Technically any tank needs good gear because you need the AC and STA, but Paladins and SKs are a little bit easier because they have snap aggro spells (Flash of Light and Disease Cloud) as opposed to a Warrior which needs to stack STR and have good weapons in order to keep aggro because they're basically reliant on DPS to keep it (Taunt is unreliable).
Only downside to the weaker races like Erudite is their STA and STR are generally lower. Again STR not as crucial for a Pally for aggro and it's more that you'll likely be close to the weight limit once you're wearing plate and carrying your weapon/shield. But it's certainly still viable and great for fashionquest. You wouldn't be tanking raids anyway (that's Warriors) so you should be totally fine as a tank for group content even with lower STA/STR.
Good call on the Iksar Necro. The other big plus is that Kurn's tower is right on your doorstep. So once you hit like level 11/12 you can go in there. It's all undead mobs, you'll get tons of bone chips, and the zone experience modifier is very high. You can cruise to your early 20s there if you wanted to stay for that long.
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