Doesn't sound too bad, although you might want to prepare some enemies with Saving Throw attacks, since such a character could quickly get ridiculously high AC
Doesn't sound too bad, although you might want to prepare some enemies with Saving Throw attacks, since such a character could quickly get ridiculously high AC
Yeah... we quikly found out that he has an AC of 20 with no armor at level 1
Use the fact that this PC has some dump stats and is a robot with little to no experience with social cues. Create some social encounters that require the party to cooperate with each other and don't let the Warforged character metagame out of it. Employ some of the more tricky NPCs with class levels as villains: Rogues, Wizards, charismatic corrupt politician Bards. Not everything should be solvable with a sword or spear. Keep them on their toes.
This is a golden opportunity for some really interesting story telling. I don't know what your HB world is like, or what kind of oath the player will be taking, but this could be really cool.
Do Paladins in your world get their power from gods? If so, what does that mean that a construct can wield Divine Magic? Do that mean he has a soul? How did his creator give him a soul? Can souls be created by mortals? Maybe he doesn't have a soul, that proves that divine magic is just another school of magic that we wrongly credit to the gods.
Once he's gain attention, people are going to use him as a pawn for in their arguments. Maybe clergymen want to destroy him because he is an abomination siphoning the gods magic in their eyes, maybe wizards want to study him to harness divine magic for themselves.
Even if the gods don't play a part, does he actually believe in his oath or was he programmed to believe in those ideals. If the player is philosophically inclined he can ask the question we take for granted, how do we know we have free will?
Their AC might be a bit front-loaded, but a non-warforged paladin could get the same if they managed to start out with plate armor at level 1. Once you get to 3rd or 4th level it's not really a factor, as most strength paladins would save up for plate to be their first big purchase. The warforged armor increase from their proficiency bonus is supposed to mirror the levels at which other characters would be finding/buying magic armor with a bonus to AC. (Which warforged can't do outside of a shield)
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I have a player that is wanting to play a Warforged Juggernaut Paladin. I have my own thoughts about this, but I wonder if anyone else has thoughts.
For context, we are playing a homebrew campaing, and technically I told them all they could play whatever they wanted..... So this might be on me :D
Doesn't sound too bad, although you might want to prepare some enemies with Saving Throw attacks, since such a character could quickly get ridiculously high AC
Yeah... we quikly found out that he has an AC of 20 with no armor at level 1
Use the fact that this PC has some dump stats and is a robot with little to no experience with social cues. Create some social encounters that require the party to cooperate with each other and don't let the Warforged character metagame out of it. Employ some of the more tricky NPCs with class levels as villains: Rogues, Wizards, charismatic corrupt politician Bards. Not everything should be solvable with a sword or spear. Keep them on their toes.
This is a golden opportunity for some really interesting story telling. I don't know what your HB world is like, or what kind of oath the player will be taking, but this could be really cool.
Do Paladins in your world get their power from gods? If so, what does that mean that a construct can wield Divine Magic? Do that mean he has a soul? How did his creator give him a soul? Can souls be created by mortals? Maybe he doesn't have a soul, that proves that divine magic is just another school of magic that we wrongly credit to the gods.
Once he's gain attention, people are going to use him as a pawn for in their arguments. Maybe clergymen want to destroy him because he is an abomination siphoning the gods magic in their eyes, maybe wizards want to study him to harness divine magic for themselves.
Even if the gods don't play a part, does he actually believe in his oath or was he programmed to believe in those ideals. If the player is philosophically inclined he can ask the question we take for granted, how do we know we have free will?
Their AC might be a bit front-loaded, but a non-warforged paladin could get the same if they managed to start out with plate armor at level 1. Once you get to 3rd or 4th level it's not really a factor, as most strength paladins would save up for plate to be their first big purchase. The warforged armor increase from their proficiency bonus is supposed to mirror the levels at which other characters would be finding/buying magic armor with a bonus to AC. (Which warforged can't do outside of a shield)