Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Psikus" data-source="post: 4690859" data-attributes="member: 66049">I am aware of how important OAs are for a defender. I dislike that they are the only benefit of a class build (Straladin) that is otherwise much worse than the alternative. I think Paladins really, really should have an Intelligent Blademaster-like feat, but right now they can't because that would completely kill the Straladin.That character is probably effective, but 'really good with the STR powers'? A lot of Paladin powers have abilities that key off Wisdom, and if you sacrifice that stat, they'll be little more than pretty basic attacks. Holy Strike doesn't really cut it with Wis 12, unless you fight lots of undead.My point is, going Strength you risk either losing what makes your powers special (with low Wis) or having a bad mark (with low Cha). Dragonborns, and maybe Humans can pull this off, and maybe find a satisfactory middle path. For the rest of races, it's probably one of the most difficult specs to build in the game (right there with the Star Warlock).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Psikus, post: 4690859, member: 66049"] I am aware of how important OAs are for a defender. I dislike that they are the only benefit of a class build (Straladin) that is otherwise much worse than the alternative. I think Paladins really, really should have an Intelligent Blademaster-like feat, but right now they can't because that would completely kill the Straladin. That character is probably effective, but 'really good with the STR powers'? A lot of Paladin powers have abilities that key off Wisdom, and if you sacrifice that stat, they'll be little more than pretty basic attacks. Holy Strike doesn't really cut it with Wis 12, unless you fight lots of undead. My point is, going Strength you risk either losing what makes your powers special (with low Wis) or having a bad mark (with low Cha). Dragonborns, and maybe Humans can pull this off, and maybe find a satisfactory middle path. For the rest of races, it's probably one of the most difficult specs to build in the game (right there with the Star Warlock). [/QUOTE]

Verification