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<blockquote data-quote="Kithas" data-source="post: 6782903" data-attributes="member: 97587"><p>Oath of the Crown Paladin/War Domain Cleric can do this about as well as possible.</p><p>At level 7 in OoC you get a reaction that lets you take the damage for one attack per turn from an ally. From cleric you get quite a few cool support spells/abilities but the big one for you is Warding Bond, Basically you pick one person(or a few) give em a platinum ring(one time buy) and when you cast it they take half damage from everything and you take the half they aren't.</p><p></p><p>The main issue with this build from the outset is the MAD(multiple ability dependancy). There are a couple ways around this being an issue; First Be that Hill dwarf you mentioned, they don't get slowed down by heavy armor so you don't need str any more. Then all you need is a good Wis/Dex/Con, assuming dex for a finesse weapon. Alternatively(I think this is the best option) you can just use Sacred flame for everything and forego the weapon altogether, this also means you don't need the War Caster Feat. Meaning now you only need a good Con/Wis The exact thing your race gives you! you only need 3 levels in cleric to get Warding bond so feel free to do like 8-3 by 11 (P-C). I would pick up Resilient-Con sometime very soon though, that way your concentration checks will be a breeze.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kithas, post: 6782903, member: 97587"] Oath of the Crown Paladin/War Domain Cleric can do this about as well as possible. At level 7 in OoC you get a reaction that lets you take the damage for one attack per turn from an ally. From cleric you get quite a few cool support spells/abilities but the big one for you is Warding Bond, Basically you pick one person(or a few) give em a platinum ring(one time buy) and when you cast it they take half damage from everything and you take the half they aren't. The main issue with this build from the outset is the MAD(multiple ability dependancy). There are a couple ways around this being an issue; First Be that Hill dwarf you mentioned, they don't get slowed down by heavy armor so you don't need str any more. Then all you need is a good Wis/Dex/Con, assuming dex for a finesse weapon. Alternatively(I think this is the best option) you can just use Sacred flame for everything and forego the weapon altogether, this also means you don't need the War Caster Feat. Meaning now you only need a good Con/Wis The exact thing your race gives you! you only need 3 levels in cleric to get Warding bond so feel free to do like 8-3 by 11 (P-C). I would pick up Resilient-Con sometime very soon though, that way your concentration checks will be a breeze. [/QUOTE]
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