turning

[Twiggy]

Turn Undead is more useful to more folks. We now consider Blackguards and Paladins to be full levels instead of half levels. However, Paladins get a -2 penalty on their level check since they don't get Turn Undead until level 3... so for example a character with 25 Paladin levels is like character with 23 Cleric levels. Blackguards don't get a penalty since they're a prestige class.

Caster level is Cleric level + Paladin level or Cleric level + Blackguard level. However, the Cleric's domain powers aren't considered unless the character's levels are mostly Cleric. So a 1 Cleric/9 Fighter/30 Blackguard with Evil and Sun domains won't get any benefit from their Sun and Evil domains as far as Turn Undead is concerned. Planar Turning feat however is useful no matter how many Cleric levels you have. Also, Evil domain is only usable (for Turn Undead) by evil-aligned Clerics, and Good domain is only usable by good-aligned Clerics.

Turn/Destroy Undead:
If a good/neutral Cleric or Paladin has over twice the hit die of the undead, they are destroyed, otherwise the damage dealt is 1d4 divine damage per caster level.

Rebuke/Control Undead:
If an evil Cleric or Blackguard has over twice the hit die of the undead, they join the service of the Blackguard. The Blackguard can only have one undead (not including summons) in its service, and once the undead is free it will exclusively attack the Blackguard (just like Control Undead spell). Also just like the Control Undead spell, if the Cleric casts a spell, the undead will be released. If the Blackguard doesn't have twice the hit die, then the undead is instead rebuked, giving it a penalty to attack, AC, and saving throws equal to half the Cleric/Blackguard's charisma modifier. All Clerics in Mystral Ascendancy Rebuke/Control instead of Turn/Destroy, regardless of their alignment.


The above was from the change log. Can someone please explain to me how turning level and turning power works. Also can you explain to me if pala's are counted as a full level like clerics and BG's. If i had a cleric 35 and pala 5 would that be 40 turn?

"We now consider Blackguards and Paladins to be full levels instead of half levels. However, Paladins get a -2 penalty on their level check since they don't get Turn Undead until level 3... "

This part confuses me since it says pala and BG get counted as full level, then says pala get's a minus 2....I am confused

[mining]

Turn Level = BG Level OR Paladin Level -2.

35 cleric / 5 BG = 40 Turn Level

35 cleric / 5 Paladin = 38 Turn Level.