Yep Larian pulled a last minute change on this one, they used to have the default ruling from the PHB, all throughout EA (3 years) up untill a month ago.... Very regrettable. Give it a couple of weeks and there will be a mod for it Im sure. Its been discussed quite a bit on the forum.
Personally I was planning on Human or Dwarf Paladin. Did a Half Orc Barb instead due to the Racial ability bonuses change. Hope they add PHB rules as an option at least.
PS: Other than that and the lack of deity choice for Paladins, Im enjoying the heck out of this game. Im not rushing act 1 though, even though I had 240 hrs in EA XD. Thankfully, there are enough new stuff in act 1 to keep it interesting nonetheless.
