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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 6828485" data-attributes="member: 6790260">Somehow I missed this earlier. I can say that a Dex-focused Paladin works perfectly fine. You're committing yourself to a more purely defensive style, since you get minimal support for dual-wielding and Finesse weapons max out at d8. But you can get perfectly cromulent AC (Studded Leather gives AC 12+Dex, +2 for shield, +1 for Defensive style, means you're at 17 or 18 AC at first level vs. the 19 AC of Chain+Shield+Defensive, but with zero armor penalty), you do just as good of melee damage and can spot-switch to a bow if needed...and you aren't dependent on getting super-expensive/rare items (or DM generosity) to make your AC work for you. You'll top out slightly below the cap (12+5 = 17, vs. the 18 AC of plate), but both you and the Str-based Pally would want to max that stat--and you'll have excellent Initiative to boot. Admittedly, to keep your AC up you really do need those first few couple of feats put into Dex, and then your next couple in Cha unless you've got a compelling reason not go get that juicy +5 to saves...but as far as 5e characters go, there's nothing wrong with it I can see.And as for class features, there's literally nothing the Paladin offers that doesn't depend on Cha or your melee weapon stat. Halflings, Tieflings, Half-elves, and Wood Elves all make solid Dex Paladins (Drow, actually, also make good ones but Sunlight Sensitivity is just too much penalty for a melee character). Half-elves in particular stand out, especially with their swappable options in SCAG.</blockquote>

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