Post by Torin on Jun 20, 2010 10:30:41 GMT
Furax Umbra (lat. thievish shadow)
An open subrace Shadowdancer - 4 Rogue, 6 Paladin, 30 Shadowdancer
The Shadowdancer has some HG specific custom changes, a full list can be found in the Class/Ability/Spell Customizations subforum. Most noteworthy are:
- Shadow Evade: Unlimited use at SD level 20, provides conceal and damage reduction, grants unlimited etherealness (like Greater Sanctuary) at SD level 40.
- Shadow Rift: Finding a certain item will allow Shadowdancers to enchant their melee weapon with Shadow Rift, which will add dices of negative damage on hit.
- Shadow Daze: A long range daze attack that course enemies with a course similar to curse song (drops AB by 6 and AC by 7 at character level 60). Shadow Daze is also excellent to pull enemies.
- Shadow Step: Immortal characters with at least 25 Shadowdancer class levels can now find the Shadow Step ability. This ability, once acquired, allows you to teleport as a swift action to targets within Medium range. You will automatically enter Shadow Sanctuary when using Shadow Step. Some targets (such as bosses) cannot be teleported to. Shadow Step can be found somewhere very black.
Hint: To find the required class secrets, you can ask the people ingame with the !newbie command.
Last but not least: They have a summon - which is maxed at this build. Yummy!
This shadowdancer is a dexer (as most Shadowdancers) with Shield and therefore has very high AC (about 137 AC). Furthermore he has conceal 60 % (all numbers are given for this character at level 60 in the following) and the epic Dodge feat that allow you to avoid the first hit in a round that normally would have hit you. The high saves of 63, 81, 59 are upgraded with the Improved Evasion and the Slipper Mind feats. The Furax Umbra has max. Discipline, Tumble and some points in concentration for nasty skill checks in game. As a result of all these features + Shadow Step and unlimited etherealness, the dex-based Shadowdancer is one of the hardest to kill characters at all (in my opinion).
The AB of the Furax Umbra is 95 which is not that high; but that is typical for Shadowdancers. This build takes Blindfight (equivalent to 63 Listen) to beat conceal. The Shadow Rift ability helps a bit to increase damage output.
Beside the normal task of a shadowdancer (tanking, course enemies, survive and resurrect people), the Furax Umbra is also a “full Rogue”. He has maxed search, disable traps and open locks skills. And skillpoints in UMD to use scrolls.
Hint: An item or augumenter with Improved Critical (Rapier) would be helpful for more damage of the Furax Umbra. Maybe you are lucky and find something like that ingame.....
Class choices:
-Rogue: Rogue is the only class capable of disarming traps with a DC greater than 35. Therefore, you need at least 1 level of Rogue.
-Paladin: Gives Paladin saves bonus, fear and disease immunity. And +1 BAB.
-Shadowdancer: This is a Shadowdancer build, the more Shadowdancer levels the better. For maxed Shadowdancer levels 50, Shadow Evade grants an additional attack and the soak is 20/+15. (nearly every monster has +14 weapons in hells and other end game arias, so a +15 is really needed)
Race
Base Race: Elf
Subrace: "Grey Elf": INT +2, STR -2, hide +2, move silently +2
- Elfes get +2 dex and -2 con at start
- Elfes are immune to sleep and have Keen Sense (that helps with searching)
- To max the rogue skills the able learner feat of Elfes is used, this build is therefore an Elf. Details of able learner: All elves can raise any cross-class skill to 31 (the normal level 60 limit) starting at level 41 for the normal 2 points per rank. For skills which are cross-class for their control class but which are class skills for one of their other classes, elves may raise them to the normal class skill limit for 3 points per rank above 31 in legendary levels. These skill ranks may not be taken on the same level as ordinary 2-point cross-class skill ranks; a skill must first be increased to 31 before it can be raised past 31 on a later level.
Starting Statistics (Elf: Grey Elf)
Strength 8 (6)
Dexterity 20
Constitution 10
Wisdom 8
Intelligence 16 (18)
Charisma 8
Alignment: Lawful Good (That is needed for Paladin levels)
Stats: All Dexterity
20 Start + 20 (All stats) +10 great feats +14 Buff = 64 buffed (that is +27 modifier)
Pre-Epic Levels
Level 1, Rogue (1)
Strong Soul
Strong Soul gives +1 to will and fort saves, and is a prerequisite for Legendary Hardened Soul
Level 2, Paladin (1)
Free: Divine Grace
Divine Grace The charisma modifier is added to the saves, as long the alignment stays good.
Level 3, Paladin (2)
Dodge
Free: Aura of Courage
Dodge is a requirement to qualify as a shadowdancer
Aura of Courage Fear immunity that protects even for fear effects that some item based fear immunity does not.
Level 4, Paladin (3)
Free: Divine Health
Divine Health gives immunity to diseases, 100% of them.
Level 5, Paladin (4)
Level 6, Paladin (5)
Mobility
Mobility is a requirement to qualify as a shadowdancer
Level 7, Rogue (2)
Free: Evasion
Evasion : Whenever a reflex save is allowed for half damage, the character instead takes no damage if he succeeds at the save.
Level 8, Rogue (3)
Free: Uncanny dodge I
Important: Hide 10, move silently 8, tumble 10. These skillpoints are requirements to qualify as a shadowdancer.
UMD 10, Set Trap 5, Search 10, Open lock 10, Disable Traps 10
Uncanny dodge: The character retains his dexterity bonus to AC, even if caught flat-footed or attacked by a hidden or invisible creature.
Level 9, Shadowdancer (1)
Weapon finesse
Weapon finesse let you to make melee attack rolls with dexterity modifier instead of strength
Level 10, Shadowdancer (2)
Level 11, Shadowdancer (3)
Free: Shadow Daze
Free Summon Shadow!
Shadow Daze: The cursing daze of the Shadowdancer. The power of Shadow Dace rises with Shadowdancer level.
Summon Shadow: The summon of the Shadowdancer. Summons are reworked on HG and very powerful. Enjoy!
Level 12, Shadowdancer (4)
Free: Shadow Evade
Weapon Focus (Rapier)
Shadow Evade: The defense buff of the shadowdancer. Gives conceal, soak and some other blasting buffs . The power of Shadow Evade rises with Shadowdancer level.
Weapon Focus (Rapier) gives +1 AB
Level 13, Shadowdancer (5)
Free: Defensive Roll
Defensive Roll prerequisite for Epic Dodge.
Level 14, Shadowdancer (6)
Level 15, Shadowdancer (7)
Free: Slippery Mind
Greater Weapon Focus (Rapier)
Slippery Mind: Characters failing their will save versus mind-affecting spells (and some effects on HG) get an automatic reroll.
Greater Weapon Focus another +1 AB; only on HG!
Level 16, Shadowdancer (8)
Level 17, Shadowdancer (9)
Level 18, Shadowdancer (10)
Free: Improved Evasion
Blindfight
Improved Evasion: Whenever a reflex save is allowed for half damage, characters with this feat instead take no damage if they succeed at the save. Even if they fail the save, they take only half damage. Is also a prerequisite for Epic Dodge.
Blind fight: This feat grants the character the ability to fight well, even if blinded or against invisible creatures. On Higher Ground, it helps also to beat concealed creatures (like the Listen skill, that this build can not afford. Blind Fight is equivalent to Listen 60 for beating conceal).
Level 19, Paladin (6)
Important: Concentration 22, Discipline 22
This is your last Paladin level, so max the paladin skills Concentration and Discipline now
Level 20, Rogue (4)
Important: UMD 23, Open lock 23, Disable Traps 23
tumble 23, Search 23
This is your last Rogue level, so max the rogue skills UMD, Open locks, and Disable Traps now
Epic Levels
Skills: Increase Tumble, and Search on every level till max 63 in the following
Level 21, Shadowdancer (11)
Epic Weapon Focus (Rapier)
Epic Weapon Focus (Rapier) gives +2 AB to Rapiers
Level 22, Shadowdancer (12)
Level 23, Shadowdancer (13)
(Shadowdancer bonus feat) Epic Shadowlord
Epic Shadowlord Gives a boost to your Shadow Summon.
Level 24, Shadowdancer (14)
Armor skin
Armor skin gives +2 AC
Level 25, Shadowdancer (15)
Level 26, Shadowdancer (16)
(Shadowdancer bonus feat) Great Dexterity I
Great Dexterity gives +1 dexterity. You get +1 AB and AC for every 2 points in dexterity.
Level 27, Shadowdancer (17)
Epic Dodge
Epic Dodge: The character avoids the first attack each round that would have hit him. This is a very, very good defense feat.
Level 28, Shadowdancer (18)
Level 29, Shadowdancer (19)
(Shadowdancer bonus feat) Great Dexterity II
Great Dexterity gives +1 dexterity. You get +1 AB and AC for every 2 points in dexterity.
Level 30, Shadowdancer (20)
Epic Prowess
Epic Prowess gives +1 AB for every weapon
Level 31, Shadowdancer (21)
Level 32, Shadowdancer (22)
(Shadowdancer bonus feat) Great Dexterity III
Great Dexterity gives +1 dexterity. You get +1 AB and AC for every 2 points in dexterity.
Level 33, Shadowdancer (23)
Great Dexterity IV
Great Dexterity gives +1 dexterity. You get +1 AB and AC for every 2 points in dexterity.
Level 34, Shadowdancer (24)
Level 35, Shadowdancer (25)
(Shadowdancer bonus feat) Great Dexterity V
Great Dexterity gives +1 dexterity. You get +1 AB and AC for every 2 points in dexterity.
Level 36, Shadowdancer (26)
Great Dexterity VI
Great Dexterity gives +1 dexterity. You get +1 AB and AC for every 2 points in dexterity.
Level 37, Shadowdancer (27)
Level 38, Shadowdancer (28)
(Shadowdancer bonus feat) Great Dexterity VII
Great Dexterity gives +1 dexterity. You get +1 AB and AC for every 2 points in dexterity.
Level 39, Shadowdancer (29)
Great Dexterity VIII
Great Dexterity gives +1 dexterity. You get +1 AB and AC for every 2 points in dexterity.
Level 40, Shadowdancer (30)
(You should saved something like 112 skillpoints at this level)
Legendary Levels
You have 30 Shadowdancer levels, so your control class (cc) is Shadowdancer. Your BAB increases as a tier 2 class (+12 at level 60).
Skills: Increase Tumble, Search, and Craft Weapon on every level till max 63 in the following.
With your elfen able Learner ability, you can raise also skills that are not class skills. Rise in Legendary levels Disable Trap to 54 and Open locks to 50 to hit the required 127 points (with +50 from items/birdsong, Epic skill focuses, ability modifiers and other bonuses). You can check your skills with the “!list skills” command. Craft Armor and Craft Weapon are SD class skills in LL on HG.
Tome of knowledge: You can find and read one tome of knowledge somewhere in the game. Read a Tome of Illusion, your Summon is Illusion based and will get a boost from it.
Level 41
Rise open lock+8 (till 31), disable trap+8 (till 31) with "rise it to maximum"
Level 42
Legendary Weapon focus (Rapier)
Legendary Weapon focus (Rapier) gives +3 AB for Rapiers
Level 43
Level 44
Level 45
Legendary Hardened Soul
Legendary Hardened Soul gives +5 Will and Fort saves. Very good for dexers!
Level 46
Level 47
max Open lock to 50. That’s it
Level 48
Epic Skill Focus (Discipline)
Epic Skill Focus gives +10 skillpoints in that skill not in the +50 cap. You need it to max Discipline skill to the criticall mark of 127.
Level 49
Level 50
Level 51
Epic Skill Focus (Disable Trap)
Epic Skill Focus gives +10 skillpoints in that skill not in the +50 cap. You need it to max this rogue skill.
Max Disable Trap to 54. That’s it.
Level 52
Level 53
Level 54
Epic Skill Focus (Search)
Epic Skill Focus gives +10 skillpoints in that skill not in the +50 cap. You need it to max this rogue skill.
Level 55
Level 56
Level 57
Great Dexterity IX
Great Dexterity gives +1 dexterity. You get +1 AB and AC for every 2 points in dexterity.
Level 58
Level 59
Level 60
Great Dexterity X
Great Dexterity gives +1 dexterity. You get +1 AB and AC for every 2 points in dexterity.
(Max. Discipline, Tumble, Craft Weapon and Search. After that, I had 23 skillpoints left to dump after the other skills. I dumped into Craft Armor)
Statistics @level 60 (Elf: Grey Elf)
Strength 8 (6)
Dexterity 20 [50]
Constitution 10
Wisdom 8
Intelligence 16 (18)
Charisma 8
Artifact: There are artifacts that can increase your stats. Only one artifact is allowed. Good choices (if you are lucky and can get them) are DEX Artifact (gives +2 Dex for another +1 AB and +1 Ac) of the CON Artifact (gives +2 Con and a special poison immunity that covers all poisons in the game).
Max AB
95 AB = 16 (BAB) + 10 (epic levels) + 12 (legendary levels) + 27 (buffed main stat) + 20 (magical, capped) + 8 (4 weapon focuses + prowess) + 2 Craft Weapon
AC
137 AC = 10(base) +27(dex bonus ac) +16(armor ac in robes) +17 (deflection ac) + 16(natural ac) +20(dodge ac) +12(tumble ac) +2 (armor skin) +1(craft armor) + 16 Shield (small shield)
+60 %conceal + Epic dodge
Max Saves
Fort: 1+3+5 Base + 10 epic + 5 LL + 7 Stats + 20 Items + 6 LL Soul + 6 Paladin = 63
Reflex: 4+7+2 Base + 10 epic + 5 LL + 27 Stats + 20 Items + 6 Paladin = 81
Will: 1+3+2 Base + 10 epic + 5 LL + 6 Stats + 20 Items +6 LL Soul + 6 Paladin = 59
Skills
Discipline (63) // Crossclass: Cost 22+9*2+32*3 = 136
Concentration (22)
Tumble (63)
Search (63)
Disable Trap (55) // Crossclass: Cost 23+8*2+24*3 = 111
Open locks (50) //Crossclass: Cost 23+8*2+19*3 = 94
Craft weapon (63) // +2 AB
Craft Armor rest at level 60 (should be 23)
Set Trap 5
UMD 23 // Can use scrolls
Hide 10, move silently 8 // Cost 8 + 6 for Grey Elf
Rogue Skills (Engine max = 127):
Search (Int-based): 63 + 2 (Elf) + 50 (max bonuses) + 11 (Int 18 + Buff) + 10 (ESF Search) = 127+9
Disable trap (Int-based): 54+ 2 (Set Trap) + 50 (max bonuses) + 11 (Int 18 + Buff) + 10 (ESF) = 127
Open locks (Dex-based): 50 + 50 (max bonuses) + 27 (Dex54 + Buff) = 127
Discipline: 63 base skill +50 Skill bonus+ 5 STR +10 ESF = 127+1
Any improvements and suggestions are welcome,
Yours
Torin
History:
- V1.0 build posted & tested in chamber to l40. (4 rogue, 6 fighter, 30 SD)
- V2.0 Reworked: 4 rogue, 6 Paladin, 30 SD. Grey Elf. Summon
- V2.1 Maxed Discipline. (Feb. 2012)
An open subrace Shadowdancer - 4 Rogue, 6 Paladin, 30 Shadowdancer
The Shadowdancer has some HG specific custom changes, a full list can be found in the Class/Ability/Spell Customizations subforum. Most noteworthy are:
- Shadow Evade: Unlimited use at SD level 20, provides conceal and damage reduction, grants unlimited etherealness (like Greater Sanctuary) at SD level 40.
- Shadow Rift: Finding a certain item will allow Shadowdancers to enchant their melee weapon with Shadow Rift, which will add dices of negative damage on hit.
- Shadow Daze: A long range daze attack that course enemies with a course similar to curse song (drops AB by 6 and AC by 7 at character level 60). Shadow Daze is also excellent to pull enemies.
- Shadow Step: Immortal characters with at least 25 Shadowdancer class levels can now find the Shadow Step ability. This ability, once acquired, allows you to teleport as a swift action to targets within Medium range. You will automatically enter Shadow Sanctuary when using Shadow Step. Some targets (such as bosses) cannot be teleported to. Shadow Step can be found somewhere very black.
Hint: To find the required class secrets, you can ask the people ingame with the !newbie command.
Last but not least: They have a summon - which is maxed at this build. Yummy!
This shadowdancer is a dexer (as most Shadowdancers) with Shield and therefore has very high AC (about 137 AC). Furthermore he has conceal 60 % (all numbers are given for this character at level 60 in the following) and the epic Dodge feat that allow you to avoid the first hit in a round that normally would have hit you. The high saves of 63, 81, 59 are upgraded with the Improved Evasion and the Slipper Mind feats. The Furax Umbra has max. Discipline, Tumble and some points in concentration for nasty skill checks in game. As a result of all these features + Shadow Step and unlimited etherealness, the dex-based Shadowdancer is one of the hardest to kill characters at all (in my opinion).
The AB of the Furax Umbra is 95 which is not that high; but that is typical for Shadowdancers. This build takes Blindfight (equivalent to 63 Listen) to beat conceal. The Shadow Rift ability helps a bit to increase damage output.
Beside the normal task of a shadowdancer (tanking, course enemies, survive and resurrect people), the Furax Umbra is also a “full Rogue”. He has maxed search, disable traps and open locks skills. And skillpoints in UMD to use scrolls.
Hint: An item or augumenter with Improved Critical (Rapier) would be helpful for more damage of the Furax Umbra. Maybe you are lucky and find something like that ingame.....
Class choices:
-Rogue: Rogue is the only class capable of disarming traps with a DC greater than 35. Therefore, you need at least 1 level of Rogue.
-Paladin: Gives Paladin saves bonus, fear and disease immunity. And +1 BAB.
-Shadowdancer: This is a Shadowdancer build, the more Shadowdancer levels the better. For maxed Shadowdancer levels 50, Shadow Evade grants an additional attack and the soak is 20/+15. (nearly every monster has +14 weapons in hells and other end game arias, so a +15 is really needed)
Race
Base Race: Elf
Subrace: "Grey Elf": INT +2, STR -2, hide +2, move silently +2
- Elfes get +2 dex and -2 con at start
- Elfes are immune to sleep and have Keen Sense (that helps with searching)
- To max the rogue skills the able learner feat of Elfes is used, this build is therefore an Elf. Details of able learner: All elves can raise any cross-class skill to 31 (the normal level 60 limit) starting at level 41 for the normal 2 points per rank. For skills which are cross-class for their control class but which are class skills for one of their other classes, elves may raise them to the normal class skill limit for 3 points per rank above 31 in legendary levels. These skill ranks may not be taken on the same level as ordinary 2-point cross-class skill ranks; a skill must first be increased to 31 before it can be raised past 31 on a later level.
Starting Statistics (Elf: Grey Elf)
Strength 8 (6)
Dexterity 20
Constitution 10
Wisdom 8
Intelligence 16 (18)
Charisma 8
Alignment: Lawful Good (That is needed for Paladin levels)
Stats: All Dexterity
20 Start + 20 (All stats) +10 great feats +14 Buff = 64 buffed (that is +27 modifier)
Pre-Epic Levels
Level 1, Rogue (1)
Strong Soul
Strong Soul gives +1 to will and fort saves, and is a prerequisite for Legendary Hardened Soul
Level 2, Paladin (1)
Free: Divine Grace
Divine Grace The charisma modifier is added to the saves, as long the alignment stays good.
Level 3, Paladin (2)
Dodge
Free: Aura of Courage
Dodge is a requirement to qualify as a shadowdancer
Aura of Courage Fear immunity that protects even for fear effects that some item based fear immunity does not.
Level 4, Paladin (3)
Free: Divine Health
Divine Health gives immunity to diseases, 100% of them.
Level 5, Paladin (4)
Level 6, Paladin (5)
Mobility
Mobility is a requirement to qualify as a shadowdancer
Level 7, Rogue (2)
Free: Evasion
Evasion : Whenever a reflex save is allowed for half damage, the character instead takes no damage if he succeeds at the save.
Level 8, Rogue (3)
Free: Uncanny dodge I
Important: Hide 10, move silently 8, tumble 10. These skillpoints are requirements to qualify as a shadowdancer.
UMD 10, Set Trap 5, Search 10, Open lock 10, Disable Traps 10
Uncanny dodge: The character retains his dexterity bonus to AC, even if caught flat-footed or attacked by a hidden or invisible creature.
Level 9, Shadowdancer (1)
Weapon finesse
Weapon finesse let you to make melee attack rolls with dexterity modifier instead of strength
Level 10, Shadowdancer (2)
Level 11, Shadowdancer (3)
Free: Shadow Daze
Free Summon Shadow!
Shadow Daze: The cursing daze of the Shadowdancer. The power of Shadow Dace rises with Shadowdancer level.
Summon Shadow: The summon of the Shadowdancer. Summons are reworked on HG and very powerful. Enjoy!
Level 12, Shadowdancer (4)
Free: Shadow Evade
Weapon Focus (Rapier)
Shadow Evade: The defense buff of the shadowdancer. Gives conceal, soak and some other blasting buffs . The power of Shadow Evade rises with Shadowdancer level.
Weapon Focus (Rapier) gives +1 AB
Level 13, Shadowdancer (5)
Free: Defensive Roll
Defensive Roll prerequisite for Epic Dodge.
Level 14, Shadowdancer (6)
Level 15, Shadowdancer (7)
Free: Slippery Mind
Greater Weapon Focus (Rapier)
Slippery Mind: Characters failing their will save versus mind-affecting spells (and some effects on HG) get an automatic reroll.
Greater Weapon Focus another +1 AB; only on HG!
Level 16, Shadowdancer (8)
Level 17, Shadowdancer (9)
Level 18, Shadowdancer (10)
Free: Improved Evasion
Blindfight
Improved Evasion: Whenever a reflex save is allowed for half damage, characters with this feat instead take no damage if they succeed at the save. Even if they fail the save, they take only half damage. Is also a prerequisite for Epic Dodge.
Blind fight: This feat grants the character the ability to fight well, even if blinded or against invisible creatures. On Higher Ground, it helps also to beat concealed creatures (like the Listen skill, that this build can not afford. Blind Fight is equivalent to Listen 60 for beating conceal).
Level 19, Paladin (6)
Important: Concentration 22, Discipline 22
This is your last Paladin level, so max the paladin skills Concentration and Discipline now
Level 20, Rogue (4)
Important: UMD 23, Open lock 23, Disable Traps 23
tumble 23, Search 23
This is your last Rogue level, so max the rogue skills UMD, Open locks, and Disable Traps now
Epic Levels
Skills: Increase Tumble, and Search on every level till max 63 in the following
Level 21, Shadowdancer (11)
Epic Weapon Focus (Rapier)
Epic Weapon Focus (Rapier) gives +2 AB to Rapiers
Level 22, Shadowdancer (12)
Level 23, Shadowdancer (13)
(Shadowdancer bonus feat) Epic Shadowlord
Epic Shadowlord Gives a boost to your Shadow Summon.
Level 24, Shadowdancer (14)
Armor skin
Armor skin gives +2 AC
Level 25, Shadowdancer (15)
Level 26, Shadowdancer (16)
(Shadowdancer bonus feat) Great Dexterity I
Great Dexterity gives +1 dexterity. You get +1 AB and AC for every 2 points in dexterity.
Level 27, Shadowdancer (17)
Epic Dodge
Epic Dodge: The character avoids the first attack each round that would have hit him. This is a very, very good defense feat.
Level 28, Shadowdancer (18)
Level 29, Shadowdancer (19)
(Shadowdancer bonus feat) Great Dexterity II
Great Dexterity gives +1 dexterity. You get +1 AB and AC for every 2 points in dexterity.
Level 30, Shadowdancer (20)
Epic Prowess
Epic Prowess gives +1 AB for every weapon
Level 31, Shadowdancer (21)
Level 32, Shadowdancer (22)
(Shadowdancer bonus feat) Great Dexterity III
Great Dexterity gives +1 dexterity. You get +1 AB and AC for every 2 points in dexterity.
Level 33, Shadowdancer (23)
Great Dexterity IV
Great Dexterity gives +1 dexterity. You get +1 AB and AC for every 2 points in dexterity.
Level 34, Shadowdancer (24)
Level 35, Shadowdancer (25)
(Shadowdancer bonus feat) Great Dexterity V
Great Dexterity gives +1 dexterity. You get +1 AB and AC for every 2 points in dexterity.
Level 36, Shadowdancer (26)
Great Dexterity VI
Great Dexterity gives +1 dexterity. You get +1 AB and AC for every 2 points in dexterity.
Level 37, Shadowdancer (27)
Level 38, Shadowdancer (28)
(Shadowdancer bonus feat) Great Dexterity VII
Great Dexterity gives +1 dexterity. You get +1 AB and AC for every 2 points in dexterity.
Level 39, Shadowdancer (29)
Great Dexterity VIII
Great Dexterity gives +1 dexterity. You get +1 AB and AC for every 2 points in dexterity.
Level 40, Shadowdancer (30)
(You should saved something like 112 skillpoints at this level)
Legendary Levels
You have 30 Shadowdancer levels, so your control class (cc) is Shadowdancer. Your BAB increases as a tier 2 class (+12 at level 60).
Skills: Increase Tumble, Search, and Craft Weapon on every level till max 63 in the following.
With your elfen able Learner ability, you can raise also skills that are not class skills. Rise in Legendary levels Disable Trap to 54 and Open locks to 50 to hit the required 127 points (with +50 from items/birdsong, Epic skill focuses, ability modifiers and other bonuses). You can check your skills with the “!list skills” command. Craft Armor and Craft Weapon are SD class skills in LL on HG.
Tome of knowledge: You can find and read one tome of knowledge somewhere in the game. Read a Tome of Illusion, your Summon is Illusion based and will get a boost from it.
Level 41
Rise open lock+8 (till 31), disable trap+8 (till 31) with "rise it to maximum"
Level 42
Legendary Weapon focus (Rapier)
Legendary Weapon focus (Rapier) gives +3 AB for Rapiers
Level 43
Level 44
Level 45
Legendary Hardened Soul
Legendary Hardened Soul gives +5 Will and Fort saves. Very good for dexers!
Level 46
Level 47
max Open lock to 50. That’s it
Level 48
Epic Skill Focus (Discipline)
Epic Skill Focus gives +10 skillpoints in that skill not in the +50 cap. You need it to max Discipline skill to the criticall mark of 127.
Level 49
Level 50
Level 51
Epic Skill Focus (Disable Trap)
Epic Skill Focus gives +10 skillpoints in that skill not in the +50 cap. You need it to max this rogue skill.
Max Disable Trap to 54. That’s it.
Level 52
Level 53
Level 54
Epic Skill Focus (Search)
Epic Skill Focus gives +10 skillpoints in that skill not in the +50 cap. You need it to max this rogue skill.
Level 55
Level 56
Level 57
Great Dexterity IX
Great Dexterity gives +1 dexterity. You get +1 AB and AC for every 2 points in dexterity.
Level 58
Level 59
Level 60
Great Dexterity X
Great Dexterity gives +1 dexterity. You get +1 AB and AC for every 2 points in dexterity.
(Max. Discipline, Tumble, Craft Weapon and Search. After that, I had 23 skillpoints left to dump after the other skills. I dumped into Craft Armor)
Statistics @level 60 (Elf: Grey Elf)
Strength 8 (6)
Dexterity 20 [50]
Constitution 10
Wisdom 8
Intelligence 16 (18)
Charisma 8
Artifact: There are artifacts that can increase your stats. Only one artifact is allowed. Good choices (if you are lucky and can get them) are DEX Artifact (gives +2 Dex for another +1 AB and +1 Ac) of the CON Artifact (gives +2 Con and a special poison immunity that covers all poisons in the game).
Max AB
95 AB = 16 (BAB) + 10 (epic levels) + 12 (legendary levels) + 27 (buffed main stat) + 20 (magical, capped) + 8 (4 weapon focuses + prowess) + 2 Craft Weapon
AC
137 AC = 10(base) +27(dex bonus ac) +16(armor ac in robes) +17 (deflection ac) + 16(natural ac) +20(dodge ac) +12(tumble ac) +2 (armor skin) +1(craft armor) + 16 Shield (small shield)
+60 %conceal + Epic dodge
Max Saves
Fort: 1+3+5 Base + 10 epic + 5 LL + 7 Stats + 20 Items + 6 LL Soul + 6 Paladin = 63
Reflex: 4+7+2 Base + 10 epic + 5 LL + 27 Stats + 20 Items + 6 Paladin = 81
Will: 1+3+2 Base + 10 epic + 5 LL + 6 Stats + 20 Items +6 LL Soul + 6 Paladin = 59
Skills
Discipline (63) // Crossclass: Cost 22+9*2+32*3 = 136
Concentration (22)
Tumble (63)
Search (63)
Disable Trap (55) // Crossclass: Cost 23+8*2+24*3 = 111
Open locks (50) //Crossclass: Cost 23+8*2+19*3 = 94
Craft weapon (63) // +2 AB
Craft Armor rest at level 60 (should be 23)
Set Trap 5
UMD 23 // Can use scrolls
Hide 10, move silently 8 // Cost 8 + 6 for Grey Elf
Rogue Skills (Engine max = 127):
Search (Int-based): 63 + 2 (Elf) + 50 (max bonuses) + 11 (Int 18 + Buff) + 10 (ESF Search) = 127+9
Disable trap (Int-based): 54+ 2 (Set Trap) + 50 (max bonuses) + 11 (Int 18 + Buff) + 10 (ESF) = 127
Open locks (Dex-based): 50 + 50 (max bonuses) + 27 (Dex54 + Buff) = 127
Discipline: 63 base skill +50 Skill bonus+ 5 STR +10 ESF = 127+1
Any improvements and suggestions are welcome,
Yours
Torin
History:
- V1.0 build posted & tested in chamber to l40. (4 rogue, 6 fighter, 30 SD)
- V2.0 Reworked: 4 rogue, 6 Paladin, 30 SD. Grey Elf. Summon
- V2.1 Maxed Discipline. (Feb. 2012)
