__What is a Paladin?__\\ \\ Well, to put it bluntly, a Paladin is just basically a meat shield, a beating post, or more commonly known as a tank. Our job might not be the most glamorous, but we perform one of the most important duties in a party: take damage. We take the beatings because we have the highest defense in the game. We take the beatings so mages can heal easier by concentrating on one party member. We take the beatings so other melees and black mages can concentrate on doing damage without worrying about getting hit. We take the beatings because that is what we do best. Paladin job might sound simple, but it take skills to play the position right. Keeping hate is not as simple as provoke every 30 seconds when you have over-nuking BLM in the party. You must use your job abilities wisely and cure to keep hate (doing this while getting hit – so if you ever hear mages complaining about spell interruption, /slap them for me), yet you must conserve MP so your party can chain effectively. And the most important part of all in being a Paladin, you must not be afraid of deaths or get upset every time you die because if you do, you won’t enjoy this job at all. Paladin dies (especially if you have inattentive mages in the group) and dies first. So don’t take things too harshly when you keep dropping to the group. __Road to Becoming a Paladin__\\ \\ Paladin is an advance job, so that means that you have to level one job to level 30 first before you can start it. The job that you should level up to 30 before getting Paladin is the one and only: Warrior. Warrior is the best subjob for Paladin, plain and simple and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. So when you level Warrior to 30 and start up Paladin, you’ll have updated subjob until level 60. Once you get to 30, do the following quests to attain the job: - [A Squire's Test] - [A Squire's Test II] - [A Knight's Test] __Job Abilities__\\ \\ {table} Name|Level|Charge Time|Duration|Effect Invincibility|-|2 hours|30 seconds| Grants immunity to all physical attacks. Holy Circle|5|10:00|2:30|Grant resistant against undead to party members within area of effect. Shield Bash|15|5:00|-|Delivers an attack that can stunt the target. Shield required. Sentinel|30|5:00|:30|Enhances defense. Cover|35|5:00|Varies|Allow you to protect party members by placing yourself between them and the enemy. Rampart|62|-|-|Increases party’s defense. {table} __Job Trait__\\ \\ {table}Name|Level|Effect Undead Killer|5|Gives you an edge when fighting undead. Defense Bonus|10|Improve defense against physical attack. Resist Sleep|20|Gives you a slight resistant against sleep. Defense Bonus|30|Improve defense against physical attack. Resist Sleep|40|Gives you a slight resistant against sleep. Defense Bonus|50|Improve defense against physical attack. {table} __Artifact Quests__\\ \\ {table}Quest Name|Description [Sharpening the Sword]|Artifact Quest 1 [A Boy's Dream]|Artifact Quest 2 [Under Oath]|Artifact Quest 3 [Borghertz's Stalwart Hands]|Hands AF Armor Quest [Garlaige Citadel Coffer]|After accepting or completing [Borghertz's Stalwart Hands] quest, this coffer can be open to receive the head AF armor. [Beadeaux Treasure Coffer]|After accepting or completing [Borghertz's Stalwart Hands] quest, this coffer can be open to receive legs AF armor. {table} __Artifact Equipments__\\ \\ {table}Name|Type|Level|Receive From [Honor Sword]|[Weapons]|42|[Sharpening the Sword] [Gallant Leggings]|[Feet]|52|[A Boy's Dream] [Gallant Gauntlets]|[Hands]|54|[Borghertz's Stalwart Hands] [Gallant Coronet]|[Head]|56|[Garlaige Citadel Coffer] [Gallant Breeches]|[Legs]|58|[Beadeaux Treasure Coffer] [Gallant Surcoat]|[Body]|60|[Under Oath] {table} {image:mandzPLD-1.jpg} {image:mandzPLD-2.jpg} __See Also:__\\ [Bard] | [Beastmaster] | [Black Mage] | [Blue Mage] | [Corsair] | [Dark Knight] | [Dragoon] | [Monk] | [Ninja] | [Puppetmaster] | [Ranger] | [Red Mage] | [Samurai] | [Summoner] | [Thief] | [Warrior] | [White Mage] 2007-03-13 23:02:15.391 2003-09-16 11:43:04.472 Wed Jun 23 13:04:50 CDT 2004 Wed Jun 23 13:05:00 CDT 2004