Questions on class abilities.

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1.If a paladin multi-classed with a Champion of Torm, since both have lay on hands and smite evil, it mean the paladin/COT will be-able to use both abilities twice a day right?
2. Can barbarian's damage reduction stacks with Dwarven Defender's damage reduction after multi-classed or are their damage reduction are from the same feats, which mean it will not stack?

 

Damage reduction stacks I believe.

Same story with the Paladin/COT abilities.

 

Can you even have a Dwarven Defender Barbarian? I thought that the alignments clashed?

 

You are correct, Khazraj.

A Dwarven Defender must be Lawful and a Barbarian can not be.

A Dwarven Defender can't be a Barbarian, Paladin or a Monk.

Most people who do a DD use Rogue and Fighter.

A Paladin / Champion of Torm is really overkill. You do get two doses of "Lay on Hands", but why would you want to?

 

Well, it's not entirely impossible to combine classes with conflicting alignments. You could start as one and, if playing a module that can change your alignment, change it so you can take the other class. But indeed you can't advance in both at the same time.

 

Good point, Meatdog...although I would bet that it is easier to go from Lawful to Chaotic and from Good to Evil than vice versa.

In fact...I have never seen an action that shifted my alignment from Chaotic to Lawful...

Not sure if it is actually possible.

 

Sorry to disappoint you about the paladin Champion of Torm, but you don't gain extra uses... At Least I didn't and was pretty bummed out... But the answer is no, your uses a day stay the same.

 

The paladin/COT abilities stack though. So, say your LOH is supposed to be 30 for paladin levels and 10 for COT levels. It would be 40.

And as mentioned above, you can shift your alignment to get a barbarian/dwarven defender. You can shift from neutral toward lawful (a barbarian doesn't have to be chaotic). Off the top of my head, at the beginning of SOU you have the ability to gain 7 points toward lawful pretty quick. I think the way most do it though is just in fan made mods or a private mod for the purpose of shifting the alignment (not sure why you couldn't just manually shift the alignment, *shrug).

 

Problem is, as starting Neutral character your alignment number will be 50 and you won't hit "Lawful" alignment until you get to 70. A 20 point shift in that direction seems a little too much to ever hope for.

Now, on the other hand, you could start as a Lawful Fighter, Paladin or Ranger (for the high BAB). Your Alignment number will be 85. Take 7 levels in this Class, making sure you take Dodge and Toughness (Start with a DEX of 13 or better). At level 8 you can take Dwarven Defender, and keep taking levels until you have all you want. While you are working up to that level, take opportunities to break down locked doors in villages and Inns (this will work only in HotU...Lawful/Chaotic events were new to the expansion)...each event will shift your alignment 3 points toward Chaotic. Once you drop below 70 you will be able to take levels as a Barbarian, but no additional ones as a DD.

Unless you want an experience penalty, you will need to take Fighter as your first class and always keep it higher than Barbarian.

Might be a good build...but you can't be a Barbarian Dwarven Defender until late in your career.

 

Oh! It seems that I didn't notice so much of these. So it means the the paladin/COT can only uses the two abilities once per day, but with combined Level of both classes and since barbarian/DD don't match properly, I will drop the idea of creating one.