MerchantKing
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I found an interesting merc paladin build. I introduce you to Grumpy the Paladin of Torag. Because he is hellbound (oracle) by birth, he is a dispomaniac (drunken master) who makes his own brews (cognatogen). He's there as a tank for my Dhampir playthrough
11 paladin/ 7 vivisectionist / 1 drunken master / 1 enlightened philosopher
This is with tabletop tweaks installed so the stacking is working correctly.
Against evil, he gets a +2 sacred and +2 dodge bonus and fighting defensive with crane wing gets him an additional +4 dodge bonus for 85 total AC. Without TTT's stacking, it would be much higher. I use the mythic medium armor feats to allow him to add as much as 20 "DEX" to his armor class and increase his armor class from the breastplate by +5. I could have make his con a few points lower and his strength higher to make him a little better at hitting things. But he's a dwarf. With a Kindred Half Elf or Assimar at 18 STR he'd be at 48 STR. He's using Taco right now for the +4's to everything.
If I retooled him for a main character with a +STR/ + CHA race and used that +4 to all stats book and bokken's elixir, he'd be at 54 STR and 48 CHA. His con would be up to 50 allowing you to use 23 Charisma as AC
If I then drop cognatogen and just use the STR mutagen, it would be 58 STR and 44 CHA. CON would be at 52 allowing 24 Charisma to contribute to AC (conveniently at 58 CHA). With the +8 belt he'd be at 62 STR.
Without TTT and with all the illegal stacking, it could be more than comfortable enough to running this as a two handed weapon build with mutagen warrior instead of alchemist and he wouldn't need to take crane. I Could even drop the monk level (oracle is mandatory as it's required to convert Charisma to AC).
Running a court poet and sticking the ring of triumphant advance would given him +14 to +16 (depending on whether on not legend) to cha which would put him at 58-60 CHA. Kindred Half Elf can get up to 62 CHA with the +4 bonus to CHA (overkill maybe?). So you should be able to exceed the armor bonus and truly maximize that smite bonus.
The nice thing about the Life Infuser armor from the DLC is that it stacks with the enhancement bonuses from belts. Life infuser is extremely powerful even if you're not running it as an AC source.
Without Mutagen Warrior, and just running an Oracle/Paladin multiclass say with the Angel path to get the full spellbook with something like 11 paladin/9 oracle especially going to 10 angel levels or going into legend to get something like 20 paladin/20 oracle. The only thing he'd be missing is +4 STR and +2 natural armor (which he won't need) and a few feats. With Seeker as the Oracle archetype, you can get some nice bonus feats anyways.
Absurd saves, Absurd AC, Absurd to-hit, Absurd everything. Whether it's TTT or brokencat, medium armor builds are now better than the gay mount builds and the dodge builds.
11 paladin/ 7 vivisectionist / 1 drunken master / 1 enlightened philosopher
This is with tabletop tweaks installed so the stacking is working correctly.
Against evil, he gets a +2 sacred and +2 dodge bonus and fighting defensive with crane wing gets him an additional +4 dodge bonus for 85 total AC. Without TTT's stacking, it would be much higher. I use the mythic medium armor feats to allow him to add as much as 20 "DEX" to his armor class and increase his armor class from the breastplate by +5. I could have make his con a few points lower and his strength higher to make him a little better at hitting things. But he's a dwarf. With a Kindred Half Elf or Assimar at 18 STR he'd be at 48 STR. He's using Taco right now for the +4's to everything.
If I retooled him for a main character with a +STR/ + CHA race and used that +4 to all stats book and bokken's elixir, he'd be at 54 STR and 48 CHA. His con would be up to 50 allowing you to use 23 Charisma as AC
If I then drop cognatogen and just use the STR mutagen, it would be 58 STR and 44 CHA. CON would be at 52 allowing 24 Charisma to contribute to AC (conveniently at 58 CHA). With the +8 belt he'd be at 62 STR.
Without TTT and with all the illegal stacking, it could be more than comfortable enough to running this as a two handed weapon build with mutagen warrior instead of alchemist and he wouldn't need to take crane. I Could even drop the monk level (oracle is mandatory as it's required to convert Charisma to AC).
Running a court poet and sticking the ring of triumphant advance would given him +14 to +16 (depending on whether on not legend) to cha which would put him at 58-60 CHA. Kindred Half Elf can get up to 62 CHA with the +4 bonus to CHA (overkill maybe?). So you should be able to exceed the armor bonus and truly maximize that smite bonus.
The nice thing about the Life Infuser armor from the DLC is that it stacks with the enhancement bonuses from belts. Life infuser is extremely powerful even if you're not running it as an AC source.
Without Mutagen Warrior, and just running an Oracle/Paladin multiclass say with the Angel path to get the full spellbook with something like 11 paladin/9 oracle especially going to 10 angel levels or going into legend to get something like 20 paladin/20 oracle. The only thing he'd be missing is +4 STR and +2 natural armor (which he won't need) and a few feats. With Seeker as the Oracle archetype, you can get some nice bonus feats anyways.
Absurd saves, Absurd AC, Absurd to-hit, Absurd everything. Whether it's TTT or brokencat, medium armor builds are now better than the gay mount builds and the dodge builds.
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