Misfortune is amazing and hands down the best choice, but you'd need to be dual cursed for that, which is pretty rough.
War Sight is probably the most useful for a one level only thing.
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War Sight and Misfortune are the best.
While a GM isn't supposed to tell you the result of the roll, what you can do is force the GM to do things like Re-roll crits.
Also, keep in mind that while the ability is called "Misfortune," because it doesn't say that the creature must take the lower of the two rolls, it can be used to give your allies free rerolls.
For example, if Billy catastrophically rolls a 1 on an important roll, you can force him to reroll and he has to take the second roll, which has a 95% chance of being better than his last roll.
Misfortune however requires you to be a Dual Cursed Oracle.
I thought that (unless it's different in PFS), due to the nature of an Oracle's powers, being not tied to devotion to a single deity, unlike Paladins and Clerics, Oracles' revelations don't need to be tied down to a chosen deity, thus subverting the necessity to be within a step of the deity's alignment.
If I am wrong about that, War Sight seems fairly useful, since as a Paladin, going first seems useful, and something that would otherwise be difficult to do. Misfortune seems like a better choice (and as it's worded, fairly broken), but it's hard to tell, since it depends on the GM, and while my experience is better in terms of GMs announcing rolls, it's still been about 50-50 for me.
@vonFinder: yes, but that doesn't necessarily mean that deity is where he gets his powers from. My friend has a good story of a campaign, where he played an Oracle of Flame, who thought his powers came from Sarenrae, but the GM decided to drop little hints, which eventually mounted in an arc, where the party realized that they were actually being pawns for Asmodeus, and that's where his powers originated.
Granted, he was pure Oracle, no MC, but still.
the whole reason to go dual cursed is misfortune. the next best dipping revelations for a paladin are.
war sight. go first more
sidestep secret (offered by lore) charisma to AC and reflex saves, negates the need for heavy dexterity focus, assuming primary melee, and disregarding archery, which while not optimal, is a playstyle kind of thing.
misfortune. negate a crit as an immediate action
dance of steel (metal mystery), 10 foot speed bonus that even lame oracles can benefit from.
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sidestep secret (offered by lore) charisma to AC and reflex saves, negates the need for heavy dexterity focus, assuming primary melee, and disregarding archery, which while not optimal, is a playstyle kind of thing.
Holy CRAP that's a NASTY combo.
Would the charisma bonus to Reflex saves stack with the Charisma bonus to all saves that the Paladin gets?
sidestep secret (offered by lore) charisma to AC and reflex saves, negates the need for heavy dexterity focus, assuming primary melee, and disregarding archery, which while not optimal, is a playstyle kind of thing.Holy CRAP that's a NASTY combo.
Would the charisma bonus to Reflex saves stack with the Charisma bonus to all saves that the Paladin gets?
Yes, I know a guy down at my local PFS here who has done exactly this, 1 lv oracle, the rest in paladin, and his saves are through the roof.
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Yes, I know a guy down at my local PFS here who has done exactly this, 1 lv oracle, the rest in paladin, and his saves are through the roof.sidestep secret (offered by lore) charisma to AC and reflex saves, negates the need for heavy dexterity focus, assuming primary melee, and disregarding archery, which while not optimal, is a playstyle kind of thing.Holy CRAP that's a NASTY combo.
Would the charisma bonus to Reflex saves stack with the Charisma bonus to all saves that the Paladin gets?
No freaking kidding. All you need is a ring of evasion and you can do the MC Hammer dance in a Delayed Fireball singing "Can't Touch This"
No freaking kidding. All you need is a ring of evasion and you can do the MC Hammer dance in a Delayed Fireball singing "Can't Touch This"Yes, I know a guy down at my local PFS here who has done exactly this, 1 lv oracle, the rest in paladin, and his saves are through the roof.sidestep secret (offered by lore) charisma to AC and reflex saves, negates the need for heavy dexterity focus, assuming primary melee, and disregarding archery, which while not optimal, is a playstyle kind of thing.Holy CRAP that's a NASTY combo.
Would the charisma bonus to Reflex saves stack with the Charisma bonus to all saves that the Paladin gets?
I spent a good 30 seconds trying to figure out "How does one Multiclass in 'Hammer'?"
Does sidestep stack with divine grace?
There no official ruling - so ask your Gm first.
Creative Director James Jacobs - said no, but again nothing offeciel - just how he would run things if he was the GM.
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I spent a good 30 seconds trying to figure out "How does one Multiclass in 'Hammer'?"No freaking kidding. All you need is a ring of evasion and you can do the MC Hammer dance in a Delayed Fireball singing "Can't Touch This"Yes, I know a guy down at my local PFS here who has done exactly this, 1 lv oracle, the rest in paladin, and his saves are through the roof.sidestep secret (offered by lore) charisma to AC and reflex saves, negates the need for heavy dexterity focus, assuming primary melee, and disregarding archery, which while not optimal, is a playstyle kind of thing.Holy CRAP that's a NASTY combo.
Would the charisma bonus to Reflex saves stack with the Charisma bonus to all saves that the Paladin gets?
I don't know...but we should totally make it a thing.
Does sidestep stack with divine grace?
There no official ruling - so ask your Gm first.
Creative Director James Jacobs - said no, but again nothing offeciel - just how he would run things if he was the GM.
sidestep replaces your dexterity bonus with your charisma bonus
divine grace adds an untyped bonus equal to your charisma bonus.
not the same bonus type, so they both stack. it is one of those odd yet unfair ways to legally double dip charisma. but vampire antipaladins can do the same thing with fortitude.
I would allow divine grace and sidestep to stack - but again since the rules aren't clear - check with GM first.
The rules are clear.
I apologize if this is bad form and I'm not trying to threadjack, but this has given me what I think is an excellent idea. Granted, it is 5:36 AM and I'm falling asleep at my computer, but still I'd like to add this to the discussion. 2 levels of Paladin for, among other things, Divine Grace. 1 level of Lore Mystery Oracle for Sidestep Secret, and maybe the Lame curse because... 3 levels of Monk for evasion, Wis to AC, Flurry, and evasion, not to mention Still Mind to qualify for Champion of Irori.
Dont forget the ring of revelation - its rather cheap for emulating a feat.