Another one from my big bag of attempts to let people play with the boundaries of their classes - let me know what you think, please.



As you might have guessed, this should work like a very much weakened version of Turn Undead meets Protection From Evil and provide a little boost to prospective undead hunters. Because it's not the same as Turn undead, it should even be useful to Clerics and Paladins without being overpowered.

The reasoning behind this feat is that in movies, anyone with faith can wave a cross around to drive off a vampire without having to be a priest, so a little bit of faith should prove beneficial in D&D too.

So.... just to clarify:

A non-Cleric or Paladin would only be able to do this at 4th level or above, but Clerics or Paladins can take it from 1st level? That seems to be what is suggested by the sentence below, but I might be getting confused?

I think anybody can do it at any level, but it gets better if you are a paladin or cleric, or when you're higher level. That's how I read it anyway.

Ok, to clarify then:

Look at the PHB. Clerics and Paladins give off an aura of their alignment that affects Detect Good/Evil/Cookies. This ability is similar to that, but functions as the highest of either:
your cleric/paladin level(s),
a level 1 paladin, or;
a paladin of three levels lower than your character level.

Additionally, you get the ability to make a turn check when you are emitting this aura (using your character level as your effective cleric level for this check). Any undead that would have been turned are not actually turned, but instead are subject to a -1 attack and damage penalty against you and anyone else within five feet of you. This penalty lasts till you stop using the aura.

Anyone can take this at level 1, but if you aren't a cleric or paladin, you need to buy 2 ranks of Knowledge(religion) to do so.

I demand this tasty ability in your Mundia adventure.

It's already in the rules.



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