The Storm Master (51 Drd, 7 Wm, 2 Mnk)

[mc11995]

This is my first actual Stormlord build. I focused on a few main goals and tried to be as helpful to my party as I could.
This is my 52/7/1 Druid/WM/Monk Stormlord Quasiclass:

Goals:
-- To have a Good AC for a dualwielder.
-- To hit hard, as much as I can.
-- To have survivable saves.
-- To have Immute and Shunt as well as buffs to support my party.
-- To have Discipline high enough to make slag checks in phleg.
-- To be an acceptable tank, but with Druid epics and buffs.

-Half-Kyton, Human
-max dex, put wis to 15 and int to 14
-get 4 points of skill into intimidate by level 11.
-put 40 into CraAr, CraWe, max concentration, Max parry, dump in 7th level of WM, max tumble (at lvl 40), max SplCra, max heal.

Level Progression-
1-2 Druid
3 Monk
4-12 Druid
13-20 WM
20-39 Druid
40 Monk
41-60 Druid

Here goes:
Level 1: two weapon fighting, expertise
Level 3: weapon focus kama
Level 6: ambidexterity
Level 9: Spring attack
Level 12: whirlwind attack
Level 15: Ambidexterity
Level 18: improved critical kama
Level 21: Improved Two Hand Fighting
Level 24: Spell Focus Transmutation
Level 27: EWF kama
Level 29: Great wis
Level 30: Epic Prowess
Level 33: Weapon Finesse, GSF Trans
Level 36: armor skin
Level 37: ESF transmutation
Level 39: Greater Ruin
READ EVOCATION BOOK
Level 42: LWF kama
Level 45: Great dex
Level 48: Great dex
Level 51: Great dex
Level 54: Great dex
Level 57: Great dex
Level 60: Great dex
use blind fight pandect.
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Melee build alts:
--Instead of taking evocation up to ESF, take Power and Superior Critical, and Greater Weapon Focus. this will get you 1 more AB and allows you to land crits more.
--Or, take blooded and LSA Discipline to max disc, in place of power and superior critical.
--I chose to go my route as i wanted to contribute to my party more, which I feel is more important than having to pick a weapon up, or not hitting on as many criticals.
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Notes:
-AB is 93 at level 60 (+12 gear no arty)
-AB is 97 after double demi, arty, and 14 gear
-Expect 128-129 AC at level 60, in +12 gear. (Without Dex arty)
-AC will be 136 after double demi and asmo artifact, (+14 gear)
-Gets monk AB breakdown, huge help. (97/94/91/etc.)
-use robes and never use a shield, obviously.
All suggestions are welcome.

So far here is the equipment I am using. Keep in mind this may not be the "optimal" gear set-up, but it works, and is nice enough for what I have available.
Helm: Crown of Uncanny Stability (14 to str con and wis, auged)
Weapons: Dis Kama x2
Armor: Unrandomized Robes of the Dim Mak Master
Boots: Tia druid
Belt: Coil of Grabduk (for exotics)
Amulet: Ygrettes Locket (for nice phys resists)
Cloak: Elemental Cloak (gives me 45- to all eles with robes of the dim mak master)
Rings: Obviously changes as the run I am doing, (I use the Cania Epic Dodge ring often)
Gloves: Manacles of Mephistoles (overall a nicely randomized piece or equipment, but this could easily be swapped.)

Thanks Everyone!
Matt
;D
PS-
Thanks to Tyran, SoC, and MightyKhan for all the help and computations; for answering some big questions, and thanks to my guildies who helped me figure out what I needed to make this thing work!!!

[Trazik]

Are you missing Weapon Finesse?

Each character is allowed one Wondrous Tome and one Pandect.

[mc11995]

That would explain it. I copied this off a sheet of paper and missed that, and parry. ty, i thought something was wrong.

[mc11995]

AC should be near 125, (i think this is right?) as a typical battle druid as close to 140. AB I haven't figured out yet. i think it will be low 90s however. (Only a guess)

[mc11995]

I may take another monk level at 40. is this worth it? I can max tumble, and disc this way, i think it even frees up two feats, the ones i original had for discipline. Is this accurate?

[mc11995]

updated, with changes.

[MightyKhan]

you DO realise that for SoV to work your base dexterity has to beat your base wisdom, right?

(unless the spell was changed without me noticing)

[Trazik]

I doubt a BUR subby can get a free feat from dragon blood.

[StrykerOfChaos]

Oct 6, 2009 18:37:17 GMT Trazik said:

I doubt a BUR subby can get a free feat from dragon blood.

Correct. Only open subraces benefit from Dragon's Blood.

[mc11995]

Meh. I lose (again). By the way... this was not fully edited, Gruin and armor skin were not added, among other things, including feat order. I fell asleep at my desk. ;D I admit however, that I did not know about the dragon blood, and that is good to know! Also, I failed to see with SA, that i needed dex anyways. Will repost my previous build.

Thanks a lot for all the help and suggestions, as well as noticing my obvious mistakes. (That i didn't catch)

It's appreciated, more so than you think
I will post on how this toon does in the hells. He ripped up desert with immo and R gear, at lvl 48, and was able to be the only tank in a party of 6. he gets 10 attacks a round and does good, solid damage with 35 kamas. I have the dis kamas and his Bur/tia gear set up ready when he hits 60, so i will tell you how he does at that point.
Overall he's a blast to play, with a nice AC foer a dualwielder (125 atm) and a strong Ab, which was near 100 last time i calculated it, not sure if that includes song and cleric AB buffs.

[bobownsya]

Think you could drop one level of druid and splash a second Monk level at 40? Extra AC from tumble is always welcome

[MightyKhan]

100 AB at level 48 sounds like a bit too much. you sure you didnt calculate past the +20 cap?
if i read your post correctly you will get a final dex score of 56 right?

if so, heres what your ab at 60 will be:
16base+10epic+15legendary(through SoV)+1WM+7feats+1CA+20bonus+23dex-2dualwield=91

level 48 means you will get another 10 points of dex and 9 points of LBAB. this means your AB should be 76ish. Is this what the log says? (its enough for desert, thats for sure)

[mc11995]

Mighty you are perfectly correct. I did calculate it to 60, not at 48, and I should have been clearer. he's actually 55 now, but the AB was near 75 at 48, good call! Also thanks for computing the AB, i looked at the charts and the stickied thread but could not pull anything out of it. Near 100 is after prayer, aid, bless, and song. (7 plus song). I think my dex is 56, i get 6 greater dex feats and 4 from HK, I have no idea what the base dex for a lvl 60 is though, if you took no great feats and put all stats into it.

Edit: 91 Ab will be enough to take on hells, correct? Especially if i have song and prayer, etc? (remember i get the monk Ab breakdown) so: 91/88/85/82/79/etc. last attack is at 65 i think.

[mc11995]

Oct 6, 2009 22:42:03 GMT bobownsya said:

Think you could drop one level of druid and splash a second Monk level at 40? Extra AC from tumble is always welcome

Hehe, that's exactly what i did. Failed to put that in too. My toon has a tumble of 59 atm, with gear, at lvl 55. updated to show correct lvl progression. (I actually played around with fighter instead of monk in the test chamber, but monk is definately superior on a robed dual wielder!

[MightyKhan]

song and prayer all fall within the +20 bonus cap. with a monk attack progression, 91 might just be enough, but im no expert on this.

basically, every scripted point of AB falls within the cap. everything from spells and abilities (divine favor, divine wrath, bless, song). bonuses from feats do not (normal weapon focus feats, the WM superior weapon focus, even AA enchant arrow). bonuses from ability points and craft armor do not either.
and then theres the AB you get just by having a certain level: Base AB (determined by the 1st 20 levels), epic AB (10) and Legendary AB. the last depends on your control class, but there are some spells, of which SoV is one, which change it to match the highest possible (ie 15).