36 pt pally

[Hobgoblin]

would this work?

Thinking of tring my 2fighter life toon into a pally

i at least want 2 pally lives for the healing amp, but ya never know i might just love it

this build borrows alot from junts basic thf build

so here goes.

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Level 20 Lawful Good Half-Orc Female
(20 Paladin) 
Hit Points: 362
Spell Points: 275 
BAB: 20\20\25\30\30
Fortitude: 21
Reflex: 10
Will: 11

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
Abilities        Base Stats          Modified Stats
(36 Point)       (Level 1)             (Level 20)
Strength             18                    27
Dexterity             8                     8
Constitution         16                    18
Intelligence          6                     6
Wisdom                8                    10
Charisma             16                    18

Tomes Used
+2 Tome of Strength used at level 7
+2 Tome of Constitution used at level 7
+2 Tome of Wisdom used at level 7
+2 Tome of Charisma used at level 7

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
                 Base Skills         Modified Skills
Skills           (Level 1)            (Level 20)
Balance              -1                    -1
Bluff                 3                     4
Concentration         3                     4
Diplomacy             3                     4
Disable Device       n/a                   n/a
Haggle                3                     4
Heal                 -1                     0
Hide                 -1                    -1
Intimidate            3                     5
Jump                  4                     8
Listen               -1                     0
Move Silently        -1                    -1
Open Lock            n/a                   n/a
Perform               n/a                   n/a
Repair               -2                    -2
Search               -2                    -2
Spot                 -1                     0
Swim                  4                     8
Tumble               n/a                   n/a
Use Magic Device      5                    15

Level 1 (Paladin)
Feat: (Past Life) Past Life: Fighter
Feat: (Past Life) Past Life: Fighter
Feat: (Selected) Toughness


Level 2 (Paladin)


Level 3 (Paladin)
Feat: (Selected) Two Handed Fighting


Level 4 (Paladin)


Level 5 (Paladin)


Level 6 (Paladin)
Feat: (Selected) Power Attack


Level 7 (Paladin)


Level 8 (Paladin)


Level 9 (Paladin)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Two Handed Fighting


Level 10 (Paladin)


Level 11 (Paladin)


Level 12 (Paladin)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Critical: Slashing Weapons


Level 13 (Paladin)


Level 14 (Paladin)


Level 15 (Paladin)
Feat: (Selected) Greater Two Handed Fighting


Level 16 (Paladin)


Level 17 (Paladin)


Level 18 (Paladin)
Feat: (Selected) Extend Spell


Level 19 (Paladin)


Level 20 (Paladin)
Enhancement: Paladin Weapons of Good
Enhancement: Unyielding Sovereignty
Enhancement: Follower of the Sovereign Host
Enhancement: Orcish Extra Action Boost I
Enhancement: Orcish Melee Damage I
Enhancement: Orcish Melee Damage II
Enhancement: Orcish Power Attack I
Enhancement: Orcish Power Attack II
Enhancement: Orcish Power Attack III
Enhancement: Orcish Strength I
Enhancement: Orcish Strength II
Enhancement: Paladin Courage of Good I
Enhancement: Paladin Courage of Good II
Enhancement: Paladin Divine Righteousness I
Enhancement: Paladin Divine Sacrifice I
Enhancement: Paladin Divine Sacrifice II
Enhancement: Paladin Divine Sacrifice III
Enhancement: Paladin Exalted Smite I
Enhancement: Paladin Exalted Smite II
Enhancement: Paladin Exalted Smite III
Enhancement: Paladin Exalted Smite IV
Enhancement: Paladin Extra Smite Evil I
Enhancement: Paladin Extra Smite Evil II
Enhancement: Paladin Extra Smite Evil III
Enhancement: Paladin Extra Smite Evil IV
Enhancement: Paladin Knight of the Chalice I
Enhancement: Paladin Knight of the Chalice II
Enhancement: Paladin Knight of the Chalice III
Enhancement: Racial Toughness I
Enhancement: Racial Toughness II
Enhancement: Paladin Energy of the Templar I
Enhancement: Paladin Energy of the Templar II
Enhancement: Paladin Toughness I
Enhancement: Paladin Toughness II
Enhancement: Paladin Divine Might I
Enhancement: Paladin Divine Might II
Enhancement: Paladin Divine Might III

look good?

ya nay indifferent?

[Meetch1972]

Looks fine to me. Even accounting for my first pally build being 28 points, it was less optimal than you have there. The pally is there to hammer the evildoers. Everything else you might want would be achieved with gear. Having said that, minor stuff which is rather personal depending on how you want to play it:

* If you know what you might spend the extra skill point on, it could be worth getting a +2 Int tome at L7 as well.
* It might be worth thinking about maxing intim now that it's a class skill, if intim is still worthwhile after U9, but your hate generation has good potential through DPS anyway.
* The pally might excel against evil, but can feel squishy/helpless against good aligned mobs. Thankfully, there aren't many of those.
* Remember to keep divine might/other DPS boosters active when you need 'em and keep on spamming that divine sacrifice!

I say gear it up and go to town on the bad guys!

[Hobgoblin]

Looks fine to me. Even accounting for my first pally build being 28 points, it was less optimal than you have there. The pally is there to hammer the evildoers. Everything else you might want would be achieved with gear. Having said that, minor stuff which is rather personal depending on how you want to play it:

* If you know what you might spend the extra skill point on, it could be worth getting a +2 Int tome at L7 as well.
* It might be worth thinking about maxing intim now that it's a class skill, if intim is still worthwhile after U9, but your hate generation has good potential through DPS anyway.
* The pally might excel against evil, but can feel squishy/helpless against good aligned mobs. Thankfully, there aren't many of those.
* Remember to keep divine might/other DPS boosters active when you need 'em and keep on spamming that divine sacrifice!

I say gear it up and go to town on the bad guys!

agreed. this guys is already geared, min 2 lit 2 earthgrab greensteel sos for leveling, esos when i hit 20

the int tome is a no go, -2 to -1 gives my same ammount of skills.

had 79 intimi on this guy on first life, it worked out nice, but want to try something new. think i should draw plenty of aggro with hate from divine sac, etc, especially when i turn on the divine rightisness

hob

[Hobgoblin]

hmm lots of views, not a lot of comments.

makes me feel better about it.

hob

[eulogy098]

I'm just into my 36 point paladin, I went WF though, and i don't regret it at all. My starting stats were--

18 +3tome
8 +2tome
16 +2tome
8 +2tome
7 +3 tome
15 +3tome



one thing in your build i would change is when you take Imp:Crit. I believe it's available at level 9 and adds a ton more dps then iTHF will.

[Stitch78]

I haven't jiggered with the points, but can you get CHA to 18 if you drop STR to 16 (and/or CON to 14)?

When you look at the Divine Might numbers, you will see that dropping STR to boost CHA is actually (usually) a net boost to DPS.

Also, pallys need less HP than other tanks because you get no-fail insta-heals in the Lay on Hands. As long as you take toughness and invest some AP in the line, you'll be fine. Each LOH should at minimum get you from 1% to 50% health. Usually more. (Unyielding Sov is a 100% heal but can be interrupted.) Plus, you get Cure spells to top off in between.

I would Hunter of the Dead while leveling and then convert to KotC when you hit Vale.

The AP line that gives you raise dead is handy in the 8-14 level range, when the healer dies and nobody can UMD scrolls or hit GS clickies. After level 14 it doesn't seem as useful.

[Irongutz2000]

I run a build very simliar to this except i went 20 str an 14 chars, but urs looks very solid, aim for a esos, and spam smite an DS,= alot of dps