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title: "Paladin"
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aliases: "Paladin"
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# Paladin
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You're honorable, forthright, and committed to pushing back the forces of cruelty. You gain the [[Retributive Strike]] champion's reaction and the [[Lay on Hands]] devotion spell. Your code gains the follow edicts and anathema:

**Edicts** follow the law, respect legitimate authorities or leadership

**Anathema** take advantage of another, cheat

## Divine SmiteLevel 9

You surround evil targets in a punishing halo. If you hit with your Retributive Strike, the target takes persistent spirit damage equal to your Charisma modifier.

## ExaltLevel 11

When you use Retributive Strike, each ally within 15 feet of you with the target in their melee reach can spend a reaction to Strike the target with a -5 penalty.
