After reading some thoughts on this and realizing the original didn’t exactly mean what I thought it did I spun this into an alternate option for the Paladin. It has a nice feel to it that I like for the paladin and isn’t as restrictive nor as powerful as the original iterations. It just feels more “protector of the weak and the downtrodden” to me. The mighty Paladin shielding others with the power of his faith rather than doing the Horatio at the bridge impression where his power’s protect only him. With that said, without further ado I give you my version of the Sacred Ward below.
Original concept, idea, thought etc. all credited to Stalker0 who’s idea I liked so much I had to make use it even if in the end I didn’t quite like the original workings of it.
Paladin Class Features:
Choose either Sacred Warding or Divine Challenge as one of your class features.
Sacred Warding
Let my faith be your armour friend and you won’t be disappointed.
At-Will * Divine, Radiant
Minor Action Close Burst 5
Target: One ally in burst
Effect: You mark the target. The target remains marked until you use this power on another target or the target is subject to a successful attack. The creature can only be subject to one mark at a time. A new mark supersedes a mark that was already in place.
While the target is marked, attack rolls against that target suffer a -2 penalty. The first attack that damages the target removes the mark and the attacker suffers radiant damage of 3 + your charisma modifier. The damage increases to 6 + your charisma modifier at 11th and 9 + your charisma modifier at 21st level.
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Anonymous
January 22, 2009 at 8:30 pm (UTC -5)
Danger, Will Robinson! The reason Marks don’t stack is to prevent a pair of Defenders from pulling a monster in two directions. A Paladin using his Sacred Warding on a Fighter, who then marks the monster with Combat Challenge, could cause a DM meltdown.
On the other hand, it looks great and the flavor is perfect. If your party doesn’t have another Defender (and if the Rogue promises not to take the Rakish Swashbuckler Paragon Path, which turns him into a Defender), go for it.
Dennis
January 22, 2009 at 9:59 pm (UTC -5)
Hmm I was trying to avoid via RAI that exact thing but I see my RAW needs work.
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January 17, 2009 at 3:34 pm (UTC -5)
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