I use Rod of Faith (
http://wiki.project1999.com/Rod_of_Faith) and Shield of the Stalwart Seas (
http://wiki.project1999.com/Shield_of_the_Stalwart_Seas) on my Paladin and it's working fine /o/ the weapon has a very two-handedesque dmg/delay at 24/32 (not so far from a
http://wiki.project1999.com/Rod_of_Mourning for exemple) and the huge AC and stat and ultravision from the shield just evens out the Erudite as a playable paladin race hehe. To be able to Bash always without weapon switching shenanigans is nice too.