Stormagedon Dark Lord of All
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I guess I'm confused because O v Fiends' Holy Vessel changes the way the divine bond works. But it doesn't have a C in the table. The paladin does have to give up the 9th level mercy and it does have the language "This ability has no effect for a paladin whose divine bond is with a mount." at the end.
So I guess I would just count Holy Vessel as an ability that is separate from Divine Bond.
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I'd say that Holy Vessel is separate, though this is an unsupported claim. Mechanically, it's just a wasted 9th level Mercy. The "This ability has no effect... blah" would imply that it would be the same for a paladin who takes something else as a bond, too, though I could see a strong argument made that it doesn't stack.
Funny thing, I just realized that this paladin can access Plane Shift at its lowest spell level, even lower than Cleric.
Stormagedon Dark Lord of All
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Holy Vessel is definitely a strange ability. I'm thinking that the "this ability has no effect" language is the escape route for holy vessel to not have to change the Divine Bond. As oppose to Oath v Wyrms which gives you choices for either mount or weapon bond.
I believe clerics still get it 3 levels before the paladin has access to 4th level spells. But you can now put it in a wand!