[PFS] Sword & Board Paladin / Kata Master Monk

[RainyDayNinja]

I'll be taking this character to a convention this weekend, and I want to make sure I've got the build worked out. He's sitting at 3.0 right now (so the 3rd level is still completely mutable).

Human Paladin of Shelyn 2 | Kata Master/Master of Many Styles 1 | Paladin X
17/13/12/7/12/16
Traits: Observant, Deft Dodger
Paladin 1: Dodge, Toughness, detect evil, smite evil
Paladin 2: lay on hands, divine grace
Monk 1: Snake Style, Additional Traits (Magical Knack, Fate's Favored), panache pool (opportune parry and riposte, derring-do), Improved Unarmed Strike 1d6, other monk stuff
Paladin 3: +1 Str, mercy, divine health, aura of courage
Paladin 4: Weapon Focus (morningstar), spells, channel energy
Paladin 5: divine bond
Paladin 6: Shield Focus or Extra Panache, mercy
Paladin 7: +1 Dex
Paladin 8: Extra Panache or Shield Focus, aura of resolve

The goal here is to tank with high AC and saves, plus parry and riposte for extra attacks. He fights with a heavy shield and a morningstar (which will eventually pick up the answering enchantment).

The Fate's Favored trait lets me prebuff with a wand of divine favor for +2 attack and damage. I'm skipping Power Attack, because the penalties work against my parrying, and instead relying on divine favor, an answering morningstar, and smites for damage boosts. Snake Style boosts Sense Motive for diplomatic encounters, plus gives me a 1/round defense when someone targets my abyssmal touch AC.

Are there any other tweaks I can make to improve?

[GeneMemeScene]

If parry and riposte is that important to your build I'd suggest combat reflexes.

And since you've got a shield you could try going with slashing grace for a dex build, which will mesh well with combat reflexes.

That said, doing so will cost you two feats (probably shield focus and extra panache) and i think leave you with less AC to start with, but it will give more to that Touch AC.

[Imbicatus]

Any reason for the morning star? It's a pretty terrible weapon for panache regeneration. A rapier would be better, although a temple sword works too thanks to kata master allowing you monk weapons.

[RainyDayNinja]

@GeneMemeScene: I can only riposte once per round anyway, since it's an immediate action, which means I don't really need more than one parry. And he's already level 3, so I can't make it a Dex build.

@Imbicatus: The morningstar is mostly for the cool factor. I planned on picking up Extra Panache because I figured I might have problems regenerating it, but I might get by on just killing blows. But good call on the temple sword; I hadn't considered using monk weapons instead of the one-handed piercing weapon.

[RainyDayNinja]

Bump for the morning crowd.