Pally Dragon 27Pal/ 10RDD/ 3Bard

[chainlink]

Build: 3Bard, 10RDD, 27Pal
Race: Human
Subrace: "Fallen Angel"
Level Progression: 1 Bard, 16 Pal, 1 Bard, 10RDD, 11 Pal, 1 Bard > LL Pal
Alignment: Need to change several times when swapping from paladin to bard

Human (Fallen Angel) [Hound Archon]
Stats:
STR: 18 [22]
DEX: 8
CON: 15 [17]
WIS: 10 (15) (12)
INT: 10
CHA: 10 [12] (14)

Preferred
"Hound Archon" (secret Beyond UltraRare subrace) - no race requirement (Changes Appearance)
STR +4, CON +2, WIS +2, CHA +4, free feat: Extra Smiting, free feat: Great Smite 1, free feat: Power Attack, sr 10 + 1/lvl

Alternate
"Fallen Angel" (secret UltraRare subrace) - no race requirement (adds wings)
WIS +5, CHA +2, +10 heal, free feat: Divine Might, free feat: Divine Shield, able to walk on quicksand, speaks Celestial

Skills: Discipline, Tumble to 40 (on bard levels), Concentration, Lore 8 to access RDD.

PRE-EPIC STATS: All Str

Pre-Epic Feats
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Luck of Heroes (must be taken at character creation), Blind Fight
Weapon Focus (Scimitar)
Power Attack
Cleave
Lightning Reflexes
Toughness
Improved Critical (Scimitar)

Epic STATS: All Str

Epic Feats Human 20-40
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Great Str I-VI, Great Con I
Paladin bonus feats > Armor Skin, Epic Weapon Focus (Scimitar)
Use a spell focus book at level 40

LL STATS: ALL Strength

Legendary Level Feats Human 40-60
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LL Reflex
LL Luck of Heroes
Epic Prowess
Great Str VII-X

---@lvl40 Human (Fallen Angel) [Hound Archon]
STR: 42 [46]
DEX: 8
CON: 18 [20]
WIS: 10 (15) [12]
INT: 12
CHA: 12 (14) [16]

---@lvl60 Human (Fallen Angel) [Hound Archon]
STR: 60 [64]
DEX: 8
CON: 18 [20]
WIS: 10 (15)[12]
INT: 12
CHA: 16 (18) [20]

Saves @ 60 Based on Fallen angel Stats
Fort 35 +5 (LL) +6 (Stat) +20 (Items) +6 (Pal Cha bonus) = 72
Will 31 +5 (LL) +6 (Stat) +20 (Items) +6 (Pal Cha bonus) = 68
Reflex 34 +5 (LL) +6 (Stat) +20 (Items) +6 (Pal Cha bonus) = 71

Pros
Good ab and damage output
Frequent criticals
Excellent saves
Decent HP
Fire immunity

Cons
No evasion
No innate damage reduction
No great smiteing, but then so many folks moan about this now I thought I'd just focus on Str and saves to make sure you hit them and resist being insta-killed.


Notes: I based this build on the Fallen Angel subby and you would have to tweak feats and stats slightly for Hound Archon.
Just to confuse matters here I'm trying to build mine with Half-Celestial, I'll post the results when I have some more information.

[tarrin]

I've already made myself one of these Used prismatic half-dragon as I'm lacking any of the rare subraces - just don't bother to take him to anywhere needing sonic, as he's 25% vulnerable and I'm too lazy.

I found that extra turning was great to use more of the divine shield/divine might.

Also, don't forget to investigate the pally secret when you can, useful for immo runs

I took all the spell focuses for enchantment too, to make the GMW a bit more special.

[starlandra]

I have found that not having evasion is a bigger deal then I once thought... my mino wm (whose damage is phenomial) could not stay on her feet on the Beholder run due to lack of evasion... heck even my DD got 1 level of monk splashed in so she could deal with such things and it makes a huge difference.

[resonance378]

Chain, having gone down the road of 8 dex with a paladin with out any monk I advise that 13 DEX and taking the dodge and possibly the mobility and spring attack feats would be beneficial.

That being said I doubt this build has a terrible time the closer it gets to 60 and you are correct on the Smite.

Also as someone suggested - Extra Turning helps out a ton.

[chainlink]

Builds without evasion are viable, I have several RDDs which due to the limited class options can not realistically take monk or rogue levels. Good saves and lots of hps will be your saviour here plus the fact that immunity to spells such as ms are available on a lot of items at higher levels. I'd only bother with dodge, mobility and spring attack if I were going down the WM road but then you'd lose a load of ability points and some nice RDD abilities in return for extra damage potential. Not a bad thing but not what this build is about.