Help w/ Exalted Paladin Build

[SpiderMonkey]

Hey all!

It's been awhile since I've posted; grad school and family life have kinda taken me away from the hobby.

I'm getting ready to play in an irregular game with some family members (wife, sister-in-law, her fiance/my bf). I'd like to play a Paladin in it, and I'd really like to play a charging smiter.

I'm thinking I really like both the Fist of Raziel and the Annointed Knight. I'd probably abuse the Rhino's Rush spell (from the Spell Compendium). I'm also thinking I'd use a Greatsword to fully utilize the Smite Evil/Power Attack combo as well.

What's a good way to smash these two Exalted prestige classes together?

We're using a 36 point buy (woot!), and here's what I've come up with so far:

Str: 16
Dex: 10
Con: 14
Int: 10
Wis: 14
Cha: 16

Obvious feats are the qualifiers (Servant of Heaven, Ancestral Weapon), Power Attack, and Divine Might.

What do you suggest?

 

[the_mighty_agrippa]

What level? A lot of additional nastiness could be layered on but we need to know your available resources.

Charging Smite (PHBII - not mentioned above but a must-have)
Armbands of Might (MIC) are a must-have.
Leap Attack (CA)

 

[SpiderMonkey]

I have most of the splat books and phb2 and spell compendium. I'm not sure what MIC means; is it Magic of Incarnum?

We're starting at first level and going through a conversion of the Keep on the Borderlands. It's gonna be an indefinite campaign where we play when we happen to get together (which will be likely about twice a year, but with long sessions).

So yeah, I'm looking for something that's gonna be fun and playable from start to unknown finish.

Mainly what I'm thinking right now is forgoing Annointed Knight altogether and doing either a Human Paladin/Fist of Raziel (which is the bulk of where I'm leaning), or a half-orc with levels of Half-Orc Paragon and then going Paladin/Fist of Raziel with some feats like Extra Rage.

Whaddya think?

 

[Aleolus]

...No, MIC isn't Magic of Incarnum, unless I'm mistaken. I know Magic of Incarnum, and I'm pretty sure the standard abb. for it is MoI. Plus, Armbands of Might aren't in MoI. Now, if you're adding stuff from MoI in, then you're going to want Sapphire Smite and Bonus Essentia a couple times. Extra uses of Smite and extra damage on Smites are always useful!

 

[shilsen]

MIC = Magic Item Compendium. Damn good book, BTW.

 

[Quartz]

Just a suggestion but swap Str and Con. You'll benefit more from Con 16 than Str 16.

 

[the_mighty_agrippa]

Just a suggestion but swap Str and Con. You'll benefit more from Con 16 than Str 16.

Not on a smiting build. The paladin will have to max strength damage to stack with charging smite and divine power damage.