Post by Egg on Nov 8, 2008 9:03:12 GMT
My aim was to build a bard that could also help to deal out some damage. Although it hits no way near as hard as the usual tanks, it could hold its own against most monsters when testing in the arena. This toon does all the basics of a caster bard including taking a whopping 4 epics.
I chose warhammer merely due to having many of them already, but it's up to you what medium-sized weapon you take. The AC is always going to be an issue here. The Uro bard armour enables the casting of displacement instead of ethereal visage. Because of this you can use a tower shield on your shield arm. Failing that, you will need to pick up a bard shield.
Pharlan: Half-elf
Neutral Good
Starting stats [after subrace edits]
str 16 [22]
dex 8
con 14
wis 8
int 14
char 15 [19]
Skills: max
discipline
tumble
perform
listen
parry
CA
CW
and I put the rest into concentration and taunt at 60.
1, bard
2, bard
3, bard (alignment change to lawful)
4, pally
5, pally (alignment change to neutral)
6, bard
7, fighter
8, bard
9, bard
10, fighter
11-60 bard
1 Artist
3 Curse Song
4 +1 char =20
6 toughness
7 Weapon Focus
8 char =21
9 SF: enchant
10 imp crit
12 SF: ill +1 char =22
15 SF trans
16 +1 char =23
18 GSF: enchant
20 +1 char =24
21 great str 3 = 23
24 great char 1 +1 char =26
27 GSF: conj bonus feat: GSF: ill
28 +1 char =27
30 great str 4 bonus feat: ling song
32 +1 char =28
33 gr8 str 5 bonus feat: lasting insp
36 EWF bonus feat: great char 2 +1 char = 30
39 Armour skin bonus feat: ESF:Perform
40 +1 str
42. great str 6 +1 str
44. +1 str
45. ESF enchant
46. +1 str
48. ESF Illusion +1 str
50. +1 str
51. ESF trans
52 +1 str
54. great str 7 +1 str
56. +1 str
57. LWF
58. +1 str
60. LSF: ill +1 str
Tome necro
Arti: I was forced to go with speed after reincarnation - I would probably go str for the extra Ab otherwise
Stats at 60 with song/IOF
Ab (with IOF): 85/80/75/70
88 with imp. heroism
AC: 122 (with girding, strongheart, Uro bard armour and tower)
80% conceal
Saves:
fort: 70
reflex: 66
will: 68
spell resistance: 75
[Modified to drop extra music for LSF: illusion; and switched healing spirit for HMR]
I chose warhammer merely due to having many of them already, but it's up to you what medium-sized weapon you take. The AC is always going to be an issue here. The Uro bard armour enables the casting of displacement instead of ethereal visage. Because of this you can use a tower shield on your shield arm. Failing that, you will need to pick up a bard shield.
Pharlan: Half-elf
Neutral Good
Starting stats [after subrace edits]
str 16 [22]
dex 8
con 14
wis 8
int 14
char 15 [19]
Skills: max
discipline
tumble
perform
listen
parry
CA
CW
and I put the rest into concentration and taunt at 60.
1, bard
2, bard
3, bard (alignment change to lawful)
4, pally
5, pally (alignment change to neutral)
6, bard
7, fighter
8, bard
9, bard
10, fighter
11-60 bard
1 Artist
3 Curse Song
4 +1 char =20
6 toughness
7 Weapon Focus
8 char =21
9 SF: enchant
10 imp crit
12 SF: ill +1 char =22
15 SF trans
16 +1 char =23
18 GSF: enchant
20 +1 char =24
21 great str 3 = 23
24 great char 1 +1 char =26
27 GSF: conj bonus feat: GSF: ill
28 +1 char =27
30 great str 4 bonus feat: ling song
32 +1 char =28
33 gr8 str 5 bonus feat: lasting insp
36 EWF bonus feat: great char 2 +1 char = 30
39 Armour skin bonus feat: ESF:Perform
40 +1 str
42. great str 6 +1 str
44. +1 str
45. ESF enchant
46. +1 str
48. ESF Illusion +1 str
50. +1 str
51. ESF trans
52 +1 str
54. great str 7 +1 str
56. +1 str
57. LWF
58. +1 str
60. LSF: ill +1 str
Tome necro
Arti: I was forced to go with speed after reincarnation - I would probably go str for the extra Ab otherwise
Stats at 60 with song/IOF
Ab (with IOF): 85/80/75/70
88 with imp. heroism
AC: 122 (with girding, strongheart, Uro bard armour and tower)
80% conceal
Saves:
fort: 70
reflex: 66
will: 68
spell resistance: 75
[Modified to drop extra music for LSF: illusion; and switched healing spirit for HMR]