Don't worry too much about gear or tradeskills. Make your first priority leveling up in dungeons; dungeon monsters relatively early on (level 10-20) will drop leather, chain, and even plate for you, as well as minor weapon upgrades. When you build up a nest egg from selling stuff you find while leveling (whether to merchants or to other players), you can go to EC and have a little shopping spree. The game is not meant for you to be uber-geared at level 5 or 10 or whatever; you can get by perfectly well with the stuff you find just leveling, particularly as a paladin.
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