Can't help you since i haven't played more than two random combats in 4E, but i think you'd be better off asking in the 4chan /tg/.

>>313366
>in 4E,
>better off asking in the 4chan /tg/
>4E
>4chan /tg/
>4E
>/tg/

I see your advice is sound and well thought through.

>>313368
I'd really like to help, but I don't feel like learning the system.
On /tg/ there's at least the chance of attracting a wild touhou.

>>313369
And it's a quite high chance i'd say. Also if you see a thread starting with "Good <time of the day here> /tg/, i come bearing a gift of..." with a touhou pic, you know he's there.

Well if you're going to be the party tank, then go with sword and board. I'd go with Majestic Halo and Call of Challenge for the two powers you're debating, because again, defender-focused build. If you end up needing more firepower, you can retrain those abilities later.

>>313364
I'd say Sword n' Board too, pole-arms aren't the greatest of weapons, i find that warriors and warlords make better use of them as they have abilities keying into pole-arms.

What I have found from DMing 4th edition games, is that reach on a weapon generally doesn't add up for much unless a large portion of the party is made up of the reach, as the enemies will tend to move into melee fairly quickly, making reach weapons superior for all of 1 round, then you wish you had the extra AC from the shield.

Morninglord Half-Elf Paladin:

See here, alter as you wish:

http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/21964085/The_Radiant_Knight_of_Pelor__Hit_anything_I_Challenge_you