I’m thinking of doing a Shadowheart origin playthrough, but I’ve played her as a cleric so many times that I’d like to do something a little different. So I’m thinking about respeccing her into an oath of vengeance paladin. I’m also interested in having the spirit guardians spell on hand, so that she can do some good radiant damage while in melee. I don’t want to split my stats between charisma, strength, and wisdom, so getting to level five cleric is probably not going to work.

I was thinking of doing a lore bard and getting magical secrets at level six. So I could have spirit guardians and counterspell, which is always awesome to have. I also love cutting words, so that’s a plus. Thoughts on this combination? Thoughts on level progression and what I should take when? I was thinking two Paladin levels first to get all of those smites, but after that I’m not quite sure. Thanks folks!