Armor and Weapons
As members of the warrior group, paladins can wear any type of armor.
Regardless of the armor worn, paladins suffer no penalties to any of their special
abilities.
Paladins can also wield any of the weapons listed in Chapter 6 of the PH. As they increase in level, they can make more than one attack per round, as
shown in Table 6.
Table 6: Paladin Attacks Per Round
| Level
| Attacks/Round
|
| 1-6
| 1/round
|
| 7-12
| 3/2 rounds
|
| 13+
| 2/round
|
A paladin may fight with two weapons at the same time, holding one in each
hand, providing the second weapon is smaller and lighter than the main weapon, and
that he avoids using a shield. With these qualifications, the paladin may make
an additional attack each round with the second weapon. However, fighting with
two weapons simultaneously gives a penalty on both attack rolls. The base
penalty is –2 for the main weapon and –4 for the second weapon. The paladin's
Reaction Adjustment, based on Dexterity, modifies both penalties, though neither may
be modified above 0. Table 7 summarizes these penalties.
Table 7:
Two-Weapon Attack Roll Penalties
|
| Main Weapon
| Second Weapon
|
| Dex.
| Penalty
| Penalty
|
| 1
| –8
| –10
|
| 2
| –6
| –8
|
| 3
| –5
| –7
|
| 4
| –4
| –6
|
| 5
| –3
| –5
|
| 6-15
| –2
| –4
|
| 16
| –1
| –3
|
| 17-18
| 0
| –2
|
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