Post by Ford Prefect on Aug 18, 2009 3:31:40 GMT
There are a ton of AA/monk builds on the wiki, and some of them are pretty good... ...and some of them are pretty old! <wink> So I decided to post my build. I only post proven builds, so I had to hold off for a bit, and while I was waiting to demi this gal, a couple updates went in. So.. this is the build I demi'ed, PLUS a few perks from the latest update. There are TWO ways you can build this toon, as the starting stats are impacted by whether or not you're rolling the toon from scratch or reincarnating a demi toon. If you've recently demied your vanilla AA, and are looking to try something a little different, you'll have to adjust your starting stats a bit to avoid being bit by an anti-exploit. (The anti-exploit will prevent you from getting your demi bonus stats from the pillar of light if your base charisma is below 12)
Gender Female
Race Elf/Erinyes
Class 6Bard/5PDK/29AA
Alignment Neutral Good
Starting Stats [if reincarnating as a demi]
st 15 (+3) [15]
dx 18 (+4) [18]
in 12 (+2) [12]
co 10 (+0) [8]
wi 8 (-1) [8]
ch 12 (+1) [14]
after Erinyes mod
st 15 (+3) [15]
dx 24 (+8) [24]
in 12 (+1) [12]
co 12 (+1) [10]
wi 12 (+1) [12]
ch 10 (+0) [12 ]
1 Blooded Bard levels 1-6
3 Mounted Combat (req for PDK)
4 STR+1(16)
5 Intimidate+1,listen+2,persuade+1,ride+2,spot+2 (PDK req)
6 Power Attack (req for Over.Crit)
7 PDK levels 7-10
8 STR+1(17)
9 Cleave
11 AA levels 11-39
12 STR+1(18) Imp.Crit:Longbow
15 Great Cleave
16 STR+1(19)
18 Called Shot
20 STR+1(20)
lvl stat feat notes
21 Great STR 1(21)
24 STR+1(22) Great STR 2(23), Epic Prowness Bonus AA Feat
27 Great STR 3(24)
28 DEX+1(25) Over.Crit Bonus AA Feat
30 Great STR 4(25)
32 DEX+1(26) Dev.Crit Bonus AA Feat
33 Great DEX 1(27)
36 DEX+1(28) Great DEX 2(29), Great DEX 3(30) Bonus AA Feat
39 Great DEX 4(31)
40 Disc+43 PDK level
40 DEX+1(32)
42 DEX+1(33) Great DEX 5(34)
44 DEX+1(35)
45 Great DEX 6(36)
46 DEX+1(37)
48 DEX+1(38) Great DEX 7(39)
50 DEX+1(40)
51 Great DEX 8(41)
52 DEX+1(42)
54 DEX+1(43) LWF:Longbow
56 DEX+1(44)
57 LSA:Tumble
58 DEX+1(45)
60 DEX+1(46) Great STR 5(26) (or Armor Skin)
The level 60 feat was a tough call... that extra Great STR evens out your STR and gives you one more point of damage on most AA bows. The Armor skin would add to AC... Pick your poison, YMMV. I also contemplated dropping 2 G.Dex feats and picking up some other feats to improve the utility/flexibility of the toon. But that would have cost me both 1 AC and 1 AB (although with an AB of 101+d20, you could afford to loose that 1 point), and the PDK racial feats are great. Pair this build with a STR bard and even when the nasty random Male spawns on you in the coil, you'll still be standing AND able to run to the middle of all the KD'ed folks and with a single action haul everyone to their feet.
Gender Female
Race Elf/Erinyes
Class 6Bard/5PDK/29AA
Alignment Neutral Good
Starting Stats [if reincarnating as a demi]
st 15 (+3) [15]
dx 18 (+4) [18]
in 12 (+2) [12]
co 10 (+0) [8]
wi 8 (-1) [8]
ch 12 (+1) [14]
after Erinyes mod
st 15 (+3) [15]
dx 24 (+8) [24]
in 12 (+1) [12]
co 12 (+1) [10]
wi 12 (+1) [12]
ch 10 (+0) [12 ]
1 Blooded Bard levels 1-6
3 Mounted Combat (req for PDK)
4 STR+1(16)
5 Intimidate+1,listen+2,persuade+1,ride+2,spot+2 (PDK req)
6 Power Attack (req for Over.Crit)
7 PDK levels 7-10
8 STR+1(17)
9 Cleave
11 AA levels 11-39
12 STR+1(18) Imp.Crit:Longbow
15 Great Cleave
16 STR+1(19)
18 Called Shot
20 STR+1(20)
lvl stat feat notes
21 Great STR 1(21)
24 STR+1(22) Great STR 2(23), Epic Prowness Bonus AA Feat
27 Great STR 3(24)
28 DEX+1(25) Over.Crit Bonus AA Feat
30 Great STR 4(25)
32 DEX+1(26) Dev.Crit Bonus AA Feat
33 Great DEX 1(27)
36 DEX+1(28) Great DEX 2(29), Great DEX 3(30) Bonus AA Feat
39 Great DEX 4(31)
40 Disc+43 PDK level
40 DEX+1(32)
42 DEX+1(33) Great DEX 5(34)
44 DEX+1(35)
45 Great DEX 6(36)
46 DEX+1(37)
48 DEX+1(38) Great DEX 7(39)
50 DEX+1(40)
51 Great DEX 8(41)
52 DEX+1(42)
54 DEX+1(43) LWF:Longbow
56 DEX+1(44)
57 LSA:Tumble
58 DEX+1(45)
60 DEX+1(46) Great STR 5(26) (or Armor Skin)
The level 60 feat was a tough call... that extra Great STR evens out your STR and gives you one more point of damage on most AA bows. The Armor skin would add to AC... Pick your poison, YMMV. I also contemplated dropping 2 G.Dex feats and picking up some other feats to improve the utility/flexibility of the toon. But that would have cost me both 1 AC and 1 AB (although with an AB of 101+d20, you could afford to loose that 1 point), and the PDK racial feats are great. Pair this build with a STR bard and even when the nasty random Male spawns on you in the coil, you'll still be standing AND able to run to the middle of all the KD'ed folks and with a single action haul everyone to their feet.