This is my first carefully worked out build. I kinda liked the idea of sneaking with double Holy Swords and the divine feats... So here goes:

Playable 1 - 40 PvM

NOT PLAYTESTED

I didn't actually make sure it was an easy to level character,
..but it does work

Race: Human
Alignment: Lawful Good
Starting stats:
Str: 14
Dex: 15
Con: 10
Int: 10
Wis: 14
Cha: 14

Leveling order:
1- Rogue (ambidexterity, two-weapon fighting)
2- Rogue
3- Paladin (weapon finesse)
4- Rogue dex+1 (16)
5- Paladin
6- Paladin (power attack)
7- Rogue
8- Paladin dex+1 (17)
9- Paladin (weapon focus: short sword)
10- Paladin
11- Paladin
12- Rogue dex+1 (18) (improved two-weapon fighting)
13- Paladin
14- Paladin
15- Paladin (improved critical: short sword)
16- Paladin dex+1 (19)
17- Rogue
18- Rogue (alertness)
19- Rogue
20- Paladin dex+1 (20)

21- Paladin (iron will)
22- Rogue
23- Rogue (improved evasion)
24- Paladin dex+1 (21) (divine might)
25- Rogue
26- Rogue
27- Paladin (divine shield)
28- Rogue dex+1 (22) (epic skill focus: hide)
29- Harper Scout (great charisma I) (15)
30- Harper Scout (great charisma II) (16)
31- Harper Scout
32- Harper Scout dex+1 (23)
33- Harper Scout (great charisma III, great charisma IV) (18)
34- Rogue
35- Paladin
36- Paladin dex+1 (24) (epic weapon focus: short sword)
37- Paladin
38- Rogue
39- Paladin (great charisma V) (19)
40- Rogue cha+1 (20) (epic skill focus: move silently)


Ending Stats:
Str: 14
Dex: 24
Con: 10
Int: 10
Wis: 14
Cha: 20

Max HP: 316
Naked AC: 25
AB (mundane short sword): +38
AB (mundane short swords, dual wielding): +36
Saves: (vs spells)
Fortitude 25 (28)
Reflex 32 (35)
Will 25 (28)

Skills:
Discipline: 42
Disable Trap: 1
Hide: 43
Lore: 6
Move Silently: 43
Open Lock: 1
Persuade: 8
Search: 4
Spellcraft: 15
Tumble: 40
Use Magic Device: 35

Stats after buffing:
AB (mundane short sword, dual wielding): +49
AC: 35
Fortitude: 32 (35)
Reflex: 40 (43)
Will: 32 (35)

Damage output (after buffing)
main: 1d6 + 23 + 1d6 vs evil
offhand: 1d6 + 21 + 1d6 vs evil

Tactics: buff, enter stealth mode, unleash volley of holy swords with +7d6 sneak attack damage.


Comments and corrections/suggestions are much welcomed!

Edited By griphook on 10/13/05 20:12

I have a build similar to this, only its paladin/rogue/fighter. Anyways, I dont think you can buff BOTH swords with holynessness. Unless you switched your offhand with your main then switched back so you can buff both. lol please playtest it though, so everyone knows that you can actually play it You can cast spells on items in your inventory.

Here's my Dexterity based Paladin build: Click Here (which I decided to post for your joy). It focuses less on Charisma, has less Paladin and Rogue levels and uses Fighter (instead of HS) for EWS.

Harper Scout is a nice touch, though Nice work.

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Edited By FinneousPJ on 10/10/05 14:13

Quote: Posted 10/10/05 11:14:25 (GMT) -- DarkInfernoo

I have a build similar to this, only its paladin/rogue/fighter. Anyways, I dont think you can buff BOTH swords with holynessness. Unless you switched your offhand with your main then switched back so you can buff both. lol please playtest it though, so everyone knows that you can actually play it

Well yeah, as Finneous pointed out, you can cast Holy Sword from your inventory panel, so having two weapons buffed with Holy Sword is quite possible... And what I meant about "not playtested" is that I didn't go through those 40 levels on a module... I just loaded a leveler, set my level to 40 and built the little guy.

Looking at the level progression again, I'm not really satisfied about getting that Epic Weapon Focus so late, along with Divine Might and Divine Shield. From my point of view it would make it more difficult to play that character from scratch. Do you see any way past that? Would spreading out the Harper levels help? Thanks! I'm no build expert but maybe you'll like this progression better o_o. I went for a bit more HP and picked up blind fight at the expense of CHA. Blind Fight will help you with concealed oppononets; I don't think True Seeing will help anymore with SC since one of the latest patches.

Starting Stats:
STR: 14
DEX: 14(24)
CON: 12
INT: 10
WIS: 14
CHA: 14(18)

*even if you might sneak well, you can still die to mages so HPs is a plus. Up to you I guess.

01: Rogue(1): Power Attack, Two-Weapon Fighting
02: Rogue(2): Ro: (Evasion)
03: Rogue(3): Weapon Finesse, Ro: (Uncanny Dodge I)
04: Paladin(1): DEX+1, (DEX=15)
05: Paladin(2): P: (Smite Evil)
06: Paladin(3): Ambidexterity
07: Rogue(4)
08: Rogue(5): DEX+1, (DEX=16)
09: Paladin(4): Weapon Focus: Shortsword
10: Paladin(5)
11: Paladin(6)
12: Rogue(6): DEX+1, Improved Two-Weapon Fighting, (DEX=17)
13: Rogue(7)
14: Paladin(7)
15: Paladin(8): Divine Might
16: Paladin(9): DEX+1, (DEX=18)
17: Rogue(8)
18: Paladin(10): Divine Shield
19: Paladin(11)
20: Paladin(12): DEX+1, (DEX=19)

21: Rogue(9): Epic Weapon Focus: Shortsword
22: Rogue(10): Improved Evasion
23: Paladin(13)
24: Paladin(14): DEX+1, Improved Critical: Shortsword, (DEX=20)
25: Paladin(15)
26: Paladin(16)
27: Rogue(11): Iron Will*
28: Rogue(12): DEX+1, (DEX=21)
29: Rogue(13): Epic Skill Focus: Move Silently
30: Paladin(17): Alertness* <-- Disc 4, Lore 6, Persuade 8, Search 4 prereqs for HS
31: Harper Scout(1): Great Charisma I, (CHA=15)
32: Harper Scout(2): DEX+1, (DEX=22)
33: Harper Scout(3): Blind Fight
34: Harper Scout(4)
35: Rogue(14)
36: Rogue(15): DEX+1, Great Charisma II, (DEX=23), (CHA=16)
37: Rogue(16): Epic Skill Focus: Hide
38: Paladin(18)
39: Paladin(19): Great Charisma IV, (CHA=18)
40: Harper Scout(5): DEX+1, Great Charisma IV, (DEX=24), (CHA=18)

* = HS prereq. feats (which IMO you're really feat starved byt stacking Great CHA is nice in lower magic worlds)

Max HP: 356 <-- +40
BAB: 28
AB (naked, dual-wielding): +36/32/28/24, +36/32
AC (naked/padded armor): 25/30 <-- buff and forget about the armor

Saves:
Fort: 25
Ref: 31
Will: 24

Skill Pts (253 <-- low for a rogue):
Discipline: 43(45)
Tumble: 40(47)
Hide: 43(60)
Move Silently: 43(60)
UMD: 36(40) <-- change depending on how much CHA you wanna get -_-

Search: 22(22) <-- you find all non-epic traps -_-
Disable Trap: 11(11) <-- with a take 20, disable most stuff

Open Lock: 1(8)
Lore: 6(11)
Persuade: 8(12)

You could probably drag in Cinnabar Din for some advice but all I'll say is your stats are a bit spread and that dual-wielding isn't the flashest idea here because your stats are too far spread -_-. If it's not just to be different, you could just leave the divine feats well alone to get more AB by upping DEX and get KD/IKD.
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Edited By Jennalee on 10/11/05 09:53