But you can, who cares about DEX as a paladin? You can multiclass in and out of a paladin DEX8, but with STR8, you are stuck, no multiclassing at all.
So as a multiclass paladin/warlock you need STR13 and CHA13, no way around it, as you need to meet the prerequisites of your current and new class. And yes, you delay some abilities by a level, but getting heavy armor proficiency, and at lvl2 smite might be worth it.
So as a multiclass paladin/warlock you need STR13 and CHA13, no way around it, as you need to meet the prerequisites of your current and new class. And yes, you delay some abilities by a level, but getting heavy armor proficiency, and at lvl2 smite might be worth it.
You do have to watch out for those tricky multiclassing rules. Oddly you can happily start out as a paladin with 8 dex, you just can't MC into one. No paladin abilities are directly linked to strength either, so a dex-based one really is fine - and potentially quite cool in fact. I could definitely see something like a wood elf oath of the ancients paladin existing, and being pretty awesome.
Other things to watch for are the prerequesites for warlock abilities. The ones that let you attack twice and add your charisma modifier to damage aren't available straight away. Indeed, most classes have something very similar available at 5th and 11th level, so by multiclassing you're sometimes putting off the time when you get your extra attack or damage bonus. It's a real trade off.