Oradin vs Oradic

[Caduceus Via]

I will soon be leveling this alias to 8. Currently a half-elf Life Oracle 3/ Paladin 4 (Hospitaler). I have all the 'required' Oradin gear (Bracers of merciful Knight, Phylactery of Positive Channeling, Boots of the Earth and Fey Foundling).

The question I have is this: should I go for 1 level of cleric at either level 8 or 9 and pick up the feat Bless Equipment?

Stats at level 8 will be:

Str 14|Dex 10|Con 16|Int 7|Wis 9|Cha 20

Eighth Level healing:

Life Link (3 max bonds, 130 feet) (Su) As a standard action, establish bond that drains your HP to heal other below their maximum hit points by more than 5 hp.

Fey Foundling Magical healing works better on you. (Heals an additional +2/die rolled)

Lay on Hands (4d6+2 hit points, 11/day) (Su) As a standard action (swift on self), touch channels positive energy and applies mercies. Mercy (Sickened) (Su) When you use your lay on hands ability, it also removes the sickened condition.

Greater Mercy If the recipient of a Lay on Hands does not suffer from a condition that can be cleared with the paladin's Mercy feature, the target heals an additional 1d6.

Oracle Channel Positive Energy 4d6 (6/day, DC 15) (Su) Positive energy heals the living and harms the undead; negative has the reverse effect.

Paladin Channel Positive Energy 3d6 (9/day, DC 14) (Su) Positive energy heals the living and harms the undead; negative has the reverse effect.

Selective Channeling Exclude targets from the area of your Channel Energy.

Fast Healing 1 (Ex) Heal damage every round unless you are killed. Boots of the Earth

A level of cleric would provide two domain powers (considering Tactics & Sun) and 8 more 3d6 channels per day. With the purchase of an Incandescent Blue Sphere, I can get to Wisdom 11 allowing for handy low level buffs, and freeing up the Oracle side to take better level dependent buffs. I know this seems like enough healing, but I believe the addition of the Bless Equipment feat will prevent it from going to waste.

Going with the Oradic will still allow me to get to Oracle 6 and pick up two additional channel dice (with favored class bonus of 1/6 Effective Revelation level).

Interested in hearing some experienced feedback.

Thanks for reading and helping me save Pathfinders, one table at a time.

[Firebug]

If your Deity is Irori, I strongly recommend Ninja 2 (or Vigilante Teisatsu 2, if you can't stomach ninja fluff).

This is for a Ki Pool, Ki Channel, and Tea of Transference.

Oradinante? Oradinja?

My Oradinja did not go the Ki Channel route, because I chose Sarenrae, though Sarenrae has no strictures against poison so...

[Caduceus Via]

Alas, I with Iomedae

[Firebug]

Regardless, Meditation Crystals + Tea of Transference = ton of smites per day. Or once you are Paladin 10, tons of lesser restoration, or with Oath against Fiends = tons of resist energy.

Its always fun to bring a "hospitaler" Paladin to a table and have 3 times more Smite Evils per day then the Paladin of Vengeance. I think my Cultist of the Dawnflower (Oradinja of Sarenrae) is somewhere around 12 LoH at 6d6+1d6 greater mercy, 9 channels at 3d6, 7 channels at 1d6 (currently no phylactery of positive channeling, just a +2 cha headband), 7 ki pool, and 2 smites. (Paladin 9, Ninja 2, Oracle 1). I haven't actually leveled up to 12, though he has the XP.

I also strongly considered the Bless Equipment route, but I think I am leaning toward getting that Phylactery and Channeled Revival at 12.

I also have Ultimate Mercy, Fey Foundling (and Inheritor's Light sword), Power Attack and Enforcer (with the Blade of Mercy Trait).

If nothing else, if you have channels to burn, a standard action to add Bane is rarely a bad idea.

[Rylar]

Do you need to be a cleric for that feat? I'm not seeing it as a req, but maybe I'm looking at the wrong feat. Are you just trying to get the channels to use for the feat?

Eventually, IMO, you are going to want larger channel/LoH casts and continuing to take other classes will just keep your channel/LoH healing this lower amount.

[Caduceus Via]

If I take the cleric, I thought the feat would go nicely with it so I have a little versatility with options to add effects to my weapons and armor.