Cal'amari (F8/R2/SD30)

[darc]

*** Requires Higher Ground Enhanced ***

This build uses the Secret Race: Illithid

Secret races can be obtained fairly easily as early as level 40 if you ask around (requires Immortal status) making it relatively painless to reincarnate or even just start a new character.

Half-Orc: STR +2, INT -2, CHA -2, Blooded, Toughness
Illithid: STR -1, CON -1, INT +5, Slippery Mind, Iron Will

Alignment: Chaotic Evil

Ability	Half-Orc	Illithid	Level 60
STR	19	18	42
DEX	12	12	16
CON	13	12	12
INT	13	18	18
WIS	8	8	8
CHA	8	6	6

Level 1 Fighter - Bullheaded; WF: Great Sword
Level 2 Fighter
Fighter Bonus Feat - Power Attack
Level 3 Fighter - Cleave
Level 4 Fighter +1 DEX
Fighter Bonus Feat - Dodge
Level 5 Fighter
Level 6 Fighter - Greater Weapon Focus
Fighter Bonus Feat - Weapon Specialization
Level 7 Fighter
Level 8 Rogue +1 STR +11 Hide, +10 Move Silent, +10 Tumble
Level 9 Fighter - Mobility
Fighter Bonus Feat - Great Cleave
Level 10 Shadow Dancer
Level 11 Shadow Dancer
Level 12 Shadow Dancer +1 STR - Improved Critical
Level 13 Shadow Dancer
Level 14 Shadow Dancer
Level 15 Shadow Dancer - Great Fort (+2)
Level 16 Shadow Dancer +1 STR
Level 17 Shadow Dancer
Level 18 Shadow Dancer - Lightning Reflexes (+2)
Level 19 Shadow Dancer
Level 20 Rogue +1 STR
Level 21 Shadow Dancer - Epic Weapon Focus
Level 22 Shadow Dancer
Level 23 Shadow Dancer
Shadow Dancer Bonus Feat - Epic Reflex/Great DEX I
Level 24 Shadow Dancer +STR - Epic Prowess
Level 25 Shadow Dancer
Level 26 Shadow Dancer
Shadow Dancer Bonus Feat - Epic Reflex/Great DEX II
Level 27 Shadow Dancer - Greater Strength I
Level 28 Shadow Dancer +1 STR
Level 29 Shadow Dancer
Shadow Dancer Bonus Feat - Epic Reflex/Great DEX III
Level 30 Shadow Dancer - Great Strength II
Level 31 Shadow Dancer
Level 32 Shadow Dancer +1 STR
Shadow Dancer Bonus Feat - Epic Skill Focus (your choice)
Level 33 Shadow Dancer - Great Strength III
Level 34 Shadow Dancer
Level 35 Shadow Dancer
Shadow Dancer Bonus Feat - Epic Reflex (+4)
Level 36 Shadow Dancer +1 STR - Overwhelming Critical
Level 37 Shadow Dancer
Level 38 Shadow Dancer
Shadow Dancer Bonus Feat - Epic Shadow Lord
Level 39 Shadow Dancer - Devastating Critical
Level 40 Shadow Dancer +1 STR

Level 42 LSA: Discipline
Level 45 Legendary Fort: (+7)
Level 48 Legendary Will (+7)
Level 51 Epic Will (+4)
Level 54 Legendary Weapon Focus
Level 57 LSF: your choice Bluff, Taunt, Persuade or Pickpocket
Level 60 LSF: your choice Bluff, Taunt, Persuade or Pickpocket

Skills
Craft Weapon max
Discipline dump at 43 then max
Hide max
Move Slient 10
Tumble max
Open Locks dump at 40 and max
Disarm Traps dump at 40 and max
Search dump at 40
Listen max in Legendary Levels
Pick Pocket max
Pers/Bluff/Taunt pick one and max

AB 85 = 16(bab)+10(epic)+12(LL)+22(stat)+16(IoF)+7(feat)+2(skill)+0(size) [assumes gear with +12 STR]
Fort 60 = 9(base)+10(epic)+5(legendary)+7(con mod)+20(items)+9(feats)
Ref 62 = 12(base)+10(epic)+5(legendary)+9(dex mod)+20(items)+6(feats)
Will 58 = 5(base)+10(epic)+5(legendary)+5(wis mod)+20(items)+13(feats)

NOTES:
Feat Conversion
- Characters with at least 13 levels of Shadowdancer may exchange Epic Reflexes feats for Epic Great Dexterity feats, by using the PC Scry. A character who converts feats in this manner can no longer delevel using the town priest.
- Upon reaching character level 42 (in legendary levels), the swap is no longer available.

[darc]

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Does a very respectable job of beating up Drow (crits up to 500+ with the right weapon) and has been fairly stable on the low level Legendary runs so far: Sissy, Dustbone, Desert, Toyshop.

- corrected Rogue at lvl 20 (cannot take 11 SD pre-epic)
- adjusted AB skill modifier to +2 on the assumption you'll get a bardsong/gear/other buff to Craft Weapon
- adjusted STR at 60 to include +10 from Legendary Levels
- adjusted AB to account for the new STR
- removed Rogue and Fighter levels taken in epic levels to allow for 30 SD preLL, this maxes out the SD bonus to conceal and soak and gives +1 attack
- took Epic Reflex (+4) as the additional SD bonus feat
- edited Legendary Feats, removed LSA Open/Disarm and replaced with Epic Will and LSF: your choice
- adjusted saves to account for the two new save feats above (Epic Ref/Will)

[Raj]

I don't get it, are you trolling or you really have this build?

[darc]

Trolling? No, someone mentioned in another thread that there were very few Secret race builds posted. I've been running this build in Epics and Legendary areas for several months now and having a blast with it. It looks super cool, does it's job reasonably well and is relatively stable as a tank. It is also a searcher/disarmer for Secrets.

If all you have is free subbies and Illithid (a very respectable Wiz/PM race) then you can use Illithid for a very cool looking tank and still be effective in some areas. Admittedly not many people build things just to look cool but some of us do and we still make the build work and are decent additions to our party.

[Torin]

Hm...this build list 11 SD levels pre-epic, but max. is 10 pre-epic per prestige class. LSA: Open Locks and LSA: Disable Traps - don't think they exist. In the title are F10/R5/SD25 but can not find it in the build (there are 11F/R3/SD26 atm).

Great Sword...no shield or wis AC? Thats nuts.
Most SD try to fit all 30 SD levels in for soak and +1 attack.
AB should be higher: With 10 Fighter preepic BAB is 17, 8 (feats), I would always take +20 from magic. In the abilities the +10 from LL levels is not included. With 63 base CW i would always count for +2 AB.

[darc]

I missed the Rogue level at 20 in the final post, just a typo. So Pre epic is F8/R2/SD10 for an AB of 16.
-How does one get +20 from magic? I usually only count IOF when posting a build not any other kinds of spell/song buffs.
-I must have missed the soak and +1 attack in the documentation, where does it come from? I couldn't see any advantage to going past lvl 25 pre LL.
-I suppose if I'm going to use +20 in the saves calc I should assume +2 for CW if maxed.
-thanks for the STR catch
-ugh if there is no LSA: Open/Disarm then this build is a bust for that function and has 2 more LL feats to spend. And one less reason to even try taking this to Hell.

Thanks for the corrections.

EDIT: I found the conceal/soak/attack:
45 55% 18/+13 13
46 55% 19/+13 13
47 55% 19/+14 14
48 55% 19/+14 14
49 55% 19/+14 14
50 60% 20/+15 14 grants an additional attack per round

-that's pretty big. I think I may rework this build based on that and the fact there is no LSA:Open/Disarm to something like: drop Fighter and Rogue levels in Epic which gives 1 more SD bonus feat: Epic Reflexes which bring Ref up to 62 and use the freed up LL feats for LSA LSF: Bluff/Taunt/Persuade or PP and Epic Will bringing Will save up to 58.

[BigStick]

LSA Taunt requires you to be a Kender and LSA PP requires you to have the Silver Palm feat at level 1. LSA Bluff / Persuade don't exist. I wonder if you mean LSF(ocus) rather than LSA(ffinity).