pathfinder: kingmaker 2h paladin build

Extra attack per round goes a long way. Nothing can be done about that - no spare feats left. Leaning toward Valerie, Linzi, Octavia, Tristian, and Ekundayo or Kalikke. Paladin is skipped. Two-handed Strength monk with tolerable AC and Damage. taking 1 level of Scaled Fist Monk) that can help shore up a Paladin's defense issues, but really pushes your Paladin away from their traditional look and feel). Knowledge (Arcana) 5. Mobility and Athletics are a good choice due to no armor. Has a pet to carry his stuff. Has good damage so will proc Cleaving Finish rather often. Pathfinder: Kingmaker Fighter Build Suggestions Players can read through the bonuses for their class on the class screen. Use crossbow until Level 5. In the long run Hare would be better.Or Agile Maneuvers. Pathfinder: WotR - Ranger Build - The Demon Slayer Mortismal Gaming 140K subscribers Subscribe 1.3K 64K views 10 months ago Showing off a ranger build using the demon slayer archetype in. Otherwise buy one in your capital. Something im missing? Buff Cleric Guide:https://youtu.be/jVHWnoOB0QIStrength Monster Guide:https://youtu.be/u4jFnnYNP9sCleric:https://youtu.be/ehcT3GW1h30Barbarian:https://www.you. Use Magic Device is a good fit. Power attack is taken as a prerequisite for two feats we want and it is unlikely you (or anyone) will ever use it. Dragon Forms allow you to cast. The great thing about Paladin is that they are incredibly flexible when it comes to weapons. Slayer build has both Shield Bash (lvl 3) and Two Weapon Fighting (lvl 4) ??? Optional. +AC items. Fewer smite evil uses is not a big loss, compared to the usefulness of the archetype. Use Gather Power to reduce the burn. General plan when you get there is as such: decide if you want to murder them in melee or with spells/breath weapon. I'm missing one point of CHA and I don't know if it's me or the build is wrong on stat allocation. Bad UI design. Doesn't rely on metagame, really. Let me introduce you to Deadly Earth. All the juicy stuff is passive, so if you need to swap the damage type, unequip the rod. Just get your fast pet out there and kite stuff around those. Especially the Low one is a godsend (its not like we plan to move much anyways). Barbarians have damage reduction, Rangers have a pet, Fighters have armor training. They are Multiple Ability (score) Dependent (MAD) and dont offer any meaningful paybacks for it. Doesn't need to stack Dexterity (DEX) to hit stuff. For the Mad Doge build, anyone know what feats you pick for the pet? Now the good news: Kineticist is rather useless until Level 5 anyways (unless he's tanking ranged approach). With Haste you can get up to 10 attacks per round with 7d6 sneak attached. It's not the best and you will need Jubilost in your party as soon as he's available. Also they're feat-starved compared to fighter. Press J to jump to the feed. EDIT: Confirmed that Crane Wing still works with 2h weapon. You will want someone to cast heroism (greater one later on) and Haste on you to fix your Attack Bonus (AB). Crane Wing and Riposte work with whatever on the current patch. Will step on Reggie's toes, so there's that. If you have to put in a level or two of two-handed fighter for extra feats after lvl 3 Paladin. Crits on 15-20 for around 150 damage. Well, I guess I meant more off-tank compared to Valerie. Reach weapons are nice for a 2 handed build. Then +3 Bard song +2 Sacred (Ecclesitheurge) +1 Haste = 50 (51) AB. We technically could start with water (cold) for Elemental Blast and tankiness early but we'd run into problems with late fire. Per your note, since you want to wear armor (less AC than monk in this game). Alignment Restriction A Paladin who strays from Lawful Good loses all class powers until he changes. Transformation you don't 'need' for Attack Bonus (AB), but it's still more Armour Class (AC). A traditional 2h, heavy armor wearing paladin will work. Pretty straightforward. Aspect of the wolf allows for free trips. Borrow Tartuccios Crossbow for a bit. There is just no real way to stack both AC and Damage on monk. The games are similar to classic RPG games such as Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights. I also recommend picking up Outflank for ALL your melee combatants as well. Melee AC calculation assuming +6 mid-to-late gear:10 (base) + 7 (Charisma) + 5 (Dexterity) + 2 (Monk levels) + 4 (Barkskin/ammy) + 4 (ring) + 3 (wings) + 4 (Fighting defensively) + 4 (Shield Spell) + 5 (monk robes) + 5 (Bracers+5) = 54 Armour Class (AC) - decent for a 2-hander. You're contradicting yourself. So we just sit there with Gather Power Low on and poke enemies in the face. Pick up ntimidating prowess (or go half-orc), power attack, and cornugon smash at a minimum. For more information, please see our So important to know, Paladins in Pathfinder aren't a "tank" class the way they are in many other games - they are more like Evil Boss/Wizard killing specialists, with healing. Did you think wall is a bit too cheesy? Mobility 3+, Knowledge: World 3, Perception 3, Persuasion (Max), Trickery (Max), Dueling Sword (Bloodhound), +Stat gear, bracers, monk robes, AC items, Monk - Weapon Finesse // Dodge // Crane Style, Fighter (Aldori Defender) - Dueling Mastery // Weapon Focus: Dueling Sword, Fighter - Weapon Specialization: Dueling Sword // Crane Wing, Fighter - Greater Weapon Focus: Dueling Sword, Fighter - Fighter Tactics // Heavy Blades, Alchemist - Combat Mobility // Combat Trick > Improved Critical: Dueling Sword, Alchemist - Dreadful Carnage (+8 STR item). for the "Blind run Scion" build it mentions something like "wear the heaviest armor you can find" but the build can only wear light armor, am I supposed to take a heavy armor feat somewhere? Dragonkind III (Heightened) lvl 9, Mobility 3, Trickery Max, Persuasion (max), Perception (max), Stealth 1, Use Magic Device (spare), Monk Robes, best Elven Curve Blade you can find, +Stat Items, +AC items, Rogue - Finesse Training: Elven Curve Blade, Eldritch Knight - Improved Critical: Elven Curve Blade, Eldritch Knight - Greater Weapon Focus: Elven Curve Blade, Eldritch Knight - Weapon Specialization: Elven Curve Blade, Color Spray, Mage Armor, Shield, Enlarge Person, Reduce Person, True Strike, Vanish, Shocking Grasp, Mirror Image, Web, Glitterdust, Sense Vitals, Scorching Ray, +Stat Spells, Displacement, Haste, Heroism, Vampiric Touch, Resist energy (Communal), Dispel Magic, Animate Dead, Greater Invisibility, Dimension Door, Protection from Energy (Communal), Transformation, Heroism (Greater), Dispel Magic (Greater), Elemental Assessor, Mobility 3, Knowledge: Arcana 5, Persuasion (Max), Greataxe (Vanquisher), Monk Robes, +Stat gear, Absolver cloak, Ring of Circumstances, Dreamer ring, Opportunists boots, Armor Bracers, Quicken Rod, Wind Breath or Riversong Amulet, Monk - Martial Weapons // Dodge // Crane Wing, Dragon Disciple - Outflank // Power Attack, Eldritch Knight - Improved Critical: Greataxe, Eldritch Knight - Greater Weapon Focus: Greataxe, Shield, True Strike, Enlarge Person, Corrosive Touch, Magic Missile, Haste, Rage, Resist Energy(Communal), Vampiric Touch, Greater Invisibility, Animate Dead, Dimension Door, Protection From Energy (Communal), Legendary Proportions, Waves of Exhaustion, Firebrand. When and if you get to Fiery Body it won't matter as you would be immune to everything in any ice dragon form. Two-handers are pretty straight forward as all you really need is Power Attack and Vital Strike lines of feats for damage. But it still stacks on top of Deadly Earth for double the damage. Has crowd control (CC) effects for every save, Attack the lowest. Any good advice for building a 2h Paladin? Rod Of fFlaming Vengeance Equipped, Grandmaster rod Activated: 240 (base) +42 (average sneak damage) +32 (bloodline 20+12) = 314 Area of Effect (AoE) Fire Damage. Pit/grease/vinetrap for reflex, Stinking Cloud for Fortitude, Chains of Light for Will. Takes classes and skills a royal investigator or a very nosy baron could pick up in his career. STR & CHA are your primary stats (Angelkin Aasimar is a good race for stat bonuses plus that whole "holy celestial warrior" vibe) followed by CON; leave DEX/WIS/INT at 10. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. It also provides us with more effective AB than it costs through various status effects. Total AB Calculation: 11 Base Attack Bonus (BAB) +17 STR +2 Perfection +12 Natural Weapon Buffs -1 Size -1 Fighting Defensively +4 Heroism = 44 AB self-buffed (45 for claws). Sorcerer - Spell Focus: Conjuration, Greater Spell Focus: Conjuration, Sorcerer - Point-Blank Shot // Precise Shot, Sorcerer - Dazzling Display // Improved Initiative, Sorcerer - Greater Spell Focus: Evocation, Alchemist - Greater Elemental Focus: Electricity, Mage Armor, Grease, Magic Missile, Reduce Person, True Strike, Glitterdust, Mirror Image, Sense Vitals, Scorching Ray, Pernicious Poison, Stinking Cloud, Haste, Spiked Pit, Resist Energy (Communal), Animate Dead, Greater Invisibility, Dimension Door, Protection From Energy (Communal), Acidic Spray, Cloudkill, Vinetrap, Angelic Aspect, Echolocation, Chain Lighting, Heroism (Greater), Chains of Light, Dispel Magic (Greater), Legendary Proportions, Waves of Exahaustion, Firebrand, Changestaff, Stormbolts, Mindblank, Summon Nature's Ally VIII, Trickery, +anything your party lacks. Shambling Mound is okay in a pinch. Less AC than monk in every DnD derivative. Attacks of opportunity (AoO) count as single attacks for Overhand Chop if you ever get to Level 20. We already drown in Attack Bonus (AB) between our spells and smites. That Dreadful might not pop soon enough, but its there and will keep everything reasonably terrified of your existence. The Paladin is a class in Pathfinder: Kingmaker . Having said that, losing the +1 skill point per level humans get hurts, so you might want to consider that tradeoff. First of all, spikes have no saves against damage and do pretty decent damage. Main two forms you want are Bear and Smilodon. Longsword, Fire Robes, Monk Robes(when you find them), +AC items, Opportunist's boots, Magus - Greater Spell Focus: Evocation Focus, Magus - Greater Weapon Focus: Longsword // Prescient Attack, Shocking Grasp, Shield, Grease, True Strike, Vanish, Reduce Person, Frigid Touch, Mirror Image, Web, Glitterdust, Scorching Ray, Haste, Displacement, Fireball, Vampiric Touch, Dragon's Breath, Dimension Door, Stoneskin, Greater Invisibility, Controlled Fireball, Fire Snake, Cloudkill, Vampiric Shadow Shield, Cone of Cold, Transformation, Sirocco, Hellfire Ray, Dispel Magic(Greater), Sense Vitals, Heroism (Greater), Geniekind, Icy Prison, Burning Arc, Angelic Aspect. Doesn't matter, really.Optional. Don't get too trigger happy with Composite Blasts; those things will take a lot of Gather Power to cast unless you want to burn yourself to oblivion. If you find something missing, blame the damned fey. +Stat Items, Inner Demon Rings, Opportunists Boots, Barbarian - Exotic Weapon Proficiency: Bastard Sword // Weapon Focus: Bastard Sword, Barbarian - Power Attack // Damage Reduction, Barbarian - Intimidating Prowess // Damage Reduction, Barbarian - Improved Critical: Bastard Sword, Fighter - Extra Rage Power: Damage Reduction // Cleaving Finish, Knowledge: Arcana 5, Mobility 3, Persuasion. You will have enough spells from leveling to grab everything you really need, but its nice to accelerate the process. Spells: Remove fear, Cure Light wounds, Vanish, Mirror Image, Glitterdust, Sense Vitals. Acid bombs launched from this mace deal 3d6+5 acid damage on a direct hit. It'll be fine. Turn off fighting defensively while in beast form. Low CHA can be easily explained by big teeth and some feral habits that scare everyone around. As a Paladin you should get a CHA of 14 or 15. All three - I'll check tonight to see if Wing & Riposte still work. You can drop it by 2 and get 9 CHA for more balanced stats that you want, because reasons. Oracle build for Seelah in Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous This Seelah build takes her passable Charisma and turns her into a full spellcaster. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Scimitars are a viable alternative. For tempo 1AC. Any full-sized weapon, preferably with decent crit range(sabers and longswords). 5/18/14/12/9/19 if not. Everything is controlled for a good long while. Fire Eruption with Low Gather is a nice source of ranged damage. Note Rod of Flaming Vengeance activation is just a regular Maximize rod. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. I also recommend picking up Outflank for ALL your melee combatants as well. Remove fear, Cure Light wounds, Vanish, Mirror Image, Sense Vitals, Glitterdust. Lesser extend rod for Mirror Images. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Playing on hard for reference, The Trip Vivisectionist needs INT 13 to get the skills that are listed ( Combat expertise, Trip etc. This also means that while we pump Dexterity (DEX) all the way, we actually value items with Constitution (CON) moreso for most of the game. Pathfinder is a tabletop RPG based off of the 3.5 Ruleset of Dungeons and Dragons. And I didnt want to lose all those smites on combat-oriented Pally. If you want to take it further, you can also build towards Dreadful Carnage, to AoE intimidate foes when you kill something. = Heavy Load. Use keen enchant instead. Its a nice way to keep sneak attack and studied target progressing. If we get focused we will die flat-footed or not. Aasimar is still numerically superior and doesn't need to turn on Fighting Defensively to get his bonuses. Earth or Fire Wall + Bowling (depending how much time you have to spare). Has Decent Dazzling and Shatter Defenses, 50 buffed Attack Bonus (AB) in top gear, as well as Arcane accuracy should you need it. Dog is taken for the trips and 15 base STR. Pick him the moment you shift to LGPick whatever god you fancy. Level 8 we finally get to fire. This is because it'll help you land more AOOs. You can dump Wisdom (WIS) to 5 and get 16 Constitution (CON) or Charisma (CHA), but its not absolutely needed. Dazzling is taken so he doesn't just stand there after initial control spells are fired. Damage from Touch Spells, Ability to skip Crit in favor of keen weapon Arcane Weapon additional property. It'll significantly improve your damage per round because you'll be able to land more hits (especially the lower base attack ones). Will give you Bane Blade, so that's good. Can hit bosses due to Smite. you don't have to fight pretty much anything with MC in the prologue. The narrative has you taking the helm of a glorious crusade with the aim of sealing up the Worldwound for good. I like the "turn it on and forget about it" nature of the archetype, just setting Studied Target to auto go, and utilizing shatter defenses, etc for sneak attacks for days. Monk robes, AC gear, Stat Gear. Can also be longsword or whatever 1h you fancy. Important Alchemist Spells: Shield, Lesser Restoration. Dazzling display/Cornugon smash/Dreadful Carnage (since you'll be focusing on CHA and STR anyway). You want Alchemist in your party, at least until you get to Water Shield. Press J to jump to the feed. Out of all our elements, water was the easiest to shift to 15. Persuasion. Combines well with the Mythic abilities that still do damage on a miss. AC Bracers, AC items, elemental damage to attacks/natural attacks: alkali gloves and winter wolfs cloak for example. There is no reason to go anything but human. Level 13 brings us Enduring Earth, doubling the duration. Would it be worth dipping into other classes at all, or just going to level 20 in fighter (first play through so maybe better for me), Just curious on what feats would be beneficial, weapon (using great sword since start of game but want to try others) and what armor type as well as what i should be putting my points into, Im happy to respec as well as essentially i will be building the same just picking different feats and distributing points differently, Im level 8 so far on my first play through and off the top of my head i generally enlarge my character with the spell and then proceed to cleave everything although im not sure if this is correct, was just following recommenced feats and stuff in the beginning, New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Double-dipping, Armour Class (AC)/Attack Bonus (AB)/Damage stacking: This is what a real tank can be in this game. You land more AOOs 2h weapon now the good news: Kineticist is rather useless level! 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pathfinder: kingmaker 2h paladin build