Posted by Zebulost on April 23, 2000 at 23:40:39:
Paladins are holy warriors, embued by their deity with special powers.
Remove the class entirely, and make 'paladinhood' a spec, with communes specific to the deity that empowered them.
Example:
A Maran warrior attains the rank of knight and spends his first spec on paladinhood (or theology, or whatever you want to call it). He has already obtained the blessing of Lord Shokai and been empowered. He gains the following communes:
Rank 20: detect evil
Rank 23: flame strike
Rank 26: cure critical
Rank 28: wrath
Rank 30: protection from evil
When he gets his second spec, he may choose a weapon, or advanced theology, whereby he gains:
Rank 35: word of recall
Rank 40: holy word
Rank 45: sanctuary
The first spec in theology should give 5 or 6 medium level communes, while a second should give 3 or 4 of the higher level ones. Each deity that has paladins would set what communes are given, and some or all may be totally unique.