twf human pure pally build advice

[Angar]

I have an 11 human pally I want to GR (when available), and although I am pretty sure what will work best, the more I read, the less sure I get.

I think I prefer twf over thf for 2 reasons: First, more weapon choices and better chance on one shot weapons (paralyzer/dps, dual smite/banish/disrupt/vorpal). Second, I don't like the idea of a substandard end game holy weapon (ie no Falchions available for making holy weapon), and I definitely like the idea of not having to craft yet another set of Min2 weapons.

+2 tomes are not an issue, but because +3's are so rare, I don't want to base my build around one as a requirement. I have too many toons, and never enough time to grind for specific gear or tomes.

I want a decent build, but since 4 or 5 other toons will probably take precedence over this one, I don't want him to be broken until I can grind out dozens of raids to find his gear.

From what I have read so far, starting stats should probably be:
str 15
dex 14
con 13
int 8
wis 8
cha 17

If I do a +2 dex, str, con, wis, and cha tome, I can take twf at 6, itwf at 12, gtwf at 15. At level 1 I would do toughness and kopesh, PA at 3, at 9 improved crit slashing, and at 18 I could do umd, FoP, or extend spell. I would take 4 levels of STR, and 1 level of Dex at 4 or 8 so I could do itwf and gtwf. The human ability would be str and con to even out those scores. I can only get to 19 base cha without a +3 cha tome, but I can live without divine might 4 if I never find one. One cha enhancement to even it out.

In the end, with just basic +6 gear, I would have:
str 28
dex 17 (maybe use spectral gloves for 22 dex)
con 22
int 8
wis 16
cha 26 (could go higher with enhancements but why)

Not the highest str or the best con for a melee, but seems like it should be able to do some dps. Is this just way too much work to get a twf pally? It would be easy to do a thf, but are the tradeoffs worth it?

Any suggestions or advice is greatly appreciated.

[whomhead]

From what I have read so far, starting stats should probably be:
str 15
dex 14
con 13
int 8
wis 8
cha 17

If I do a +2 dex, str, con, wis, and cha tome, I can take twf at 6, itwf at 12, gtwf at 15. At level 1 I would do toughness and kopesh, PA at 3, at 9 improved crit slashing, and at 18 I could do umd, FoP, or extend spell.

You're going to either need to put an ability point into charisma or use a +3 tome to get to the 20 charisma required for the highest level of Divine Might. On a pure TWF build, it is well worth the investment. Otherwise, it should be a pretty solid build.

An alternative that I used on my human TWF Paladin was:
Str 16
Dex 15
Con 12
Int 8
Wis 8
Cha 16

That unlocks iTWF with a +2 dex tome, but would either require two ability points into Cha or 1 plus a +3 tome. Luckily +3 Cha tomes are cheap, relative to the other +3 tomes, so maybe worthwhile. Should be a fun build!

ETA: the advantage of going 16 base Cha is that you can get to DM3 with just a +2 tome, so then you don't have to worry about the ability points and/or +3 tomes until you are very late in the levelling path.

[Angar]

You're going to either need to put an ability point into charisma or use a +3 tome to get to the 20 charisma required for the highest level of Divine Might. On a pure TWF build, it is well worth the investment. Otherwise, it should be a pretty solid build.

An alternative that I used on my human TWF Paladin was:
Str 16
Dex 15
Con 12
Int 8
Wis 8
Cha 16

So what do you do with your 2 human ability points? If you can use +2 tomes on stats, and +6 on skills, where do you put the extra 1 point to each of 2 stats? If you are going to put your level 20 stat point to cha, that leaves 4 for str, which would keep it even.. Just curious how you would approach that..

[whomhead]

I am only planning to take one human ability, and it will be in strength. No other stat is worth the 4 AP for the second tier of the enhancement, in my opinion.

[lord_of_rage]

I pretty much agree with whom. Now if I wanted racial toughness 3 Id take adapt con. But adapt str if you take all 5 lvl ups in str will boost your str to the next bracket.