The Loot Cleric

[mc11995]

Okay so here is my Caster Cleric, who only sacrifices 1 DC on plodes to get maxed out open lock, disable trap, and search. he should be able to get every Hells Secret and Chest.

The End Result:

--Maxed OL, DT, Search, and Conc.
--A Very high plode DC
--Heartbane for the nasties plodes can't get (think amnizu, cornugon, gelugon)
--4 Epics
--Low end reflex and fort saves.
--Low Health
--A GSF gate - not fully maxed out (recasting will fix this however)
--Extended GR


Here is the Progression:

18 intelligence and 17 wisdom to start. Put one point into anything you want.

Elf, Half-Celestial
(HC gets GSF evocation and 6 wisdom and 4 charisma)

When to Take What:
1-38 cleric
39 ranger
40 rouge (MAX OL, DT, AND SEARCH!)
41-60 cleric

Pre-Epic Feats:
Spell Penenetration
Greater Spell Penetration
Spell Focus Transmutation
Greater Spell Focus Transmutation
Spell Focus Divination
Greater Spell Focus Divination
Extend Spell (Metamagic)

Epic Feats:
Epic Spell Focus Evocation
Epic Spell Focus Transmutation
Epic Spell Focus Divination
Epic Spell Penetration
Greater Wisdom 1
Greater Wisdom 2
Greater Wisdom 3
Greater Wisdom 4
Greater Wisdom 5
Greater Wisdom 6
Greater Wisdom 7
Greater Wisdom 8
Read Necromancy Book (Gives Epic Spell Focus Necromancy)

Legendary Feats:
Epic Skill Focus:
-Open Lock
-Disable Trap
-Search
Legendary Necromancy Spell Focus
Legendary Evocation Spell Focus
Legendary Spell Penetration
Greater Wisdom 9

Any corrections, comments or suggestions welcome!
Matt

[crimsonbinome22]

I'm not sure about the lack of Legendary Spell Pen. Sure for implodes it's not so bad, all the important implodables (party kb monsters) in the Hells have 0 SR. But against implodable fodder like Erinyes, Kyton, Barbazu that have SR 74-76 (+4 for paragons), you are making landing plodes 10% harder before NB. It's all well and good to wait for Balance, but these mobs are often near death by the time the Druid gets around to them after PFs and Malebs. Its nice to be able to catch a few in the initial machine plode, or just as soon as enemies have spawned without having to wait for NB.

All the Heartbane enemies are higher SR monsters. Gelugons, Amnizu and Cornugons are all SR 84, with a good NB this won't be a problem, but when relying on Bestow (-12 SR) or Mords (-10) you are going to be trying to Heartbane them vs 74 SR, which with LL Spellpen is made marginally more difficult.

On defenses, it seems you don't have tumble, nor the ability to get AC from wisdom. Clerics don't have any concealment of their own, so you will be getting hit a lot. Without LL Div your Gate will only absorb 725 damage (as opposed to 1450 with LL Div), which without decent AC nor conceal, will get eaten super fast. 725 damage can disappear in 3 or so good crits from a Barbazu.

Something unrelated, since you have a rogue level, would you have enough skill points to dump 20 or so in UMD? Would let you use Gust, BBoD, STF and Mord scrolls.

[mc11995]

Not sure on the rouge dump into UMD, I might have enough at the end. I plan on being very cautious, as I will be very squishy! I forgot to add on Legendary Spell Pen - The feats I have are on the other thread, and I just copied it wrong. I did the same with weapon Finesse on another build (That was slightly more embarassing however!)
So SR shouldn't be a problem.

matt