Paladin Build

[ChexMexLex]

I dunno what to really say for this paladin i had in Mind you would go Heal, Greater Heal, Heal Other, maybe some illussion spells to bolster your allies. I usually see them with a mace and shield so i would go with a turn undead & Life Drain enchanted mace and maybe SpellBreaker for the shield.


As for armor I FEEL that Full dawngaurd would be nice.

So for skill Trees

MAJOR:
One-handed
Heavy Armor
Restoration
Blocking

MINOR:
Enchantment
Alchemy
Archery


Playstyle:
I would stay back and shoot them with arrows and then charge in after casting maybe one of the flesh spells.and then I would block and shield bash when enemies attack and swing my mace right back at them. I would also Highly recommend getting Jzargo as you companion.


RP:
I would say he would follow his beliefs and stop those who wish to do harm upon the world
(He would NEVER steal)

Quests:
Dawngaurd
Break Of Dawn
Mages College
DragonBorn
Deadra Quests (Defy Them and Kill THEM except Break Of Dawn)

Shouts:
I couldn't really think of many so I chose

Fire Breath
Ice Breath

[Kasane Randell MFer]

Alteration would be a good one also for the bonus armor at lower levels till you get capped. illusion would also work in my opinion, mostly for the courage spell buffs if you are with a follower. The fear spells would "intimidate" the evils and cause them to run in fear over your "light" till they are like, screw it bring it on. these would be better as minors for alchemy and enchanting, or just something that helps level you up.

[Jouchebag]

This is not a Paladin.

This is a hybrid build that looks like what everyone ends up with in Skyrim.

[Zsrai]

Originally posted by Jouchebag:

This is not a Paladin.

This is a hybrid build that looks like what everyone ends up with in Skyrim.

That's what a Paladin is, a hybrid warrior/priest.

OP, I'd honestly skip Alchemy entirely and maybe even Enchanting (you are stealing souls and using them to power enchants after all). Just pick up Smithing instead if you want. You really don't need Archery for anything except making dragons land faster; they do on their own anyways, so it just speeds up the fight. Paladins aren't really known for being strong ranged fighters in most games; it's the price they tend to pay for defensive/healing spells.

I'd build like this:

Major Skills (many perks)
-One Handed
-Heavy Armor
-Block

Minor Skills (few perks)
-Restoration (Could be Major)
-Alteration
-Smithing (or Enchanting)
-Speech (Paladins are usually Charismatic leaders)

Gear wise I'd say Dawnguard Heavy or Steel Plate fit the look the best. Ebony works ok, depending on who your patron deity is. Regular old Steel works until you can get one of the above.

A good RP companion is Erandur since he's a Priest of Mara but it's too bad he kind of sucks (never gains Magicka from levels). I'd honestly just run without a companion, but personally I hate using them at all so I'm biased. The only other priest companion that I can think of off hand is... whatshername the Dunmer Priestess of Azura. Obviously she'll only work with certain patron choices.

The key to RPing a Paladin is who, or what, you're a Paladin OF. A Paladin of Meridia is going to be different from a Paladin of Stendarr. They'll have some similarities but that Paladin of Meridia is going to end up using Dawnbreaker while the one of Stendarr likely won't for example. A Paladin of a more martial god like Talos may even use a two hander instead of a sword & board build.

[jreese46]

If you're using Live Another Life and the expansion, you can choose to start as a Vigilant of Stendarr. Put in MadCat221s Robed Steel Plate Armor mod, and you're a heavy-armored, mace-wielding warrior priest, whose amulet gives you a + to blocking.

[MysticMalevolence]

Yeah, double on the no enchanting. It's more of an arcane skill, using magic to improve armors, whereas a paladin's powers are conventionally drawn from their piety and devotion to their god(s).

A paladin might have weapons and armor blessed, but enchanted feels a bit less holy to me.

For the same reason I'd also say no to the college of winterhold questline, too magicky and not enough praying.


For armor I'd say dawnguard for the realism or ancient falmer for the fantasy white knight vibe. You could also try mods: Artifacts - Breton Paladin Armor or MERPs Gondorian Armaments might fit the bill.