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rockbasket 05-20-07, 10:29 AM	Hey guys. I haven't played a paladin before and I am planning on playing one in the near future. I plan on doing the Hellbred race focusing on Charisma. I will probably get a few devil-touched feats, but I am looking for a couple of really good feats to add on to my damage. I plan on at least getting Exotic Weapon Proficiency(Fullblade) and this will be the Rebalanced Paladin that has been on the wizards forums so much lately.
Particle_Man 05-20-07, 12:27 PM	Extra Smiting (CW) Improved Smiting (CD I think) Awesome Smite (Complete Champion, is CC taken?) Remember the Isley Brothers! "Well, you know you make me wanna (Smite) Get my sword up (Smite) Push the evil back (Smite) Throw my smackdown (Smite) Come on now (Smite) Don't forget to say you will (Smite, Smite) Don't forget to say (Smite) Yeah yeah yeah yeah, come on (Say you will) Say it right now, baby (Say you will) Come on, come on (Say you will) Say it right now, baby (Say you will) I still remember When I used to be nine years old yeah, yeah An' now that I’m grown up I'm old enough to know An' I wanna serve thee You want me ta smite the foe I want you to know I said I want you to know right now You've been good to me, Lord Better than I've been to myself And if you ever leave me I don't want nobody else I said I want you to know I said I want you to know right no You know you make me wanna (Smite) Get my sword up (Smite) Push the evil back (Smite) Throw my smackdown (Smite) Come on now (Smite) Don't forget to say you will (Smite, Smite) Don't forget to say (Smite) Yeah yeah yeah yeah, come on (Say you will) Say it right now, baby (Say you will) (Say) I know that I love thee (Say) I know that I need thee (Say) I know that I want thee (Say) I’ll never leave thee (Smite) Come on now (Smite) Come on now (Smite) Come on now (Smite) Come on now (Smite) A little bit softer now [repeats] (Smite) A little bit harder now [repeats] Hey (Hey) Hey (Hey) Yeah (Yeah) Yeah (Yeah) Smite now A little Smite now Jump up and Smite now A little Smite now Come on (Smite now) Come on now (Smite now) Come on now (Smite now) Come on now (Smite now) Come on jump up and Smite now A little Smite now Jump up and Smite now A little Smite now Jump up and Smite now A little Smite now Jump up and Smite now A little Smite now, yeah" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL9xOLpwI0I&mode=related&search=
bobothechimp 05-20-07, 12:38 PM	Mounted combat related feats are always useful.
Particle_Man 05-20-07, 04:43 PM	Mounted combat related feats are always useful. Yeah, but where is your song? :D
bobothechimp 05-20-07, 05:16 PM	He's a paladin, not a bard. Take your prancing elsewhere.
navar100 05-20-07, 05:26 PM	He's a paladin, not a bard. Take your prancing elsewhere. Well, I liked it. Reminds me of my 2E Player's Options paladin, Gilbert Sullivan, who liked to write songs. My favorite is an Ode to his girlfriend, Annie, sung to the tune of "Tomorrow".
frasmage 05-20-07, 06:17 PM	Awesome Smite (Complete Champion, is CC taken?) lol, closed captioning? http://www.garman.com/Garman_Captioning_files/cap_logo.gif ;)
olfactatron 05-20-07, 06:23 PM	Improved Initiative is a great choice. As a paladin dex is going to be one of your weaker stats, and going first is what you want to do a lot of the time. I'd stay away from the mounted feats unless you're a halfing, because large mounts such as horses don't do well in dungeons or other cramped places. If you want to get rid of the summoned creature entirely, the charging smite class substitution from PHB2 is fantastic. Also consider some of the divine feats. You're going to have turning attempts but turning undead will never be an effective action for you to take. Look at some of the feats that allow you to burn turning attempts for other bonuses.
Muktar 05-20-07, 06:36 PM	Divine Might Divine Shield These are musts for a paladin. There is also: Force of personality (Will saves using Cha . .. mmmm) Spirited Charge when using Divine Might and/or against evil . . .mmmmm Power attack
Bopple 05-20-07, 08:53 PM	Do your dm allow fullblade as it was? It's a 3.0 weapon which contradicts 3.5 changes, thus no longer legal. Most popular paladin feats are; Must-have: Power Attack Divine Might Leap Attack Elective: Divine Shield Extra Smiting Improved Buckler Defense Karmic Strike(requires Combat Expertise & Dodge) Mounted combat feats and Devoted Tracker(ranger/cavalier multiclass) Robilar's Gambit(requires Combat Reflexes) Shock Trooper(requires Improved Bull Rush)
Particle_Man 05-20-07, 09:35 PM	If you want to get rid of the summoned creature entirely, the charging smite class substitution from PHB2 is fantastic. As this contains even more smiting goodness, I support it without hesitation! :cool:
Furrick 05-20-07, 11:39 PM	looking for paladin feats look at dragon magazine issue 337, i think it was the septtember one with Zuggtmoy;demon queen of fungi on the front cover. At the back of the issue in the class act section.:cool: :D ;)
navar100 05-21-07, 11:26 PM	Improved Initiative is a great choice. As a paladin dex is going to be one of your weaker stats, and going first is what you want to do a lot of the time. I'd stay away from the mounted feats unless you're a halfing, because large mounts such as horses don't do well in dungeons or other cramped places. If you want to get rid of the summoned creature entirely, the charging smite class substitution from PHB2 is fantastic. Also consider some of the divine feats. You're going to have turning attempts but turning undead will never be an effective action for you to take. Look at some of the feats that allow you to burn turning attempts for other bonuses. Generall speaking not every adventure will take place in a dungeon or other cramped space. Just because you can't use a feat every combat doesn't make it useless. Spirited Charge and Power Attack have great synergy together with Smite Evil class ability as a nice boost. If you know you won't use your mount often enough to justify Sprited Charge, fine, but since the mount is a class feature, it should be discussed with the DM at character creation how often you'll get to use it. If it is determined the mount will be useless, it should be substituded for something else. Anyway, divine feats from Complete Warrior would do well. I like Divine Vigor myself. It's good in its own right but also synergizes well with the spell Divine Sacrifice.
runestar 05-21-07, 11:31 PM	Dungeonscape (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ex/20070209a) has an alternative class feature replacing its special mount if you foresee that it may not be too useful.:)