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Latnemurtsni UMD INTIM
Level 20 Lawful Good Human Male
(20 Paladin) 
Hit Points: 342
Spell Points: 275 
BAB: 20\20\25\30\30
Fortitude: 20
Reflex: 15
Will: 12

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
Abilities        Base Stats          Modified Stats
(34 Point)       (Level 1)             (Level 20)
Strength             16                    24
Dexterity            15                    17
Constitution         11                    14
Intelligence          8                    10
Wisdom                8                    10
Charisma             17                    21

Tomes Used
+2 Tome of Strength used at level 7
+2 Tome of Dexterity used at level 7
+2 Tome of Constitution used at level 7
+2 Tome of Intelligence used at level 7
+2 Tome of Wisdom used at level 7
+3 Tome of Charisma used at level 11

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
                 Base Skills         Modified Skills
Skills           (Level 1)            (Level 20)
Balance               2                     3
Bluff                 3                     5
Concentration         0                    16
Diplomacy             3                     5
Disable Device       n/a                    n/a
Haggle                3                     5
Heal                 -1                     0
Hide                  2                     3
Intimidate            4.5                  16
Jump                  3                     7
Listen               -1                     0
Move Silently         2                     3
Open Lock             n/a                   n/a
Perform               n/a                   n/a
Repair               -1                     0
Search               -1                     0
Spot                 -1                     0
Swim                  3                     7
Tumble                2.5                   3.5
Use Magic Device      5                    16

Level 1 (Paladin)
Feat: (Past Life) Past Life: Paladin
Feat: (Human Bonus) Toughness
Feat: (Selected) Two Weapon Fighting
Enhancement: Paladin Extra Smite Evil I
Enhancement: Paladin Toughness I


Level 2 (Paladin)
Enhancement: Human Improved Recovery I
Enhancement: Paladin Charisma I


Level 3 (Paladin)
Feat: (Selected) Exotic Weapon Proficiency: Khopesh
Enhancement: Follower of the Sovereign Host
Enhancement: Paladin Courage of Good I
Enhancement: Paladin Extra Lay on Hands I
Enhancement: Racial Toughness I


Level 4 (Paladin)
Enhancement: Paladin Extra Smite Evil II
Enhancement: Paladin Energy of the Templar I
Enhancement: Paladin Toughness II


Level 5 (Paladin)
Enhancement: Human Adaptability Constitution I
Enhancement: Paladin Divine Sacrifice I
Enhancement: Paladin Divine Might I


Level 6 (Paladin)
Feat: (Selected) Extend Spell
Enhancement: Paladin Knight of the Chalice I


Level 7 (Paladin)
Enhancement: Paladin Exalted Smite I
Enhancement: Racial Toughness II


Level 8 (Paladin)
Enhancement: Paladin Toughness III


Level 9 (Paladin)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Critical: Slashing Weapons
Enhancement: Paladin Extra Smite Evil III
Enhancement: Racial Toughness III


Level 10 (Paladin)
Enhancement: Paladin Exalted Smite II
Enhancement: Paladin Divine Might II


Level 11 (Paladin)
Enhancement: Paladin Courage of Good II
Enhancement: Paladin Energy of the Templar II


Level 12 (Paladin)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Two Weapon Fighting
Enhancement: Paladin Divine Sacrifice II
Enhancement: Paladin Knight of the Chalice II


Level 13 (Paladin)
Enhancement: Human Greater Adaptability Strength I


Level 14 (Paladin)
Enhancement: Paladin Extra Smite Evil IV


Level 15 (Paladin)
Feat: (Selected) Greater Two Weapon Fighting
Enhancement: Paladin Exalted Smite III
Enhancement: Paladin Divine Might III


Level 16 (Paladin)
Enhancement: Paladin Extra Lay on Hands II


Level 17 (Paladin)
Enhancement: Unyielding Sovereignty


Level 18 (Paladin)
Feat: (Selected) Power Attack
Enhancement: Paladin Exalted Smite IV
Enhancement: Paladin Knight of the Chalice III


Level 19 (Paladin)
Enhancement: Paladin Divine Sacrifice III


Level 20 (Paladin)
Enhancement: Paladin Weapons of Good
Enhancement: Paladin Divine Might IV

This is the build I'm planning to roll up when I get my 20th's done and I'm not quite sure if intimidate is worth it as a pure 20. I'm not looking to tank bosses but trash mobs and mobs in quests(VoD Orthons?); I hate chasing with a passion. The loss of any levels in to balance could prove to be slightly annoying, no?

Enhancements are for the most part set in stone, aside from maybe picking up more human recovery instead of Tier 3 of Paladin/Human Toughness for a loss of 20 HP.

Goals of this build are to throw on as many guards as possible; such as Demon Consort Bracers, Bramble's, Lightning Strike Cloak, and even Kaelth's Touch when fighting undead.

Lightning Strike II as main DPS sets and eventually Epic Chaos Blades.

Would love some input.

[bunkerhugger]

Lower your starting charisma and put the points into constitution. 21 charisma gives no benefit over a 20. You could also lower charisma again and use the feat you spent on constitution to raise charisma back to 20. This would allow you to start with a 14 constitution and still reach 20 charisma.

Looks like a solid dps focused build - the time you spend using intimidate is going to be pretty low though - either your dps will be high enough to keep the hate or it won't. One round of attacks from another character will overpower your intimidate on anything you haven't been directly attacking.

[unbongwah]

Think he went with base CHA 17 so he would hit 20 with a +3 tome for DMIV. That said: base CON 11? Ugh. I would go with CON 14 / CHA 16 too and either live with only DM3 or spend your last stat level point on CHA.

EDIT: I'm also not convinced you'll be able to get Intimidate high enough to do much good, but I've never tried on this sort of build before.