Editing Paladin (section)

===BECMI===
Introduced in the Companons Set for [[Dungeons & Dragons]], the Paladin in this iteration of D&D is a kind of proto-prestige class. A [[Fighter]] with a Lawful alignment who reaches 9th level can choose to swear fealty to a Lawful church to be inducted into their order. This causes them to gain certain abilities as if they were a [[Cleric]] of much lower level, namely casting clerical magic and turning undead, as well as an innate ability to detect evil. Their only restrictions are that they must obey their churchly superiors (unless commanded to do evil), and they must offer what assistance they can to non-evil people in need of help, unless already on a mission for a higher authority.

This same edition introduced the [[Avenger]] as the Chaotic counterpart to the Paladin, essential a proto-[[Blackguard]].