I look at it different--it's an easy call. When race isn't that dramatic a difference, "play what you like" becomes a low-guilt option. I'm a proponent of "play what you like" anyway, but paladin's a case where it's probably most sensible even for the min-maxers. Not a lot of difference between paladin race options. They all level at the same rate, they all have broadly similar factions, none of them have access to the strongest racial perks like regeneration or slam or huge statistic gulfs like ogre versus wood elf stamina that warriors have to pick between.
Most of the difference between 'em amounts to what'll annoy the player during lower levels or while in lower-quality gear. Dwarves are short and have bad charisma and fail lulls more often. Humans and erudites can't see in the dark. Erudites and high elves struggle with carry capacity. Half elves have bad wisdom. None of these things are crippling or necessarily even matter in the long haul but they can annoy folks out the gate. Erudites get mentioned twice so they're probably the worst choice, and even then the difference between them and the others is not all that large.
Danth
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