Estild Proposes First Look at Paladin Professional Service

ANNOUNCEMENT: GM Estild announced the new design proposal for a Paladin professional service: Battle Standards. It is still a moving target! Details:

Text of Discord Post follows:

GM GM Estild
Battle Standard (1620)
on 01 Mar 2024 5:22 PM
from the Official GemStoneIV Discord
on #forums/mechanics channel

Below is a proposal we’re currently considered for a Paladin profession service ability. Many of the details are still a work in progress, but feel free to review it and provide any feedback.

Disclaimer: This is just a design proposal. Any or all changes referenced in this document can and are likely to change as the mechanics are implemented and tested. Do not make any decisions (such as training choices or purchases at events) for your characters based upon what is listed in this proposal. You will not be compensated or refunded for any adjustments made to this design after the fact.

Spell slot 1620 becomes Battle Standard.

Allows the Paladin to create a battle standard, which is a newly created scripted item.
Uses its own inventory slot.
Visibility can be toggled
Defaults to a banner to match the Paladin’s deity, but can be altered.
Only 1 battle standard can be worn at a time.
Has charges similar to Bard’s Lucky items that deplete over time while in combat. A Paladin may expend Devotion to recharge it.
Deity messaging and criticals will be set on the standard itself, which first defaults to the deity of the Paladin who performs the tier 1 service. Any character may take the standard to a shrine and pray to it to convert it to a new deity once per month.

Tier 1: Rally
While dead, allows a corpse to teleport to town (similar to Aid the Fallen (1613)). 1 use per day at T1 and 2 uses per day at T3.

Tier 2: Hallowed Reprisal
Activate to gain Hallowed Reprisal. Similar to Flaming Aura (1706), but uses deity flares. Uses SMR to determine success, flares every 10 seconds, lasts for 3 minutes, and has a 60 minute cooldown with -15 minutes at T3, T4, and T5 (15 minute cooldown at T5).

Tier 3: Reckoning
While the battle standard is worn, the character has a chance to flare deity specific flares with attacks. Based upon standard flare rate, but decreased chance until T5.

Tier 4: Ardent Plea
Activate to cause all attacks to trigger the Reckoning for 30 seconds. 30 minute cooldown with -15 minutes at T5 (15 minute cooldown at T5).

Tier 5: Divine Bulwark
When receiving a critical hit, there is a chance (standard flare rate) to summon an ethereal shield to lessen the blow. Reduces a critical by 1 rank and causes a deity flare against the attacker (SMR to resolve).

Tier 6: Final Stand
Activate to trigger Divine Bulwark and for it to persist for 30 seconds. Can be activated while incapacitated. 1 use per day.
Resource
Paladins will earn Devotion, which is then used to bless a battle standard.

Tier | Devotion Required
1 | 50,000
2 | 75,000
3 | 100,000
4 | 125,000
5 | 150,000
6 | 200,000

Titles
A title is earned after 50 weeks of Devotion spent (e.g. Clerics earn Sanctifier, Bards earn Lucky).
A title is earned after 15 T6 services have been completed (e.g. Clerics earn Holy Flame, Bards earn Fated Fortune).

Notes
Paladins will have a yet to be determined innate benefit for using battle standards (similar to how Clerics get stronger Holy Fire flares, etc)
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