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<blockquote data-quote="humble minion" data-source="post: 8776646" data-attributes="member: 5948"><p>Don’t worry about either of those feats. While paladins do get good concentration spells and will get hit a lot, even if you lose concentration on a spell, you can simply bring up Shield of Faith or Compelled Duel or something as a bonus action to replace it. Both of them are good options, even though I prefer Bless given the choice. However, Bless is an action to cast. As a Devotion paladin you’ll want Sacred Blade running as much as possible, so the ideal pre-combat prep time is starting to get significant. You just won’t always (or even often) get two full rounds to bring your buffs online before combat starts. So keep a bonus action buff spell prepared too.</p><p></p><p>You can’t cast both protection from evil and shield of faith at the same time. They’re both concentration. Keep Shield of Faith prepared (protection from evil is an oath spell, conveniently) and use protection from evil when you have prep time before fighting undead or fiends, and shield of faith the rest of the time.</p><p></p><p>Maxing your your AC and enduring power with hvy armour master, shield, defence fighting style, shield of faith etc could be interesting, but with a one-handed weapon and no duelling fighting style you’re not going to hit very hard until you get to mid levels and can smite better & more often. That’s not a disaster by any means, but you might want to think about your group makeup and whether there’s anyone else who can take up the heavy hitter role. Potions of growth are pretty handy and long-lasting damage boosts that don’t need concentration, grab a few of those if you can.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="humble minion, post: 8776646, member: 5948"] Don’t worry about either of those feats. While paladins do get good concentration spells and will get hit a lot, even if you lose concentration on a spell, you can simply bring up Shield of Faith or Compelled Duel or something as a bonus action to replace it. Both of them are good options, even though I prefer Bless given the choice. However, Bless is an action to cast. As a Devotion paladin you’ll want Sacred Blade running as much as possible, so the ideal pre-combat prep time is starting to get significant. You just won’t always (or even often) get two full rounds to bring your buffs online before combat starts. So keep a bonus action buff spell prepared too. You can’t cast both protection from evil and shield of faith at the same time. They’re both concentration. Keep Shield of Faith prepared (protection from evil is an oath spell, conveniently) and use protection from evil when you have prep time before fighting undead or fiends, and shield of faith the rest of the time. Maxing your your AC and enduring power with hvy armour master, shield, defence fighting style, shield of faith etc could be interesting, but with a one-handed weapon and no duelling fighting style you’re not going to hit very hard until you get to mid levels and can smite better & more often. That’s not a disaster by any means, but you might want to think about your group makeup and whether there’s anyone else who can take up the heavy hitter role. Potions of growth are pretty handy and long-lasting damage boosts that don’t need concentration, grab a few of those if you can. [/QUOTE]
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