Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
- Location
- Formerly of the Far Realm
What? I didn't unlike it. I never gave it a like to begin with. Or did I? My memory betrays me yet again.Goldfish un-liked the write-up just because of the pony. How petty is that
Anyway, a build!
[x] Plan TNE
-[x] STR 14 DEX 8 CON 14 INT 12 WIS 8 CHA 18+2
-[x] "Paladin of Dawn" archetype.
-[x] Flaws: Pride of Arms, Cold-Blooded
-[x] Feats: Battle Blessing, Power Attack, Step Up, Scion of War
-[x] Traits: Reactionary, Focused Mind
-[x] Skill ranks (2 class + 1 Int + 1 Human + 1 Favored Class): +1 in Diplomacy, Knowledge (Arcana), Knowledge (History) (background bonus), Knowledge (Religion), Ride, Perform (String) (background bonus), Sense Motive
@Goldfish the temptation of not going for the trifecta of Mounted feats was great, I will tell you.
Battle Blessing is non-negotiable for me, Power Attack we gotta get now as our next combat feat will only be at 9th, barring shenanigans (like Wishing for a feat or a divine boon or such). We get Greater Mercy on 3rd, Extra Lay on Hands on 5th, and by 6th we will have precisely 10 Lay on Hands (3 from levels, 5 from Charisma, 2 from the feat), so we pick up Ultimate Mercy at 7th.
At 9th, who knows? Improved Critical, Lunge, the world is our oyster, as long as it doesn't have many pre-reqs and doesn't need Dex, Int or Wis
Step Up and Scion of War I'm not dead-certain on. While I like Furious Focus on low levels, PF power attack doesn't grant as big a malus as 3.5, only up to what, -6 at 20th? I think Furious Focus on anything not an NPC (which desperately needs every edge to hit and hurt PCs) is something of a false economy, especially without 3.5 PA like we have on our Shocktroopers in the Legion.
Step Up is just plain good, either for cheeky shits wielding reach weapons or mages.
Scion of War is good for negating our negative Dex, and goes well with Reactionary (which I think is something he'd have gotten beaten into his head by his isntructors, being a naturally slower fellow). Focused Mind fits his personality as quiet and studious a lot.
Pride of Arms is very fitting for someone trained in the Vale, and a noble besides, and so does Cold-Blooded for a notherner.
And for gear, I'm thinking a Breastplate, quality protection for day-to-day use, a set of fullplate he got as a gift from Lord Horton, a falchion he picked up in a fit of fancy while touring Gulltown's markets, a composite (+2) shortbow that's just neat- fun while practicing archery, great for hunting on horse-back and in the bush, and good for self-defense too, a kuhkri he has a hold-out weapon on the small of the back (like Bronn), a Lance because he is great on horseback, and a plain longsword and heavy wooden shield combo, the shield being useful while mounted and when wielding the longsword. A heavy warhorse with a military saddle close the ensemble, besides miscelanous stuff a rich young knight would have on his saddlebags, which I won't bother to track.
Obviously he doesn't carry all of this on his person, but I figure it's a reasonable spread of stuff for someone of his stature and position to have. Falchion for main weapon (to diversify a little from the usual greatswords, and hey, his strenght is merely above average, so a nimbler weapon makes sense), a lance and shield because he is a damn knight, a holdout weapon because he isn't dumb and neither is Horton's Master at Arms, the bow because, again, very versatile tool, and the sword in case he has need of a shield while on foot, and I doubt his father sent him south without at least a good, if plain sword at his side.
Pride of Arms is a perfectly acceptable feat, but not Cold-Blooded. Not only is it one of the sillier potential flaws, IMO, it's one that Domeric should have either grown out of or never developed, considering he spent most of his formative years in the South.
More appropriate would be Chivalrous Courtesy (that Southerner indoctrination), Grudge-Keeper (that Bolton blood showing itself), or Haunted (more side-effects of being a Bolton and a nice nod to his starting focus).
Nothing really wrong with Step Up, but what about Radiant Charge instead? It's a nice way to front load even more damage into an attack, especially one that is also getting some Smite Evil attention. At 2nd level, being able to drop another 6d6+6 on a target is pretty damned good. @Zioneer would just have to let us take it at 1st level, despite Lay on Hands not being active until 2nd level.
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