Paladin

Description

Paladins are holy warriors who use blessed spells and strength of arms to fight the evil and undead of Norrath. Paladins are primarily a melee class, able to wear plate armor and wield many kinds of weapons.

Paladins are able fighters and battlefield healers whose combat spells focus on stunning enemies and smiting undead. They also have several spells that increase the health and armor of their allies. Every so often, paladins can lay hands on themselves or their friends to instantly grant a powerful heal.

Paladins are the greatest force against undead. At higher levels they gain special abilities to smite these foes. Paladins also gain a limited ability to resurrect their fallen friends with lessened penalties for death.

Paladins can sometimes work alone, healing themselves with magic, but in a group a paladin really shines, going head to head with his enemies and occasionally falling back to heal. Players who like to engage in melee fights but want the options spells provide will find paladins a great class to play.

Creation Guide

Choosing Your Race

The first thing you have to pick then is your race. Which race you pick will determine the foundation of you character for the rest of your life in Norrath so it is kind of important you pick one you like. With Paladins, the different races offer some large choices statistically which must be taken into account.

Dwarves, Half Elves and Humans offer the best melee stats. Dwarves particularly have the most hitpoints over other races, as well as superior strength. High Elves offer the most wisdom, and can still hold reasonable melee stats. This gives them more mana for casting spells over the other races. The Erudite Paladin unfortunately has very mediocre stats, but there are a number of good Erudite only Paladin items in the game to compensate for this, (ex. Shield of the Stalwart Seas) but for most of your life you will be less efficient than other Paladins if you choose this race.

Humans and Erudites have no night vision whatsoever. This can be a problem if you are unfamiliar with your territory, but you can easily acquire light sources to help you see better at night, or ask around for a vision enhancing spell. Besides some classes having infravision there are no other special abilities any one race has over the other.

All of the Paladin races level at the same rate, and there are no experience penalties imposed for any specific race/class combination. Faction wise, all of the Paladin races are welcome in any other neutral or good-aligned city, however Erudite Paladins have an advantage since the faction associated with their guild is somewhat difficult for non Erudites to increase. Erudites have high faction with this guild automatically..

The true choice you have in selecting your race is what race you prefer, the look of your class (some people just hate being short dwarves), and where you start. Besides the variance in starting stats, all of the races are otherwise fairly equal.

Starting Statistics

Spending Your Bonus Points

Paladins are a tanking support class with great defensive skills and a powerful spells set to help you keep your group alive. As a paladin you are expected to have a high amount of hit points and AC to perform your main role as a tank and a decent mana pool to cast your aggro spells (stuns). With that in mind the most agreed upon is your agility should be 75 (erudites and dwarves must increase this), and you should dump as much as you can after that into stamina. After those two, weigh your options:

• Wisdom: Will increase your manapool
• Strength: Will increase your damage output (albeit slightly)
• Dexterity: Will increase the likelihood of procs (Ghoulbane, Fiery Avenger, and Fiery Defender come to mind)

Realistic/Modern statistic allocation:

• Dwarf: Add 15 to Stamina and 5 to Agility.
• Erudite: Add 15 to Stamina and 5 to Agility.
• Half Elf: Add 20 to Stamina.
• High Elf: Add 20 to Stamina.
• Human: Add 20 to Stamina.

Experience Statistics

• Dwarf Paladin: -40%
• Erudite Paladin: -40%
• Half Elf Paladin: -40%
• High Elf Paladin: -40%
• Human Paladin: -40%

What does it mean?

Certain races and classes require differing amounts of experience points to attain the same level. For example, a Dwarf Paladin requires 140% of the experience that a Human Cleric would require to be the same level.

Religion

Paladins must choose a religion, as their magic powers flow from their devotion to their chosen god. There is only one item for paladins which your deity will affect, and that is the Natures Defender (Tunare only). Your religion will also impact on where your character can start. Selections include Karana, Rodcet Nife, Erollisi Marr, Brell Serilis, Mithaniel Marr, Prexus, Tunare, and Quellious. Depending on your race you will be given a different number of these deities to choose from.

Spells

Level 9

Spell Name	Spell Description	Era	Class	Location	Mana
Courage	HP and AC buff		Abj.	Vendor.	12
Cure Poison	Cures target of poison effects		Alt.	Vendor.	20
Flash of Light	Blinds target		Div.	Vendor.	12
Minor Healing	Healing spell		Alt.	Vendor.	10
Spook the Dead	Undead only fear		Alt.	Vendor.	10
True North	Face to the north.		Div.	Vendor.	5
Yaulp	Self only combat buff spell		Abj.	Vendor.	5

Level 15

Spell Name	Spell Description	Era	Class	Location	Mana
Cure Disease	Cures the target of disease effects		Alt.	Vendor.	20
Hammer of Wrath	Summons a magical hammer		Con.	Vendor.	50
Holy Armor	AC buff		Abj.	Vendor.	20
Light Healing	Healing spell		Alt.	Vendor.	25
Lull	Reduce the target's aggression		Alt.	Vendor.	10
Sense the Dead	Detects undead creatures		Div.	Vendor.	5
Ward Undead	Undead DD line of spells		Evo.	Vendor.	30

Level 22

Spell Name	Spell Description	Era	Class	Location	Mana
Center	HP and AC buff		Abj.	Vendor.	40
Endure Poison	Adds to poison resist		Abj.	Vendor.	20
Halo of Light	Summons a Halo of Light		Con.	Vendor.	40
Invigor	Restores stamina		Alt.	Vendor.	20
Invisibility versus Undead	Makes target invisible vs undead creatures		Div.	Vendor.	40
Reckless Strength	Temporary strength buff		Alt.	Vendor.	30
Root	Stops target's movement		Alt.	Vendor.	30

Level 30

Spell Name	Spell Description	Era	Class	Location	Mana
Expulse Undead	Undead DD spell		Evo.	Vendor.	60
Hammer of Striking	Summons a magical hammer		Con.	Vendor.	100
Healing	Single Target Healing Spell (Max: 100)		Alt.	Vendor.	60
Soothe	Reduces the target's aggression		Alt.	Vendor.	30
Spirit Armor	Single Target AC Buff (Max: 14)		Abj.	Vendor.	75
Stun	Stuns the target		Evo.	Vendor.	35
Symbol of Transal	HP buff		Abj.	Vendor.	55

Level 39

Spell Name	Spell Description	Era	Class	Location	Mana
Cancel Magic	Removes a magical effect		Abj.	Vendor.	30
Counteract Poison	Cures target of poison effects		Alt.	Vendor.	50
Daring	HP and AC buff		Abj.	Vendor.	60
Divine Purpose	Self Only Health Regneration Spell	Vel.	Alt.	Vendor.	1
Endure Disease	Adds to disease resistance		Abj.	Vendor.	20
Greater Healing	Healing spell		Alt.	Vendor.	150
Symbol of Ryltan	HP Buff		Alt.	Vendor.	111
Yaulp II	Self only combat buff spell		Abj.	Vendor.	15

Level 49

Spell Name	Spell Description	Era	Class	Location	Mana
Dismiss Undead	Undead Only Direct Damage		Evo.	Vendor.	90
Calm	Calms the mind of your target, lowering its aggressiveness		Alt.	Vendor.	50
Divine Might	Self Only Weapon Proc Enchantment		Alt.	Quest.	100
Holy Might	Stuns target with a small amount of damage		Evo.	Vendor.	60
Revive	Summons a player to their corpse with 0% experience		Alt.	Vendor.	300
Symbol of Pinzarn	HP buff		Abj.	Vendor.	200
Valor	HP and AC buff		Abj.	Vendor.	90
Guard	Single Target AC Buff		Evo.	Vendor.	90

Level 50

Spell Name	Spell Description	Era	Class	Location	Mana
Flame of Light	Single Target Fire Based Direct Damage (Max: 125hp)	Vel.	Evo.	NPC Drop.	85

Level 51

Spell Name	Spell Description	Era	Class	Location	Mana
Pacify	Reduces the target's aggression	Kun.	Alt.	Vendor.	100

Level 52

Spell Name	Spell Description	Era	Class	Location	Mana
Force	Stuns target with a small amount of damage	Kun.	Evo.	Vendor.	90
Frenzied Strength	Temporary strength buff	Kun.	Alt.	Vendor.	90

Level 53

Spell Name	Spell Description	Era	Class	Location	Mana
Divine Glory	Single Target 100 HP Buff	Vel.	Abj.	E. Com.	60
Armor of Faith	AC Buff	Kun.	Abj.	Vendor.	150

Level 54

Spell Name	Spell Description	Era	Class	Location	Mana
Enstill	Stops target's movement	Kun.	Alt.	Vendor.	60
Expel Undead	Undead DD spell	Kun.	Evo.	Vendor.	130

Level 55

Spell Name	Spell Description	Era	Class	Location	Mana
Divine Aura	20 second invulnerablity	Kun.	Abj.	Vendor.	10
Divine Favor	Emergency Damage Aborsbing Shield	Kun.	Abj.	Firiona Vie.	150
Wave of Healing	Group Heal Spell (270 to 285 hp)	Vel.	Alt.	NPC Drop.	450

Level 56

Spell Name	Spell Description	Era	Class	Location	Mana
Counteract Disease	Cures target of disease effects	Kun.	Alt.	Vendor.	50
Yaulp III	Self only Strength and AC Buff	Kun.	Abj.	Vendor.	25

Level 57

Spell Name	Spell Description	Era	Class	Location	Mana
Superior Healing	Healing spell	Kun.	Alt.	Vendor.	250

Level 58

Spell Name	Spell Description	Era	Class	Location	Mana
Nullify Magic	Removes magical effects	Kun.	Abj.	Vendor.	50
Symbol of Naltron	Increase Hitpoints	Kun.	Abj.	Vendor.	315

Level 59

Spell Name	Spell Description	Era	Class	Location	Mana
Celestial Cleansing	Single Target Heal Over Time	Vel.	Alt.	E. Com.	225
Resurrection	Summons a player to their corpse with 90% experience restored	Kun.	Alt.	Vendor.	700

Level 60

Spell Name	Spell Description	Era	Class	Location	Mana
Divine Strength	Single Target Hitpoint Buff (Max: 200)	Vel.	Alt.	NPC Drop.	100
Resolution	HP and AC buff	Kun.	Abj.	Vendor.	110
Shield of Words	AC buff	Kun.	Abj.	Vendor.	300
Yaulp IV	Self Only Combat Buff	Kun.	Abj.	NPC Drop.	1

Skills

Combat Skills

Level	Trained	Skill	Cap Until 50	Cap Above 50
1	No	1 Hand Blunt	200	225
1	No	1 Hand Slashing	200	225
1	No	2 Hand Blunt	200	225
1	No	2 Hand Slashing	200	225
1	No	Archery	75	75
1	No	Bind Wound	200	210
1	No	Defense	200	252
1	No	Hand to Hand	100	100
1	No	Lay Hands	200	200
1	No	Offense	200	225
1	No	Piercing	200	225
1	Yes	Taunt	180	180
6	Yes	Bash	175	200
10	Yes	Dodge	125	155
17	Yes	Parry	175	200?
20	Yes	Double Attack	200	235
30	Yes	Riposte	175	200
40	Yes	Disarm	70	70

Casting Skills

Level	Trained	Skill	Cap Until 50	Cap Above 50
9	Yes	Abjuration	235	235
9	Yes	Alteration	235	235
9	No	Channelling	200	220
9	Yes	Conjuration	235	235
9	Yes	Divination	235	235
9	Yes	Evocation	235	235
12	Yes	Meditate	185	235

Miscellaneous Skills

Level	Trained	Skill	Cap Until 50	Cap Above 50
1	No	Alcohol Tolerance	200	200
1	No	Beg	200	200
1	No	Fishing	200	200
1	No	Sense Heading	200	200
1	Yes	Swimming	200	200?

Paladin-Specific Quests

• Paladin Epic Quest

• Armor of Ro Quests
• Chalice of Conquest Quest
• The Falchion
• The Bridge
• Princess Lenya
• Hero Bracers Quest
• Aegis of Life Quest

• The Bones of Darak Lightforge (Divine Might Spell)
• Paladin Plane of Sky Tests

Velious:

• Paladin Thurgadin Armor Quests
• Paladin Kael Armor Quests
• Paladin Skyshrine Armor Quests

Holy Weapons

• The Sword of Nobility (Ghoulbane)
• Zimel's Blades (SoulFire)
• The Fiery Avenger
• Paladin Epic Quest

Gearing

Class specific gear suggestions are cross listed on the Gear Reference page. For a full list, view the Paladin Equipment category.

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FAQ

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