Which paladin armor? there is some in freeport and some in felwithe. if you did the felwithe defenders armor, you probably killed enough of the stupid giant sylvan bats and wasp warriors that you are near lvl 10+. now go to CB with you new armor and level up. if you did the freeport one, im pretty sure nothing in it is NODROP, because i bought most of the ingredients :)
basically, after you finish, just fight stuff, group with people, level up, get money for better armor(its not the best armor in the world, you know), and most of all, HAVE FUN!!!!!!!
-Tark