Brakkis
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I could use some advice on where exactly to take this character in terms of class levels. It's an Oath of the Ancients Paladin, Celestial Warlock (Homebrew).
Okay so to start off we rolled for stats, 4d6 drop the lowest and I rolled 17,17,16,15,14,11 (Hurray for good rolls...it'll come back to bite me in the ass in game. I'll roll 1's like Wheaton throughout combat. Go Karma!). Going Half-Elf I ended up with
Str - 18
Dex - 12
Con - 17
Int - 14
Wis - 15
Cha - 18
Thus far my plan is to go Paladin 7/Warlock 3 for Aura of Warding and Pact of the Chain. Beyond that, I haven't really been able to decide. I'll probably go Paladin 8/Warlock 4 and get 2 Ability Score Improvements/Feats, leaving me 8 levels to do something.
Essentially I want 5 ASI's/Feats with my build, or at least 4. I'm looking at Alert, Sentinel, and Shield Master (wielding a Longsword and Shield, with a Greatsword backup) for Feats, while boosting Str and/or Cha to 20.
So, thoughts?
Okay so to start off we rolled for stats, 4d6 drop the lowest and I rolled 17,17,16,15,14,11 (Hurray for good rolls...it'll come back to bite me in the ass in game. I'll roll 1's like Wheaton throughout combat. Go Karma!). Going Half-Elf I ended up with
Str - 18
Dex - 12
Con - 17
Int - 14
Wis - 15
Cha - 18
Thus far my plan is to go Paladin 7/Warlock 3 for Aura of Warding and Pact of the Chain. Beyond that, I haven't really been able to decide. I'll probably go Paladin 8/Warlock 4 and get 2 Ability Score Improvements/Feats, leaving me 8 levels to do something.
- Paladin 8/Warlock 12 doesn't really jump at me without Pact of the Blade which I didn't take.
- Paladin 16/Warlock 4 would give me Aura of Courage, Improved Divine Smite, Cleansing Touch, and Undying Sentinel along with most of the Oath spells.
- I could go Oath of Vengeance for better Oath spells, and go Paladin 6/Warlock 14 to get the final Patron ability but I'm not sure of that. I lose an ASI/Feat to get this build, along with Aura of Warding.
- The other option I'm mulling over is Paladin 12/Warlock 4/Fighter 4 and pick up Second Wind, Action Surge, a 2nd Fighting Style (picked Dueling with Paladin) and either Champion/Improved Critical or Battlemaster/Combat Superiority
- Lastly, a slight variation on the above is Paladin 12/Warlock 5/Fighter 3 for essentially the same thing, minus an ASI/Feat, to gain 3rd level spell slots with the Warlock. Not sure that's worth it.
Essentially I want 5 ASI's/Feats with my build, or at least 4. I'm looking at Alert, Sentinel, and Shield Master (wielding a Longsword and Shield, with a Greatsword backup) for Feats, while boosting Str and/or Cha to 20.
So, thoughts?
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