« Reply #21 on: September 01, 2011, 07:32:37 PM »
Wow. Lots of advice . I will need some time to digest this. Will report back Thanx.
To everyone postings lvl 20 builds, thanx but it's for a one off. Players will be ecl 6.
Yeah, everyone has some Paladin build idea. They are iconicly in demand with a lot of players. In some degree the same can be said about me with the various gishes I've played. Same concept, just arcane and better.
Oh and take a gander at the Hellreaver PrC out of FC2, it's nothing note worthy for broken but they get a number of Fury points per round which can be spent as Swift/Immediate actions either heal (+30HP!), Smite (+8 to att +4d6 dmg), or stay alive (+4 to saves & mettle). It doesn't advance anything but then again it doesn't really require anything either. But it can instantly add the Paladin feel to any generic base, like the almost matching mechanics of a Factotum. You know, in case you decided the group needs a skillmonkey/scout.
Contemplative 2 gives Slippery Mind. That's way more useful than *maybe one* fifth-level maneuver.
Fist of Raziel smiting isn't that awesome, and definitely not worth the trash feat. Go with Knight of the Raven. It will even make your Ordained Champion smiting that much better.
I know I used FoR with it to display how a ten level PrC is directly superior (ie same traits, but better) to twenty levels in Paladin but why not see what the Raven offers and improve it a bit for the next Paladin thread.
Which book in case a shiny distracts me before I forget to google it?
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Tiers explained in 8 sentences. With examples!
[spoiler]Tiers break down into who has spellcasting more than anything else due to spells being better than anything else in the game.
6: Skill based. Commoner, Expert, Samurai.
5: Mundane warrior. Barbarian, Fighter, Monk.
4: Partial casters. Adapt, Hexblade, Paladin, Ranger, Spelltheif.
3: Focused casters. Bard, Beguiler, Dread Necromancer, Martial Adapts, Warmage.
2: Full casters. Favored Soul, Psion, Sorcerer, Wu Jen.
1: Elitists. Artificer, Cleric, Druid, Wizard.
0: Gods. StP Erudite, Illthid Savant, Pun-Pun, Rocks fall & you die.
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