Paladin - race?

[Softcore PK]

I'm considering making a paladin when Red99 is released, but I'm having a hard time deciding on a race. I have it down to erudite, half elf and high elf because dwarves are the worst race ever and humans are boring. One thing I'm very interested in is the erudite paladin only armor the creation guide speaks of. What exactly is this armor? If it's quested, could a lot of it be done solo? I've somehow never in my EQ career managed to have more than a few kpp at a time, and as a tank gear will be kind of important.

And any half elf paladins that could tell me how the very, very low wisdom has affected you? I would probably dump all starting points into sta, is there a compelling reason not to? High elf paladins: do you think the extra wisdom you get has been much of a blessing?

Really wish I could just be a gnome paladin.