Vanor the Paladinstar is is a legendary faithblade that is currently being wielded by Kyle Goodwin. It was given to him by his father, but the last Goodwin family member to wield it was Kyle's great grandfather Bernurd.

Requirements

To wield the Paladinstar as its faithblade scion, a character must fulfill the following criteria.

                Alignment: Lawful good

                Base Attack Bonus: +4

                Feat: Extra Turning

                Spells: Ability to cast divine spells. 

Restrictions

A faithblade scion of the Paladinstar who becomes chaotic or evil immediately loses all special abilities granted by this prestige class. He regains these abilities as soon as he reverts to his lawful good alignment. If his alignment changes to a neutral alignment he can no longer advance in this prestige class until his alignment returns to lawful good. Powers granted before the alignment change can be used normally. 

Attributes

The Paladinstar has the following attributes.

Hardness/Hit Points: 20/13.

Value: To anyone other than its faithblade scion, the Paladinstar appears to be worth as much as a +2 spellblade greatsword ( gp). 

Special Abilities:

The Paladinstar provides the following special abilities to its wielder, depending upon the character’s level in the faithblade scion prestige class (see table below). 

Vanor is covered with a permanent illusion (DC 26) showing a plain unadorned sword. When its wielder takes their first level of faithblade scion, the illusion falls, showing the Paladinstar in its full glory.

Initial Abilities: When first acquired, the Paladinstar functions as a +2 adamantine spellblade greatsword. Anyone who wields it, whether a faithblade scion or not, also benefits from its protection from evil ability (see below).

Spellblade (Su): The wielder of Vanor the Paladinstar is immune to the effects of the hold person spell.

Protection from Evil (Sp): Vanor constantly surrounds it wielder with a protection from evil effect. This ability otherwise functions like the spell of the same name.

Daylight (Sp):  Beginning at 1^st level, a faithblade scion of the Paladinstar can produce an effect like that of a daylight spell by holding Vanor aloft. The effect lasts for 10 minutes, or until the character lowers the sword. Using this ability expends one daily use of the scion’s turn undead ability.

Searing Light (Sp): At 2^nd level and above, a faithblade scion of Vanor the Paladinstar can create an effect identical to the spell searing light. The wielder needs only to aim the tip of Vanor at its intended target. The spell is cast at the character’s faithblade scion level. Each use of this ability expends one daily use of the scion’s turn undead ability.

Enhancement Bonus: The Paladinstar’s enhancement bonus increases to +3, when the the faithblade scion reaches 2^nd level, to +4 when he reaches 5^th level, and +5 when he reaches 8^th level.

Thundering: At 3^rd level, Vanor the Paladinstar becomes a Thundering weapon.

Dispelling: At 4^th level, the Paladinstar becomes a dispelling weapon. Denying the ability of evil to hide behind magic.

Dispel Evil (Sp): At 6^th level and above, a faithblade scion of Vanor the Paladinstar can create an effect identical to the spell dispel evil. The spell is cast as a cleric of the scion’s character level. Each use of this ability expends one daily use of the scion’s turn undead ability.

Holy: At 9^th level and above, Vanor acts as a holy weapon.

Holy Aura (Sp): At 10^th level and above, a faithblade scion of Vanor the Paladinstar can create an effect identical to the spell holy aura. The spell is cast as a cleric the scion’s character level, except that it only affects the wielder. Each use of this ability expends one daily use of the scion’s turn undead ability.

NOTE: This sword was created using the rules from the D20 book "Swords of our Fathers" by the Game Mechanics.