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<blockquote data-quote="Elder-Basilisk" data-source="post: 1599712" data-attributes="member: 3146">That's funny, I would say that a paladin is a better tank without big damage dealers in the party.If the party has a max-strength half-orc power attacking fighter/barbarian with a two handed weapon, the &quot;tank&quot; paladin will spend his time a second-rate threat (because he doesn't deal as much damage, it's not as vital to the bad guys to take him down) and his defensive powers won't matter as much because the low-defense fighter will absorb most of the punishment. Since the damage-dealer will suck up all of the party's healing in very short order, the party doesn't get any greater staying power by having a defensive paladin.On the other hand, if the party does not have a big damage dealer, a lot of the attacks that were aimed at the damage dealer and hit will be aimed at the paladin (and will miss). Then the party has more staying power.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Elder-Basilisk, post: 1599712, member: 3146"] That's funny, I would say that a paladin is a better tank [i]without[/i] big damage dealers in the party. If the party has a max-strength half-orc power attacking fighter/barbarian with a two handed weapon, the "tank" paladin will spend his time a second-rate threat (because he doesn't deal as much damage, it's not as vital to the bad guys to take him down) and his defensive powers won't matter as much because the low-defense fighter will absorb most of the punishment. Since the damage-dealer will suck up all of the party's healing in very short order, the party doesn't get any greater staying power by having a defensive paladin. On the other hand, if the party does not have a big damage dealer, a lot of the attacks that were aimed at the damage dealer and hit will be aimed at the paladin (and will miss). Then the party has more staying power. [/QUOTE]

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