18 Paladin/2 Monk?

[Deaths_ward]

I was thinking a TWF Paladin as a Drow to help make up the base Dex and Cha, but at the same time, it was ending up a little bit stretched for feats, and then it occurred to me that there's a bit of synergy with paladin and monk from the whole evasion, high saves, wisdom to AC thing, it would also add 2 extra feats (mostly like 2WF, and I2WF, or toughness).

I was thinking to start
28 Point (Because it's Drow)
12 STR (4 Points)
16 DEX (6 Points)
12 CON (6 Points)
12 INT (2 Points)
12 WIS (4 Points)
16 CHA (6 Points)

It would probably be better as a TR for a couple more build points (thus a couple more points of CON), but honestly I don't have the patience to TR another character after the first one. Could Probably drop 2 points from STR for some points in CHA because it would push closer to DMVI, and up Saves, Turn attempts (and thus DM), but I'm looking for a little input on when to take what levels, and what order feats would need to be in, and also as to weather the monk abilities (Evasion, Wisdom to AC, and such) can work with a Rapier, I know the stances and what now wont, but I'm unsure on the other stuff.

[Alektronic]

With such a low strength, you will also need the weapon finesse feat to use dex over str for your to-hit with rapiers or shortswords (your drow right?), so carefully consider whether you want to finesse and focus on dex or go for a str build and forget about the finesse feat.

All DPS characters also take the power attack feat.

Most TWF will also take the feat greater two weapon fighting. You will need a base 17 dex to take this feat. Most usually use a tome from 15 or 16 dex to get there.

12 con is too low on a melee character. You should start with a minimum of 14 con (even on drow/elf) for a melee character. I would consider dropping charisma down from 16 and putting those points in con. Charisma is more important for 32-36 point pallies, or if you have access to tomes.

Also, why 12 int? Drow get base 10 int, shouldn't that be enough? The only reason you would go 12 int, is if you will get a +1 tome for 13 int and get the combat expertise feat.

And another thing, why 12 wis? 8wis will be enough for you to cast lvl 4 pally spells. You will get +6 wis items later in the game to boost your wis to 14, which is what you need to cast spells. For early lvls, use owl's wisdom wand/pot/item to get your wis up to 12.

Finally, this is a VERY popular build concept. Judging by your build, I would suggest you follow someone else's build first to look some of the ins and outs of building a successful character. Search around the forums, and you will find many good build templates.

Enjoy ^_^.

[-Zyxas-]

http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=164284
Do it. You know you want to. ^

EDIT: Although I suppose you could try it like your build if you really think dex based is healthy.

[unbongwah]

I don't know if it's a good idea, but I posted my own drow monk 2 / paladin 18 build recently. The idea was a Finesse-based DoS high-AC Intim-&-hate-tank. I like it conceptually, I'm just not sure if it will hit high enough AC to be worth the loss of DPS from going DEX-based.

[Kinerd]

Using non-ki weapons (such as rapiers) will not get in the way of evasion or the Wisdom/"centered" bonus to AC. You will be incapable of taking a monk stance or using monk strikes. There are no other relevant monk abilities.

As to order of levels, I made a deviant clone of spyderwolf's build recently and am really glad that I followed his lead in putting both monk levels first (on a veteran status character).