Greater Mercy for an Anti-Paladin?

[jstbell]

Since Anti-paladins qualify for all Lay-on-hands feats. They could take Greater Mercy.
My question is, would it be fair to change the feat to say that if the target has no ailments touch of corruption deals and extra 1d6 damage?

[Shisumo]

For the record, anti-paladins do not qualify for Greater Mercy - the touch of corruption ability benefits from anything that modifies lay on hands, it's true, but Greater Mercy also requires the mercy class feature, which anti-paladins don't have and which is not grandfathered in via touch of corruption.

I also think you've got the "mirror" part backwards. Greater Mercy allows a paladin who does not need to use her mercy to make things better. The anti-paladin mirror, then, should be an anti-paladin who need not use his cruelty and can thus make things worse. So rather than affecting someone who is not suffering from an affliction, a Greater Cruelty feat should only affect someone who is suffering from an affliction. Like so:

Greater Cruelty
The cruel pain of your touch feeds on weakness.
Prerequisites: Cha 13, touch of corruption class feature, cruelty class feature.
Benefit: When you use your touch of corruption ability on a target suffering from a condition that you could inflict with one of your cruelties, you can forgo using your cruelty ability to instead deal an additional +1d6 points of damage with your touch of corruption.