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Please help me decide on a Paladin Build for Curse of Strahd
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<blockquote data-quote="UngeheuerLich" data-source="post: 7514835" data-attributes="member: 59057"><p>When You really try to optimize, I guess warlock hexblade will be the premium choice. I would just take a single level to beginn with, maybe a second one quite early.</p><p>2 extra smites per long rest helps a lot as do invocations chosen wisely. Attacking with charisma will give you +2 attack and damage. The curse will give you more extra damage. Devotion channel divinity too. Then add booming blade and duelling fighting style and you are a damage monster. Alternately you can go great weapon fighting but you need level 3 warlock for that.</p><p>Your damage output is also high so -5/+10 does not help a lot. Last but not least, a shield and or the shield spell makes you nearly unhittable.</p><p>You get two feats with that build. My first choice would be warcaster so shield and shield can be stacked easily and using booming blade on an opportunity attack helps too.</p><p>The second feat will be your capstone at level 10. You know what you want then.</p><p></p><p>So normally I don't recommend hexblade warlock, but with that stat array and your level 10 goal, I guess you can't really do better.</p><p>at level 5 your single attack will be:</p><p>+13 to hit. 2d8+10 damage crit at 19/20 without taking smites into account. Smites can do 2d8 or even 3d8 damage. Double on a crit. If you worry about only being able to smite once due to your single attack, you can first cast a smite spell and then use divine smite for another extra damage. Then you will have AC 18 with shiel or AC 21 with shield spell. At level 6 you will have AC 23 with both. At level 7 you can do 2 attacks and at level 8 your aura is online.</p><p>I recommend agonizing blast and maybe mask of many faces. Useful for a paladin in ravenloft.</p><p>thinking about it, if ranged attacks and the dishuise are not important for you, a single warlock level may suffice and you get your warcaster, aura and extra attack 1 level earlier.</p><p></p><p>Edit: with 20 charisma you can't underrate aura of protection. +5 to all saves is great. Stack it with bless and you as a paladin with 14 wis are looking at +12 + 1d4 wisdom save at level 10. That really helps a lot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UngeheuerLich, post: 7514835, member: 59057"] When You really try to optimize, I guess warlock hexblade will be the premium choice. I would just take a single level to beginn with, maybe a second one quite early. 2 extra smites per long rest helps a lot as do invocations chosen wisely. Attacking with charisma will give you +2 attack and damage. The curse will give you more extra damage. Devotion channel divinity too. Then add booming blade and duelling fighting style and you are a damage monster. Alternately you can go great weapon fighting but you need level 3 warlock for that. Your damage output is also high so -5/+10 does not help a lot. Last but not least, a shield and or the shield spell makes you nearly unhittable. You get two feats with that build. My first choice would be warcaster so shield and shield can be stacked easily and using booming blade on an opportunity attack helps too. The second feat will be your capstone at level 10. You know what you want then. So normally I don't recommend hexblade warlock, but with that stat array and your level 10 goal, I guess you can't really do better. at level 5 your single attack will be: +13 to hit. 2d8+10 damage crit at 19/20 without taking smites into account. Smites can do 2d8 or even 3d8 damage. Double on a crit. If you worry about only being able to smite once due to your single attack, you can first cast a smite spell and then use divine smite for another extra damage. Then you will have AC 18 with shiel or AC 21 with shield spell. At level 6 you will have AC 23 with both. At level 7 you can do 2 attacks and at level 8 your aura is online. I recommend agonizing blast and maybe mask of many faces. Useful for a paladin in ravenloft. thinking about it, if ranged attacks and the dishuise are not important for you, a single warlock level may suffice and you get your warcaster, aura and extra attack 1 level earlier. Edit: with 20 charisma you can't underrate aura of protection. +5 to all saves is great. Stack it with bless and you as a paladin with 14 wis are looking at +12 + 1d4 wisdom save at level 10. That really helps a lot. [/QUOTE]
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