Paladin

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Paladin Guild
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Primary Skillset:	Armor
Secondary Skillsets:	Lore, Weapon
Tertiary Skillsets:	Magic, Survival
Special Abilities:	Lead, Glyph, Protect, Smite
Mana Type:	Holy
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A Paladin is a Holy Warrior, touched and graced by the gods themselves. Through a path of righteous dedication to the guild's teachings and through service to the Immortals, the worthy are rewarded for their valor and honor with abilities blessed from the deities and emerge into an extreme force to reckon with. Woe to the villain who stands before the Paladin submerged in deceit and evil ways!

Founded by Dreldan, then sometime later taken over by Beren, the Guild Hall in the Crossing is where most new members receive their training. Beren took on the guild in a fatherly fashion and is still thought of highly by many senior guild members. However, the Paladin Council believed the guild members had grown too slack in their training and that the morality had deteriorated over time. Beren was subsequently removed, replaced by a more strict and harsh leader, Darius. Though the youngest guild leader in recorded history, Darius has maintained a stringent hold on not only the provincial guild, but the path of the Paladin itself.

Official Information

Guild crest: A roaring lion over a set of scales weighing a sword and an olive laurel

Information courtesy of Dragonrealms Website.

Guild Hall Locations

Crossing

The original Guildhall, under the tutelage of Lady Verika. (You can type DIR PALADIN for directions.)

Therenborough

This Guildhall is steeped in the proud heritage of Therengia, under the watchful eye of Sir Cleworth.

Riverhaven

Guild Representative Remen has taken over Lady Verika's old office in the Noble Inn to mentor the guild's pages and squires up to their 20th circle. (You can type DIR PALADIN for directions.)

Shard

This Guildhall, in the Tower of Honor, is guided by the hand of Lady Snow.

Ratha

This Guildhall is on the highest tier of the city, under the instruction of the formidable Sir Eamonn.

Mer'Kresh

In a majestic Guildhall on Shell Circle, guided by the noble and resplendent Lady Avant.

Hibarnhvidar

Guildleader Darius, formerly of The Crossing guildhall, took up the Guildhall post here.

Skillsets and Common Races

A Paladin's primary skillset is Armor. Lore and Weapon are secondary skillsets, with Magic and Survival as tertiary skills.

Paladins break down into the following races:

Human	45%
Kaldar	12%
Elven	10%
Gor'Tog	10%
S'Kra Mur	9%
Prydaen	9%
Dwarven	1%
Elothean	1%
Rakash	1%
Halfling	1%
Gnome	1%

Crafting Affiliation

Guilded Paladins receive three free technique slots in the Armorsmithing discipline of the Forging skill.

See: Crafting

Guild Abilities

Code of Honor

Paladins have a strict code of honor they must adhere to. By stealing, having any skill in the stealing skill, using cowardly or devious tactics in battle, or striking first in combat with another player a Paladin will lose standing in the guild, and take a massive hit to the state of his soul. This will affect his ability to perform various special abilities and, depending on the severity of the offense, may require a special quest to re-instate himself into the guild.

Armor Proficiency

Every 10 circles, a Paladin gains the ability to negate the mixing penalty for one armor type, so that by 30th circle, they can wear all four armors without a mixing penalty.

Protect

A Paladin may protect his money, protect himself, or intercept the dangers directed against those whom he wishes to PROTECT.

Leadership

By LEADing in a battle, a Paladin can inspire people within his party to greater feats while in combat. A Paladin receives the Lead ability at circle 2.

Glyphs

Paladin glyphs are a non-mana-using ability unique to Paladins. The use of glyphs is limited by the state of a Paladin's soul, as well as the level of his soul pool. The strength of the glyph and its duration can also be affected by the level of his charisma stat. To acquire each glyph, a Paladin must be of a certain circle, then must complete a holy quest.

Soul

A Paladin's soul is awoken by the Immortals when they call him to duty. This awakening allows, in Paladins who follow the tenets of the guild faithfully, to shine with brightness, powering many of their abilities. Conversely, for those Paladins who do not serve faithfully and violate certain rules, the state of their souls will plummet to a level of darkness not attainable by the uncalled. A Paladin's soul also acts as a confound for Paladin holy magic. The current state of a Paladin's soul can be measured with soulstone.

For more information, see Soul system.

Smite

Drawing upon their soul or the strength of their conviction, Paladins can execute a powerful strike against their foes.

Sacred Insight

Paladins can use their sacred insight to help recover grave goods. They can discern the owner of an item, identify grave robbers, and discern which stolen items the grave robber is carrying.

Holy Weapon

One of the Paladin's weapons can be blessed with extra power. A holy weapon is especially effective against the undead.

Holy Magic

Paladins use Holy mana, and can learn spells from the Justice, Inspiration, and Sacrifice spell books to aid in their quest to uphold justice, and combat evil within the realm. See Paladin spells.

Paladin spell slots

Circle Requirements

Skillset	Skill	1-10	11-30	31-70	71-100	101-150	151-200
armor	Conviction	3	4	4	5	5	13
armor	Defending	3	3	4	4	5	13
armor	Shield Usage	2	2	3	3	4	10
armor	1st Armor	4	5	5	5	6	15
armor	2nd Armor	2	3	3	4	5	13
weapon	Parry Ability	3	3	4	4	5	13
weapon	1st Weapon	3	4	4	5	5	13
weapon	2nd Weapon	0	2	3	4	4	10
lore	Tactics	1	2	3	3	4	10
lore	Scholarship	1	2	2	3	3	8
lore	1st Lore	2	3	3	4	4	10
lore	2nd Lore	1	2	3	3	4	10
lore	3rd Lore	1	1	2	2	3	8
magic	1st Magic	1	2	2	3	3	8
magic	2nd Magic	1	1	2	2	3	8
magic	3rd Magic	1	1	1	2	2	5
survival	Evasion	2	3	3	4	4	10
survival	1st Survival	1	2	2	3	3	8
survival	2nd Survival	1	1	2	2	3	8
survival	3rd Survival	1	1	1	2	2	5
survival	4th Survival	1	1	1	2	2	5

Hard skill requirements ( Conviction, Defending, Parry Ability, and Evasion) are listed in bold. These skills cannot count toward Nth skills, such as 1st Armor or 2nd Survival.

Soft skill requirements ( Shield Usage, Tactics, and Scholarship) can also count toward your Nth skills.

Note: The following "mastery" skills never count toward Nth skill requirements, since they affect all or most of the skillset: Defending, Offhand Weapon, Melee Mastery, Missile Mastery, and Holy Magic.

Nth skill requirements are met with your top-ranked skills out of the following list of eligible skills:

• Armor: Shield Usage, Light Armor, Chain Armor, Brigandine, and Plate Armor
• Weapon: Small Edged, Large Edged, Twohanded Edged, Small Blunt, Large Blunt, Twohanded Blunt, Slings, Bow, Crossbow, Staves, Polearms, Light Thrown, Heavy Thrown, and Brawling
• Lore: Forging, Engineering, Outfitting, Alchemy, Enchanting, Scholarship, Mechanical Lore, Appraisal, Performance, and Tactics
• Magic: Attunement, Arcana, Targeted Magic, Augmentation, Debilitation, Utility, and Warding
• Survival: Athletics, Perception, Stealth, Locksmithing, First Aid, Outdoorsmanship, and Skinning

Cumulative

Skillset	Skill	10	30	70	100	150	200
armor	Conviction	30	110	270	420	670	1,320
armor	Defending	30	90	250	370	620	1,270
armor	Shield Usage	20	60	180	270	470	970
armor	1st Armor	40	140	340	490	790	1,540
armor	2nd Armor	20	80	200	320	570	1,220
armor	Total Armor	120	420	1,060	1,600	2,650	5,350
weapon	Parry Ability	30	90	250	370	620	1,270
weapon	1st Weapon	30	110	270	420	670	1,320
weapon	2nd Weapon	0	40	160	280	480	980
weapon	Total Weapon	60	240	680	1,070	1,770	3,570
lore	Tactics	10	50	170	260	460	960
lore	Scholarship	10	50	130	220	370	770
lore	1st Lore	20	80	200	320	520	1,020
lore	2nd Lore	10	50	170	260	460	960
lore	3rd Lore	10	30	110	170	320	720
lore	Total Lore	40	160	480	750	1,300	2,700
magic	1st Magic	10	50	130	220	370	770
magic	2nd Magic	10	30	110	170	320	720
magic	3rd Magic	10	30	70	130	230	480
magic	Total Magic	30	110	310	520	920	1,970
survival	Evasion	20	80	200	320	520	1,020
survival	1st Survival	10	50	130	220	370	770
survival	2nd Survival	10	30	110	170	320	720
survival	3rd Survival	10	30	70	130	230	480
survival	4th Survival	10	30	70	130	230	480
survival	Total Survival	60	220	580	970	1,670	3,470
all	Total	310	1,150	3,110	4,910	8,310	17,060

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