Free to Play Builds: 28pts, no tomes, no gear, no paid races or classes
Build Name: Conan the Paladin
Author: Sigfried Trent
Requester: Lenric
Last Updated: 07/01/10
Key Words [Paladin, THF, KOTC, DPS]
Objectives
The request was for a human paladin that thinks he is a barbarian. For me that suggests a kind of all out offense approach to the class. The original build had fighter levels because at the time it was one of the few ways to add DPS to a paladin. Now paladin has all kinds of DPS action so going pure makes more sense.
Design
This is a 28pt build although I don’t recall if that was specifically part fo the request. I considered an 18 Strength but in the end the six build points were better spent elsewhere. Other than that, I really focused on maximizing DPS for the build, and when not doing that, shoring up HP and to a lesser extent healing.
Pure KOTC with all the smiting options and human versatility for damage boost is a whole lot of damage, some of the best available at the time I did this build. While this is not a tank it is very survivable with some strong burst self healing and nice buffs.
One of the nice things is you can use whatever weapon you like, although I think greatsword and falchion are your best bets. I’d go falchion but there are some awesome named greatswords about.
Skills are secondary here but the UMD can be nice to have for RR gear. The extend and maximize make the most of the few spell points you have. You will need to wear a wisdom item for spell casting.Play
Crush your enemies with divine fury! Rahhhhhh!
Variations
32pts and the usual tomes certainly make this build stronger but don’t really change its character or focus. Maximize and Extend are not key to the build so you could play with those. |