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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gerion of Mercadia" data-source="post: 3418255" data-attributes="member: 50527">A Tank isn't a Tank without firepower.  Paladins are nice - but rangers are better.1. More skill points.2. Fighter BAB3. Some bonus feat potential with TWF or Archery Chains4. Track (so you can find your foes better)5. Endurance as a "free" feat (really nice if you have ever been ambushed at night and a DM actually makes you take off your armor without the feat.6. Good fortitude and reflex saves7. Animal CompanionUnless you have a specific feat chain in mind, "conventional fighter" bites.The barbarian is all about the rage - and is very one dimensional.  Yeah, you get the nice str and con bonuses at a low level, but not much else is there in the class.  Secondarily, the short term con boost leaves when your rage ends - which means you might kill the baddie, but the baddie's nearly fatal blow kills you shortly thereafter at mid/high levels (5th level and up).Now, Paladins have some cool points to them, but the ranger can usually answer them.  The main exception to that is if your DM lets you acquire Leadership as a paladin and get a really really cool dragon cohort mount.  If that isn't happening - I think you are better off building with a ranger.Dwarven Ranger - aka "slayer"; depending on what you fight - pound for pound is a whopper of a tank build - especially if you take "Favored enemy - Giant"</blockquote>