Post by arek on Dec 16, 2009 6:08:35 GMT
This is a build I thought up a long time ago when someone asked for advice on a high-damage divine slinger. I liked his idea, but discovered that the subrace he used (furchin) wasn't optimal for the build. I finally got myself a book for Fallen Angel (the best subby I've found yet for this build), and am about to run the build through the test chamber, so I thought I'd post it. Here goes:
Race: Human
Subrace: Fallen Angel
Stats: (starting/subrace/60 w/+12 gear)
Str: 8/8/20
Dex: 10/10/22
Con: 14/14/26
Int: 12/12/24
Wis: 15/20/56
Cha: 16/18/30
Level Progression: 39 Cleric, 1 Monk.
Feats:
1: Blooded, Luck of Heroes, (Divine Might, Divine Shield, Strider)
- Domains: Strength, Magic
3: WF: Sling
6: Zen Archery
9: Point Blank Shot
12: Rapid Shot
15: Improved Critical (Sling)
18: Spell Focus: Enchantment
21: EWF: Sling
23: Greater Spell Focus: Enchantment
24: Epic Prowess
26: Epic Spell Focus: Enchantment
27: Epic Fortitude
29: Great Wisdom I
30: Epic Reflexes
32: Great Wisdom II
33: Spell Focus: Transmutation
35: Greater Spell Focus: Transmutation
36: Great Wisdom III
38: Epic Spell Focus: Transmutation
39: Great Wisdom IV
(40: Monk level, Dump 43 points into Discipline, Tumble)
42: Legendary Skill Affinity, Tumble
45: Legendary Luck
48: LWF: Sling
51: Toughness
54: Blind-Fight
57: GWF: Sling
60: Legendary Spell Focus: Enchantment
I had enough skills at 40 to max 2 others besides Discipline and Tumble. I recommend Listen and either Craft Weapon or Craft Armor.
Pros to this build:
Cons:
This build can also very likely be reasonably done with Pharlan, tho FA seems to fit better (heh, a build that works best on a non-BUR subby...imagine that. ). Hound Archon or Zenythri might work as well, but neither of these would do as well as Pharlan or FA (have to take Divine Might as a feat with these, and Hound doesn't get much +WIS). The original build used furchin, but had to start with 15 STR (pre-sub) and then take 2 level-up points in STR to qualify for Divine Might. That's a HUGE number of build points (13 build points, plus 2 level-up points), which hurts other stats.
Thoughts? I'd especially be interested in any thoughts on that second domain.
--Arek
Race: Human
Subrace: Fallen Angel
Stats: (starting/subrace/60 w/+12 gear)
Str: 8/8/20
Dex: 10/10/22
Con: 14/14/26
Int: 12/12/24
Wis: 15/20/56
Cha: 16/18/30
Level Progression: 39 Cleric, 1 Monk.
Feats:
1: Blooded, Luck of Heroes, (Divine Might, Divine Shield, Strider)
- Domains: Strength, Magic
3: WF: Sling
6: Zen Archery
9: Point Blank Shot
12: Rapid Shot
15: Improved Critical (Sling)
18: Spell Focus: Enchantment
21: EWF: Sling
23: Greater Spell Focus: Enchantment
24: Epic Prowess
26: Epic Spell Focus: Enchantment
27: Epic Fortitude
29: Great Wisdom I
30: Epic Reflexes
32: Great Wisdom II
33: Spell Focus: Transmutation
35: Greater Spell Focus: Transmutation
36: Great Wisdom III
38: Epic Spell Focus: Transmutation
39: Great Wisdom IV
(40: Monk level, Dump 43 points into Discipline, Tumble)
42: Legendary Skill Affinity, Tumble
45: Legendary Luck
48: LWF: Sling
51: Toughness
54: Blind-Fight
57: GWF: Sling
60: Legendary Spell Focus: Enchantment
I had enough skills at 40 to max 2 others besides Discipline and Tumble. I recommend Listen and either Craft Weapon or Craft Armor.
Pros to this build:
- High AC, thanks to the Monk level and LSA Tumble.
- 3 epics (Girding, IoF, and probably Miracle). You only have 50 Caster levels, tho, so I'd let a non-quasi cleric use them whenever possible (except Miracle of course ).
Cons:
- No Magic or Knockdown bullets
- -1 point of damage to all damaging bullets (integrated or not).
- -1 point of DC on blinding bullets
- -1 caster level on all spells (a cleric casterlevel ego item would work wonders for this build).
- -1% Conceal vs. Melee.
- Only 59 Slinger levels means only +1 legendary attack from Divine Power. (+2 total, iirc, 1 from going to 20 BAB, 1 scripted). Not sure how a +1 Level Cleric Augment would affect this, but I suppose it's worth a try.
This build can also very likely be reasonably done with Pharlan, tho FA seems to fit better (heh, a build that works best on a non-BUR subby...imagine that. ). Hound Archon or Zenythri might work as well, but neither of these would do as well as Pharlan or FA (have to take Divine Might as a feat with these, and Hound doesn't get much +WIS). The original build used furchin, but had to start with 15 STR (pre-sub) and then take 2 level-up points in STR to qualify for Divine Might. That's a HUGE number of build points (13 build points, plus 2 level-up points), which hurts other stats.
Thoughts? I'd especially be interested in any thoughts on that second domain.
--Arek