In a way, your post reminds me of Aladden(sp?), that disney movie that came out a while back, when the genie says, "Cosmic-awe-inspiring power, itty-bitty living space" or something to that effect. Yeah, you're right. Paladins = Badass with few means of nailing the kill. That being said, you did have options. Shieldbash has its uses, you just have to time it right. Sometimes it even works, believe it or not. Granted, its rare, but hey, what'd you expect? You said it yourself, you had a 125 dam roll + protection + sanc + wrath + track the wicked, etc and so forth, and you want bash too? Come come now, that simply wouldn't be fair. As for your virtues, that sounds a bit rough. Either way, I enjoyed your char, but that whole mess with Targ while we were getting the stoneform amulet was annoying the living crud out of me. And no, I wasn't about to take it for myself, that's an RP-nightmare for a Paladin...as for the whole gear hoarding thing, so what? Its just gear. If you focused on your RP, you may have been given a second set of virtues without killing a lich, and if you focused on the good points of your paladin rather then the negative, you would've enjoyed him a lot more. I hate to hear people with a 125 dam roll + sanctuary complain about their pk'ing power. I mean that's a slap in the face to anyone who's killed with less to work with. Anyway, what I'm basically trying to say, is that if you want pure power pk'ing and sick sets of gear, don't roll up a Paladin. That isn't what paladins are for, pure and simple. If you like gear, roll up a thief, if you like pure pk'ing power, roll up a warrior and level sit at 15...otherwise, you'll simply have to learn to play your advantages and downplay your disadvantages.