Dungeons & Dragons Hardcover Publications: Defenders of the faith : a guidebook to clerics and paladins

Divine dedication powers these crusaders.This book spotlights the champions of deities in the D&D game, clerics and paladins. It's packed with ways to customize cleric and paladin characters, including: New feats, prestige classes, weapons, and equipment. More uses for turning checks, and new magic items and spells designed specially for clerics and paladins.Information about special organizations such as the Laughing Knives and the Stargazers. Detailed maps of temples that players and Dungeon Masters can use as bases of operation or as enemy structures that must be brought down. Indispensable to both players and Dungeon Masters, this book adds excitement to any campaign. Defenders of the Faith......Page 1 Contents......Page 3 Introduction......Page 5 Playing A Cleric......Page 6 Playing A Paladin......Page 9 Divine Intervention......Page 17 Skills......Page 19 New Feats......Page 20 Sacred Gear......Page 22 Magic Items......Page 23 The Role of Churches......Page 28 Lawful Good......Page 30 Neutral Good......Page 31 Chaotic Good......Page 33 Lawful Neutral......Page 34 Neutral......Page 36 Lawful Evil......Page 37 Neutral Evil......Page 38 Chaotic Evil......Page 39 House of Death......Page 41 Laughing Knives......Page 44 Order of the Chalice......Page 45 Stargazers......Page 46 If I Ran The Temple......Page 48 Church Inquisitor......Page 52 Consecrated Harrier......Page 53 Contemplative......Page 55 Divine Oracle......Page 57 Holy Liberator......Page 58 Hospitaler......Page 61 Hunter of the Dead......Page 63 Knight of the Chalice......Page 64 Knight of the Middle Circle......Page 66 Master of Shrouds......Page 67 Sacred Exorcist......Page 69 Sacred Fist......Page 71 Templar......Page 73 Warpriest......Page 75 Cleric & Paladin......Page 77 Prestige Domains......Page 78 A-B......Page 82 C......Page 84 D......Page 86 F-G......Page 87 H-M......Page 88 O-R......Page 89 S......Page 90 T......Page 91 U......Page 92 W-Z......Page 93 Monstrous Deities......Page 94 Dragon Deities......Page 96 Outsider & Elemental Lords......Page 97 Called To Serve......Page 98 FAQ......Page 101 Spell Planner......Page 104 This book spotlights the champions of deities in the D&D game, clerics and paladins. It's packed with ways to customize cleric and paladin characters, including: New feats, prestige classes, weapons, and equipment. More uses for turning checks, and new magic items and spells designed specially for clerics and paladins. Information about special organizations such as the Laughing Knives and the Stargazers. Detailed maps of temples that players and Dungeon Masters can use as bases of operation or as enemy structures that must be brought down. Indispensable to both players and Dungeon Masters, this book adds excitement to any campaign. Defenders of the Faith contains guidelines for creating specific types of clerics and paladins allowing players to build characters with specific abilities and personalities. Customizing character types allows for a more personalized roleplaying experience. Many of these characters introduce variations to the rules presented in the Player's Handbook. Allowing players to build characters with specific abilities and personalities, this is the ultimate guide to customizing wizards and sorcerers in the Dungeons & Dragons( roleplaying game. (Role Playing Games) This chapter deals with the cleric and paladin classes: their abilities, skills, feats, and equipment, including descriptions of some new magic items. Clerics and paladins are two of the Dungeons & Dragons game's most popular classes, and this handbook contains guidelines to customize both