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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ridley's Cohort" data-source="post: 1028846" data-attributes="member: 545">I have been playing a paladin.  Not in 3.5, but in 3.0 with minor house rules that give a few bennies like extra smites.  It is really not that different from 3.5.I have plenty of fun outside of combat--my diplomacy skills are excellent and I use them constantly.I get the snot beaten out of me when the fighting begins almost every time.  I would bet I suck up two or three times as much damage as I dish out even though I am well armored.  I have pretty much given up on killing anything.  My job is to stand in the front and distract the enemy for a round or three while other PCs pound away.Sure I am carrying my weight.  But my combat role is about as glamorous as playing a pacifistic healing cleric (except the cleric gets the safety of standing in the back).The mounted combat route is plausible in 3.5 now that I would be able to summon a mount in.  But investing all my precious few feats in one specialized attack style pretty much guarantees I am a gawdy punching bag if I am not atop my mount.</blockquote>