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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cheiromancer" data-source="post: 1330815" data-attributes="member: 141">A widowed woodcutter with two grown children, this character's life changed when an evil wizard began summoning demons and terrorizing the village.  Talents were awaken in him that he did not know he had; he regards his assumption of the adventurer's mantle as being a direct call from the Lathander, the god of new beginnings. Beginning stats (32 points)- Str 13, Dex 11, Con 13, Int 8, Wis 11, Cha 18After age modifiers (middle aged): Str 12, Dex 10, Con 12, Int 9, Wis 12, Cha 19Middle Aged Human1. Ranger 1- FE: evil outsiders, Track*, Improved Toughness, Weapon Focus: Battleaxe2. Cleric 1- (Domains (Lathander): renewal, nobility), turn undead3. Paladin 1- aura of good, detect evil, smite evil 1/day, Divine Vigor4. Paladin 2- divine grace, lay on hands, +1 Cha5. Paladin 3- aura of courage, divine health6. Paladin 4- Divine Shield7. Paladin 5- smite evil 2/day, special mount8. Paladin 6- remove disease 1/week, +1 Cha9. Paladin 7- Extra Smiting (+2 times)10. Paladin 811. Paladin 9- remove disease 2/week12. Paladin 10- smite evil 3/day, Extra Smiting (+2 times), +1 ChaDomain (domain power)/Domain SpellRenewal (1d8 + cha mod healing when dropped below 0 hp)/Charm PersonNobility /(SA, 1 round speaking = +2 morale bonus to attack, damage, saves and checks for cha mod rounds)/ Divine FavorCW FeatsDivine Shield: SA*, +cha bonus to shield AC, 1 round/2 character levelsDivine Vigor: SA +2 temp hp/character level, +10 speed, 1 minute/cha bonus* Standard Action to activateNotes:  Ranger for skill points, favored enemy bonus, and a boost to reflex saves.  Cleric for the neat domain abilities, and to get access to divine feats at 3rd level.Improved Toughness helps make up for low hit points- at the beginning of a combat he normally begins with the invocation of divine vigor.  (Or divine shield, if he thinks that he needs the AC enough to forego an attack).  An important combat will involve a short pep talk (from the nobility domain) to inspire his comrades to higher action, and he will cast divine favor on himself.At level 12, with a +6 cloak of charisma, he has a 28 Charisma.  Thus his Nobility “pep talk” gives a +2 bonus for 9 rounds, and his emergency self-healing is 1d8+9 hp.  Divine Vigor lasts 9 minutes, and Divine Shield adds +9 to his AC for 6 rounds.  He heals 90 hp/day, his smite attack (7/day) is at +9 to hit, and does +10 damage.-----The FRCS allows some paladins to multiclass with other classes and still take levels of paladin.  Which classes allow re-entry varies depending on the deity, but several allow fighter levels to be interspersed (Lathander, unfortunately, is not one of them).  Here is a mixed paladin/fighter of Helm, Torm or Tyr .Starting stats:Str 14, Dex 13, Con 13, Int 8, Wis 8, Cha 18After aging: Str 13, Dex 12, Con 12, Int 9, Wis 9, Cha 191. Fighter 1- Power Attack*, Improved Toughness, Weapon Focus: Longsword2. Paladin 1- 3. Paladin 2- Cleave4. Paladin 35. Paladin 4- Divine Might (Cha bonus to damage for 1 round)6. Fighter 2- Power Critical (Longsword), Extra Smiting (+2 times)7. Fighter 38. Fighter 4- Weapon Specialization (Longsword)9. Paladin 5- Extra Smiting (+2 times)10. Paladin 611. Paladin 712. Paladin 8- Improved Critical (Longsword)Two fewer levels of Paladin mean only +8 to damage instead of +10.... but the weapon specialization makes up for it.  The amount of daily healing is less (72 vs 90), but still very respectable.  A critical hit while using Smite+Divine Might makes it not unlikely that Cleave will come into play.Unfortunately, the lack of Divine Shield, Divine Vigor and the Renewal domain power makes this paladin a little less likely to survive (or at least have left-over healing for his friends).  He can't cast spells without a wisdom boosting item, and the lack of the Nobility domain makes him a little less valuable to his comrades.  Multiclassing as a cleric won't help, as Nobility and Renewal are not domains of the Helm, Torm or Tyr.However, the Divine Champion prestige class, which any paladin can multiclass freely with, *does* grant bonus feats (but not weapon specialization).  Levels of Divine Champion stack with paladin levels for laying of hands, but not with smiting.  Still, the following may definitely be a possible build:1. Paladin 1- Power Attack, Weapon Focus: Heavy Mace2. Cleric 1 (Lathander)- renewal and nobility domains, turn undead3. Paladin 2- Divine Vigor4. Paladin 35. Paladin 46. Paladin 5- Divine Shield7. Paladin 68. Paladin 79. Divine Champion 1- Extra Smiting (+2 times)10. Divine Champion 2- Improved Critical*, sacred defense +111. Divine Champion 3- smite infidel12. Divine Champion 4- Power Critical*, sacred defense +2, Divine Might13. Divine Champion 5- Divine Wrath14. Paladin 815. Paladin 9- Extra Smiting (+2 times)Lathander's favored weapon is the mace, and weapon focus in the patron deity's favored weapon is required for Divine Champion. Note that Divine Champion has good reflex saves.  Divine wrath grants +3 to attack, damage and saving throws for one minute (and DR 5/-), so makes up for lower paladin level with respect to smiting.----One comment about these builds- they shine for about a minute in combat, but thereafter weaken dramatically.</blockquote>

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