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i would still say Half elf: +2cha, 2x+1 (aka +1str, +1con), darkvision, fey ancestry vs magic, 2 free skills and 3 languages to start with and you are a top ace diplomat a wanderer as a half elf anyways.

Dragonborn paladins are my favorite.

I play a Dragonborn oath of redemption Paladin I felt armor would be threatening so I would Dex based in use the dragonhide feat, and I just got a Sun Blade... so I'm a Jedi

I have always preferred the Dragonborn Paladin especially if you go gold or silver. +2 Str, +1 Cha, the breath weapon and the resistance. It just feels paladin to me.

Flavor-wise: Asimaar Tiefling Triton Stat/ability-wise Half-Elf Warforged Yuan-ti pureblood (advantage on spell saves with aura and being oath of ancients, spell casters nightmare)

Minotaur! When you cast a smite as a bonus action, you won't have other bonus action options for the duration of the smite unless u get shield master or polearm master/lance talents. So the minotaur racial is perfect to fill the bonus action gap, freeing a feat slot for something else and maximizing damate output.

I really love these videos and I can’t wait to watch all of them. Thanks for making these!

I actually play that Juggernaut Warforged Paladin and as a conquest oath I find it so fun. The underrate part is the internal armor that gives a huge AC boost at low levels that I think gets a bit overlooked. In terms of RP my DM has it as an Arcane magic due to the power core and the Warforged were built as the army for the ancient Giant King who has long since disappeared to memories but the few remaining have an undying loyalty to the giant and get along well with giant-kin. I think it’s such a fun build and the charisma is a bit lacking but as a pure Paladin tank me and my friends love the play

Love your take on "The redemption story". "Demon the Fallen" comes to mind.

Dwarf is the best race for every class.

I really love this video. You guys really love this game and it shows with your enthusiasm. The script was well written, simple and interesting. Also, notice you put a lot of work making the video editing and it pays off. This give me some news ideas for Paladins theme I could use as NPC, thank for the ideas.

Dude! I'm just getting back into D&D and for my 1st build I decided on A char that was pretty much vetoed. So I figured what I wanted and started reading the books and decided on exactly what you guys just said for my optimal pally build. So yes I have to say you nailed it.

Tritons have str, con and Charisma. While that's fine and dandy, it comes with the bonus of being AQUAMAN

Be a kobold palidan Choose a medium animal for your "Find Steed" spell Take the feat "Mounted Combat" you now have "pact tactics" as long as you are mounted

I fucking love you guys. Your genuine love for D&D is so endearing.

Great job guys, I love your videos

Get a party of five paladins. Give them all the mounting feats and mountable tigers. D&D Voltron!!

Wow, 2 of the 3 warforged subraces with the envoy beating out the aasimar. I freaking love the warforged. they're the best race ever. I am surprised the triton didn't grab their number 1 spot though because, like they said, the triton is kind of the perfect stereotypical paladin.

Thank you guys

Great video love the content

keep up the content it helps me alot

interesting choice, love the flavour of this tiefling

I still think Half - Orc is very undersold here. I have been amazed how much of a reckoning force one can be - especially considering the Orcish Fury feat that recently was introduced. I'm continually impressed how well it works after playing with one on a weekly basis!

Goliath is really damn good Tank paladin especially early on with the Stone's endurance and +2 to str and +1 con.

Just played a Firbolg STR paladin over the weekend and that was a ton of fun

"Dex based paladin is sub optimal" *Laughs in rogue paladin*

I’m playing a half-orc paladin of the ancients. Dude is incredibly hard to kill.

We just got a Paladin in our podcast campaign, super stoked!

Just really starting to get into your videos and hasn't a lot changed since AD&D 1st edition... Think I've got some catching up to do now my kids want to play.

I love my Protection Aasimar Paladin!

I was making a Tiefling paladin just today and I went for Zariel too, it's just a no-brainer! :D

I rolled High Elf oath of the crown paladin! Armed with a scimitar and shield.

Fallen Aasimar, Half Elf and Variant Human are multiple levels above the rest. I don't count Warforged because it is currently playtest material.

How the hell is Yuan-ti Pureblood not even mentioned? Magic resistance, hello? Sure the stats are not perfect, but freaken magic resistance. And an immunity.

ive had a aasimar paladin for a long time now and he is one of my best chatecters

Another positive for the warforged is that they get to add their proficiency bonus to their armor class, even on top of their heavy armor mode. This makes them pretty damn tanky right off the bat even if you opt to use a heavy weapon and forgo carrying a shield. If you do decide to use a shield, you're looking at 20-21 ac at very low levels which gets even better if you decide to shield of faith yourself.

I play a Triton Oath of the Ancients and it's amazing. So thematic and awesome. I'm making a party of ocean based NPCs that include him, a Triton Storm Sorcerer, and a sea elf monk.

I'm actually trying out a yuanti oath breaker paladin in tomb of annihilation. Not the most optimal in terms of stats, but I've been having fun playing an undercover yuanti in the jungles of Chult. Kind of a yuanti version of Drizzt, but more anti-hero.

My best friend actually picked a Fallen Aasimar for a Paladin of Conquest and we joked about how he is basically playing the Lich King with his backstory. But yeah the whole oneshot we are playing my character who is the opposite of his an Aarakocra Monk is basically fucking with him and showing him up the whole time. Like every time they butt heads or go against each other my character wins or in combat my monk will out do him by dealing more damage and killing more enemies. So I'm thinking now if we kept going could I have made him an Oathbreaker to finish the whole Lich King joke. Cause my character isn't scared of him, constantly is shown to be stronger,win the checks between the two,defies him at every turn cause (Lawful Evil Paladin vs Chaotic Good Monk), and basically either directly or indirectly makes him break his oaths repeatably. I'm basically rambling but yeah the whole time the whole table is just being assholes to each other. I mean Xi my monk tried to be nice to them and talk to the point he caught and made a retarded seagull his pet to share with the party but noooo they wanted to get drunk while speaking draconic without him. The point being is Weapons are for the weak and do monks next please.

I played in a level 10 one-shot where I played an Assimar Paladin/Warlock I think it was Paladin 3 (Devotion) Warlock 7 (Hexblade, Pact of the Blade) and the smiting was amazing being able to short rest and have 2 level 4 spell slots available. A paladin/warlock video would be fun.

I have always played half-orc with a paladin, with oath of either conquest, or vengeance

I'm currently playing a dex based paladin of conquest Kobold. It's been fun.

MToF helps alot w/the Tiefling optimization having both Constitution & Strength sub races... Levistus is probably my person favorite w/ray of frost, Armor of Agathys, Darkness... all are potentially helpful spells for a Paladin especially when you take into account you are casting them for free on S/L rest

I have a homebrew Tanarukk Devotion Paladin who I just adore.

This totally makes me want to play a Triton Gaston/surfer character where I put my lowest stats in Int and Wis!

I personally like the idea of a hobgoblin Oath of Conquest paladin. Someone that’s lawful evil but leans far more to the lawful side of things than evil, almost being lawful neutral but still heavily believes in authoritarian rules and is adventuring in order to gain enough strength to fulfill their ambitions. Haven’t had the chance to try this out but it feels fairly cool.

good stuff guys. I threw 10 bones at the kickstarter and will let them know you sent me

I was thinking doing an oath of ancients with the new earth genasi. A few spells to make difficult terrain that I am immune to and I can use my bonus action to get resistance to slashing piercing and Bludgeoning for a turn.

Everyone says humans are best. I love that your #1 for wizards and paladins is Tiefling. Warms my heart.

I like your guy's choices! I'd say half elf is also super good maybe number 4? Charima strength and con plus some good skills and racial abilities. But here's an idea the yaun-ti conquest paladin! Magic resistance, charisma, spells, and could make for either an interesting villian cause the yaun-ti think they should rule it all anyways or a yaun-ti character trying to be goodish but still fallowing there kinda heritage by being Abit we conquer all but maybe we conquer all for good so like a redemption story. What are you guys thoughts?

sick one

Mechanically the most optimized for me was Variant Human Oath of Vengeance with Sentinel and Polearm master.

Yuan-ti pureblood... Between magic resistance the charisma save bonus and poison/disease immunity it's REALLY hard to die and you hit like a ton of bricks add in an oath of redemption for some battlefield control and it gets crazy powerful

Never played a paladin might try it out for once.

Half-orcs are the best race for any melee class build. Relentless Endurance will save your ass more than once, since paladins tend to get dropped pretty often since they are frontliners. Half-elves are also amazing paldins thanks to their stats and racial traits.

Hey nerdarchs! I love playing your videos and the new shots with individual head-on thing is ok but zoom out a bit. My TV isn't that big, but that still doesnt mean I wanna see your pores hahaha. I love your content more than other DnD yt channels because it feels more like a conversation than a lecture. Side note; I would love to see your build for an interrogator/skill based build who rips NPCs apart with words/trickery. Perhaps defensive weaponry only and some dumb muscle behind him... just an idea that goes contrary to your usual builds I thought might be cool. Always a fan no matter how you go, keep it up :)

I love playing an ancient oath firbolg paladin, the ultimate environment protector!

I like how even though we have moved to 5e some people syill use the art of 4e. 4:41 Paladin from 4E PHB1, 10:26 is from same book.

Nice

I am playing a Goliath Paladin in Curse of Strahd and he is just obliterating everything we are coming across. It is the most fun I have had playing a Paladin.

My 12th-Level male silver-ancestry Dragonborn Paladin of the Ancients is named Draegyn Argentocryolax. His steed has Horseshoes of the Zephyr so it can run on water, snow, or lava.

I've subscribed with both profiles, and I thumbs up with both too. Is their a Nerdarchy beanie? Starting to get a little cold in MN...

I always liked the idea of dwarf paladins. But shifters and warforged are great ones as well

The best paladin race is clearly dragonborn. +2 Stregth +1 Charisma Plus a breath weapon for good measure.

Loving all the beards in this video

Maybe one day Ill play one

I've got an itch to play a firbolg paladin. The one I made for the free adventure in the Nerdarchy store yearns to be played

Half elf all the way. Point buy for 16/8/16/8/10/16 (IIRC). Variant for extra wizard cantrip, booming blade. Protection fighting style. Makes for a fantastic support/controller tank with the right spells (a well timed Bless can turn around an encounter). Playing as oath of devotion in Curse of Strahd. Found the sun sword at level 3. What a way to reach level 4.

I once made a Fallen Aasimar Oathbreaker with the Haunted One background. It was amusing and silly.

I want this series to live long and prosper 🖖 and I love these series you guys make not this monster use this monster your player races series and now this best race for class race list I’m excited for the future of this series and I hope the community decides to divine smite that like button and love this series as much as I think I will thank you to the whole Nerdarchy crew and I apologize for how long this is

I have a Minotaur Vengeance Paladin of Nemesis and Zeus used a Greek theme with their God's and going against their original god and eventually going to MC Tempest Cleric for thunder

I'd love an update on this video since you have Tasha's floating bonuses now

Dullahan, Oath of the Ancients. Level 20 you just never die. Upwards of 200 Hit Points, and the capstone for crazy regen for 10 turns. Spells on bonus action during that same capstone 10 turns. Lay on Hands for 100 HP. Immunity to fear, diseases and aging. Survive with 1 HP once a long rest. Resistance to Spell Damage. Charisma Modifier added to all Saves. Immunity to Vorpal effect because your head is already unattached. Banishment is a Charisma save. Don’t know but I am sure I am forgetting something. Paladins have also not been locked to being good or on a redemption quest for a while now. Plenty of the subclasses lend themselves really well to neutral alignments, and some work easily for evil alignment.

Tiefling might be my next oaly but for my first. I’m going Dragonborn oathbreaker.

Kobold dex paladin of bahumut. sounds like a fun character.

hello I will play d&d for my first time I really want to be an aasimar but I feel that will make trying to do a backstory difficult

@10:25 Slip of the tongue on Dragonborn stats there Dave? Bonus to con? In no way do I doubt your expertise, but if I was your close friend I would tease you on this forever :) Much love.

I'm currently playing an Aasamir Redemption Paladin. Bonuses in Charisma for trying to defuse unnecessary fights

Guys! I would like to mention, the Changing of the Camera every few seconds (that is to say; rapidly), bery Jarring, I miss you old style of dudes, chilling in front of a fixed camera

I've always wanted to play a halfling paladin of Yondalla, but I usually end up playing a half-elf instead.

Before watching the video I'm going to share my favourite race for a paladin, the Fallen Aasimar. Redemption or vengeance paladin. There may be better things out there stat vize but the role play potential of a fallen Aasimar seeking redemption and having to struggle with unstable, dangerous and paradoxical situation of having Devine and necrotic energy flowing through its vains. Heh. My absolute favourite is a certain campaign me and a few friends of mine are playing, in it in a fallen Aasimar, but something I've disguised with the gm, I'm also secretly a lich. Now I don't have any of the liches powers outside of the resistances, those unlock and get stronger as I level up. (Also it's not a combat heavy campaign) the other players don't know this about my character and it's my job to keep it secret as long as I can while giving hints along with the gm. The story is that my paladin was a hero that lived about 400 years and died, then a few months after his death he was brought back by a religious group with the help of a shady figure. But something went wrong. They weren't using true resurrection like they thought, and he was turned to a lich and came back to life that way. The hero now struggles with urges to murder and destroy and dominate, only held at bay by his inherent good nature. He doesn't remember his passed do to the way he was brought back (explaining why a previously level 20 character is a level one) and him level will be him slowly regaining his memories. The role play potential alone is incredible. And I'm loving it ^^

Valor bard 12. Redemption paladin 8. Defensive dualist. Protection fighting style. Cha 15, str and dex 13, con 14, and wis and int 8. I think thats how I built the character I'm playing when I made her.

It would be cool if you did this with other classes.

Imo first choice is Variant Human, because they are well-rounded and it's fun to have some specific feat at start to make your character more original and distinguished from other 1st level characters. Also you chose one skill for additional flavour The second choice is Half-Elf. +2 Cha and +1 to two other attributes gives us nice starting 16, 10, 15, 8, 10, 16 distribution. We have no penalties to dex and wis rolls, we have 16 in STR and CHA so we can take two ASI later to bump them both to 18s and we can take Resilence (CON) to get proficiency is CON and have 16 CON. The best variant imo for Half-Elf is Drow because you get Fearie Fires and it uses Charisma so you will have easy AOE advantage vs group of enemies and saving you Vengeance Oath for bosses, same as Hunter Mark. And you get two skill profs, so we can take some that we lack from background or class and get nice bonuses to it.

Right now im playing a 1/2 orc pally. Built primarily to tank. But damn smite damage is nutz (because i tend to only use it on crits). She has an interesting backstory: Many generations ago there was a demonic horde encroaching upon the human kingdom. The gods sent a vision and a message of a place they could defend from, they just needed to build the wall. However when the god's followers got there, they found it to be the orcish lands. The orcs eventually agreed that the demons were a threat to all and allowed the wall to be built, under the condition that the humans join their clan. Bloody battle followed, good triumphed and TADA: A noble 1/2 orc bloodline.

Can you make a series on off-type characters? Like a gnome barbarian or an orc wizard?

No mention of the Eladrin? They get a +1 Charisma buff aswell.

@Nerdarchy love the vid, I'm a big fan of dragonborn and Tiefling paladins:D Also can you guys PLEASE make a video about the current Roll20 controversy on reddit?

Elf paladin that the other players collectively moaned about as how he should have been a wizard due to intelligence being the highest attribute. Oath of the crown for our Game of Thrones inspired game.

I gotta throw out Half elf (but I'm biased) but +2 chr. and +1 to whatever (so str and con) along with darkvision immune to magic sleep and resist to charm

Coooooooooool!

4:10 Half-orc wizard says to halfling fighter with a hand and a half sword sized for a human, "Can you really use that beast?" The halfling responds, "Can you really cast spells?"

axiom homebrew its so fun to play

What would be the best race for a conquest paladin?

I play a Goblin Paladin in Adventure League, he waz a Dex based paladin my first lvl was rogue I wore half plate and thought he was the Batman of Ravenloft, 10 Str, 16 Dex, 14 Con, 8 Int, 12 Wis, 16 Cha, everybody loved him

Kobold. Gauntlets of Ogre Power for easy Str 19. Mount as an ally within 5' to give you advantage on attacks. Magical shortsword for great vengeance. Pretty much Sir Didymus from Labyrinth.

I'd say Earth Genasi personally. Strength based, bonus to Con, ability to cast "Pass without Trace" once per long rest. Sure it lacks the bonus to Charisma, but at least with Standard Array you could still have a +2 to Charisma. In my opinion at least :)

If you want to do the Dex paladin thing, the Half Elf is not at all bad. Cha +2, Con +1, Dex +1. AC-wise you're pretty much fine if you take Defense and use a Shield and use light armor: Studded, Shield, good Dex and Defense style will get you to AC 21. You're probably not going to be the heavy damage dealer someone who optimized Strength and heavy armor would be, but you can do other things. You'll probably be more of a buffer than pure damage dealer so the Inspiring Leader feat is an excellent addition.

I'm playing a Goliath Paladin Oath of Conquest and I'm having the best time with it