Finally a paladin... and now?

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I don't think that there would be any benefit from putting points into STR now.
I'd rather increase the survivability than "damage".
On the other hand i think it depends if you are going HK or G later on. And if you are using SC or not.
Putting points into STR might be useful for HK later on, since he gets Mace with lower base dmg and is meant to be more like a "Damage"cleric.
For a SC user there is no real point in putting points into STR. With a crit suit and the 25 SPR nearly every hit is a crit. I never missed STR therefore.

But i agree, that the points for bash are a waste somehow.