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<blockquote data-quote="Nifft" data-source="post: 3489346" data-attributes="member: 6562">With just the books you have access to:Core Build: Drake Andsome -- Paladin 4 / Sorcerer 1 / Dragon Disciple 10Cha, Str, Con &gt; Wis &gt; Dex, Int1/ Paladin 1 -- Power Attack, Extra Smiting2/ Paladin 23/ Paladin 3 -- Weapon Focus (Greatsword)4/ Paladin 4 -- [Turn Undead, spellcasting]5/ Sorcerer 1 -- true strike, featherfall*6/ Dragon Disciple 1 -- Divine Might...9/ Dragon Disciple 4 -- Extra SmitingDragon Disciple is better than War Hulk, because DD gives +8 Strength and also +7 BAB, and you can feed the BAB into Power Attack (which you can't do with a Strength bonus to attack), for a maximum +4 to attack and +26 damage, or a normal +15 to attack and +12 to damage. Also, you get claws and a bite attack, if you should decide to do some sort of pounce thing.Anwyay: basic tactics are to charge, smite, power attack and use Divine Might to add your Charisma to the attack. Don't bother with true strike unless you really need it, like to negate concealment, or to hurt something with both high AC and a lot of DR. Pump your Charisma because it adds to all your saves, you can add it to your attack roll via Smite Evil, you can add it to your damage via Divine Might, AND it determines how many daily uses you get of Divine Might.Cast bless weapon frequently before combat. Auto-confirm any crit roll against an evil creature! That's sweet.Ooo, wait... is Extra Smiting Core or not? I can't find it in the SRD. Well, I think it's in one of&nbsp; the books you mention, perhaps Complete Divine or Complete Warrior?&nbsp; <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&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Cheers, -- N*) These can be cast in armor, since they have no somatic components.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nifft, post: 3489346, member: 6562"] With just the books you have access to: [b]Core Build: Drake Andsome[/b] -- Paladin 4 / Sorcerer 1 / Dragon Disciple 10 Cha, Str, Con > Wis > Dex, Int 1/ Paladin 1 -- Power Attack, Extra Smiting 2/ Paladin 2 3/ Paladin 3 -- Weapon Focus (Greatsword) 4/ Paladin 4 -- [Turn Undead, spellcasting] 5/ Sorcerer 1 -- [i]true strike[/i], [i]featherfall[/i]* 6/ Dragon Disciple 1 -- Divine Might ... 9/ Dragon Disciple 4 -- Extra Smiting Dragon Disciple is better than War Hulk, because DD gives +8 Strength and also +7 BAB, and you can feed the BAB into Power Attack (which you can't do with a Strength bonus to attack), for a maximum +4 to attack and +26 damage, or a normal +15 to attack and +12 to damage. Also, you get claws and a bite attack, if you should decide to do some sort of pounce thing. Anwyay: basic tactics are to charge, smite, power attack and use Divine Might to add your Charisma to the attack. Don't bother with [i]true strike[/i] unless you really need it, like to negate concealment, or to hurt something with both high AC and a lot of DR. Pump your Charisma because it adds to all your saves, you can add it to your attack roll via Smite Evil, you can add it to your damage via Divine Might, AND it determines how many daily uses you get of Divine Might. Cast [i]bless weapon[/i] frequently before combat. Auto-confirm any crit roll against an evil creature! That's sweet. Ooo, wait... is Extra Smiting Core or not? I can't find it in the SRD. Well, I think it's in one of the books you mention, perhaps Complete Divine or Complete Warrior? :) Cheers, -- N *) These can be cast in armor, since they have no somatic components. [/QUOTE]

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