Best race for paladin?

[Nachtmahr]

Hey tou beautiful people,
what would be the best race in terms of min-maxing for a paladin?

Mephistopheles Tiefling for the magic hand seems to be a good choice, but so seems the high-elf or dwarf.

Would be my first time as a paladin since I usually make clerics or fighters in BG1/2.

Thanks in advance!

[SerraShaar]

In Previous games like BG1&2 and Neverwinter Night, Paladins were limited by Alignement and Race = Humans only.

So, if its true (I'm still stuck downloading lol) that the race doesn't matter...

That mean you get to pick the race that you find has a nice buff you wanna add to the Paladin Spells.

Also, don't forget you get to pick a deity and a sub-class. So, you may wanna mix all 3 to role play how your Paladin will be. Evil? Good? Neutral? What Deity? What Spells?

[Draconiya]

Zariel tiefling gets an additional smite spell as a racial, so that is very suitable.

[Chunky Monkey]

Racial traits are minuscule, just pick whatever either looks cool to you or enjoy role playing.

[Kainite]

I'm playing a Human to spread out the points. However i just broke my oath and now im an evil paladin and wow is that fun! Great new spells and i don't see a drawback?

[HumanNinjaToo]

I hear a lot of people say Dragonborn is good for a paladin, I guess because of the extra saves and the breath weapon?

Personally, half-elves and humans fit into role of what I see as a paladin though. There seem to be two ways to play; either you go for melee and use spell slots for smites, or you play a more supportive/tanky role. While a half-orc may not seem like the usual paladin, I think their racial passives mix well with any melee focused build.