Post by Ralkain on Aug 23, 2012 20:02:40 GMT
Here's a Bloodfire Mage strength tank build (Deadly Dreadnaught). This is a merger of my old Divine Disciple build and Johnny's Sangue of Fire build. I've included the BUR Salamander build and Open Yuan-Ti builds below. This tank is highly resistant to damage, but dishes out tons as well (melee, hellballs, brands, etc.). Currently I'm demi x3, so this build is well tested in the Hells at least. The image to the right is at L68, all the odd stats will receive +1 more by L80. Build Features
If you use Cambion you loose, -2 int (-1 skill), -2 str (-1 ab/dam), -2 dex (KB checks), and Firewalking ability. However, you gain +1 feat, +5 SR, and +6 cha (+3 to all saves and +3 rnds/dam to Divine Might). Technically you gain 2 feats, but your skill loss should be Listen since you can replace it with the slightly worse Blind Fight feat, you really only gain 1 feat. I don't have Cambion yet, or I'd consider it, but I'm thinking the benefits of Salamander outweigh the benefits of Cambion (or Hound Archon), your mileage may vary. I have played an open version of this race using Yuan-Ti and its an awesome tank (hardly ever taking damage) and the Hellballs/Brands make adventuring easier and fun. In fact, this Yuan-Ti version adventured at Ubros and Myco before becoming immortal and didn't die at either location (in fact tanked and saved many others present). You could also use Air Genasi as an open race for this, you gain the following over Yuan-Ti: +2 Str, +1 Dex, and 25% acid resistance. However, you loose -4 Cha, so won't be able to cast your Tenser's Transformation spell until L45 after your 2nd RDD Cha bonus, so I went with Yuan-Ti. Items Worn
Enjoy, Ralkain (builds follow...) |
Stats (LG: Human Salamander) Racial Abilities and Saves
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Str: 14/20 (64) Int: 14/16 (28) Bonus Feat, +1 Skill Point/Level
Dex: 14/16 (22) Wis: 8 (14) Firewalk, Armor Skin, Dodge, Mobility, -25% Fire, +8 Lore
Con: 14 (28) Cha: 14 (24) Fort: +84, Ref: +75, Will: +78 (assuming maxed stats and items)
Lvl Class Stat Feats/Special Abilities* Spell Selections Skills
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01: Sorcerer-1 Power Attack/Cleave 1st: Burning Hands Con-4, Sav-16
02: Paladin-1 Imm: Disease*, Saves: +Cha* Lesser Orb of Fire Con/Disc/Parry-5, Sav-11
03: RDD-1 WF: Heavy Flail Mage Armor Con/Disc/List/Parry-6, Sav-8
04: RDD-2 Str Negative Energy Ray Con/Disc/List/Parry-7, Sav-10
05: RDD-3 AC: +1* Prot. from Evil Con/Disc/List/Parry-8, Sav-12
06: RDD-4 Gr. Cleave, Fire: -10%/(RDD-3)* Con/Disc/List/Parry-9, Sav-14
07: RDD-5 2nd: Combust Con/Disc/List/Parry-10, Tum-5, Sav-6
08: RDD-6 Str AC: +2* Darkness Con/Disc/List/Parry-11, Sav-8
09: RDD-7 SF: Evocation Flame Weapon Con/Disc/List/Parry-12, Sav-10
10: RDD-8 Shock Weapon Con/Disc/List/Parry-13, Sav-12
11: RDD-9 Int AC: +3* Vocalize Con/Disc/List/Parry-14, Sav-14
12: RDD-10 Str IC: HFlail, Imm: Para/Sleep* Con/Disc/List/Parry-15, Sav-17
13: Sorcerer-2 3rd: Clarity Con-16, Sav-23
14: Sorcerer-3 Fireball Con-17, Sav-29
15: Sorcerer-4 RE: Fire Flame Arrow Con-18 Sav-35
16: Sorcerer-5 Str Weapon of Impact Con-19, Sav-41
17: Sorcerer-6 Con-20, Tum-10, Sav-37
18: Sorcerer-7 GSF: Evocation 4th: Elemental Shield Con-21, Sav-43
19: Sorcerer-8 Stoneskin Con-22, Sav-49
20: Sorcerer-9 Str BAB: +12/+7/+2 Summon IV Con-23, Sav-55
21: Sorcerer-10 BFM Epic Toughness I, ES: DK/HB* Con-24, Sav-61
22: Sorcerer-11 5th: Energy Buffer Con-25, Sav-67
23: Sorcerer-12 Tensers Transformation* Firebrand Con-26, Sav-73
24: RDD-11 Str Epic Toughness II Con/Disc/List/Parry-27, Sav-43
25: RDD-12 AC: +4* 6th: Tenser's Transform Con/Disc/List/Parry-28, Sav-46
26: RDD-13 Immune: Fire* Con/Disc/List/Parry-29, Sav-49
27: RDD-14 Epic Toughness III+IV Con/Disc/List/Parry-30, Tum-15, Sav-42
28: RDD-15 Str AC: +5* CrArm/CrWep-24, Sav-1
29: RDD-16 CrArm/CrWep-28
30: RDD-17 Epic Toughness V CrArm/CrWep-31, Sav-1
31: RDD-18 Epic Toughness VI, AC: +6* CrArm/CrWep-34, Sav-2
32: RDD-19 Str Con/Disc/List/Parry-31, CrArm/CrWep-35, Sav-3
33: RDD-20 Int ET: VII, TSight/Imm: Sneak/SR* Con/Disc/List/Parry-33, Sav-2
34: RDD-21 AC: +7* Con/Disc/List/Parry-35, Sav-2
35: RDD-22 Epic Toughness VIII Con/Disc/List/Parry-37, Sav-2
36: RDD-23 Str MM: Extend Spell Con/Disc/List/Parry-39, Sav-2
37: RDD-24 AC: +8* Tum-20
38: Paladin-2 Imm: Fear*, Smite Evil* Con/Disc/Parry-41, Sav-2
39: Paladin-3 Divine Might, Turn Undead* Con/Disc/Parry-42, Sav-7
40: RDD-25 Str Epic Spell Penetration (Book)* Con/Disc/List/Parry-43, Sav-8
LL: RDD-45 Str ET: IX+X, Over+Dev Crit, EProw, EWF+LWF Con/Disc/List/Parry/CrArm/CrWep-63, Tum-30
PL: Paragon-20 All PStab, PLev, PWF, PBal, PWater, PStone Lore-63, Disc/Parry/CrArm/CrWep-68, Con-65
| F01 | F02 | F03 | F04 | F05 | F06 | F07 | F08 | F09 | F10 | F11 | F12 |
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| Melee | Melee | Melee |Extended | Divine | Heal | Assist | | |Draconic | Res | |
Norm | Weapon1 | Weapon2 | Weapon3 |Tenser's | Might | Potions | Others |Vocalize |Firebrand|Fear Aura| Scrolls |Hellball |
| | | |Transform| | | | | | -2 | | |
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| Melee | Auto | Flame |Extended | Weapon |Extended | Energy | |Elemental| Mage | Protect |Tenser's |
Shft | Shield | Caster | Weapon | Shock | of | Clarity | Buffer |Stoneskin| Shield | Armor | from |Transform|
| | | | Weapon | Impact | | | | | | Evil | |
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| Magnify | Ranged | Saving | | Flame | | Burning |Negative | Lesser | | Summon | Improved|
Ctrl | Glass | Weapon | Pen |Fireball | Arrow | Combust | Hands | Energy | Orb of |Darkness | Creature| Dragon |
| | | | | | | | Ray | Fire | | IV | Knight |
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Benefits: #####
o Any light or medium armor worn by the Bloodfire Mage has its spell failure chance reduced to zero.
o Gains Feats: Dragon Knight (Dragon Disciple levels stack for acquiring the improved Dragon Knight)
Hellball (does fire/positive/divine/magic; no longer breaks loot; +1 use/10 Dragon Disciple levels)
o Spells below use Sorcerer + Dragon Disciple level (including LLs) for caster level and all count as Evocation and receive
+1 penetration/10 caster levels over 20. They also add half caster level to lore (max 150 Lore for damage calculation).
In addition to the list below, all Summon Creature spells (I-VI) are also available as Bloodfire Mage spells.
1: Burning Hands 4: Elemental Shield (x10 Duration)
Lesser Orb of Fire Orb of Fire
Negative Energy Ray (divine damage) Orb of Force
Stoneskin
2: Combust Wall of Fire
Flame Weapon
5: Firebrand (unlimited per target; 2/3 fire, 1/3 piercing)
3: Flame Arrow (all damage in one hit) Energy Buffer
Fireball (d6/.75 Lvl; 2/3 fire, 1/3 positive)
6: Tenser's Transformation
RDD Bonuses:
o +2 Str x9 (RDD Lvls: 2/4/15/20/25/30/35/40/45)
o +2 Con x4 (RDD Lvls: 7/20/30/40)
o +2 Int x3 (RDD Lvls: 9/20/40)
o +2 Cha x2 (RDD Lvls: 10/30)
10: Improved Dragon's Breath
20: True Sight, Immunity (Sneak Attacks), SR: 20 + 1/RDD level (max SR: 65).
30: Dragon Fear (-1), Wing Buffet, Appearance and Size Change (Large)
40: Dragon Fear (-2)
Stats (LG: Yuan-Ti) Racial Abilities and Saves
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Str: 14/13 (56) Int: 14/15 (28) Bonus Feat, SR: 5+Lvl, +1 SkPt/Lvl, +5 SplCrft, Exp: Sorc
Dex: 14/15 (21) Wis: 8/5 (11) FC: Wiz/Rog, Exp: Sor (-20% Exp, but +10% for Sorcerer means only -10%)
Con: 14 (28) Cha: 14/16 (26) Fort: +85, Ref: +75, Will: +77 (assuming maxed stats and items)
Lvl Class Stat Feats/Special Abilities* Spell Selections Skills
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01: Sorcerer-1 Power Attack, Cleave 1st: Burning Hands Con/Lore-4, Sav-12
02: Paladin-1 Imm: Disease*, Saves: +Cha* Lesser Orb of Fire Con/Disc/Lore/Parry-5, Sav-5
03: Sorcerer-2 SF: Evocation Mage Armor Con/Lore-6, Sav-8
04: Sorcerer-3 Int Negative Energy Ray Con/Lore-7, Sav-12
05: Sorcerer-4 Flame Weapon* Prot. from Evil Con/Lore-8, Sav-16
06: RDD-1 MM: Extend Spell Con/Disc/List/Parry-9, Sav-4
07: RDD-2 2nd: Combust Tum-5
08: RDD-3 Str AC: +1* Darkness Con/Disc-11, List/Parry-10
09: RDD-4 Gr. Cleave, Fire: -10%/(RDD-3)* Flame Weapon Con/Disc/List/Parry-12
10: RDD-5 Shock Weapon Con/Disc/List/Parry-13, Sav-2
11: RDD-6 AC: +2* Vocalize Con/Disc/List/Parry-14, Sav-4
12: RDD-7 Str RE: Fire Con/Disc/List/Parry-15, Sav-6
13: RDD-8 3rd: Clarity Con/Disc/List/Parry-16, Sav-8
14: RDD-9 Int AC: +3* Fireball Con/Disc/List/Parry-17, Sav-10
15: RDD-10 Cha IC: HFlail, Imm: Para/Sleep* Flame Arrow Con/Disc/List/Parry-18, Sav-13
16: Sorcerer-5 Str Weapon of Impact Con-19, Sav-19
17: Sorcerer-6 Con-20, Tum-10, Sav-15
18: Sorcerer-7 GSF: Evocation 4th: Elemental Shield Con-21, Sav-21
19: Sorcerer-8 Stoneskin Con-22, Sav-27
20: Sorcerer-9 Str BAB: +12/+7/+2 Summon IV Con-23, Sav-33
21: Sorcerer-10 BFM Epic Toughness I, ES: DK/HB* Con-24, Sav-39
22: Sorcerer-11 5th: Energy Buffer Con-25, Sav-45
23: Sorcerer-12 Tenser's Transformation* Firebrand Con-26, Sav-51
24: RDD-11 Str Epic Toughness II Con/Disc/List/Parry-27, Sav-30
25: RDD-12 AC: +4* 6th: Tenser's Transform Con/Disc/List/Parry-28, Sav-33
26: RDD-13 Immune: Fire* Con/Disc/List/Parry-29, Sav-36
27: RDD-14 Epic Toughness III+IV Con/Disc/List/Parry-30, Tum-15, Sav-29
28: RDD-15 Str AC: +5* CrArm/CrWep-18
29: RDD-16 CrArm/CrWep-21, Sav-1
30: RDD-17 Epic Toughness V CrArm/CrWep-25
31: RDD-18 Epic Toughness VI, AC: +6* CrArm/CrWep-28, Sav-1
32: RDD-19 Str CrArm/CrWep-32
33: RDD-20 Int ET: VII, T. Sight/Sneak Imm/SR* Con/Disc-31, CrArm/CrWep-35
34: RDD-21 AC: +7* Con/Disc-35
35: RDD-22 Epic Toughness VIII Con/Disc-38, List/Parry-31
36: RDD-23 Str WF: Heavy Flail Con/Disc-39, List/Parry-33, Sav-2
37: RDD-24 AC: +8* Tum-20
38: Paladin-2 Imm: Fear*, Smite Evil* Con/Disc-41, List/Parry-35
39: Paladin-3 Divine Might, Turn Undead* Con/Disc-42, List/Parry-38
40: RDD-25 Str Con/Disc-43, List/Parry-41
LL: RDD-45 Str ET: IX+X, Over+Dev Crit, EProw, EWF+LWF Con/Disc/List/Lore/Parry-63, CrArm/CrWep-38
PL: Paragon-20 All PStab, PLev, PWF, PBal, PWater, ASkin Con/Disc/Parry/CrArm/CrWep-65