Is there a way to alter / extend a paladin's divine bond?

[Secret Wizard]

I want to play an Iroran Paladin but I don't want to use Unarmed Strikes, but I also don't want to waste my Divine Bond feature. Can it be extended to other weapons, altered or something?

[LazarX]

Secret Wizard wrote:

I want to play an Iroran Paladin but I don't want to use Unarmed Strikes, but I also don't want to waste my Divine Bond feature. Can it be extended to other weapons, altered or something?

Then maybe you need to ask yourself you really want to play a Paladin of Irori. It's pretty much the schtick that he's all about self actualisation and reducing one's dependents on tools and weapons.

It's pretty much like saying you want to play a Paladin of Iomedae and not crusade against Demons or Undead, or a Paladin of Torag who has no interest in defending his homeland.

[CriticalQuit]

The Divine Bond works on any weapon, not just your favored weapon!

There are a few archetypes that change out, like Divine Hunter only working on ranged weapons, but standard paladin can use it with any weapon they're wielding.

[LazarX]

CriticalQuit wrote:

The Divine Bond works on any weapon, not just your favored weapon!

There are a few archetypes that change out, like Divine Hunter only working on ranged weapons, but standard paladin can use it with any weapon they're wielding.

I think he's playing an archetype which specifically alters divine bond.

[CriticalQuit]

LazarX wrote:

CriticalQuit wrote:

The Divine Bond works on any weapon, not just your favored weapon!

There are a few archetypes that change out, like Divine Hunter only working on ranged weapons, but standard paladin can use it with any weapon they're wielding.

I think he's playing an archetype which specifically alters divine bond.

The Enlightened Paladin archetype does that, but it also gets monk unarmed strike damage at half paladin level as monk level, which makes unarmed strike worth it...

OP, are you using the Enlightened Paladin archetype, or are you a standard paladin?

[Secret Wizard]

Iroran Paladin, Enlightened Paladin is what the d20pfsrd calls it because copyright.