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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nittanytbone" data-source="post: 3128995" data-attributes="member: 35709">You need more healers and you need another tank.The obvious solution IMHO is a melee cleric, not a paladin -- Cleric of Kord, War & Strength domains will be laying far more of a beat-down than a paladin.  And he has spells to boot.But if you're committed to a paladin, so be it.  Normally, paladins make great multiclass dips.  Really, past 5th or 6th level, there is nothing to keep you in the class other than special mount advancement (yawn -- other than for your gnomes and halflings who can bring their war dogs everywhere, how often do you get to bring that heavy warhorse into the dungeon?) and some minor bennies like poor spell progression and smite damage.However, in this case, you're also the only one that can turn undead.  Normally paladin turning is useful only for fueling divine feats, but if you're the only turner in the party, it might be useful someday.  So keeping paladin levels (or going into something like War Priest) might be a good idea, in this case.This is what I would suggest for feats for a human tough tank type:1 - Nymph's Kiss (more SP lets you be diplomatic and a healer, +2 to cha-based checks like turning)Human Bonus Feat - Power Attack3 - Divine Might (cha to damage as a free action - yum)6 - Sacred Vengeance (rather than turning undead, doing extra damage can be helpful, especially if you do decide to multiclass)From there on out you can expand whatever feat tree you like best -- more Power Attack feats, or perhaps the mounted combat tree.  Wear plate mail and smack around with a greatsword (for superior damage output) or a long sword + shield (defensively minded).An interesting variant is the halfling war-dog rider (or gnome, for that matter -- gnomes are superior ability score wise as +2 con is very handy, but halflings have some nice PrCs).  Search for the "Supermount" thread on the WOTC optimization boards for some crazy builds.  The advantage is that you can take your mount with you anywhere.  The disadvantage is that you're tight on feats, and the -2 to str makes it difficult to get up to 13+ str (key for power attack).</blockquote>

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