Tanking Stone (6 Barb, 14 Sorc, 20 RDD)

[Chaos]

The build 'Pariah of the Dragons' interested me to see a pariah that can tank and can dish out a fair amount of damage while keeping up his defenses from buffs and class combos to take full advantage of the pariah quasi-class. This build layout was based on the 'Pariah of the Dragons' build at the start, but I decided to get an extra spell and ditch 2 barbarian levels for 2 sorceror levels. I may end up switching back but this is good enough so far. May be harder to level at the start but should b a pretty fun build to play.

Human: Maelephant

Strength 14
Dexterity: 8
Constitution: 16
Wisdom: 8
Intelligence: 12
Charisma: 16

Spell Book: Either Illusion for Displace or Trans for GMW.

Skills (IN ORDER): 2 Con, 2 Str, 2 Con, 4 Str, 4 Con, 6 Str

2 Barb/1 Sorc/2 Barb/1 Sorc/2 Barb/10 Sorc/20 RDD/2 Sorc

Feats (Pre-Epic)
01: Weapon Proficiency Exotic, Blind Fight
03: Spell Focus Transmutation
06: Greater Spell Focus Transmutation
09: Weapon Focus (Any Exotic)
12: Metamagic Still Spell
15: Metamagic Extend Spell
18: Improved Critical (Weapon Focus)

Feats (Epic)
21: Epic Weapon Focus (Weapon Focus)
24: Epic Toughness I
27: Epic Toughness II
30: Epic Toughness III
32: Epic Toughness IV
33: Epic Toughness V
36: Epic Toughness VI, VII
39: Epic Toughness VIII

Feats (Legendary)
42: Epic Toughness IX
45: Epic Toughness X
48: Legendary Weapon Focus (Weapon Focus)
51: Epic Prowess
54: Lightning Reflexes ----- or Great Strength I
57: Epic Will ----------------- or Great Strength II
60: Legendary Reflexes --- or Epic Reflexes

If you choose to go the Great Strength route you must take Great Strength I, Great Strength II, and Epic Reflexes for it to work out right.

Let me know what you guys think, need as much feedback as possible.

Chaos

[louisvilleslugger]

Your Charisma shouldn't need to be that high to start. Once you hit your pariah quasi at level 17 or 18, you get an increase of +4 CHA. (and you could go even lower since you'll get a CHA boost from RDD and you're taking the last 2 sorcerer levels after the boost)

Since your total sorcerer levels is 14, the max level spell you can cast is 7th, so I would set my CHA at 13 and put more into STR.

"Maelephant" (secret Beyond UltraRare; changes Appearance)
- STR +4, CON +6, free feat: Heavy Armor Proficiency, free feat: Toughness, free feat: Epic Skill Focus - Intimidate, free feat: Epic Skill Focus - Taunt, increases character size to large, speaks Infernal

I would go:
S 16 (20), cost: 10
D 8, cost: 0
C 16 (22), cost: 10
I 12, costa: 4
W 8
CH 14, cost: 6 (pariah, becomes 18)



I don't know if you should even bother trying to boost reflex. With a Dex of 6 (from pariah) and no reflex as class saves, it will be low even with feat boosts.

Boosting will save would be a good idea though.

[louisvilleslugger]

PS. You might consider doing a DD of a different color instead of red (the original build was treant, so it had a fire vulnerable w/ cold immune). If u take elemental shield as one of your level 4 spells, you'll have 50% fire/cold to start.

Maybe acid would be a good choice (Green DD)??

also: i think you'll get the epic wall if u take transmute book. something to keep in mind.

[Bakchuda]

Just a little comment regarding the previous comment:
You can't acquire a HG epic spell without having at least 25 levels in wiz, sorc, or PM. So reading the book wouldn't get you the wall.

[simpetar]

Jun 3, 2008 18:08:19 GMT Bakchuda said:

Just a little comment regarding the previous comment:
You can't acquire a HG epic spell without having at least 25 levels in wiz, sorc, or PM. So reading the book wouldn't get you the wall.

Pariahs are exception to this rule, they can cast wall without having 25 lvls of sorc; their sorc and barbarian lvls stack.

[louisvilleslugger]

Yes. Pariahs are the exception to the 25 level deal (for ONLY epic wall).

I should note that I DO NOT know if the sorcerer + barbarian levels have to exceed 25, but there is nothing specifying that. (my pariah/rdd isn't legendary level yet)