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I'm in the mood to do some mental exercises. How can we create a fake Paladin just using feats, items, prestige classes and side-rules?
Rules:
Any third-party stuff allowed
Feats replicating abilities
Items giving abilities
Traits
Prestige Classes
Domains providing said ability
Side-Rules (Campaign, Mythic, Race Builder, Schools, Templates, etc.)
The problem I've already run into is that if we stay Lawful Good we can get lay on hands through Believer's Hands. But if we want something like Mercy we need to be Neutral Good to be able to use the Champion of Grace feat.
ABILITIES TO REPLICATE
Aura of Good = Gift of Discernment [Exalted] feat (Player's Guide to Faerun)
Detect Evil - Shining Wayfinder item (technically), Godsight feat [Player's Guide to Faerun] (3/day)
Smite Evil - Chevalier PRC Level 3, Bracers of the Avenging Knight item, Skin of the Celestial item, Touchstone (Catalogues of Enlightenment) [Elysium domain]
Divine Grace - Divine Protection feat (pre-errata)
Lay on Hands - Bloodstone of Arazni (Heart) [Artifact], Phylactery of Devotion (lay on hands 1/day @ 1 hp only) [Living Kingdoms of Kalamar], Believer's Hands feat (must be lawful good)
Aura of Courage - Chevalier PRC Level 1
Divine Health - Periapt of Health item (sort of)
Mercy - Merciful Vambraces item (sort of), Improved Eldritch Heritage (Solar) [sort of], Champion of Grace feat (sort of; must be Neutral Good)
Channel Positive Energy - Improved Eldritch Heritage (Empyreal), Greater Eldritch Heritage (Solar)
Divine Bond - Bracers of Celestial Intervention item (sort of)
Spellcasting - Spellcasting Contract,Lesser & Spellcasting Contract spells; Imbue with Spell Ability spell
Headscratchers:
Aura of Resolve - ?
Aura of Justice - ?
Aura of Faith - ?
Aura of Righteousness - ?
Holy Champion - ?
I'm thinking an Infernal Contract, Wish spell, homebrewed Divine Obedience feat or perhaps the Expert class from D&D 3.5 Unearthed Arcana for these last abilities...
Sure we can use VMC Paladin, but that only gives so many abilities, but VMC and archetypes don't mix either.