Guide to Paladin Feats
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Feats 51-60
By Nuitaran
A rating of 1 or 2 means the Feat is pretty much useless to a
paladin
and one that you probably want to avoid. A rating of 3 indicates
that
the Feat can be used with some careful planning, or with certain class
combinations. We reserve a rating of 4 only for those Feats that are
almost necessary picks for certain types of builds, or class
combinations. A rating of 5 designates the best of the paladin Feats
and ones players should seriously consider for any
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Paladin
Feats
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Acrobatic
Alertness
Athletic
Bullheaded
Cleave
Combast Casting
Combat Expertise
Discipline
Dodge
Empowered Healing
Paladin
Feats
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Eschew Materials
Exotic Weapon Proficiency
Extend Spell
Extra Turning
Great Cleave
Great Fortitude
Greater Two Handed Fighting
Greater Two Weapon Fighting
Greater Weapon Focus
Improved Critical
Paladin
Feats
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Improved Feint
Improved Mental Toughness
Improved Precise Shot
Improved Shield Bash
Improved Shield Mastery
Improved Sunder
Improved Trip
Improved Two Handed Fighting
Improved Two Weapon Fighting
Iron Will
Paladin
Feats
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Lightning Reflexes
Luck of the Heroes
Many Shot
Mental Toughness
Mobile Spellcasting
Mobility
Negotiator
Nimble Fingers
Point Blank Shot
Power Attack
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Paladin
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Precise Shot
Precision
Quick Draw
Quicken Spell
Rapid Reload
Rapid Shot
Resilience
Resist Poison
Sap
Self Sufficient
Shot on the Run
Paladin
Feats
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Shield Mastery
Skill Focus
Slicing Blow
Snake Blood
Spring Attack
Stealthy
Stunning Blow
Toughness
Tower Shield Proficiency
Two Handed Fighting
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Two Weapon Blocking
Two Weapon Block
Two Weapon Defense
Two Weapon Fighting
Weapon Finesse
Weapon Focus
Whirlwind Attack
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51.
Shield Mastery
Official Text: "Increases the amount of damage you can absorb when
defending with a shield."
Prerequisite: Shield Proficiency: General
Comments: Nothing wrong with a great tank being an even better tank!
This one is worth a look for sure.
Rating:
4
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style="font-weight: bold;">52. Shot on the Run
Official Text: "You suffer no penalty to your attack roll when moving
and shooting."
Prerequisite: Dexterity 13, Base Attack Bonus +4, Point Blank Shot,
Mobility (Dodge)
Comments: This really isn’t worth looking at for a paladin at all; even
an Archery Paladin would have to spend too many valuable Feats to get
here.
Rating: 1
53.
Skill Focus
Official Text: "Grants a +3 bonus to all skill checks for a specific
skill."
Comments: Paladins don’t have any skills essential enough to their role
for this to be worth it.
Rating:
1
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style="font-weight: bold;">54. Slicing Blow
Official Text: "Using this attack, your attack may deal its initial
damage plus some additional damage as the target bleeds. Some creatures
may be immune to the bleeding effect."
Comments: The damage this does isn’t worth a Feat spot for a class with
so few.
Rating: 1
style="font-weight: bold;">55. Snake Blood
Official Text: "The taint of the serpent-like yuan-ti runs in your
veins. You receive a +2 bonus on poison saves and a +1 bonus on all
Reflex saves."
Comments: Your fortitude will protect you from poison and a +1 in
reflex is not much, especially for paladin. Besides, poison is nothing
at higher levels.
Rating:
1
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Official Text: "You suffer no penalty to your attack roll when moving
and attacking."
Prerequisite: Base Attack Bonus +4, Mobility
Comments: This is one of the best ways to avoid damage since you can
move to avoid a monster’s attack while still swinging away. This Feat
is awesome for getting in flanking position. It also allows a player
some mobility to run around the field spreading out damage and getting
aggro from stray monsters. This is a great Feat to have on any melee
type and makes you extremely formidable with some player skill.
Rating: 4
57.
Stealthy
Official Text: "You are particularly good at avoiding notice. You
receive a +2 bonus on Hide checks and Move Silently checks."
Comments: Leave it to the rogues.
Rating:
1
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style="font-weight: bold;">58. Stunning Blow
Official Text: "Using this attack, you may stun the target for a few
seconds. Some creatures may be immune to the stun effect."
Comments: This is a great Feat, but it might not fit into a paladin’s
build. Plan ahead and see if you have room for it.
Rating: 4
59.
Toughness
Official Text: "Increases your hit points by +3 at first level, and 1
additional hit point for each additional level."
Comments: Paladins can do a pretty capable job of healing themselves
when the cleric isn’t around. Not having to depend on a cleric so much
makes having a higher max HP less important. Besides, 15 HP is nothing
in DDO.
Rating:
1
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style="font-weight: bold;">60. Tower Shield Proficiency
Official Text: “You are proficient with tower shields.”
Prerequisite: Shield Proficiency: General
Comments: Personally I’m not a big fan of Tower Shields. I know that
some people swear by them, and if you are one, maybe you can find a way
to squeeze this one in. I don’t think the attack penalty is worth it.
Rating: 3
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