ASI for a Paladin/Bard

[Lord Ruby34]

I'm currently playing in an Out of the Abyss campaign (please, no spoilers) and I'm wondering what to take at level 10 on my Oath of the Ancients Paladin/Lore Bard. EDIT: Would be Paladin 6/Bard 4 at that point. I'm specalizing in two-handed weapons because we've ruled that we can reroll 1s and 2s on all dice for a melee attack with a two handed weapon.

My current stats are Half-Elf:

Str 18
Dex 13
Con 16
Int 10
Wis 12
Cha 18
I can see arguments for boosting Strength, Charisma, or picking up Warcaster, Lucky, Great Weapon Master, Resilient Dex, or Inspiring Leader. Any advice?

[CaptAl]

What's your role within the party? What's your goal with the character?

It sounds like you're trying to be a smite machine, in which case you should jack your strength. You can't smite if you don't hit, after all. An argument could be made for GWM here, but again, you can't smite if you don't hit.

If you want to be more spell caster then warcaster is solid and helps make sure you don't lose that all important buff/debuff spell.

If you're more tanky frontliner then I'd recommend a charisma boost for the saving throw help plus extra bardic inspiration is never a bad thing.

My suggestion is figure out what niche you're aiming for and then decide how to fill it.

[Lord Ruby34]

Right now I'm the only dedicated frontliner, but that could change. The party is a Monk, Rogue, Sorcerer, and Archer Fighter, but the end of last session left it in doubt how long the archer is going to last.

Right now I'm honestly trying to do all of the above, but I'm casting spells more than smiting, honestly.

[Blood of Gaea]

Inspiring Leader would come in pretty handy. Sentinal, in particular, is good if you're trying to keep enemies away from the rest of your party. Outside of that I'd just go for +2 Str or Cha.

[Kadesh]

Sentinel or Inspiring Leader usually are the go to options.

[bid]

I can see arguments for boosting Strength, Charisma, or picking up Warcaster, Lucky, Great Weapon Master, Resilient Dex, or Inspiring Leader. Any advice?

Inspiring leader would save more damage than anything else, 14 thp is nothing to sneeze at.
It's better than sentinel IMHO.

Using a 2-hander leaves your offhand free, no point in warcaster.
With Con16 and aura,boosting your saves seems unnecessary.

Str/Cha are fine at 18. You might want Str20 if you ever pick GWM.

[Lord Ruby34]

Thanks guys. I think you've convinced me on Inspiring Leader. I was leaning that way but I kinda wanted someone to tell me I'm right.

[CTurbo]

You can't go wrong with +2 Str, +2 Cha, or Inspiring Leader. Flip a 3 sided coin and let it decide lol