Returning THW Paladin (37) - Looking for Feedback on Stats, Skills, and Training

[Triex]

What I Hunt
Frost Giants, Ice Trolls, & Titans on the Glacier. Rotting Corpses and Roa'ters in Castle Varunar. Storm & Skeletal Giants around Wehnimer's; all without much difficulty using a claidhmore (old-style, razor-sharp mithril claidhmore). I'm wearing an ebon-trim metal breastplate, and generally don't have a problem with dying, unless I get careless or take risky gambles with my stance dancing.

Attack and Casting Strength
With my Voln Symbol of Courage, I hunt with around a +293 (AS) in an Offensive stance. In combination with CMAN FEINT, 1614, 1630, I am able to clear out rooms of 3-4 baddies using MSTRIKE.
As for my (CS) it's at +200.

Info
When I rolled these stats and started putting points into things, I had no idea what I was doing. While I don't feel that I'm struggling, I can't shake the feeling that my stats and skills could be better distributed. One example is all those ranks of First Aid; it's great that I can skin and tend to all sorts of holes on me, but could those points be used to increase my (AS) or (CS)? My goal is to wear full plate and I don't ever plan to stop wielding claidhmores or THW in general.

Questions

1. How are my stats? I do want to cap this guy eventually, so are they terrible enough where I should be buying a FIXSTAT potion?
2. FIXSKILLS - I have one available at the moment and my yearly one comes up in May. What could I do better? What would you do differently than I have been?
3. Leveling is slow. I get fried pretty quick and it takes a while to clear up. Are my stats for the pool & absorption terrible?
4. I've looked high and low for a guide or resource of sorts, but have been unsuccessful. If you have any good Paladin info links, please share.

Thank you in advance for any feedback.

Giantman Profession: Paladin (not shown)
Gender: Male Age: 62 Expr: 1515981 Level: 37
Normal (Bonus) ... Enhanced (Bonus)
Strength (STR): 100 (40) ... 110 (45)
Constitution (CON): 87 (28) ... 95 (32)
Dexterity (DEX): 85 (12) ... 85 (12)
Agility (AGI): 89 (14) ... 89 (14)
Discipline (DIS): 77 (13) ... 77 (13)
Aura (AUR): 69 (4) ... 69 (4)
Logic (LOG): 53 (-4) ... 53 (-4)
Intuition (INT): 56 (3) ... 56 (3)
Wisdom (WIS): 100 (25) ... 110 (30)
Influence (INF): 66 (13) ... 66 (13)

(At level 37), your current skill bonuses and ranks (including all modifiers) are:
Skill Name | Current Current
| Bonus Ranks
Armor Use..........................| 193 93
Combat Maneuvers...............| 138 39
Two-Handed Weapons...........| 176 76
Multi Opponent Combat.........| 138 39
Physical Fitness...................| 146 46
Dodging.............................| 138 39
Harness Power....................| 138 39
Spiritual Lore - Religion........| 15 3
Climbing............................| 50 10
Swimming..........................| 40 8
First Aid.............................| 128 34

Spell Lists
Paladin............................| 34
Training Points: 6 Phy 0 Mnt (90 Phy converted to Mnt)

[Vusit]

Yea your logic being that low explains why it takes so long to absorb.

[kutter]

As for stats, I would track down some logic enhancives and wait until you get enough bounty points to fixstat, probably around 60-70 trains then you can set them for cap, the rest of your stats are not bad, in fact it is pretty common for people to now set stats for a point lower than cap because they know they can get a fixstat through the guild system.

Also, I am a little surprised you stopped at 34 spells, one more unlocks beseech, one of the best spells a Paladin has access to. Personally I would dump first aid and get perception up to 1X and stop training in PF until it is 1X but that is just me, others will have opinions different from mine I suspect.

You have a lot of harness power but no mana control, do you find you cast that much in the field so you need that big of a mana pool?

Just to give you another idea, here is my paladin at 45:

Skill Name | Current Current
| Bonus Ranks
Armor Use..........................| 194 94
Combat Maneuvers...................| 146 46
Polearm Weapons....................| 194 94
Multi Opponent Combat..............| 105 25
Physical Fitness...................| 146 46
Dodging............................| 146 46
Harness Power......................| 138 39
Spirit Mana Control................| 66 14
Spiritual Lore - Blessings.........| 58 12
Spiritual Lore - Religion..........| 20 4
Spiritual Lore - Summoning.........| 5 1
Perception.........................| 145 45
Climbing...........................| 126 33
Swimming...........................| 58 12

Spell Lists
Minor Spiritual....................| 3

Spell Lists
Paladin............................| 36

[Triex]

Also, I am a little surprised you stopped at 34 spells, one more unlocks beseech, one of the best spells a Paladin has access to.

That'll definitely be one to fix. I've used BESEECH in the past and I'm not sure why I don't have it anymore.

You have a lot of harness power but no mana control, do you find you cast that much in the field so you need that big of a mana pool?

I have a mana pool of 121 and do frequently use that to cut down groups of enemies. 1630, 1614, and a claidhmore mstrike is a most wonderful thing to behold.

Thanks for the response!

[Shaps]

(CON) Constitution 58 63 68 73 78 83 87 90 93 97 100
(STR) Strength 30 40 50 60 70 75 80 85 90 95 100
(DEX) Dexterity 77 79 82 84 87 89 92 94 96 98 100
(AGL) Agility 77 79 82 84 87 89 92 94 96 98 100
(DIS) Discipline 62 67 72 77 80 83 87 90 93 97 100
(AUR) Aura 82 84 86 88 90 92 94 95 97 99 100
(LOG) Logic 88 89 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 99 100
(INT) Intuition 65 68 71 73 76 78 81 83 86 88 90
(WIS) Wisdom 62 67 72 77 80 83 87 90 93 97 100
(INF) Influence 59 63 66 70 73 76 80 82 85 87 90

Best stats for max at cap.. you can mess with INT and INF if want more.. I just have a thing about round numbers. At your train though.. you could go ahead and fix your stats and be better off. Lose some AS but we hit hard enough as is.

[Shaps]

I'd also recommend switching up your training and getting rid of tertiary skills.. and get PF to 2X. 30-40's are the sweet spot for Paladins.. as you get into 50s/60s... you will get hit.. and with a 2 hander it will hurt. Unless of course you have 2x PT.