Hey, I was wondering if you can give me tips on what I should pick up next on my Level 7 Paladin. Current Gear I have is:
Full Plate +1
Keen Falchion +1
Pearl of Power (1st)
Boots of Striding and Springing.
Cloak of Resistance +1
Belt of Strength +2
Headband of Charisma +2
Potion of Fly
Assorted other items 150 gold or less in Value (such as scroll of invis).
Right now some of my top Choices are Amulet of Natural Armor (2k) and upgrading my Armor to +2 (3k). Any other suggestions?
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I actually skipped cloak of resistance with my paladin, as he has very high charisma. Gave me the option of a utility cloak, which is quite rare in Pathfinder where EVERYONE just buys cloaks of resistance and is honestly quite boring. I ended up with a cape of the mountebank.
Also, look at the Paladin specific bracers:
bracers of the avenging knight - attack heavy paladin (UE)
silver smite bracelet - attack heavy paladin (APG)
bracers of the merciful knight - support paladin (UE)
How much gold do you have?
about 7k
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I actually skipped cloak of resistance with my paladin, as he has very high charisma. Gave me the option of a utility cloak, which is quite rare in Pathfinder where EVERYONE just buys cloaks of resistance and is honestly quite boring. I ended up with a cape of the mountebank.
Also, look at the Paladin specific bracers:
bracers of the avenging knight - attack heavy paladin (UE)
silver smite bracelet - attack heavy paladin (APG)
bracers of the merciful knight - support paladin (UE)
My Protection-Domain Cleric did the same thing. The domain gives a resistence bonus to saves, so it wont stack with the Cloak. I think I went with the same item.
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What does the rest of your build look like? I'm assuming your AC could use shoring up since you don't have a shield, so I'd recommend:
Ring of Protection +1 (2000)
Amulet of Natural Armor +1 (2000)
Pearl of Power, 1st level (probably for grace. I'd be casting that a few times a day) (1000)
Cracked Dusty Rose Prism ioun stone (+1 initiative) (500)
For a total of 5500 gp for +2 AC, +1 initiative, and another 1st level spell.
bracers of the avenging knight - attack heavy paladin (UE)
silver smite bracelet - attack heavy paladin (APG)
Other than the price, what is the difference with these 2?
Also wouldn't the merciful Knight ones be better for paladin with oath of wrath?
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There's a cracked ioun stone Vibrant Purple Prism for 2000 gp that allows you to cast a single level of spell as a ring of spell storing. Get a first level wand of an important spell such as Shield. Four extra AC for a minute, but it takes a standard action to activate.
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I think the silver smite bracelet gives you more uses of smite evil
bracers of the avenging knight - attack heavy paladin (UE)
silver smite bracelet - attack heavy paladin (APG)
Other than the price, what is the difference with these 2?
Also wouldn't the merciful Knight ones be better for paladin with oath of wrath?
Bracers of the Merciful Knight
Bracers of the Avenging Knight
Note that the Bracers of the Avenging Knight makes your smite damage 4 higher, but the Silver Smite Bracelet makes your Smite Evil class feature work as if four levels higher. Same amount of damage, but one more smite a day for most archetypes.
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There's a cracked ioun stone Vibrant Purple Prism for 2000 gp that allows you to cast a single level of spell as a ring of spell storing. Get a first level wand of an important spell such as Shield. Four extra AC for a minute, but it takes a standard action to activate.
FYI, you can't use a wand to put a spell into a minor ring of spell storing or any item which refers to its rules (which includes the cracked vibrant purple prism ioun stone).
A spellcaster can cast any spells into the ring, so long as the total spell levels do not add up to more than three. Metamagic versions of spells take up storage space equal to their spell level modified by the metamagic feat. A spellcaster can use a scroll to put a spell into the minor ring of spell storing.
Two methods are presented for putting a spell into the ring: casting it, or using a scroll. Using a wand is not one of those two options.
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Personally, I am a fan of the rallying armor enhancement. It extends your aura of courage from 10 to 30 feet and increases the bonus to +6 (for people without aura of coursge the enhancement pretty much acts like the standard ability).
As a flat cost enhancement it also won't impact the cost to upgrade the rest of your armor.
Also, fear sucks.
+1 adaptive composite longbow, with adamantine, cold iron, and silver arrows.
I'd probably also pick up a +1 one-handed weapon and a +1 shield.
I have a Composite Longbow (str +3) and arrows. Don't think 8k is worth a backup weapon. Same with the one hander and shield, I have MW golf bag of weapons, not spending money enchanting them. Thats a very Situational use of money. I keep Scrolls and Potions for corner cases. Divine Bond will make any thing I pick up magical. Amulet of NA +1 (2k) and upgrading my armor to a +2 (3k) are the front runners still. Nothing else seems to be worth the money, so going to save for those bracers of the merciful Knight.
Since I smite a lot, the Ring of Protection doesn't feel worth it. Im not big into spending a lot into my AC since its not that good. I just have to keep it at a point that 2nd Irritative attacks don't auto hit me. I know the primary attacks are going to land. I have LoH to deal with that.
I was really considering getting a spring loaded wrist sheath with a scroll of Breath of Life inside to hand out to anyone that can cast it in my party with the instructions they can use it on me if I go down.
EDIT: IMPORTANT QUESTION - How do Paladins deal with invis? Im looking now and im not seeing a very effective way to do this.
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+1 adaptive is only 3,000 I believe - adaptive is a flat +1,000gp add-on. Two of my Paladin characters use this option (and for one of them it's also how he deals with incorporeal things with ghost-salt-blanch arrows).
As for Invis - potions of see invisibility and invisibility purge (which I think works as an oil but not as a potion) are the best I can come up with off the top of my head.
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As for Invis - potions of see invisibility and invisibility purge (which I think works as an oil but not as a potion) are the best I can come up with off the top of my head.
Both spells are "personal" range, so they can't be made into potions or oils.
Of course you could UMD a scroll of either. Also, there's an AP volume with an item called a stunstone that does a sound burst and faerie fire in a 10 foot radius burst.
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As for Invis - potions of see invisibility and invisibility purge (which I think works as an oil but not as a potion) are the best I can come up with off the top of my head.Both spells are "personal" range, so they can't be made into potions or oils.
Of course you could UMD a scroll of either. Also, there's an AP volume with an item called a stunstone that does a sound burst and faerie fire in a 10 foot radius burst.
There's also the Hand of Glory, which allows casting See Invisibility once per day, and there are glasses in the Pathfinder Society Primer that allow you to have Darkvision or See Invisibility for a limited amount of time (I think 5 minutes). I've seriously considered buy those glasses for my human ninja, because it solves two problems in one. I can't remember the actual name of the glasses at the moment.
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Lenses of Situational Sight. One of my PCs has them.
That's the one. 10 minutes each of Detect Magic, Darkvision, and See Invisibility in 1-minute increments. It's an expendable item, so once you've used up one of the abilities, that ability is gone, but still, when you add up what you'd spend on potions of Darkvision at 300 each and that there's not other cheap way to see invisible creatures reliably, it's a good bargain.
I really appreciate that in the Pathfinder Society Primer, they seem to have been paying attention when they created the magic items. An expendable way to see invisible creatures. With the First Aid Gloves, an expendable way to bring party healing (and especially Breath of Life that anyone can use, and which is not subject to table variation like a scroll in a wrist sheath is.
Probably neither of these items are next on this Paladin's list, but they are good to know about regardless.
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There's also a (rather expensive) chest slot item that lets you see Invisible and/or Ethereal creatures as per see invisiblity as long as you wear it, called the Spectral Shroud. It also lets you turn incorporeal for 10 rounds once per day.
We have a local PC who has this - my understanding is that he's already lost count of how many times it's saved his life / the party's life because of the constant see invisibility.
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Personally, I am a fan of the rallying armor enhancement. It extends your aura of courage from 10 to 30 feet and increases the bonus to +6 (for people without aura of coursge the enhancement pretty much acts like the standard ability).
As a flat cost enhancement it also won't impact the cost to upgrade the rest of your armor.
Also, fear sucks.
I would also like to add that there are some deadly effects with the fear descriptor that people forget to associate with fear, such as Phantasmal Killer/Weird, which I have seen enemies in PFS use.
Also, there's an AP volume with an item called a stunstone that does a sound burst and faerie fire in a 10 foot radius burst.
Ohhh nice, RDN you are awesome. Thanks.
Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. Alot of good info about Elixirs of Spirit Sight, Phantasmal Killer/Weird, Lenses of Situational Sight, and the Hand of Glory.
