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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aranan" data-source="post: 1349866" data-attributes="member: 16538">The Dwarven Defender is an excellent PrC to focus on defense (obviously, look at the name!).  It requires you to be a dwarf, but since you're going for a fighter type that is hardly a bad thing.If you're going with 3.0 or are allowed to use Defenders of the Faith, then the Templar might be a decent PrC to aim towards.  Damage reduction, free weapon specialization, Mettle and a bit of spellcasting (if you take the class that far).If you want to defend your buddies, check out the Devoted Defender.  d12 HD, two good saves, and a few little bonuses to keep you and your companions alive longer.If you want to go for the lightly armored/armed tank style, try to find classes that add other bonuses to your AC.  Invisible Blade (dragon 303 or complete warrior) and duelist add intelligence modifier to AC.  There's a ton of these, and I don't really know them all that well, so I can't help you that much.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />A monk is also a fairly decent defensive build, although I don't know if that's what you're looking for.Edit: You could also go for a halfling paladin on some kind of medium mount: Mounted combat is a beast, especially if you can manage to do it inside dungeons (i.e. a halfling on a wardog, compared to a human on his warhorse).</blockquote>

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