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===Campaign Information===

====Playing a Patriot====

'''Religion:''' Unless their nation is dedicated to a specific religion, most patriots place the nation in a place more important than the gods.

'''Other Classes:''' The patriot is a sort of paladin, though one can question their goodness.  After all they are not dedicated to good, but rather the ethos of a country instead.

'''Combat:''' Patriots are melee characters with spellcasting support, and fight as pre-made gishes.

'''Advancement:''' Anything suitable for paladins can be easily flavored for use by patriots.

====Patriots in the World====

{{quote|Murica.|orig=Max Combatfight, Birdman Patriot|src=Every Day, like a real 'Murcan}}

'''Daily Life:''' Patriots are just like you and me, except they live, breath, and eat their nation's creed.  There are none more patriotic than they, to the point of parody.  Fortunately, patriots are immune to parody!  Yeah!

'''Organizations:''' Every patriot, by definition, has some organization they hail from.  Usually their organizations benefit from their existence.

'''NPC Reactions:''' They are a bit over the top, but the members of said nation usually appreciate a patriot.  This doesn't go for people of other nations, who tend to view them in a dour light.

====Patriot Lore====

Characters with ranks in Knowledge Nobility can research patriots to learn more about them.  When a character makes a skill check, read or paraphrase the following, including information from lower DCs.

{| class="zebra d20"
|+ Knowledge Nobility
! DC || class="left" | Result
|- 
| 10 || class="left" | Patriots are a sort of paladin dedicated not to law and good, but the ethos of a nation.  They can smite enemies of the state just as a paladin smites evil.
|- 
| 15 || class="left" | Patriots can embolden others, giving them seemingly extra health and the ability to ignore hardships to finish the fight.
|- 
| 20 || class="left" | Powerful patriots can claim the land of others as their homestead, share their zeal, or even burn with raw patriotism that burns the hands of non-believers.
|- 
| 30 || class="left" | This lets you research specific patriots, their nations and creed, behavior, motives, and last known location.
|}

====Patriots in the Game====

'''Adaptation:''' As an adaptation of the pathfinder paladin itself, this can be used as a universal paladin of any alignment or ethos regardless if its nation based or not.

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Article Balance	High +
Author	Eiji-kun +
Base Attack Bonus Progression	Good +
Class Ability	Prepared Divine Spellcasting +
Class Ability Progression	Minor +
Fortitude Save Progression	Good +
Identifier	3.5e Class +
Length	20 +
Minimum Level	0 +
Rated By	SecondDeath777 +
Rating	Rating Pending +
Reflex Save Progression	Poor +
Skill	Climb +, Concentration +, Craft +, Diplomacy +, Gather Information +, Handle Animal +, Intimidate +, Jump +, Knowledge +, Listen +, Perform +, Profession +, Ride +, Spellcraft +, Spot +, Swim + and Tumble +
Skill Points	2 +
Summary	As a paladin is powered by devotion to law and good, the patriot is powered by love of nation. +
Title	Patriot +
Will Save Progression	Good +