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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kurotowa" data-source="post: 9122898" data-attributes="member: 27957">While there's some appeal the making the Paladin more SAD with Blade Pact, there's downsides to dumping Str. For one, your AC will suffer. Plate Armor requires Str 15, and if you want to drop down to medium armor you need a Dex 14 to reach close to the same level. So you're not able to turn those both into dump stats. Not to mention that this UA made Heavy weapons require Str 13. So you can't dump Str and still make use of those nice big 2H weapons.I'm not saying some people won't take the level dip to invert the priority between Str and Cha. But it's not a wise move to dump Str entirely, not unless you want to end up with a PC that'd be better off just playing a straight Blade Pact Warlock to begin with. It's easy for a Warlock to take Lightly Armored as their free starting feat for medium armor and shields, and Eldritch Smite is in the core book now. They'll even get a third attack at 11th level!</blockquote>