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<blockquote data-quote="evilbob" data-source="post: 4630804" data-attributes="member: 9789">In my own experience, fighters and paladins operate from different points on the &quot;defender&quot; line:&nbsp; fighters hang back and stand directly in front of the ranged squishies, while paladins run right into the middle of everything.&nbsp; Paladins have higher AC and can heal themselves, and one &quot;theme&quot; of a lot of their powers is &quot;I put myself in a bad position but I'm still better off than you.&quot;&nbsp; I mean, they have a power that increases based on how surrounded they are!&nbsp; And if they use their mark and something runs off to hit someone else, they still take -2 and get smacked.Healing, boosting, and throwing around lots of temp. HP make up for not sticking quite so well.&nbsp; Plus, to some extent it's all in how your DM plays it:&nbsp; if the monsters routinely ignore marks, then the paladin's mark might seem less useful, but if monsters often focus on who marked them, then the high AC paladin is a great guy to have out front.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="evilbob, post: 4630804, member: 9789"] In my own experience, fighters and paladins operate from different points on the "defender" line: fighters hang back and stand directly in front of the ranged squishies, while paladins run right into the middle of everything. Paladins have higher AC and can heal themselves, and one "theme" of a lot of their powers is "I put myself in a bad position but I'm still better off than you." I mean, they have a power that increases based on how surrounded they are! And if they use their mark and something runs off to hit someone else, they still take -2 and get smacked. Healing, boosting, and throwing around lots of temp. HP make up for not sticking quite so well. Plus, to some extent it's all in how your DM plays it: if the monsters routinely ignore marks, then the paladin's mark might seem less useful, but if monsters often focus on who marked them, then the high AC paladin is a [I]great[/I] guy to have out front. [/QUOTE]

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