2 more questions...

[Bobbyearl]

1. Can you get intimidate to high?

2. Can someone post a screen shot of DT armor? I have been reading tons of threads and think i have all the stats of the different armors figured out, but only way to be sure is to see it.

Thanks,

Bobbyearl

[Visty]

1. no
2. http://ddowiki.com/index.php?title=Dragontouched_Armor&

[Bobbyearl]

Danke.

you are a Gentleman and a scholar.

So as far as pure AC goes (without armor mastery) Mithril is better?

[Visty]

it depends on your stats and on your desire to grind the hell our of the ac items
and if you can splash a lvl of monk, it would make the decision even easier

[AylinIsAwesome]

1. Can you get intimidate to high?

Not if you're pure.

If you're Human or Drow though, you can put two stat points into INT, take your first level as Fighter (or Rogue) and then every Paladin level you can put half a rank into UMD and a full rank into Intimidate.

However, you won't have any Balance, so that's your tradeoff.

[Nyvn]

Mirhril adds two dex bonus, dragontouched adds two armor; so it's a wash.

[Enoach]

Maximum number of Ranks you can put into a cross-class skill is 11 (rounded down to whole number)

For a Pure Paladin that is an investment of 22 skill building points

Add in charisma modifier (build focus here can flux this by wide margins)

Then add a Skill focus item: Max being 15

This would put your intimidate between 26 (0 Charisma bonus) and 34 (+8 Charisma bonus, assumes 20 (base+Inherent) for Divine Might IV builds)

Additionally Charisma Skill Focus items For additional +3 and Greater hero for +4 more can potentially net you low 40s

Of course There is the skill focus feat that could be added as well if this is the way you want to go.

Intersting to note this is also true of UMD since both are Charisma based.

Obviously this skill could be higher for multi-class builds that include a build where this is not cross-class