Sacred Fist

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Sacred Strike I

Ranks: 1 Cost: 2 AP Requires: 1 AP

+1 to Attack and Damage with Favored Weapons.

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Extra Smite

Ranks: 3 Cost: 1 AP Requires: 1 AP

You gain 2 additional uses of Smite Evil per rest.

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Disciple of the Fist

Ranks: 3 Cost: 1 AP Requires: 1 AP

+1 to Heal, Concentration, and Intimidate.

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Deft Strikes

Ranks: 3 Cost: 1 AP Requires: 1 AP

While centered, you gain +3% Offhand Strike Chance.

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Ki Shout

Ranks: 1 Cost: 2 AP Requires: 1 AP

Ki Activate: Intimidates nearby enemies, encouraging them to attack you. This ability uses your Concentration skill, and shares a cooldown with the Intimidate skill.

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Sacred Strike II

Ranks: 1 Cost: 2 AP Requires: 5 AP

+2 to Attack and +1 to Damage with Favored Weapons.

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Exalted Whirlwind

Ranks: 1 Cost: 2 AP Requires: 5 AP

Make a sweeping martial arts attack against all nearby enemies for +10% damage. This attack strikes twice.

Shares its cooldown with the Cleave feat.

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Critical Mastery

Ranks: 3 Cost: 1 AP Requires: 5 AP

+1 to confirm critical hits and critical hit damage (before weapon multipliers)

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Fast Movement

Ranks: 1 Cost: 2 AP Requires: 5 AP

You run 1% faster for each of your Paladin levels.

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Action Boost: Doublestrike

Ranks: 3 Cost: 1 AP Requires: 5 AP

You gain +10% Action Boost bonus to Doublestrike for 20 seconds. Usable 5 times per rest.

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Sacred Strike III

Ranks: 1 Cost: 2 AP Requires: 10 AP

+1 to Attack and Damage with Favored Weapons.

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Exalted Smite

Ranks: 3 Cost: 2 AP Requires: 10 AP

Active: An improved Smite Evil that adds +1 to your weapon's critical damage multiplier.

Smite Evil: Using this attack, you call on the paladin's ability to strike down evil creatures, gaining twice your Charisma bonus to your attack roll, and a damage bonus based on your paladin level. Smites return at a rate of one every 90 seconds. In addition, your Smite Evil and Exalted Smite abilities increase Melee and Ranged Power by 5 for 10 seconds.

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Light of Hope

Ranks: 1 Cost: 2 AP Requires: 10 AP

+1 bonus Imbue dice. Your Sacred Flame toggle now allows you to strike Incorporeal enemies as if you had Ghost Touch.

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Instinctive Defense

Ranks: 3 Cost: 1 AP Requires: 10 AP

You take 5% less damage while Helpless.

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Strength/Charisma

Ranks: 1 Cost: 2 AP Requires: 10 AP

+1 Strength or Charisma

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Sacred Strike IV

Ranks: 1 Cost: 2 AP Requires: 20 AP

+2 to Attack and +1 to Damage with Favored Weapons.

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Deflect Arrows

Ranks: 1 Cost: 2 AP Requires: 20 AP

You gain the benefits of the Deflect Arrows feat, knocking aside one incoming projectile that would have struck you every 6 seconds.

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Light of Glory

Ranks: 1 Cost: 2 AP Requires: 20 AP

+1 bonus Imbue dice. Your Sacred Flame damage is now Light instead of Fire, and your Ki Spells now deal Light damage in addition to their Force and Fire, scaling with 300% Melee Power.

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Iron Skin

Ranks: 3 Cost: 1 AP Requires: 20 AP

While centered, you gain +5 Physical Resistance Rating.

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Strength/Charisma

Ranks: 1 Cost: 2 AP Requires: 20 AP

+1 Strength or Charisma

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Sacred Strike V

Ranks: 1 Cost: 2 AP Requires: 30 AP

+3 to Attack and Damage with Favored Weapons, +10 Melee Power.

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Evasive Dance

Ranks: 3 Cost: 1 AP Requires: 30 AP

Improves your Evasion ability so on a failed Reflex saving throw against an attack that normally deals half damage on a successful save, you only take 85% damage.

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Touch of the Divine

Ranks: 1 Cost: 2 AP Requires: 30 AP

You gain On Vorpal: Stun any Demons or Devils with no save for 3 seconds.

You gain a +25% Competence bonus to Max Hit Points.

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Avenging Whirlwind

Ranks: 1 Cost: 2 AP Requires: 30 AP

Make a sweeping martial arts attack against all nearby enemies for +20% damage. This attack strikes twice, and damaged enemies gain 1 stack of Vulnerability for each hit.

Shares its cooldown with the Whirlwind Attack feat.

Vulnerability: You take 1% more damage for 3 seconds. This effect stacks up to 20 times, and loses one stack on expiration.

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Violence Begets Violence

Ranks: 1 Cost: 2 AP Requires: 30 AP

While Centered, when an opponent misses you in melee, you gain +1 critical threat range for 6 seconds. This stacks up to 5 times and is reset if you critically hit.

Core Enhancements

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Sacred Flame

Ranks: 1 Cost: 1 AP

Imbue Toggle: Your melee attacks while centered deal an extra 1d6 Fire damage, scaling with 200% Melee Power. Each core ability in this tree grants you +5 Healing Amplification and +5 Positive Spellpower.

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Strike Evil

Ranks: 1 Cost: 1 AP Requires: 5 AP

+1 Saves and AC. +1 bonus Imbue dice. Your weapons while using Sacred Flame now bypass Lawful + Good DR.

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Soothe the Suffering

Ranks: 1 Cost: 1 AP Requires: 10 AP

+1 Saves and AC. +1 bonus Imbue dice. Gain +3 Remove Disease Charges and your Remove Disease now applies Greater Restoration to your target.

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Defend Against Darkness

Ranks: 1 Cost: 1 AP Requires: 20 AP

+1 Saves and AC. +1 bonus Imbue dice. You gain Immunity to Energy Drain.

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Rising Hope

Ranks: 1 Cost: 1 AP Requires: 30 AP

+1 Saves and AC. +1 bonus Imbue dice. When you use Turn Undead, you and nearby allies gain +1 Ki on hit and +3 Ki on crit for 20 seconds.

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Ultimate Flame

Ranks: 1 Cost: 1 AP Requires: 40 AP

+4 Charisma, +3 Saves, +1 bonus Imbue dice. +10 Melee Power. +1 W with Weapons. You absorb 25% of all Fire damage.

Sacred Fist

Core Enhancements
Enhancement	Description
Sacred Flame	Imbue Toggle: Your melee attacks while centered deal an extra 1d6 Fire damage, scaling with 200% Melee Power. Each core ability in this tree grants you +5 Healing Amplification and +5 Positive Spellpower.
AP Cost 1 Ranks 1 Progression 0 Prereqs Paladin Level 1
Strike Evil	+1 Saves and AC. +1 bonus Imbue dice. Your weapons while using Sacred Flame now bypass Lawful + Good DR.
AP Cost 1 Ranks 1 Progression 5 Prereqs Sacred Flame, Paladin Level 3
Soothe the Suffering	+1 Saves and AC. +1 bonus Imbue dice. Gain +3 Remove Disease Charges and your Remove Disease now applies Greater Restoration to your target.
AP Cost 1 Ranks 1 Progression 10 Prereqs Strike Evil, Paladin Level 6
Defend Against Darkness	+1 Saves and AC. +1 bonus Imbue dice. You gain Immunity to Energy Drain.
AP Cost 1 Ranks 1 Progression 20 Prereqs Soothe the Suffering, Paladin Level 12
Rising Hope	+1 Saves and AC. +1 bonus Imbue dice. When you use Turn Undead, you and nearby allies gain +1 Ki on hit and +3 Ki on crit for 20 seconds.
AP Cost 1 Ranks 1 Progression 30 Prereqs Defend Against Darkness, Paladin Level 18
Ultimate Flame	+4 Charisma, +3 Saves, +1 bonus Imbue dice. +10 Melee Power. +1 W with Weapons. You absorb 25% of all Fire damage.
AP Cost 1 Ranks 1 Progression 40 Prereqs Rising Hope, Paladin Level 20

Tier 1
Enhancement	Description
Sacred Strike I	+1 to Attack and Damage with Favored Weapons.
AP Cost 2 Ranks 1 Progression 1
Extra Smite	Rank 1 You gain 2 additional uses of Smite Evil per rest. Rank 2 You gain 2 additional uses of Smite Evil per rest, for a total of 4. Rank 3 You gain 2 additional uses of Smite Evil per rest, for a total of 6.
AP Cost 1 Ranks 3 Progression 1
Disciple of the Fist	Rank 1 +1 to Heal, Concentration, and Intimidate. Rank 2 +2 to Heal, Concentration, and Intimidate. Rank 3 +3 to Heal, Concentration, and Intimidate. Rank 3: +1 Reflex saving throws
AP Cost 1 Ranks 3 Progression 1
Deft Strikes	Rank 1 While centered, you gain +3% Offhand Strike Chance. Rank 2 While centered, you gain +6% Offhand Strike Chance. Rank 3 While centered, you gain +10% Offhand Strike Chance.
AP Cost 1 Ranks 3 Progression 1
Ki Shout	Ki Activate: Intimidates nearby enemies, encouraging them to attack you. This ability uses your Concentration skill, and shares a cooldown with the Intimidate skill.
AP Cost 2 Ranks 1 Progression 1

Tier 2
Enhancement	Description
Sacred Strike II	+2 to Attack and +1 to Damage with Favored Weapons.
AP Cost 2 Ranks 1 Progression 5 Prereqs Sacred Strike I
Exalted Whirlwind	Make a sweeping martial arts attack against all nearby enemies for +10% damage. This attack strikes twice. Shares its cooldown with the Cleave feat.
AP Cost 2 Ranks 1 Progression 5
Critical Mastery	Rank 1 +1 to confirm critical hits and critical hit damage (before weapon multipliers) Rank 2 +2 to confirm critical hits and critical hit damage (before weapon multipliers) Rank 3 +3 to confirm critical hits and critical hit damage (before weapon multipliers)
AP Cost 1 Ranks 3 Progression 5
Fast Movement	You run 1% faster for each of your Paladin levels.
AP Cost 2 Ranks 1 Progression 5
Action Boost: Doublestrike	Rank 1 You gain +10% Action Boost bonus to Doublestrike for 20 seconds. Usable 5 times per rest. Rank 2 You gain +20% Action Boost bonus to Doublestrike for 20 seconds. Usable 5 times per rest. Rank 3 You gain +30% Action Boost bonus to Doublestrike for 20 seconds. Usable 5 times per rest.
AP Cost 1 Ranks 3 Progression 5

Tier 3
Enhancement	Description
Sacred Strike III	+1 to Attack and Damage with Favored Weapons.
AP Cost 2 Ranks 1 Progression 10 Prereqs Sacred Strike II
Exalted Smite	Rank 1 Active: An improved Smite Evil that adds +1 to your weapon's critical damage multiplier. Smite Evil: Using this attack, you call on the paladin's ability to strike down evil creatures, gaining twice your Charisma bonus to your attack roll, and a damage bonus based on your paladin level. Smites return at a rate of one every 90 seconds. In addition, your Smite Evil and Exalted Smite abilities increase Melee and Ranged Power by 5 for 10 seconds. Rank 2 Active: An improved Smite Evil that adds +1 to your weapon's critical threat range and damage multiplier. Smite Evil: Using this attack, you call on the paladin's ability to strike down evil creatures, gaining twice your Charisma bonus to your attack roll, and a damage bonus based on your paladin level. Smites return at a rate of one every 90 seconds. In addition, your Smite Evil and Exalted Smite abilities increase Melee and Ranged Power by 5 for 10 seconds. Rank 3 Active: An improved Smite Evil that adds +2 to your weapon's critical threat range and damage multiplier. Smite Evil: Using this attack, you call on the paladin's ability to strike down evil creatures, gaining twice your Charisma bonus to your attack roll, and a damage bonus based on your paladin level. Smites return at a rate of one every 90 seconds. In addition, your Smite Evil and Exalted Smite abilities increase Melee and Ranged Power by 5 for 10 seconds.
AP Cost 2 Ranks 3 Progression 10
Light of Hope	+1 bonus Imbue dice. Your Sacred Flame toggle now allows you to strike Incorporeal enemies as if you had Ghost Touch.
AP Cost 2 Ranks 1 Progression 10
Instinctive Defense	Rank 1 You take 5% less damage while Helpless. Rank 2 You take 10% less damage while Helpless. Rank 3 You take 15% less damage while Helpless.
AP Cost 1 Ranks 3 Progression 10
Strength/Charisma	+1 Strength or Charisma Charisma+1 Charisma Strength+1 Strength
AP Cost 2 Ranks 1 Progression 10

Tier 4
Enhancement	Description
Sacred Strike IV	+2 to Attack and +1 to Damage with Favored Weapons.
AP Cost 2 Ranks 1 Progression 20 Prereqs Sacred Strike III
Deflect Arrows	You gain the benefits of the Deflect Arrows feat, knocking aside one incoming projectile that would have struck you every 6 seconds.
AP Cost 2 Ranks 1 Progression 20
Light of Glory	+1 bonus Imbue dice. Your Sacred Flame damage is now Light instead of Fire, and your Ki Spells now deal Light damage in addition to their Force and Fire, scaling with 300% Melee Power.
AP Cost 2 Ranks 1 Progression 20 Prereqs Light of Hope
Iron Skin	Rank 1 While centered, you gain +5 Physical Resistance Rating. Rank 2 While centered, you gain +10 Physical Resistance Rating. Rank 3 While centered, you gain +15 Physical Resistance Rating.
AP Cost 1 Ranks 3 Progression 20
Strength/Charisma	+1 Strength or Charisma Charisma+1 Charisma Strength+1 Strength
AP Cost 2 Ranks 1 Progression 20 Prereqs Strength/Charisma

Tier 5
Enhancement	Description
Sacred Strike V	+3 to Attack and Damage with Favored Weapons, +10 Melee Power.
AP Cost 2 Ranks 1 Progression 30 Prereqs Sacred Strike IV
Evasive Dance	Rank 1 Improves your Evasion ability so on a failed Reflex saving throw against an attack that normally deals half damage on a successful save, you only take 85% damage. Rank 2 Improves your Evasion ability so on a failed Reflex saving throw against an attack that normally deals half damage on a successful save, you only take 70% damage. Rank 3 Improves your Evasion ability so on a failed Reflex saving throw against an attack that normally deals half damage on a successful save, you only take 50% damage.
AP Cost 1 Ranks 3 Progression 30
Touch of the Divine	You gain On Vorpal: Stun any Demons or Devils with no save for 3 seconds. You gain a +25% Competence bonus to Max Hit Points.
AP Cost 2 Ranks 1 Progression 30
Avenging Whirlwind	Make a sweeping martial arts attack against all nearby enemies for +20% damage. This attack strikes twice, and damaged enemies gain 1 stack of Vulnerability for each hit. Shares its cooldown with the Whirlwind Attack feat. Vulnerability: You take 1% more damage for 3 seconds. This effect stacks up to 20 times, and loses one stack on expiration.
AP Cost 2 Ranks 1 Progression 30
Violence Begets Violence	While Centered, when an opponent misses you in melee, you gain +1 critical threat range for 6 seconds. This stacks up to 5 times and is reset if you critically hit.
AP Cost 2 Ranks 1 Progression 30