lay on Hands and a ridable animal companion would work better? (it would be able to use light armour without ASF, and it would be better for melee combat and using Lay on Hands, but it would get less spells). I'll get some information about Battle Sorcerers and the feat which gives you a companion.

EDIT: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/re/20031118a contains information on the Wild Cohort feat, and page 114 of http://www.crystalkeep.com/d20/rules...asses-Base.pdf details Battle Sorcerers.

[ikrase]

Maybe... I could also make some metamagics or use some existing ones (Align Spell, Smity Spell, Anti-Chaotic Spell, but the idea of blaster mages with anti-evil spells seemed good, and this way I can have Paladin levels stack.

[Djinn_in_Tonic]

Whoa. Wait just a minute.

It's a Wizard, with access to healing spells, more class features, and a higher HD? GAH!

This needs some toning down...it's currently something of a one-man party (I mean, the only thing a wizard really needs is healing, and this has that covered).

[Zeta Kai]

Yeah, there's this thing called gestalt characters that I think you should check out. They could save you a lot of time & effort kit-bashing classes together. Also, Paladin/Sorcerers are a much better combo, due to the Charisma synergy (although in any case, you can't wear armor).

[ikrase]

Hit Die....Oh. Whoops. Good luck at getting more than one healing spell per day...Maybe no bonus spells. Hey! I know. Lets give it a caster level penalty for normal casting. Any call-outs. I know this is basically a wizard/paladin gestalt, but no feat, mashup, gestalt or anything I know of gets you the spell-smiting this easily. Also, is it even possible to have a party if the only person sucks at combat and runs out of ammo really fast?

[Fizban]

Try Complete Champion, there's a 5 level PrC for the wizardly types that grants a smite evil with spell kind of ability. It loses a spellcasting level or two, and actually really sucks, but it does exist.

[Pie Guy]

It has no scribe ability. A DM could maliciously say that you can't scribe.