"I am the instrument of divine justice; my blade will reshape this world as the god of battle sees fit!" -Vordayn the Dire, anti-paladins
Introduction
Anti-Paladins are the fanatical zealots serving evil deities as crusaders, commanders, and champions. They are the profane standard-bearers, the battle-line breakers, and the unforgiving masters of fell armies. Anti-Paladins serve their deity by spreading their dogma and mercilessly slaying those who refuse to convert. The evil of an anti-paladin is an unequivocal force that shakes even the mightiest warriors of goodness.
However, lower level anti-paladins may become just the opposite. They may put on a polite and mild-mannered facade, but their intents remain the same. Much like your average paladin can range from a beacon of hope to a tool of holy wrath, your average anti-paladin may lie through his teeth, and paint himself a noble hero, or they may simply be the darkest most twisted husks of knights one could imagine.
Class Features
- Alignment restriction: Lawful Evil
- Hit Die: d10
- BAB: High
- Proficiencies: armor (light, medium, heavy), shields, weapons (martial, simple)
- Skill points: 2 + int modifier ((2 + int modifier) * 4 at 1st level)
- Class Skills: concentration, craft mastery, craft trap, discipline, heal, lore, parry, persuade, ride, spot, taunt
- Unavailable feats: curse song, extra music, lingering song, quicken spell, weapon specialization
- Primary saving throw(s): fortitude
- Spellcasting: Divine (spell failure from armor is ignored), wisdom-based (a base wisdom score of 10 + the spell's level is required to cast a spell, bonus spells are based on modified wisdom, and the wisdom modifier affects spell DCs), and requires preparation
- Bonus Language: Infernal
Spells
New Spell: Unholy Sword
As Holy Sword but deals additional damage to good aligned creatures.
Epic Class
Bonus feats: The epic anti-paladin gains a bonus feat every three levels after 20th. In other words, at level 23, 26, and 29.
Epic bonus feats: armor skin, epic prowess, epic reputation, epic spell focus, epic toughness, epic weapon focus, great smiting, greater spell focus, improved combat casting, overwhelming critical, perfect health, planar turning
Unavailable epic feats: epic weapon specialization, outsider shape, construct shape, dragon shape, undead shape
The class I came up with is pretty conservative and doesn't have a lot of new custom abilities and spells. There are some ideas for custom spells and abilities from the following wiki link: https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Anti-Paladin_(3.5e_Class)
