For your paladins who venerate a god or goddess of winter.
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*Energy Resistance: A paladin of winter has +2 bonus to saving throws against cold or similar.
Remove
*Holy Resistance
Change
*Warhorse: A paladin of winter of 4th level or higher may summon a holy charger - a giant wolf with AC 5 [14], 5+5 HD and a movement rate of 180's (60'). If the dire wolf dies, another may not be summoned for 10 years.
For your paladins who venerate a god or goddess of light.
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*Protection against Darkness: A paladin of light has +1 to AC when fighting creatures who are sensitive to sunlight or are made of darkness or shadow.
Remove
*Holy Resistance
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*Turn Undead: Using the turn undead table instead of undead a paladin of light may turn or destroy any creatures made of darkness such as shadows or shades. A paladin of light may also turn but not destroy creatures sensitive to light.
Taking inspiration from this video and this blog post here is a sage class which has its roots all the way back in Blackmoor. Possibly better suited as a class for a retainer or NPC than a PC. A companion piece to my previous merchant class.
Requirements: None
Prime requisite: INT
Hit Dice: 1d4
Maximum level: 14
Armour: no armour or shields
Weapons: Dagger, sling, staff
Languages: Alignment, Common
Arcane Magic
Spell casting: Sages carry spell books containing the formulae for arcane spells. The spell casting chart (below) shows both the number of spells in the sage’s spell book and the number they may memorize, determined by the character’s experience level. Sages use the same spell list as the magic user with the restriction that they can not cast spells that directly cause damage.
Using magic items: As spell casters, from 4th level onwards sages are able to use magic scrolls of spells on their spell list. They can also use wands that do not directly cause damage.
Languages
Sages gain new languages in the same manner as a bard of the same level.
Lore
As per the bard ability.
After Reaching 12th Level
Upon reaching 12th level a sage may found a library, museum, university or other place of learning attracting 4d4 level one sages as apprentices.
Sage Level Progression
Saving Throws Spells
Level XP HD THAC0 D W P B S 1 2
1 0 1d4 19 [0] 13 14 13 16 15 - -
2 1,500 2d4 19 [0] 13 14 13 16 15 - -
3 3,000 3d4 19 [0] 13 14 13 16 15 - -
4 6,000 4d4 19 [0] 13 14 13 16 15 1 -
5 12,000 5d4 17 [+2] 12 13 11 14 13 1 -
6 24,000 6d4 17 [+2] 12 13 11 14 13 2 -
7 48,000 7d4 17 [+2] 12 13 11 14 13 2 -
8 96,000 8d4 17 [+2] 12 13 11 14 13 3 1
9 200,000 9d4 14 [+5] 10 11 9 12 10 3 1
10 320,000 9d4+2* 14 [+5] 10 11 9 12 10 4 2
11 440,000 9d4+4* 14 [+5] 10 11 9 12 10 4 2
12 560,000 9d4+6* 14 [+5] 10 11 9 12 10 4 3
13 680,000 9d4+8* 12 [+7] 8 9 7 10 8 4 3
14 800,000 9d4+10* 12 [+7] 8 9 7 10 8 4 4
* Modifiers from CON no longer apply. D: Death / poison; W: Wands;
P: Paralysis / petrify; B: Breath attacks;
S: Spells / rods / staves.
I've previously made an alternate cleric for followers of the storm lord, here is one paladins of the storm lord.
Add
*Energy Resistance: +2 bonus to saving throws against electricity (lightning).
*Predict Weather: Once per day gains knowledge of weather for the next 24 hours within a range of one mile per level.
Remove
*Holy Resistance.
*Turn Undead.
I have started poking around with shadowdark classes a bit so here is the first draft of a shadowdancer class for shadowdark.
Rogues who have been touched by the darkness of the shadow plane.
Weapons: Club, crossbow, dagger, shortbow, shortsword.
Armor: Leather armor
Hit Dice: 1d4
Languages: You know shadow speech.
Shadow step. Using an Intelligence check DC15 you can shadow step from one patch of shadows to another that you can see within range far.
If you fail, you are unable to use this ability again until you complete a long rest.
Shadowstrike. You gain plus one damage dice when attacking from shadows against an unaware opponent.
Shadow touched. Shadow is your friend, clinging to your form.
You have advantage on ability checks to sneak and hide.
Shadowdancer Talents
2d6 Effect
2 Gain adv on shadow step rolls (reroll if duplicate)
3-5 Your Shadowstrike deals +1 dice of damage
6-9 +2 to Strength, Dexterity or Intelligence score.
10-11 +1 to melee and ranged attacks
12 Choose one from the table
