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If you want a bump to AC I think dodge is the better bet. It's a prerequisite for a lot of other feats that you may want to take some day, and doesn't require you to spend for Improved Unarmed Strike.
Maybe ask your GM about his or her interpretation of how Dervish Dance works with feats like Two Weapon Fighting. By RAW, it doesn't specify that you only get your Dex bonus to damage with the scimitar, and by some interpretations you could gain your Dex to damage with other attacks.
And there are ways to get extra attacks without holding a weapon or shield in your off hand (and thus disqualifying you from using Dervish Dance). For example, getting TWF and using armor spikes is one way to get in another attack; a gauntlet, cestus, or similar weapon that leaves the hand free may also work, depending on how your GM feels about it. These are all light weapons, and so they'll at least work with Weapon Finesse.
Even if you don't get your Dex to damage with all attacks, it may still be useful to take TWF for when you're smiting and making a full attack.
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I’d never take a minus buy to INT or Wis for a Paladin. A foolish Paladin? I’d take Hospitaler, and Selective channeling. If you take str 14 and Dex 14, then you can have a 17 In CHA and 10’s in INT & Wis. Then Wpn finesse only gets you a +1 to hit, so why? Dervish dance gets you only a +1 to damage. You can have power attack, wpn focus, shield focus.
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Dr. Deth: Advice on the stats doesn't really help when the Pally is already level 4. You also can't use a shield with Dervish Dance.
Anyway, I too am actually running a Dervish Dance Paladin (level 3), though she worships Shelyn.
A feat I'm considering is Greater Mercy, which essentially turns any status-healing effect that your mercy doesn't need to cure into more HP. This is great because it makes your conditional mercy ability more broadly useful, and it scales with the number of mercies you get (and how often do you see scaling feats???).
You've also got the charisma to maybe look into Ultimate Mercy, which lets you use 10 uses of lay on hands to cast Raise Dead for no gold cost!
Also, since you'll be using a scimitar, Improved Critical and Critical Focus could also come in handy. I'm just not sure whether it's better to buy a keen scimitar, to take the Improved Critical feat with it, or to rely on the bonded weapon. If anyone else has advice on that, I'd appreciate it as well!
Power Attack can lead to Cleave and the Cleave chains.
If you've got diplomacy, Antagonize looks like it's good for tanking (the last time I checked, I believe it's PFS legal--it's in UM if you want to check?).
And since your charisma is high enough to get you a good amount of lay on hands, here are some neat use-lay-on-hands-for-more-things feats:
Radiant Charge: Turn all your remaining LoH uses into damage (1d6/LoH + Cha) on a charge.
Reward of Grace: Get +1 to attack in a round if you use LoH (maybe just go for Weapon Focus instead?).
Reward of Life: Heal yourself by healing others.
Word of Healing: Use LoH at range (with half effectiveness).
A feat I'm considering is Greater Mercy, which essentially turns any status-healing effect that your mercy doesn't need to cure into more HP. This is great because it makes your conditional mercy ability more broadly useful, and it scales with the number of mercies you get (and how often do you see scaling feats???).
I think you've read that wrong. Greater Mercy only ever gives a single d6 of bonus healing.
Don't get an ioun stone for +2 dex. Get a belt for that. The +2 will cost half as much, and you'll be able to upgrade to +4 later.
In my opinion the War Kilt of Sarenrae is superior to the Belt of Dex and since they take up the same slot i was looking at the Ioun Stone as a potential alternative, but im not 100% sold on it.
I appreiciate your opinion.
I'm not seeing how that skirt is superior to the dex belt at all. Are you sure you're naming the right item?
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A feat I'm considering is Greater Mercy, which essentially turns any status-healing effect that your mercy doesn't need to cure into more HP. This is great because it makes your conditional mercy ability more broadly useful, and it scales with the number of mercies you get (and how often do you see scaling feats???).I think you've read that wrong. Greater Mercy only ever gives a single d6 of bonus healing.
Awww, looks like you're right. I guess it was just too good to be true. I feel like this makes it not really worth it, except as a stepping stone to Ultimate Mercy...
An extra d6 of healing almost every time you lay on hands is still not a bad thing to have.
I agree. Especially if you have a high CHA (lots of uses per day) and you do a lot of swift action self-healing. Even more if you also have Fey Foundling adding +2 healing to each d6.