Dwarf Fighter/Paladin/Barb Intimidate Tank

[Zebonator]

This is my first time ever building a character. I'm not sure how good this build is so any tips/advice would be helpful.

*Edit* I might change my starting +1 cha and just dump it all into Str or con. I'm also thinking about dumping the paladins extra smith/lay on hands or maybe just keep the smite for an extra power attack.

The barbarian is just mainly for rage. I'm not to sure if I'm gimping myself by not dumping the rest of my levels into paladin. I don't know this is a work in progress right now.

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Nikoliss 
Level 20 Lawful Good Dwarf Male
(12 Fighter \ 8 Paladin) 
Hit Points: 372
Spell Points: 55 
BAB: 20\20\25\30\30
Fortitude: 22
Reflex: 10
Will: 11

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
Abilities        Base Stats          Modified Stats
(28 Point)       (Level 1)             (Level 20)
Strength             16                    22
Dexterity            10                    10
Constitution         16                    19
Intelligence         10                    10
Wisdom               10                    10
Charisma             12                    12

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
                 Base Skills         Modified Skills
Skills           (Level 1)            (Level 20)
Balance               0                     4
Bluff                 1                     3
Concentration         3                     8
Diplomacy             1                     3
Disable Device        n/a                   n/a
Haggle                1                     1
Heal                  0                     0
Hide                  0                     0
Intimidate            5                    25
Jump                  5                    10.5
Listen                0                     0
Move Silently         0                     0
Open Lock             n/a                   n/a
Perform               n/a                   n/a
Repair                0                     0
Search                0                     2
Spot                  0                     0
Swim                  5                    17.5
Tumble                n/a                   n/a
Use Magic Device      n/a                   n/a

Level 1 (Fighter)
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Stunning Blow
Feat: (Selected) Toughness
Enhancement: Fighter Attack Boost I
Enhancement: Dwarven Axe Damage I
Enhancement: Dwarven Spell Defense I


Level 2 (Paladin)
Enhancement: Fighter Critical Accuracy I
Enhancement: Paladin Extra Smite Evil I
Enhancement: Paladin Toughness I


Level 3 (Paladin)
Feat: (Selected) Bullheaded
Enhancement: Dwarven Constitution I
Enhancement: Racial Toughness I


Level 4 (Paladin)
Enhancement: Dwarven Axe Attack I
Enhancement: Paladin Courage of Good I
Enhancement: Paladin Resistance of Good I
Enhancement: Paladin Extra Lay on Hands I


Level 5 (Paladin)
Enhancement: Fighter Strategy (Stunning Blow) I
Enhancement: Paladin Toughness II


Level 6 (Paladin)
Feat: (Selected) Power Attack
Enhancement: Paladin Divine Sacrifice I
Enhancement: Paladin Extra Smite Evil II
Enhancement: Racial Toughness II


Level 7 (Fighter)
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Cleave
Enhancement: Dwarven Spell Defense II
Enhancement: Fighter Strength I


Level 8 (Fighter)
Enhancement: Dwarven Axe Damage II


Level 9 (Fighter)
Feat: (Selected) Weapon Focus: Slashing Weapons
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Weapon Specialization: Slashing Weapons
Enhancement: Fighter Attack Boost II
Enhancement: Fighter Critical Accuracy II


Level 10 (Fighter)
Enhancement: Dwarven Constitution II


Level 11 (Fighter)
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Improved Critical: Slashing Weapons
Enhancement: Fighter Kensei I


Level 12 (Fighter)
Feat: (Selected) Power Critical
Enhancement: Kensei Dwarven Waraxe Mastery I


Level 13 (Fighter)
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Greater Weapon Focus: Slashing Weapons
Enhancement: Fighter Strategy (Stunning Blow) II
Enhancement: Fighter Dwarven Waraxe Specialization I
Enhancement: Fighter Strength II


Level 14 (Fighter)
Enhancement: Racial Toughness III


Level 15 (Fighter)
Feat: (Selected) Great Cleave
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Improved Shield Bash


Level 16 (Fighter)
Enhancement: Fighter Critical Accuracy III
Enhancement: Fighter Strength III


Level 17 (Fighter)
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Greater Weapon Specialization: Slashing Weapons
Enhancement: Kensei Dwarven Waraxe Mastery II
Enhancement: Fighter Kensei II


Level 18 (Paladin)
Feat: (Selected) Shield Mastery
Enhancement: Dwarven Spell Defense III


Level 19 (Paladin)
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Improved Shield Mastery


Level 20 (Paladin)
Enhancement: Dwarven Tactics I
Enhancement: Paladin Courage of Good II
Enhancement: Paladin Resistance of Good II
Enhancement: Paladin Divine Righteousness I
Enhancement: Paladin Exalted Smite I
Enhancement: Paladin Extra Smite Evil III

*Updated to Fighter/Paladin only.

[Swedishchef]

1: Paladins can´t be neutral
2: barbarians can´t corssclass with pallys and vice versa.

[Zebonator]

Cool thanks for that I wasn't paying to much attention and my character builder doesn't warn me of those errors. *Updated*

[Gnorbert]

You lost me at "Power Critical"

[Zebonator]

Would you care to explain why? Just saying you lost me at so and so isn't helpful criticism,

[jarlaxle_dourden]

This is my first time ever building a character. I'm not sure how good this build is so any tips/advice would be helpful. ...

If I were you I would seriously consider going human instead of dwarf ... stat points for a Cha for a dwarf is extremely expensive and prevents you from putting more into imp stats like Str and Con.

You really don't have enough HP for end game.

My 2 cents.

[Zebonator]

Cool about how much HP would I need end game to be consider a decent tank. Looking over I kind of went crazy on the DPS side and I think I neglected the defense side a bit.

[unbongwah]

With base CHA 12, you can't even take Divine Might I; I would suggest dump-stating INT & DEX and bumping it to CHA 14.

Half-ranks in a skill do nothing. And Swim is arguably the most useless skill in the game; just hunt for a Waterbreathing item.

Biggest problem IMHO is your build seems a little unfocused: what does Paladin add to your character? Why wait until lvls 18-20 to take your final paladin levels? You say you want an intimitank, yet why did you take Kensai rather than Stalwart Defender?

FYI, a lot of pally Intimitank builds I see go for fighter 2 / paladin 18: i.e., just a fighter splash for tower shields and two extra feats, the rest paladin.

[Quikster]

It really depends what you want to be able to intimidate imo. Palys are difficult to make into high end intimitanks. You can get them to a high enough intimidate to lock most things, but getting them to lock the hardest bosses on the highest settings (ie where intimidate is most useful when using an intimitank) they fall a little short.

Palys make much better hate tanks imo due to the divine righteousness clickie.

You also seem to be missing several aspects of ac for this build.

Decide how you want to play, and what content you want to be effective in, and there are several builds out that can help guide you to something viable.

[jarlaxle_dourden]

... many times to make a good intimi build ... and even after playing the game since the very beginning ... I find it difficult.

I would suggest you spend more time learning the game mechanics before you try to build what I consider one of the most difficult/gear dependent builds in the game (intimitank) ... Try a straight dwarf fighter for now ... you will learn the game mechanics and be in a much better position to make informed and experience based decisions.

To answer your question .. .I think at end game a tank should have AT LEAST 600 HP.

Happy playing ...

[Zebonator]

Thanks for all the replies. I am new at building toons and looking back I do notice me losing focus when I went from tank to DPS. I'm going to go back to the drawing boards and remake this character build, I'll have an update later on.

[Gnorbert]

What I meant is that Power Critical is a useless feat. You will be a full BAB character, you will have no problem confirming your critical hits. The feat sounds more impressive than it is. It woun't make you crit more often and it won't add damage to your crits.

Also, you say you switched to DPS but you have no Two Handed Fighting feats. You dump dex so it's clear you won't be TWF but with all the feats you get you really need to have the THF line in there (3 feats).

Even most Intimitank builds which have a lot of fighter in them will have 3 feats for DPS mode. Otherwise you are only good for one thing and you can only do that one thing about 10% of the time.