Lily (59Bard/1Paladin) (7 epic support bard)

[Avissar]

Ok, so FINALLY after months of slacking I have reincarnated my bard! Woot! This is NOT a DC bard like Klebs, rather, it's an epic bard. Currently, the only epic spell I am missing is Evocation. If I were to take one level of ranger (making my build 58brd/1pld/1rng) I could have ALL the epics...it's very tempting..


Note that I'm not a demi yet with a bard, yet alone a x2. After x2 I might reinc again and try for DC, we'll see.
59BRD/1PLD

Base Race: Human
Subrace: Shard

Start stats:
STR 8
DEX 8
CON 12
INT 16
WIS 8
CHA 18

All ability points go into CHARISMA

1 Curse Song
1 Artist
3 S Foc Trans
6 G S Foc Trans
8 S Foc Ill
12 G S Foc Ill
15 S Foc Ench
18 G S Foc Ench
21 G CHA 1
24 S Foc Necro
24 G CHA 2
27 G S Foc Necro
27 G CHA 3
30 S Foc Conj
30G CHA 4
33 G S Foc Conj
33 G CHA 5
36 S Foc Div
36 G CHA 6
39 G S Foc Div
39 Feat of your choice (Meta-magic??)

Use CHARISMA ARTIFACT
Pandecet: Energy Immune of Choice
Read ABJURATION BOOK

42Epic Trans
45Epic Ill
48Epic Ench
51Epic Necro
54Epic Div
57Epic Conj
60 Feat of your Choice

Stats at 60 w/gear & Artifact (CHA) but NO demi

STR 20
DEX 24
CON 28
INT 16 (No int bonus from gear)
WIS 20
CHA 62

AC: 98
HP: 784 (unbuffed, with my song and Imp heroism, I'm just over 1000hp)

Saves:
Fort 78
Ref 79
Will 77

Skills:

Max the following, it's very close to being able to max them all, take Pick Pocket last, I think it was like 6 or so points shy of max.

Concentration
Discipline
Heal
Lore
Perform
Taunt
Tumble
UMD
(rest into PP)


Spell Selection:

1st
Expeditious Retreat
Sticky Fingers
Prot From Align
Joyful Noise
Appraising Touch

2nd
Silence
Ghostly Visage
Deafening Clang
Endure Elements
Clairity

3rd
Treasure Scent
Bestow Curse
Keen
Remove Curse
Greater Magic Weapon

4th
Warcry
Legend Lore
Neutralize Poison
Improved Invis
Shout (for busting pesky walls)

5th
Improved Heroism
Healing Circle
Ethereal Visage
Mass Cure Moderate
Lesser Mind Blank

6th
Energy Buffer
Mass CC
Mass Cure Serious
Least Spell Mantle



Current gear set-up:

Main Hand: TIA harp
Off hand: Legendary Horn of Blasting

Armor: Bulwark of the Cholorist
Helm: Crown of Uncanny Stability
Bracers: Touch of the Grave
Belt: Insipration
Amulet: Amulet of the Pharoh
Cloak: Enfolding Captivation
Boots: Legendary Boots of Asorption

Rings: As always these vary depending on where you are. One should be a breach ring, the other, your immunity ring of choice.



Pros:

Seven epic bard spells! (I love the epic Winter is Coming, I can run right up to Raks or Machines and stone them...uber kewl.
Huge Aura for Epics
5 Possums
One meta-magic feat can easily be swapped for Legenday Artist when the bard edits come out.

Cons:

98 AC with my gear set up
Ethereal Visage is not maxed

SUGGESTIONS OR CRITICISM WELCOME AND APPRECIATED, BUT I'LL PROLLY TRY IT OUT FOR A WHILE ANYWAYS :

[Naeblis]

Been looking for this kind of build, thanks!

One question that may just be a personal choice, how come the abjuration epic over the evocation epic?

[nataani]

Not my build but I can take a stab at it... im guessing he reasoned that as a support bard staying alive is more important, the evo epic can be seriously dangerous for a bards health

[Avissar]

Sorry, I hadn't noticed a reply to the post.

Kleb nailed it, the bard is pretty squishy and I figured the abjur epic would help me stay alive. However, I think I like abjur more so for being able to give out energy immunes to myself and others. The extra 50% really helps after a person has died and lost shunt, or if they are new and can't cover immunes with rings.

[MightyKhan]

so why didn't you take all 8 (using a ranger splash)?

[Avissar]

I did not opt for all 8 because of the conceal reduction. My conceal is hit pretty hard as it is with only epic illusion and 1 splash, a second splash would HURT.

However, not all is lost. If you notice in my build, I have taken 6 Great charisma feats. With the artifact (CHA) and a +14 item, my charisma sits at 64. So, I could take less CHA feats to pick up greater evoc and instead of legendary artist at level 60, I could take epic evoc. If I ever decide to demi this bard (currently needs cania), my charisma would be even higher which will open up a LOT of feats.