Author: Hoplik
Created: 10-NOV-2024
Boss Token (BT) Cost: 50 Boss Tokens (Race) + 25 Boss Tokens (Alignment change).
Summary: Here’s a Premium paladin build with a flavour of Red Dragon Disciple. This build is made to cap AC without bard and uses large skin for heavy flail and shield.
Start with LG alignment for the Paladin. At level 29 change alignment to NG or CG, so you can take levels in Bard.
This build can be also tuned for medium skin with heavy flail and Divine Shield of Steel – instead of Epic Prowess or Epic Fortitude (based on preferences), but in this case you need to move the last 3 levels of paladin to the end (38-39-40) because Divine Shield of Steel must be taken as an epic paladin bonus feat, and you need 18 cha from RDD as prerequisite. This will also require an additional Alignment Change back to LG (which will cost 25 BTs).
Example AC with purple weapon and venge nords is 83, AB is 68, 800 HP and buffs from pala + Fire Immunity from RDD.
Nearly-Free Version: Build can be possibly made race Free with Aasimar (M), it will have lower abilities but you gain a feat and a skill. But you’ll still have to pay for the Alignment change.
CBC:
| Class / Race | Paladin(28), Bard(2), Red Dragon Disciple(10), Celestial (M) | |
| Abilities | STR: 17 (40) | |
| DEX: 8 | ||
| CON: 16 (18) | ||
| WIS: 14 | ||
| INT: 12 (14) | ||
| CHA: 16 (18) | ||
| Class | Feats & Stats | Skills |
| P | 01: Paladin(1): Blind Fight | 01: Save(12), |
| P | 02: Paladin(2): {Smite Evil} | 02: Disable Trap(1), Open Lock(1), Save(11), |
| P | 03: Paladin(3): Power Attack | 03: Save(14), |
| P | 04: Paladin(4): STR+1, (STR=18) | 04: Save(17), |
| P | 05: Paladin(5): {Mounted Combat} | 05: Save(20), |
| P | 06: Paladin(6): Divine Might | 06: Save(23), |
| P | 07: Paladin(7) | 07: Save(26), |
| P | 08: Paladin(8): STR+1, (STR=19) | 08: Save(29), |
| P | 09: Paladin(9): Divine Shield | 09: Save(32), |
| P | 10: Paladin(10) | 10: Save(35), |
| P | 11: Paladin(11) | 11: Save(38), |
| P | 12: Paladin(12): STR+1, Improved Critical: Heavy Flail, (STR=20) | 12: Save(41), |
| P | 13: Paladin(13) | 13: Save(44), |
| P | 14: Paladin(14) | 14: Save(47), |
| P | 15: Paladin(15): Weapon Focus: Heavy Flail | 15: Save(50), |
| P | 16: Paladin(16): STR+1, (STR=21) | 16: Save(53), |
| P | 17: Paladin(17) | 17: Save(56), |
| P | 18: Paladin(18): Toughness | 18: Save(59), |
| P | 19: Paladin(19) | 19: Save(62), |
| P | 20: Paladin(20): STR+1, (STR=22) | 20: Save(65), |
| P | 21: Paladin(21): Epic Weapon Focus: Heavy Flail | 21: Save(68), |
| P | 22: Paladin(22) | 22: Save(71), |
| P | 23: Paladin(23): Epic Prowess | 23: Save(74), |
| P | 24: Paladin(24): STR+1, Epic Fortitude, (STR=23) | 24: Save(77), |
| P | 25: Paladin(25) | 25: Save(80), |
| P | 26: Paladin(26): Armor Skin | 26: Save(83), |
| P | 27: Paladin(27): Great Strength I, (STR=24) | 27: Save(86), |
| P | 28: Paladin(28): STR+1, (STR=25) | 28: Save(89), |
| Ba | 29: Bard(1): *Alignment Change* | 29: Lore(8), Save(86), |
| RDD | 30: Red Dragon Disciple(1): Great Strength II, (STR=26) | 30: Save(89), |
| RDD | 31: Red Dragon Disciple(2): (STR=28) | 31: Save(92), |
| RDD | 32: Red Dragon Disciple(3): STR+1, (STR=29) | 32: Save(95), |
| RDD | 33: Red Dragon Disciple(4): Great Strength III, (STR=32) | 33: Save(98), |
| RDD | 34: Red Dragon Disciple(5) | 34: Save(101), |
| RDD | 35: Red Dragon Disciple(6) | 35: Save(104), |
| RDD | 36: Red Dragon Disciple(7): STR+1, Great Strength IV, (STR=34), (CON=18) | 36: Save(107), |
| RDD | 37: Red Dragon Disciple(8) | 37: Save(110), |
| RDD | 38: Red Dragon Disciple(9): (INT=14) | 38: Save(114), |
| RDD | 39: Red Dragon Disciple(10): Great Strength V, {Darkvision}, (STR=39), (CHA=18) | 39: Save(118), |
| Ba | 40: Bard(2): STR+1, (STR=40) | 40: Discipline(40), Tumble(40), Ride(43), Save(1), |
| Statistic | Hitpoints: 576 | |
| Skillpoints: 136 | ||
| Saving Throws (Fortitude/Will/Reflex): 34/22/19 | ||
| Saving Throw bonuses: | ||
| BAB: 30 | ||
| AB (max, naked): 49 (melee), 30 (ranged) | ||
| AC (naked/mundane items only): 23/34 | ||
| Spell Casting: Paladin(4),Bard(1) | ||
| Alignment Changes: 1 (Level 29) | ||
| Skills | Disable Trap 1(3), Discipline 40(55), Lore 8(12), Open Lock 1(0), Tumble 40(39), Ride 43(42), remaining skillpoints 1 | |