This level split has been many times posted before, but this tweaks it a bit to make a smiter that should be more playable than most because of the AB from RDD strength.
Sor 1/RDD 10/Paladin29 Human, Lawful Good Playable PvM and PvP 1-40
S: 14 to 24 D: 8 C: 14 to 16 W: 14 I: 14 to 16 CH: 14 to 26
1 Pal 1; Feats: WF Rapier; Power Attack 2 Pal 2 3 Pal 3 Feat: KD 4 Pal 4 Ability: CHA (15) 5 Pal 5 6 Pal 6 Feat: Divine Shield 7 Pal 7 8 Pal 8 CHA (16) 9 Pal 9 Feat: Imp Crit; 10 Pal 10 11 Pal 11 12 Pal 12; Feat: IKD; CHA (17) 13 Pal 13 14 Pal 14 15 Pal 15 Feat: Extend Spell 16 Pal 16 CHA (18 17 Pal 17 18 Pal 18 Feat: Extra Smiting 19 Pal 19 20 Pal 20 CHA (19) 21 Sor 1 Feat: EWF 22 RDD 1 23 RDD 2 RDD STR 16 24 RDD 3 Feat: GrCHA (20) CHA (21) 25 RDD 4 RDD STR 18 26 RDD 5 27 RDD 6 Feat: Armor Skin; RDD Con 16 28 RDD 7 CHA 22 29 RDD 8 30 RDD 9 RDD INT 14 Feat: ESF: Discipline 31 RDD 10 RDD CHA 24 RDD STR 22 32 Pal 21 CHA 25 33 Pal 22 Feat: Great Charisma (26) 34 Pal 23 PFeat: Great Smiting I 35 Pal 24 36 Pal 25 Feat: Great Smiting II STR (23) 37 Pal 26 PFeat: Great Smiting III 38 Pal 27 39 Pal 28 Feat: Great Smiting IV 40 Pal 29 PFeat: Great Smiting V STR (24)
DAMAGE OUTPUT ON A SMITE (with due thanks to Kail Pendragon)
1-6 base rapier (keenable in my PW; you might want scimitar if not) +6 STR mod +6 capped STR +5 GMW/Holy Sword +5 Divine Favor +3 Deafening Clang +1 Prayer +1-6 Holy Sword vs evil +174 Great Smite V (29 times 6) ---
202-212 on a smite.
I think I've calc'd that correctly.
Anyway, cheers and good hunting.
Ithacan _________________ We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender - Winston Churchill
With your spells you can make the charisma reach 32-35 with a 11-12 bonus to the divine feats. With items you can reach cha 38 with a 14 bonus. It becomes very tempting to try and squeeze in Divine Might here. And if you are going to use both DM and DS extensively, extra turning becomes a feat to consider even with the added number of attempts from the high cha. I would think of extend spell and IKD as feats that could possibly be dropped. _________________ I generally avoid temptation, unless I can't resist it...
Interesting observation, Mick. Frankly, I'm surprised that Divine Might isn't listed in the build. I would drop IKD, grab D.M.,knock Int down to 12 and raise Charisma to 15, and then use your extra Epic Feat to grab Epic Prowess.
Pro's: Divine Might with high Charisma and +1AB
Con: loss of IKD and some skill points. _________________ Got Hommlet? World of Greyhawk Action Server (with 1/2 price ales on Mondays!)
Interesting observation, Mick. Frankly, I'm surprised that Divine Might isn't listed in the build. I would drop IKD, grab D.M.,knock Int down to 12 and raise Charisma to 15, and then use your extra Epic Feat to grab Epic Prowess.
Pro's: Divine Might with high Charisma and +1AB
Con: loss of IKD and some skill points.
lol grizz, i had cha at 15 but had to drop epic prowess to get IKD *int 13 required* and keep my CHA at 26. IKD, so useful. Divine Might also useful but remember, this guy dishes out pretty good damage b/c of his strength. For a smiter, anyway.
Thanks for the thoughts, good ones. Build to taste.
Cheers.
Edited By Ithacan on 06/13/06 03:36
Quote: Posted 06/13/06 03:27:43 (GMT) -- Ithacan Build to taste.
That pally's are kinda feat starved is unfortunate, but that's the nature of the beast. For a smiter, your AB is good, def. good use of the RDD, with good damage, too. Also, at high level pally, you've divfav, bless, prayer, aura of glory, etc. to help your AB & damage out. Pally buffs aren't of a very long duration, but they're pretty good; with your levels, they'll go a few rounds such that it is playable. Nice thing too is that pally buffs aren't subject to armor failure; it's too bad you couldn't fit in the divine and epic prowess, but not a real problem: so buff if you need to, land your IKD, and smite the evil boss character and/or fight away - well done (and yeah, IKD is def. handy, esp. for a drake that has a breath weapon, too).
Edited By TyrTemplar on 06/13/06 07:00
On the other hand, you may really want to listen to what Grizz and Mick have to say; with your high pally level and cha-bonus, divine might would allow you to dish out damage, too. Also, in some situations, KD can be as good as IKD, thus enabling you to take epic prowess, for a permanent AB boost Your drake is a neat concept, I reiterate; but would be a shame not to take advantage of all those pally levels and cha-bonus, which cha can then be raised, too (it's worth considering
Edited By TyrTemplar on 06/13/06 07:32
actually, i am convinced. the tipping point for me was true strike - i can land a knockdown if i need one so IKD is . . . well not superfluous but not as valuable as divine might and epic prowess together, which is basically what it cost.
so, score a victory to the grizzled short one.
i think my record against the unshaven dwarf is fairly dismal but i keep trying. 0.o
cheers
If you drop con to 10 and raise cha to 16 you dont need 2 gr cha feats - divine power and epic prowress and you keep imp kd.
Pal (28) RDD (10) BARD (2) FTW
Ok, u may have to change alignments, however the extra AC & UMD is NICE
Loss of True Strike may not be as you wish, however, I see TS as a bit of a waste, 9s, that's just over 1 round
You already gain +5 from Divine favor, +5 from weapon (GMW), +3 from Aid/Bless/Prayer so MAX True Strike will give is +7...and all this for an attack of opportunity every 2 rounds....
As I said at the start...Bard for the win !!!
Well, no alignment shift on my PW so. . .
But also, you lose that level 29 pally bonus feat.
Your drake is a neat concept, I reiterate; but would be a shame not to take advantage of all those pally levels and cha-bonus, which cha can then be raised, too (it's worth considering 
