Which would you rather have in your party?

[Lord Pendragon]

Which do you think would be more useful/powerful to have in your party, a 10th-level half-celestial paladin, or a 10th-level human paladin and an 8th-level cleric? Why?

 

[Thanee]

The cleric surely adds more than the half-celestial template (i.e. spellwise), and be it only extra actions and hit points.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Bauglir]

The paladin and the cleric, simply because they get 2 effective actions each round to the half-celestial's one.

 

[Plane Sailing]

The force multiplier effect of having two people is a far greater benefit. As others have already said, they can be doing two things at once.

 

[mikebr99]

Ain't Leadership wonderful....



Mike

 

[Felix]

Ayuh. Pally and Cleric. Templates are overrated.

 

[The Souljourner]

I voted for Cleric and Paladin, but that was assuming you meant ECL 10 Half Celestial Paladin. Is that accurate, or are you talking a Half Celestial Paladin 10 (ECL 14)? If the latter, I think the 4 ECL difference easily makes up for a cleric 6 levels lower.

-The Souljourner

 

[Ridley's Cohort]

In a straightforward fight, a Paladin backed by a Cleric will have 3 or 4 times as many buffs on him as the Half-Celestial Paladin (nominal ECL 14). The effectiveness in combat of the two would be quite comparable.

In unusual situations, the added actions, more HPs, and greater variety of special abilities by adding in another character is going to be more useful.

 

[ForceUser]

Paladin & cleric, because you get two actions per round instead of one.

 

[Oscar carramiñana]

another vote for the paladin & cleric the two actions/round and the buff spells of a cleric make they better than the half-celestial paladin