The paladin has a number of very powerful aids in his continual seeking for good: He can "lay on his hands" to cure wounds or diseases in others (two points of damage for every level the paladin has attained, one disease per five levels, either function performable but one per day). Paladins are not themselves subject to disease. They have a 10% higher saving throw against all forms of attack (excluding melee). Paladins of 8th level and above dispel evil (spells, undead, evil enchanted monsters, and the like) simply by ordering it hence, and they detect all evil at a range of 6".
I have just finished reading The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon. The Deed of Paksenarrion was originally published in three volumes and later in a combined single volume version. The three books included are Sheepfarmer's Daughter, Divided Allegiance and Oath of Gold. Excellent book and I would have to think that Elizabeth Moon is a D&D player.
The revised writeup(rough draft is):
Paladins have a number of very powerful aids in their continual quest for good. They can "lay on hands" to heal wounds or cure diseases and they are not themselves subject to disease. They heal two points of damage for every level the paladin has attained, twice per day at 4th level, thrice per day at 6th level and so on. They can cure minor diseases in groups of up to 20 people twice per day at 4th level and cure one serious disease for one person twice per day at 4th level and so on as for healing damage. Paladins starting at the base of 4th level can summon Light that functions as the spell or better as per referee.
Paladins that are 8th level and above gain the ability (separate from spells) to dispel evil (spells, undead, evil enchanted monsters, and such) by ordering it so, and they detect all chaos, as well as evil, at a range of 6”. They have a 10% higher saving throw against all forms of attack (excluding melee). They also gain the ability to see in the absence of light at 8th level.
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