At 2nd level and every two paladin levels thereafter, a paladin gains a talent that helps improved her class abilities. Unless specified otherwise, a paladin cannot select an individual talent more than once.
Table: Paladin Talents
| Paladin Talents | Prerequisites | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Antagonistic Personality (Ex) | Antagonize feat | You gain Provoke as a bonus feat. |
| Blessed Grace (Su) | Paladin 4, Holy Grace and Blessing class features | You double the bonus from your holy grace ability to saving throws against the status effects listed in the blessings available at 3rd level (see blessing class feature). This talent may be taken again at 8th level to double the bonus from holy grace against the status effects listed in the blessings at 6th level, again at 12th level against the status effects listed at 9th level, and once more at 16th level against status effects listed at 12th level. |
| Broad Defense (Su) | Paladin 8, Shared Defense class feature | Double the range of your shared defense ability. |
| Combat Feat | — | A paladin may select any Combat feat instead of a talent. A paladin must still meet all prerequisites for this feat, including ability score and base attack bonus minimums. This talent may be selected only once. |
| Cover-Counter (Ex) | Paladin 6, Cover Class feature | Should an attack aimed at you miss when utilizing your Cover ability to safeguard an ally, you may retaliate with an attack of opportunity against that target, granted they remain within your reach. |
| Divine Focus (Su) | Divine Arts class feature | Increase the DC of one of your divine arts abilities by 1. This talent may be taken multiple times to increase the DC of a divine art that was previously unselected by this talent. |
| Divine Shelter (Ex) | Paladin 8 | Gain a sacred bonus to your AC equal to your Charisma modifier when defending against critical confirmation rolls made from evil-aligned creatures. |
| Enduring Flame (Su) | Paladin 10, Cleansing Flame class feature | Whenever enchanting your weapon by using the cleansing flame ability, you may expend an additional daily use of lay on hands to have the effect last for 1 minute per paladin level attained. |
| Enhanced Oath Stance (Ex) | Oath Stance class feature | A paladin gains a +1 to all saving throws while in any stance from Oath Stance. |
| Enhanced Lay on Hands (Ex) | Lay on Hands class feature | A paladin with this talent adds her Charisma modifier to her lay on hands damage/heal. |
| Extra Divine Art (Su) | Divine Arts class feature | Gain an additional divine art. This talent may be taken again at 8th level, again at 12th level, and once more at 16th level. |
| Flexible Oath (Su) | Paladin 6, Oath Stance class feature | You may switch your oath stance as a free action instead of a swift action by expending a holy point from your holy pool. |
| Greater Divine Focus (Su) | Divine Focus paladin talent | Increase the DC of the paladin's divine arts by 1. This bonus stacks with the bonus from divine focus. |
| Melee Power (Ex) | — | A paladin with this talent adds +2 to damage with all melee weapons she wields. |
| Melee Tenacity (Ex) | — | A paladin with this talent may reroll 1s for damage with all weapon dice with all melee weapons she wields. |
| Offensive Verbiage (Ex) | Antagonize feat, Intimidate 5 ranks | When using the Antagonize feat, you can use the same check against all enemies within a 30-ft.-radius as a full-round action. Talents or feats that reduce the action cost of Antagonize have no effect on this ability. |
| Provoke (Ex) | — | A paladin that selects this talent adds half her paladin levels as a bonus to all Intimidate checks to antagonize. This also reduces the DC check by 2. |
| Sacred Sword (Su) | — | A paladin treats any weapon she wields with at least a +1 enhancement bonus as being good aligned. |
| Staredown (Ex) | Paladin 12, Provoke paladin talent | The paladin may attempt the Demoralize action on all opponents within 30 ft. as a movement action. |
| Surging Confidence (Ex) | Paladin 6, Unwavering Confidence class feature | You may activate your unwavering confidence ability as a swift action instead of a move action by expending a holy point from your holy pool. |
| Threat Control (Ex) | — | You gain the Antagonize feat as a bonus feat. Additionally, if you fail an Intimidate skill check with the Antagonize feat, you may attempt the check again against the same creature. |