I don't care for Paladins myself but according to the OE forums and Kickstarter comments it will make a lot of people happy. No need to be selfish as I got my Cipher

. I don't know what the Chanter class is but it does intrigue me.
George Ziets who is one of the main contributors to Obsidian's
Mask of the Betrayer will be a very good addition to the PE team indeed.
EDIT:
The update has been updated and more info is available now. So the Chanter is a bard-like cass……. hmmm, a bit disappointing actually as I expected something more exotic.