Baldur's Gate : The Sword Coast Chronicles : NWN2 Persistent World

Thinking about a paladin/favored soul that's not using epic divine might. There is currently a spare feat slot at level 9. There's no epic heal spell here right? Otherwise how am i doing?

http://nwn2db.com/build/?281391

This raises several questions!

1. Why paladin when you're not going to go for EDM? With spellcraft and just general spells, you won't have any issues with saves at all as a FS anyways. If you want a dip into something, there are several other excellent choices.

2. Why the heavy charisma focus? If you're not going EDM, you might as well stick to 19 (or 16 with a +3 item) charisma and go rest in strength.

3. Why so many epic toughness feats? Favoured Soul is already one of the most (if not the most) survivable class in PvE, and even in PvP (although player behind the character does come into the equation much more there). With the static 10/silver or 10/cold iron DR, ability to cast heal, regenerate and stone body means you're not going to ever take a lot of damage anyways.

4. Why Epic Resilience? Protection from alignment makes you immune to all mind-affecting things already. Reflex is almost always a save against elemental damage, and you have Energy Immunity to cast. Death Ward protects you from most fortitude stuff, but even then, you already take toughness, why not just take a preepic Steadfast Determination (easy enough to drop Imp Critical Longsword and pick up one of the Whetstones for 7000 gold for 50 uses of Keen that last 90 minutes each) and open another epic feat for yet more strength?

5. Rescue? Why?

Figured you could absorb party damage and heal it away easier, martyrdom effect

There is no reason to take paladin other than charisma saves I guess, could be the anointed knight.

Anointed Knight would be better in this situation to Paladin in every way... Gets Tower Shields, opens up Tumble, and Iron Will cost is nothing since you'll get blindfight for free. You could of course also go for Rogue or some other class that gives Evasion as well.

Also, everything DG said is good advice, as always.

could go FS25/FB5 for extra damage and a CL of 29 is good enough. that is how i would play a FvS w/o EDM. awesome big hitter and sturdy as well.

chad878262 wrote:blindfight for free.

And toughness!

I ever imaged a full strength based Fvs26/Barb4 with IKD. To a maximum of 44 str after raging (better to be 42) and it should have more fun beside simply buff&hack