Avatar of Ruin (10 Bard/10 RDD/ 20 PM)

[mescalino]

Orginal design goes to Wildeyes on the bioware site.

Will this type of build work on HG?

Race: Human
Alignment: True Neutral or Chaotic Neutral
Classes: Bard/Red Dragon Disciple/Pale Master, 10/10/20

STARTING STATS~
Str: 16
Dex: 12
Con: 14
Int: 12
Wis: 8
Cha: 14

END STATS~
Str: 34 [+10 level stat bonuses, +8 DD bonus]
Dex: 12
Con: 16 [+2 DD bonus]
Int: 14 [+2 DD bonus]
Wis: 8
Cha: 16 [+2 DD bonus]

LEVEL PROGESSION~

Lv 1-9 [Bard]
Lv 10-19 [Dragon Disciple]
Lv 20-39 [Pale Master]
Lv 40 [Bard]

NOTE: Follow the level progession EXACTLY.

SPELLS~
Spell Level 0 (4 castings)~
Cure Light Wounds
Resistance
Light
Daze
Flare

Spell Level 1 (5 castings)~
Lesser Dispell
Amplify
Balagarn's Iron Horn
Cure Light Wounds

Spell Level 2 (5 castings)~
Darkness
Ultravision
See Invisibility
Silence

Spell Level 3 (5 castings)~
Keen Edge
Find Traps
Wounding Whispers
Haste

Spell Level 4 (4 castings)~
Improved Invisibility
War Cry

FEATS~

Lv 1: Heavy Armor Proficiency
Lv 1: Weapon Provficiency: Martial
Lv 3: Power Attack
Lv 6: Cleave
Lv 9: Curse Song
Lv 12: Improved Critical: Greatsword
Lv 15: Knockdown
Lv 18: Great Cleave
Lv 21: Improved Knockdown
Lv 24: Overwhelming Critical
Lv 27: Devastating Critical
Lv 30: Armor Skin
Lv 32: Energy Resistance Acid [Pale Master Bonus Feat]
Lv 33: Weapon Focus: Greatsword
Lv 35: Epic Warding [Pale Master Bonus Feat]
Lv 36: Epic Weapon Focus
Lv 38: Epic Mage Armor [Pale Master Bonus Feat]
Lv 39: Epic Prowess

SKILLS (221 points total)~

Concentration: 43
Discipline: 43
Lore: 8
Perform: 12
Spellcraft: 43
Taunt: 32
Tumble: 40

NOTE: Update these skills as you can, putting them into Concentration and Spellcraft after level 9 Bard until the last Bard level at 40, then put the stored skill points into Discipline, Taunt, and Tumble.

NOTE: The Avatar absolutely MUST have the following skills ranks at the corresponding levels:
Level 9: Lore 8 (For Dragon Disciple)
Level 35: Spellcraft 34 (For Epic Spells)

VITALS~
Attack Bonus: 39/34/29 (With a mundane Greatsword equipped)
Armor Class: 37 (completely naked; NO gear and NO spells)
Hit Points: 422
Saving Throws: Fortitude 25, Reflex 20, Will 24 (+9 against spells from Spellcraft bonus)
Special:
Darkvision
Immunity to Critical Hits
Immunity to Fire
Immunity to Hold
Immunity to Paralysis
Immunity to Sleep
DC 19, 30' cone, 6d10 damage fire breath 1x day
Summon Skeleton Chieftain 1x per day
Summon Wraith 2x per day
Summon Skeleton Blackguard 1x per day
DC 24 Paralyzation Touch 6x per day
DC 22 Death Touch 3x per day

10 Bard Songs that give the following boosts:

+2 Attack Bonus
+2 Damage
+1 All Saving Throws
+1 Skill Checks
+8 Temporary Hitpoints

NOTE: Curse Song will do the exact reverse against the enemy, effectively doubling the Bard Song effect if both it and Curse Song are used simultaneously.


Possible changes can be taking exotic an focusing in Bastard sword.

What do you think?

[Bakchuda]

Devastating Critical is not allowed on HG. A modified form of it is enabled only for all-out Assassins.

In general, builds that are suggested from bioware forums do not work on this server, as it is optimized for builds that max out their specific abilities.

The combination of classes you are using, with the general idea of maxing out base AC has been suggested before, and you should take a look at this build for some suggestions.

Dracolich Disciple

[alandrian]

bakchuda said:

In general, builds that are suggested from bioware forums do not work on this server, as it is optimized for builds that max out their specific abilities.

In general not but some do like the exalted sorceress. Customized versions of that build are quite common on HG for example.
But most of the times you are right. HG has modified the classes that much that you have to adopt to the rules for good builds. While caster pms suck in nwn they are very good in HG.