Post by Torin on Jan 16, 2010 14:43:56 GMT
This build is outdated after the Update 2012-03-28 because "SM's now only receive their Tenser's and Ethereal Visage bonuses if wielding a quarterstaff."
Spellsword (30 Wizard, 7 Weapon Master, 3 Rogue)
The Spellsword is a Wizard that is a true master of her favored weapon: The rapier. Technically, she is a Staffmaster but in contrary to her male equivalent, she focuses not on her physical strength but on her dexterity. She uses her arcane power for self-buffing and some other tricks…including two epics and epic dodge with spell.
The Spellsword is very hard to kill at level 60 (dexer, 85 % conceal from Etherial Visage, epic dodge from Epic Mage Armor spell, Auto-rez by HG-Epic: Divination - Contingency) and can hit enemy with AB = 92 with 7 attacks and 10-20 x 3 crit range with her rapier. She has 3 levels of Rogue, 7 levels of WM and 30 levels of Wizard. That mean CL 52@ 60 for Wizard spells and CL 57@ 60 for Staffmaster spells. The Tensor’s of a Spellsword has turns/CL.
The weaknesses of are Spellsword are the low HP, not so good saves, buff-dependence (look out for spell breach protection, Mord’s protection) and she needs an item or pandect for shields. There are some shields that do not interfere with conceal of the Etherial Visage spell.
My Spellsword is currently at level 43 and I have a lot of fun to play this char. Comments for improvements are very welcome.
Classes
30 Wizard, CC: Wizard // This is a battle Wizard, the more levels of Wizard, the better it is. 25 Levels of Wizard is the minimum for epic spells.
7 WM // Gives +1 AB, +10% Conceal for staffmasters, Improved Crits and these 7 levels count as caster levels for Staffmaster spells. 3 levels of a tier 1 class are needed for the Tensor’s spell to qualify for LBAB of a fighter.
3 Rogue // Evasion, uncanny dodge, tumble dump at l40
Race
Race: Elf // Gives dexterity boost, able learner, can use Rapier as a racial feat
Subrace: "Kolyarut" (secret Beyond UltraRare) // Best stats, 3 feats that are needed for WM
- FC: Fighter
- STR +5, DEX +5, INT +2, CON +2, CHA -2, WIS -2, free feat: Dodge, free feat: Mobility, free feat: Spring Attack, speaks Abyssal, speaks Celestial, speaks Infernal
Starting Statistics (kolyarut)
Strength 9(14) - 1
Dexterity 19(24) - 15
Constitution 12(14) - 4
Wisdom 8(6)
Intelligence 16(18) - 10
Charisma 8(6)
All Stats: Dexterity
Alignment: Do what you got to do
Wizard's Familiar: Pixie, to open some chests and disable some traps.
Level Progression:
1-16 Wizard (16 levels) // need 15 Wizard levels pre-epic for Staffmaster. Don’t forget to put 4 points into intimidate as WM prerequisite!
17-20 WM (4 levels)
21-22 Rogue (2 Levels)
23-24 WM (2 Levels)
25-38 Wizard (14 Levels)
39 WM (1 Level) // max discipline
40 Rogue (1 Level) // max tumble and parry
Feats // all feats are taken in the order they are listed
Pre-Epic feats (7):
Strong Soul // increased saves for a dexer, qualifies for Legendary Hardened Soul
Weapon finesse // Must have for a dexer
WF Rapier // Prerequisite of WM, and a must have for a melee tank
Expertise // Prerequisite of WM
Whirlwind Attack // Prerequisite of WM
WF Quarterstuff // Prerequisite of staffmaster
Improved Critical Rapier // must have for a melee tank
Wizard Bonus feats (7)// first 3 are pre-epic, rest are taken in epic levels
Silent Spell // To use spells with one spell slot higher. This feat Makes the Spellsword playable in silenced areas. Alternatively one could choose extend spell.
Spell Focus Abjuration
Greater Spell Focus Abjuration
Great Intelligence I // For 19 INT that is required to cast level 9 spells.
Great Intelligence II // Gives something like 30 skill points. Alternatively one could choose another meta-spell feat or an epic summon or…
Epic Spell Focus Abjuration
Epic Mage Armor // prerequisite: 27 spellcraft – need CL 50 for epic dodge effect. I do not think that the 2 WM levels count here for caster levels, so you will get the Epic dodge Effect not until level 60.
Epic Feats (7):
Armor Skin
Blindfight
EWF Rapier
Epic Prowess
Great Dexterity 1-2
GFW Rapier
// These are all typical tank feats. A spellsword can not max listen, so Blindfight is a must have to beat enemy conceal.
Arcane Specialization:
Arcane Spec: Abjuration // For Magic Armor spell +4 AC. To specialize you need to talk to the spell pedestal in the docks.
Bar: Necro/Enchantment // Not needed, really
Tome of Knowledge: Divination // For the Epic Spell Contingency
LL Feats (7):
LWF Rapier // +3 AB with Rapier
Legendary Soul // Better saves
LSF Abjuration // LSF Abjuration + specialization gives the magic armor spell an AC(Armor) = 20.
LSF Divination // LSF divination gives +1 soak power for Premonition
Great Dexterity 3-4
Epic Will // For will saves = 60
2 Epics:
Divination - Contingency
- The next time the caster dies, he will be resurrected, fully healed, and immediately buffed with all spells in his autocaster.
Abjuration - Mass Spell Destruction
- All enemies in a large radius are struck by a Mordenkainen's Disjunction spell at 20 levels higher than the caster's normal level.
- All enemies struck have their concealment reduced by ((CL - 20) / 4)% for 10 rounds.
Skills:
Discipline 42
Parry 43 // 43 +20 (Epic Mage Armor) + 25 (buffed main stat: 48 + 12) = 88, you need some other 12 points from gear for critical hit reduction 50% and immunity to Assassin Mortal Strike.
Tumble 60 // Increase tumble for AC at rogue levels and in Legendary Levels with able learner
Concentration
Spellcraft 27 // Prerequisite for Epic Mage Armor feat
Intimidate 4 // Prerequisite of WM
Craft Weapon
If points left: Craft Armor
Statistics @ 60
Strength 9(14)
Dexterity 19(24) [48] // 24 Start + 4 Great Dex +20
Constitution 12(14)
Wisdom 8(6)
Intelligence 16(18) [20]
Charisma 8(6)
AB
92 AB = 12 (BAB) + 10 (epic levels) + 15/w Tensors (legendary levels) + 25 (buffed main stat: 48 + 12) + 20 (magical, capped) + 8 (4 weapon focuses + prowess) + 1 (WM) + 1 Craft Weapon
Saves
Fort: 5+1 Base + 10 epic + 5 LL + 8 Stats + 20 Items + 6 (LL Soul) = 55
Reflex: 5+4 Base + 10 epic + 5 LL + 25 Stats + 20 Items = 69
Will: 10+1 Base + 10 epic + 5 LL + 4 Stats + 20 Items + 6 (LL Soul) + 4 Epic Will= 60
These calculations are for +12 stats and no demi.
Pandect: Shield proficiency
Artifact: Dex (for AB->93) or Saves
History:
- V1.0 Build posted
Spellsword (30 Wizard, 7 Weapon Master, 3 Rogue)
The Spellsword is a Wizard that is a true master of her favored weapon: The rapier. Technically, she is a Staffmaster but in contrary to her male equivalent, she focuses not on her physical strength but on her dexterity. She uses her arcane power for self-buffing and some other tricks…including two epics and epic dodge with spell.
The Spellsword is very hard to kill at level 60 (dexer, 85 % conceal from Etherial Visage, epic dodge from Epic Mage Armor spell, Auto-rez by HG-Epic: Divination - Contingency) and can hit enemy with AB = 92 with 7 attacks and 10-20 x 3 crit range with her rapier. She has 3 levels of Rogue, 7 levels of WM and 30 levels of Wizard. That mean CL 52@ 60 for Wizard spells and CL 57@ 60 for Staffmaster spells. The Tensor’s of a Spellsword has turns/CL.
The weaknesses of are Spellsword are the low HP, not so good saves, buff-dependence (look out for spell breach protection, Mord’s protection) and she needs an item or pandect for shields. There are some shields that do not interfere with conceal of the Etherial Visage spell.
My Spellsword is currently at level 43 and I have a lot of fun to play this char. Comments for improvements are very welcome.
Classes
30 Wizard, CC: Wizard // This is a battle Wizard, the more levels of Wizard, the better it is. 25 Levels of Wizard is the minimum for epic spells.
7 WM // Gives +1 AB, +10% Conceal for staffmasters, Improved Crits and these 7 levels count as caster levels for Staffmaster spells. 3 levels of a tier 1 class are needed for the Tensor’s spell to qualify for LBAB of a fighter.
3 Rogue // Evasion, uncanny dodge, tumble dump at l40
Race
Race: Elf // Gives dexterity boost, able learner, can use Rapier as a racial feat
Subrace: "Kolyarut" (secret Beyond UltraRare) // Best stats, 3 feats that are needed for WM
- FC: Fighter
- STR +5, DEX +5, INT +2, CON +2, CHA -2, WIS -2, free feat: Dodge, free feat: Mobility, free feat: Spring Attack, speaks Abyssal, speaks Celestial, speaks Infernal
Starting Statistics (kolyarut)
Strength 9(14) - 1
Dexterity 19(24) - 15
Constitution 12(14) - 4
Wisdom 8(6)
Intelligence 16(18) - 10
Charisma 8(6)
All Stats: Dexterity
Alignment: Do what you got to do
Wizard's Familiar: Pixie, to open some chests and disable some traps.
Level Progression:
1-16 Wizard (16 levels) // need 15 Wizard levels pre-epic for Staffmaster. Don’t forget to put 4 points into intimidate as WM prerequisite!
17-20 WM (4 levels)
21-22 Rogue (2 Levels)
23-24 WM (2 Levels)
25-38 Wizard (14 Levels)
39 WM (1 Level) // max discipline
40 Rogue (1 Level) // max tumble and parry
Feats // all feats are taken in the order they are listed
Pre-Epic feats (7):
Strong Soul // increased saves for a dexer, qualifies for Legendary Hardened Soul
Weapon finesse // Must have for a dexer
WF Rapier // Prerequisite of WM, and a must have for a melee tank
Expertise // Prerequisite of WM
Whirlwind Attack // Prerequisite of WM
WF Quarterstuff // Prerequisite of staffmaster
Improved Critical Rapier // must have for a melee tank
Wizard Bonus feats (7)// first 3 are pre-epic, rest are taken in epic levels
Silent Spell // To use spells with one spell slot higher. This feat Makes the Spellsword playable in silenced areas. Alternatively one could choose extend spell.
Spell Focus Abjuration
Greater Spell Focus Abjuration
Great Intelligence I // For 19 INT that is required to cast level 9 spells.
Great Intelligence II // Gives something like 30 skill points. Alternatively one could choose another meta-spell feat or an epic summon or…
Epic Spell Focus Abjuration
Epic Mage Armor // prerequisite: 27 spellcraft – need CL 50 for epic dodge effect. I do not think that the 2 WM levels count here for caster levels, so you will get the Epic dodge Effect not until level 60.
Epic Feats (7):
Armor Skin
Blindfight
EWF Rapier
Epic Prowess
Great Dexterity 1-2
GFW Rapier
// These are all typical tank feats. A spellsword can not max listen, so Blindfight is a must have to beat enemy conceal.
Arcane Specialization:
Arcane Spec: Abjuration // For Magic Armor spell +4 AC. To specialize you need to talk to the spell pedestal in the docks.
Bar: Necro/Enchantment // Not needed, really
Tome of Knowledge: Divination // For the Epic Spell Contingency
LL Feats (7):
LWF Rapier // +3 AB with Rapier
Legendary Soul // Better saves
LSF Abjuration // LSF Abjuration + specialization gives the magic armor spell an AC(Armor) = 20.
LSF Divination // LSF divination gives +1 soak power for Premonition
Great Dexterity 3-4
Epic Will // For will saves = 60
2 Epics:
Divination - Contingency
- The next time the caster dies, he will be resurrected, fully healed, and immediately buffed with all spells in his autocaster.
Abjuration - Mass Spell Destruction
- All enemies in a large radius are struck by a Mordenkainen's Disjunction spell at 20 levels higher than the caster's normal level.
- All enemies struck have their concealment reduced by ((CL - 20) / 4)% for 10 rounds.
Skills:
Discipline 42
Parry 43 // 43 +20 (Epic Mage Armor) + 25 (buffed main stat: 48 + 12) = 88, you need some other 12 points from gear for critical hit reduction 50% and immunity to Assassin Mortal Strike.
Tumble 60 // Increase tumble for AC at rogue levels and in Legendary Levels with able learner
Concentration
Spellcraft 27 // Prerequisite for Epic Mage Armor feat
Intimidate 4 // Prerequisite of WM
Craft Weapon
If points left: Craft Armor
Statistics @ 60
Strength 9(14)
Dexterity 19(24) [48] // 24 Start + 4 Great Dex +20
Constitution 12(14)
Wisdom 8(6)
Intelligence 16(18) [20]
Charisma 8(6)
AB
92 AB = 12 (BAB) + 10 (epic levels) + 15/w Tensors (legendary levels) + 25 (buffed main stat: 48 + 12) + 20 (magical, capped) + 8 (4 weapon focuses + prowess) + 1 (WM) + 1 Craft Weapon
Saves
Fort: 5+1 Base + 10 epic + 5 LL + 8 Stats + 20 Items + 6 (LL Soul) = 55
Reflex: 5+4 Base + 10 epic + 5 LL + 25 Stats + 20 Items = 69
Will: 10+1 Base + 10 epic + 5 LL + 4 Stats + 20 Items + 6 (LL Soul) + 4 Epic Will= 60
These calculations are for +12 stats and no demi.
Pandect: Shield proficiency
Artifact: Dex (for AB->93) or Saves
History:
- V1.0 Build posted
