The Breath of Nature (Dragon druid) - 37 Druid/ 2 Pal/1 Monk
Apr 6, 2015 23:25:50 GMT
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Post by sabregirl on Apr 6, 2015 23:25:50 GMT
*WARNING* This build is very fun to play. As far as I know it's one of (if not the only) ways you can play as a dragon (and 5 colors of dragon!) in an online RPG video game. HOWEVER, lots of people will complain about your size. *WARNING*
The benefits of the build are as follows:
1. Big AoE elemental damage that ignores SR. Breath weapons of fire, acid, electric, cold and sonic.
2. High DC gust that Kds and kills wind monsters
3. Shunt and Frailty for your party
4. Fonts for your party and yourself
5. Amnesia immunity for yourself
Build shown double demi, with Wis artifact, Lvl 70, self buffed.
Starting Stats
Starting Stats
(with Anarch)
str- 8
dex- 8
con- 14 (18)
int- 14
wis- 18 (24)
cha- 10
Level Progression
Human: (Quick to Master)
01: Druid(1): Extend Spell, Blooded
02: Druid(2)
03: Druid(3): Spell Focus: Transmutation
04: Druid(4): WIS+1
05: Druid(5)
06: Druid(6): Spell Focus: Abjuration
07: Druid(7)
08: Druid(8): WIS+1
09: Druid(9): Improved Critical: Unarmed
10: Druid(10)
11: Druid(11)
12: Druid(12): WIS+1, Weapon Focus: Unarmed
13: Druid(13)
14: Paladin(1): *Alignment Change*
15: Paladin(2): Greater Spell Focus: Abjuration
16: Druid(14): WIS+1, *Alignment Change*
17: Druid(15)
18: Druid(16): Greater Spell Focus: Transmutation
19: Druid(17)
20: Druid(18): WIS+1
21: Druid(19): Great Wisdom I
22: Druid(20)
23: Druid(21)
24: Druid(22): WIS+1, Great Wisdom II
25: Druid(23)
26: Druid(24)
27: Druid(25): Epic Weapon Focus: Unarmed, Great Wisdom III
28: Druid(26): WIS+1
29: Druid(27)
30: Druid(28): Great Wisdom IV
31: Druid(29): Great Wisdom V
32: Druid(30): WIS+1
33: Druid(31): Epic Prowess
34: Druid(32)
35: Druid(33): Great Wisdom VI
36: Druid(34): WIS+1, Great Wisdom VII
37: Druid(35)
38: Druid(36)
39: Druid(37): Dragon Shape, Epic Spell Focus: Transmutation
40: Monk(1)
At 41 Use Illusion book
Skills
Dump listen and discipline at lvl 40
Max: Animal Empathy, Parry, Spellcraft, Concentration, Craft Armor, Tumble
rest of points could go to persuade - if ESF persuade taken, otherwise heal.
Legendary Feats
Great Wisdom VIII
Legendary form Focus Dragon 1-3
LSA Tumble
Epic Spell: Greater Ruin (can be used while shifted)
Epic Spell focus Abjuration
Paragon Feats
Paragon Form Focus Dragon
Legendary Form Defense
Paragon Form Defense
Legendary Weapon Focus Unarmed
Paragon Weapon Focus
Epic spell: Epic Mage Armor - grants epic dodge
Gear
Gear for immunities as you would for a shifter,
Wear heavy armor, tower shield etc. Choose a megadamage weapon for the situation since weapon buffs other than keen/gmw won't transfer.
How to Play
Playing a dragon is a bit tricky especially when breathing. In general I use the keyboard to move and the number pad to breathe in place. Simply choose the correct color of dragon, aim it in the direction of the monsters and hit 099 on the number pad. Alternatively right click on yourself and select the breath weapon. You should never use hotslots to breathe because your dragon will generally get too close to the monsters and you'll miss out on a lot of damage. If you're in an area with a lot of inflictions you should probably cast a font of restoration and then plunk your dragon in the middle of it, since it's hard to restore yourself. Be careful to never go flatfooted, dragons are huge and thus make nice targets for monsters.
Notes: This is not a replacement for a caster druid, but mostly DPS with bonus wind killing ability. Immute is of limited use to a dragon druid because the item cannot be used while shifted and the immunity to damage is stripped once you shift. So even if you had the spell you'd have to stay unshifted for the duration, which would make you mostly useless. There was talk of a simtools work around but it hasn't happened yet. You can nature's balance and crumble with this build as a normal druid but it's generally difficult to do, instead you have frailty to partly assist with that role.
-S
The benefits of the build are as follows:
1. Big AoE elemental damage that ignores SR. Breath weapons of fire, acid, electric, cold and sonic.
2. High DC gust that Kds and kills wind monsters
3. Shunt and Frailty for your party
4. Fonts for your party and yourself
5. Amnesia immunity for yourself
Build shown double demi, with Wis artifact, Lvl 70, self buffed.
Starting Stats
Starting Stats
(with Anarch)
str- 8
dex- 8
con- 14 (18)
int- 14
wis- 18 (24)
cha- 10
Level Progression
Human: (Quick to Master)
01: Druid(1): Extend Spell, Blooded
02: Druid(2)
03: Druid(3): Spell Focus: Transmutation
04: Druid(4): WIS+1
05: Druid(5)
06: Druid(6): Spell Focus: Abjuration
07: Druid(7)
08: Druid(8): WIS+1
09: Druid(9): Improved Critical: Unarmed
10: Druid(10)
11: Druid(11)
12: Druid(12): WIS+1, Weapon Focus: Unarmed
13: Druid(13)
14: Paladin(1): *Alignment Change*
15: Paladin(2): Greater Spell Focus: Abjuration
16: Druid(14): WIS+1, *Alignment Change*
17: Druid(15)
18: Druid(16): Greater Spell Focus: Transmutation
19: Druid(17)
20: Druid(18): WIS+1
21: Druid(19): Great Wisdom I
22: Druid(20)
23: Druid(21)
24: Druid(22): WIS+1, Great Wisdom II
25: Druid(23)
26: Druid(24)
27: Druid(25): Epic Weapon Focus: Unarmed, Great Wisdom III
28: Druid(26): WIS+1
29: Druid(27)
30: Druid(28): Great Wisdom IV
31: Druid(29): Great Wisdom V
32: Druid(30): WIS+1
33: Druid(31): Epic Prowess
34: Druid(32)
35: Druid(33): Great Wisdom VI
36: Druid(34): WIS+1, Great Wisdom VII
37: Druid(35)
38: Druid(36)
39: Druid(37): Dragon Shape, Epic Spell Focus: Transmutation
40: Monk(1)
At 41 Use Illusion book
Skills
Dump listen and discipline at lvl 40
Max: Animal Empathy, Parry, Spellcraft, Concentration, Craft Armor, Tumble
rest of points could go to persuade - if ESF persuade taken, otherwise heal.
Legendary Feats
Great Wisdom VIII
Legendary form Focus Dragon 1-3
LSA Tumble
Epic Spell: Greater Ruin (can be used while shifted)
Epic Spell focus Abjuration
Paragon Feats
Paragon Form Focus Dragon
Legendary Form Defense
Paragon Form Defense
Legendary Weapon Focus Unarmed
Paragon Weapon Focus
Epic spell: Epic Mage Armor - grants epic dodge
Gear
Gear for immunities as you would for a shifter,
Wear heavy armor, tower shield etc. Choose a megadamage weapon for the situation since weapon buffs other than keen/gmw won't transfer.
How to Play
Playing a dragon is a bit tricky especially when breathing. In general I use the keyboard to move and the number pad to breathe in place. Simply choose the correct color of dragon, aim it in the direction of the monsters and hit 099 on the number pad. Alternatively right click on yourself and select the breath weapon. You should never use hotslots to breathe because your dragon will generally get too close to the monsters and you'll miss out on a lot of damage. If you're in an area with a lot of inflictions you should probably cast a font of restoration and then plunk your dragon in the middle of it, since it's hard to restore yourself. Be careful to never go flatfooted, dragons are huge and thus make nice targets for monsters.
Notes: This is not a replacement for a caster druid, but mostly DPS with bonus wind killing ability. Immute is of limited use to a dragon druid because the item cannot be used while shifted and the immunity to damage is stripped once you shift. So even if you had the spell you'd have to stay unshifted for the duration, which would make you mostly useless. There was talk of a simtools work around but it hasn't happened yet. You can nature's balance and crumble with this build as a normal druid but it's generally difficult to do, instead you have frailty to partly assist with that role.
-S