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Message: <blockquote data-quote="zealot73" data-source="post: 442247" data-attributes="member: 8552">Actually a Paladin gets REALLY powerful when you get up to higher levels.  You might think about taking the Extra Smiting Feat from Defenders of the Faith.  Think about this for power later on... Smite gives you a to hit bonus equal to your Charisma bonus (Charisma should be your highest stat as a Paladin anyway) however the extra damage you do is equal to your level.  At low levels it isn't that big a deal but lets say you get up to 10th level and you have a +1 Holy Long Sword and you Smite something.  We'll also assume you have a decent strength of 14.  Your MINIMUM damage will be 14 points of damage while your Maximum will be 33 (2 from Strength, 8 from the weapon, 1 from the Plus, 12 from the Holy, and 10 from the Smite).  I also use the Detect Evil almost constantly.  It is a great way to see if there are any baddies in a room prior to entering.  After three rounds of concentration you know postion and the number.  AND never forget that Lay on Hand ability.  It is your Charisma modifier times your level.  Going again with a 14 Charisma and a 10th level Paladin that will be 20 points of healing you have at any time though I often use it as a touch attack against Undead, especially if they are intelligent undead who might be wearing armor.As far as your mount goes a Heavy Warhorse has a Strength of 18 and 3 attacks (two kicks and a bite).  If you invest in some +1 Horseshoes your Warhorse can pack a wallop against creatures immune to nonmagical attacks.  Since it has the same width "face" as any PC I see no problems taking it with me on dungeon crawls.  Even if my character goes down since it actually is more intelligent than a normal horse it can drag me away from the action and out of harms way.  Don't forget that the Mount will share your saving throws (Charisma Bonus enhanced of course)AND it will eventually get Improved Evasion.  It isn't too much a leap of logic to say that if your mount avoids a fireball while you are riding it that you shouldn't take any damage either.</blockquote>

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