Forked Thread: 4E: Best races for paladins

[TerraDave]

Forked from: 4E: Best race for each class: ranking

Races for paladin were ranked, from best to worst, left to right:

Terradave: Dragonborn, Human, Half elf, Dwarf, Tiefling, Halfling...Elf, Eladrin

Garyh: Dragonborn, Half elf, Halfling, Dwarf, Tiefling, Human, Elf, Eladrin

But we had a dissenting view:

As a player of an elf paladin, I find it odd that elf was rated the second worst race for paladin twice so far, and listed after the "drop-off" by Terradave.

Elves get a bonus to Wisdom, which affects many paladin powers as a secondary stat. Although elves don't get a bonus to either Strength or Charisma, the elf racial power gives them a good chance to hit with their best power once per encounter. This makes elven paladins very flexible; they don't need to specialize in a single "attack" ability score to be effective.

What do you think! (poll coming)