Just curious, have a fighter with a bunch of khopeshes that I might want to TR, thinking about doing paladin lives.

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how long you planning at staying at cap?

a 2 level monk splash is insanely good on a pally, especially if you're not staying at cap for a significant time period.

Munkenmo wrote on Jan 17^th, 2012 at 1:16pm:


Just long enough to TR again without paying TP.

I'm guessing that the specialized or rare AC gear I see people post, like the kundarak warding shield, will take forever to get so if I want an AC tank I might as well just start TRing and see if I can get some of the rare stuff as I go. (Though considering my playtime DDO will probably be out of business before I find some of this stuff.)

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don't worry bout ac tanking, forget w/f, go Hunter of the dead, get a torc and con op, splash monk, get quicken and maximise and by the time your ac runs out you'll be hotd 2, with 200% healing amp, drink some ardor pots and you'll be out healing all incoming damage on elite through to cap.

i'd even advise dropping con a bit, and picking up arti or rogue 1 to get umd.

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Level 20 Lawful Good Human Male
(17 Paladin / 2 Monk / 1 Artificer)
Hit Points: 329
Spell Points: 375

BAB: 18/18/23/2828
Fortitude: 21
Reflex: 17
Will: 15

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Dexterity          15                17
Constitution       14                14
Intelligence       12                12
Wisdom              8                 8
Charisma           14                17

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+2 Tome of Dexterity used at level 7
+2 Tome of Charisma used at level 7

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Balance            3              4
Bluff              2              3
Concentration      6              29
Diplomacy          2              3
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Level 1 (Artificer)
Feat: (Selected) Extend Spell
Feat: (Past Life) Past Life: Paladin
Feat: (Human Bonus) Skill Focus: Use Magic Device
Enhancement: Human Versatility I
Enhancement: Improved Open Lock I

Level 2 (Paladin)
Enhancement: Human Improved Recovery I
Enhancement: Paladin Focus of Good I

Level 3 (Paladin)
Feat: (Selected) Weapon Focus: Slashing Weapons

Level 4 (Paladin)
Enhancement: Human Versatility II
Enhancement: Paladin Bulwark of Good I
Enhancement: Paladin Resistance of Good I
Enhancement: Paladin Extra Lay on Hands I
Enhancement: Paladin Extra Smite Evil I
Enhancement: Paladin Charisma I

Level 5 (Paladin)
Enhancement: Human Adaptability Strength I
Enhancement: Paladin Devotion I
Enhancement: Paladin Energy of the Templar I
Enhancement: Paladin Extra Turning I

Level 6 (Paladin)
Feat: (Selected) Two Weapon Fighting

Level 7 (Paladin)
Enhancement: Human Versatility III
Enhancement: Paladin Hunter of the Dead I
Enhancement: Paladin Divine Might I
Enhancement: Paladin Improved Turning I

Level 8 (Paladin)
Enhancement: Paladin Divine Sacrifice I
Enhancement: Paladin Exalted Smite I
Enhancement: Paladin Extra Smite Evil II

Level 9 (Paladin)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Two Weapon Fighting
 Enhancement: Paladin Resistance of Good II
Enhancement: Paladin Extra Lay on Hands II

Level 10 (Paladin)
Enhancement: Human Improved Recovery II

Level 11 (Paladin)

Level 12 (Paladin)
Feat: (Selected) Greater Two Weapon Fighting

Level 13 (Paladin)
Enhancement: Paladin Exalted Smite II
Enhancement: Paladin Extra Smite Evil III
Enhancement: Paladin Hunter of the Dead II
Enhancement: Paladin Divine Might II
Enhancement: Paladin Extra Turning II
Enhancement: Paladin Improved Turning II

Level 14 (Monk)
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Toughness
Enhancement: Paladin Divine Sacrifice II

Level 15 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Critical: Slashing Weapons
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Power Attack

Level 16 (Paladin)
Enhancement: Way of the Patient Tortoise I
Enhancement: Racial Toughness I
Enhancement: Racial Toughness II
Enhancement: Paladin Toughness I
Enhancement: Paladin Toughness II

Level 17 (Paladin)
Enhancement: Human Versatility IV

Level 18 (Paladin)
Feat: (Selected) Quicken Spell
Enhancement: Paladin Exalted Smite III
Enhancement: Paladin Extra Smite Evil IV

Level 19 (Paladin)
Enhancement: Paladin Toughness III

Level 20 (Paladin)
Enhancement: Paladin Extra Lay on Hands III
Enhancement: Paladin Devotion II



 

swap weapon focus slashing for exotic khopesh around the time you ditch your carnifex

I wanted to take the monk levels earlier but that would mean you don't have enough bab at level 12 for GTWF. though you could take improved critical if you want to put GTWF off till level 15)

Infact level 12 was when i was really questioning the arti at level 1, as much as i like locks and umd, giving up power attack and toughness till level 13 / 14 seems not such a great choice. Toughness you'll be ok without, the amp will be good and you'll self heal for a lot, but not having power attack with a carnifex should be illegal.

Personally the more i stew on this the more i'd take monk at level 4 and get power attack early, take improved critical at 12, and GTWF at 15

I've also no idea how good the dog is at breaking barrels, but he might be good for an 8% bonus in some quests.

One of the ideas I'm thinking about doing for my next rogue life is 14 rogue / 6 pally, with Hunter of the Dead. They'll probably fuck up enhancements before I get around to it though.

obligatory link for any pally thread: http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=218542

TWF pally can work; I have a 18/2mnk KotC myself, following this lines of Junts' Aryenne http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=204161.

I am not pleased with his DPS output at all, even though I take him only in quests with Evil Outsiders. I think that having a pally is useful if you want to do a tank, and otherwise a different mellee class is a better choice, imho. If you are interested in a self-healing melee, I think that a Ranger would be a better choice.

If you want the past lives, I suggest a build which is as light as possible on paladin levels, because they are sucky DPS. It might work to have a 12 Pally/8 Monk, or something similar. Divine Favor (+1 damage/to hit at pally levels 4, 6 and 9) and Divine Might (+2 damage at pally levels 5 and 10; the latter requiring 16 CHA) synergize nicely with Handwraps.

In fact, if you are interested in leveling only, KotC is starts being relevant in Vale, so HotD seems to be a much better choice.
Speaking of AC. It might be worth it to collect some low-level AC stuff. This will not help you at cap, essentially, but will help you while leveling not to get hit.