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Hi - I'm hoping for some advice/insight to my Paladin build. He just turned level 3, and I am a little stuck on what feat to pick up. Below are his stats and tentative progression.

Race: Human
Class: Paladin, Undead Scourge

STR: 18
DEX: 10
CON: 14
INT: 10
WIS: 10
CHA: 16

Feats:
Power Attack
Step up
* Radiant Charge

Weapon: Nodachi
Shield: Buckler
AC: 19

* I know Radiant Charge will consume my LOH ability when I use it, and that is what I am stuck on. I am a front-line combatant, not a healer, so the ability to combine Smite Evil, with the bonus of Charge, and an extra 4d6 damage at level three is appealing. That being said, at level 4 I can channel, so the negative side that I see to Radiant Charge is that if I use it then I can not LOH or Channel until rested.

At level 8 he would look like this:

STR: 20
DEX: 10
CON: 14
INT: 10
WIS: 10
CHA: 16

Feats:
**Improved Critical: Nodachi
Power Attack
Radiant Charge
Step up
**Weapon Focus: Nodachi

** My concern about these feats is this: What happens if I find a 2h weapon that I simply must use due to a magical enhancement or some-other mandatory benefit.

Thoughts?

THX!!!

Awesome guys! Thanks for the quick responses!

Do other to-hit bonuses stack on top of the Flurry of Blows BAB? At level 6, a Zen Archer has a BAB of +4,+4,-1 while using Flurry. Does the bonus to hit from DEX as an archer stack? Does Weapon Focus stack? I'm new to Pathfinder, so any help you can give will be greatly appreciated.

Flurry of Blows (Ex): Starting at 1st level, a monk can make a flurry of blows as a full-attack action. When doing so he may make one additional attack using any combination of unarmed strikes or attacks with a special monk weapon (kama, nunchaku, quarterstaff, sai, shuriken, and siangham) as if using the Two-Weapon Fighting feat (even if the monk does not meet the prerequisites for the feat). For the purpose of these attacks, the monk's base attack bonus from his monk class levels is equal to his monk level. For all other purposes, such as qualifying for a feat or a prestige class, the monk uses his normal base attack bonus.