New folk-type person, where to spend my pps?

[Dykrieg]

Hey folks! New-ish type guy here. Played a 49 Monk way back in Vanilla/Kunark (late 90s, early 2000s)

I'm currently running a low 20s Magician that I've been using the most awesome treasure hunting leveling guide (thanks Ioramin) to slowly level while making money, and will hopefully hit about 2k pp by level 24.

This is all in preparation for actually making a Paladin (not that Magician is awful, but I like melee and I like low-played). So I guess the real question is - how should I spend my 2k to make my Paladin decent?

So far, from what I've seen in other threads, I should get 55hp rings, definitely. Then a weapon (2h and 1h). Where should I go from there? And which weapons (if there's an especially good 2h or 1h which would outvalue having both, I'd definitely be game for that).

Trying to transition from playing Paladin more during active time periods of play, and using Magician when I may be doing something else at the same time.

Sorry it's a bit long. Thanks in advance for any advice!