Arcane Destroyer: 21 Wiz/10 WM/9 Ftr

[Jenna]

Objective: To have a decent fighter/caster - blending the abilities of the Bane Knight and StaffMaster. I wanted to be able to buff myself with weapon enhancements and damage shields, cast spells in armor, and have a decent AB.

Race: I used Mino (fairly common) but any race that has +str and no -Int/-con could be used.

Stats:
Str: 14 (18)
Dex: 15 (13)
Con: 14
Int: 16
Wis: 8 (10)
Chr: 6 (4)
*All ability bonuses go into Strength except for 3 to go into INT (levels 12, 16, 20) so you can cast level 9 spells (and get auto-stills)

Level Progression
1: Wiz {Dodge, Expertise, (Power Attack - free)
2: Ftr {Weapon Proficiency - Exotic}
3: Ftr {Weapon Focus -your choice-, Mobility}
4: Ftr
5: Ftr {Weapon Specialization}
6: Wiz {Spring Attack}
7-9: Wiz {Whirlwind, *Still Spell*} [+4 to Intimidate]
10: Wiz
11-20: Weapon Master {Imp. Crit., Blind Fight, Combat Casting}
21-26: Wiz {Epic W.F., Epic Prowress, *Extend Spell*}
27: Ftr {Great Strength I}
28: Ftr {Epic Weapon Specialization}
29-37: Wiz {Great Strength II, *Imp. Combat Casting*, Auto Still I, *Auto-Still II*, Auto-Still III}
38-40: Ftr {Great Strength III, -Your Choice- suggested: Armor Skin or Cleave}

*feat* indicates Wizard Bonus Feat

At Level 40:
Stats:
Str: 28
Dex: 13
Con: 14
Int: 19
Wis: 10
Chr: 4

Naked:
HP: 354 (base)
Fort: 21
Reflext: 21
Will: 19
AB: (+37/32/27/22)

Fully Equipped and buffed (w/tensers as well)
HP: 594
AB: +71/66/61/56 (with +14 weapon, tesners, +12 str from items).

Suggestions: Take Toughness in LL to boost HP, use the epic spell focus: Enchantment to get that +14 GMW.
Currently GMW is only +7 (since Caster level is 21) with book that jumps to +11, with 9 LLs, you should end at +14.

All LL stats and feats (except 1-for toughness)go into Strength (should net you an extra 16 strength points bring STR (w/items) up to 56 and adding 8 AB (+79/74/69/64) tensers will continue to beef you up as well as you level.

I also choose Scythe as WF (cheese - I know) but how can you not choose Scythe if you are a large race and a Str based WM??? Other options for med sized toons: Bastard Sword, Katana, Dwarven Ware Axe.

SPELLS: (as a wiz you can have all spells but this is what I would suggest as memorized spells)
1 - Prot. Evil, Mage Armor, True Strike
2 - Flame Weapon, Endurance, Bulls Str, *Shield
3 - GMW, Keen, *Death Armor
4 - Lesser Spell Breach? (suggestions welcomed)
5 - *Elemental Shield, Energy Buffer
6 - *Mestil's Acid Sheath, Greater Spell Breach
7 - *Etherial Visage, *Tensers Transformation
8 - Shadow Shield, *Prot/Spells, Greater Sanctuary
9 - Choice: Mords, Time Stop, Greater Spell Mantle
* - indicates EXTENDED version of spell
So, let me know if you have any suggestions. Spent about 5 hours perfecting this build (getting feats in right order..etc.)

Jenna

[lala]

Not sure if Tenser combines with weapon and other magical buffs to AB, meaning Tenser would only provide +7 AB if using a +13 enchanted weapon (but the character sheet would show all AB buffs even if they are ignored in actual combat).

Sure someone knows for sure (hope they can answer this).

Anyway if it does hit the +20 cap your AB is still very nice.
Lala

[Besiege]

I have a Staffmaster so I can confirm that. Tensers counts into 20 cap. If you have GMW +14, it will give you only +6 AB. Check your combat log if you can´t belive this as I couldn´t .
Your AB should be:
Fighter - 4
Wizard - 3
WM - 10
Epic Bonus - 10
Weapon Focus - 1
Epic Weapon Focus - 2
Epic Prowess - 1
WM - 1
Total - 32
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GMW + Tensers (TS) - 20
Total - 52
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Strength bonus (LvL 40) - 15
Total - 67 Nice!
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Strength bonus (LvL 60) - 23
Total - 75 Nice too!

Hmmm, strange is it is only 4 points minus.