Almost Legendary Artist (bard 39/paladin 1)

[vulp]

building atm... (NOT READY)

Base Race Gnome(Often stereotyped as crazed inventors with a diet of turnips):
Gnomes (can speak Gnomish)
- Gnomes who have any Bard levels have Bard as their favored class rather than Wizard.
- All gnomes receive 2 additional skill points per level. Skill points for levels prior to 41 will be granted upon taking level 41 at the Altar of Legends.

Subrace:
"Fire Gnome"
- STR -2, CHA +2, resist fire 5/-; can firewalk; speaks Ignan

Aligment at the start Neutral Good

Abilities at the start:
Str: 6
Dex: 14
Con: 12
Int: 14
Wis: 8
Cha: 18

Abilities after subrace edits:
Str: 4
Dex: 14
Con: 12
Int: 14
Wis: 8
Cha: 20

Abilities at +14 gear without demi:
Str: 6 + gear 14 = 20
Dex: 14 + feats 4 + gear(14) = 32
Con: 12 + Con artifact 2 + gear 14 = 28
Int: 14 + gear 14 = 28
Wis: 8 + gear 14 = 22
Cha: 18 +Subrace bonus 2 + Statpoints during level up (20) + greater charisma feats 4 + 14 (gear) = 60 (colossal auras)

Statpoints during level up:
All stat points to Charisma

Artifact:
Con arti (poison imm for later game + some hp)

Free feats:
Spell focus (illusion): Gnomes add +2 difficulty class to any illusion spells they cast. This counts as the feat so characters are able to select greater spell focus (illusion) at first level.

Song

Pre Epic Feats (Remember to type !enhmode or !lowmode at level 1):
Curse Song
Toughness for some extra hp
Greater Spell Focus (Illusion)
Metamagic (Extend Spell)
Spell Focus (Enchanment)
Greater Spell Focus (Enchanment)
Spell Focus (Necromancy)


Epic Feats (Bards cannot take Epic Spell focuses during epic levels):
Armor Skin (for ac +2)
Great Dex 1
Great Dex 2 (for ac)
Lingering Song(songs will last bit longer)
Great Charisma I
Great Charisma II
Great Charisma III
Great Charisma IV
Great Charisma V
Great Charisma VI
Spell Focus (Transmutation)
Greater Spell Focus (Transmutation)
Greater Spell Focus (Necromancy)
Paladin level (40):
need to change aligment to lawful good, ask from newbie channel for easiest way (!newbie some text here)


Spell focus book(read at level 40):
Epic Spell Focus (Conjuration)

Pandect (From minauros (Hell run)):
Epic Skill Focus (Craft Armor) for nice ac bonus

Legendary level feats:
Epic Spell Focus (Illusion) keeps you alive
Legendary Spell Focus (Illusion) keeps you alive
Epic Spell Focus (Necromancy) for epic spell that gives crit imm
Great Dex 3
Great Dex 4 more ac to keep you alive
Epic Spell Focus (Enchanment)
Epic Spell Focus (Transmutation)

lvl 60 (try to get Chaos Gnome subrace it's so much better or Shard)

Skills below level 40(256 skill points)
Concentration: 40 (during bard level)
Craft Armor: 20 (during bard level before level 41)
Discipline: 0???
Heal: 38 (during bard level)
Parry: 40 (during bard level)
Perform: max (during bard level)
pick pocket: 1 before level 40
Taunt: 0???
Tumble: 40 (during bard level)
Use Magic Device: atleast 30 (during bard level)


Skills level 41: (119) extra skill points at level 41 for being gnome
Concentration:
Craft Armor: 5
Discipline: 40
Heal:
Parry:
Perform:
pick pocket: 34
Taunt: 40
Tumble:
Use Magic Device:

skills level 41+(180 skill points (9 / level * 20 levels)):
Concentration: +20 (60)
Craft Armor: +37 (62) (+1 ac / 40 skill points)
Discipline: +20 (60)
Heal: +22 (60)
Parry: +20 (60)
Perform: +21 (63)
pick pocket:none (35)
Taunt: +20 (60)
Tumble: +20 (60)
Use Magic Device:none (30)

Skills level 60+
No idea yet for this build

ac: 122 (+14 gear without demi or gird at level 60 with bur gear):
base: 10
dex: 11
armor: 1+ 15 = 16 (Uroboros bard armor)
shield: 2 +15 = 17(BUR shield)
dodge:17? (bur boots)
tumble:12
natural: 17? bur(amulet)
deflection:17 (bur cloak)
size:1
other:2( 2 from craft armor) + 2 ac from armor skin
concealment:80%, 85% with bard CL ego item


Spells during level up:
spell level 1:
grease
summon Creature 1(if you dont have enough gold for better summons from stores)
balagarns iron horn

Bard level 4:
spell level 2:
invisibility and summon level 2(if you dont have enough gold for better summons from stores)
(if you have gold, then maybe cloud of bevilderment)
spell level 1
remember to remove lvl 1 summon if you took level 2 summon

bard level 5:
spell level 2
cloud of bevilderment or (ghostly visage will give you nice concealment)
spell level 1
mage armor

bard level 6:
change spells if needed

bard level 7:
spell level 3:
invisibility sphere
and summon level 3i(f you dont have enough gold for better summons from stores)
if you have better summon from stores take maybe greater magic weapon or displacement (for summon)
spell level 2:
(remove summon creature 2 if you have better one)
endure elements or cloud of bevilderment or ghostly visage

bard level 8:
spell level 3:
displacement

bard level 9:
spell level 4:
improved invisibility
summon 4 or rainbow pattern
spell level 2:
remove insivibility take maybe (clang, monotous echo)
spell level 3:
greater magic weapon or haste if you dont have gear for this or bestow curse(not really needed at this point)
(remember to remove summon if you took level 4 summon)

bard level 10:
spell level 4:
rainbow pattern

bard level 12:
spell level 5:
depends if you have better summons again...
ethereal visage
summon creature 5
spell level 4:
shout
stone shatter
spell level 3
remove invisibility sphere tak keen or gust

bard level 14:
spell level 5:
healing circle (use extended if you can)
check !opt command if healing circle is set to (Healing circle casts an aura of regeneration)

bard level 15:
spell level 6:
energy buffer and summon 6 or ice storm
spell level 5:
mind fog is nice
spell level 1:
amplify and maybe expeditious retreat (for speed, use extended version)

bard level 16:
spell level 6:
ice storm or shades for stoneskin
spell level 2:
clang

bard level 17 or 18
spell level 3:
gmw

bard level 19:
spell level 6
shades
spell level 3
mass cure light wounds

bard level 20:
spell level 5:
maybe improved heroism or mind blank

bard level 22:
summon level 6 starts to be bad so hopefully you have gold to buy level 7 summon from store

bard level 28:
if you still have haste at level 3 remove it and take gust of wind(you should have haste from gear)

Bard spells level 40+:
writing these later

Legendary Artist(bit old and may need some edit, Ur subrace version in second post(may need some edit)):
highergroundpoa.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=basebard&action=display&thread=19888

[vulp]

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[Torin]

Should be Lasting inspiration in epic levels instead of Lingering Song, right?

[drunkenboastor]

Paladin splash on a bard is best done pre-epic for a few reasons.
- Paladin level is not a skill dump, so it can be taken at any level.
- The early bonuses to saves and the extra weapon options are very useful for leveling.
- For saves, fort is bard's weakest, paladin taken pre-epic gives +2 fort with -1 to ref/will. Normally saves are not an issue, but in rona in ely that extra +2 fort can be helpful.
- If you are doing the quests, not much effort to visit the place to change law/chaos.

Skills
- For 1-40, discipline, taunt and a bit more pickpocket will be much more valuable than craft armor and heal.
- Persuade is much more useful in endgame play than taunt for a bard. Without abyss tags and really good gear, bard is the only class that can effectively max persuade.

Why do you not have spell penetration feats?

[vulp]

Jan 26, 2016 21:52:25 GMT drunkenboastor said:

Paladin splash on a bard is best done pre-epic for a few reasons.
- Paladin level is not a skill dump, so it can be taken at any level.
- The early bonuses to saves and the extra weapon options are very useful for leveling.
- For saves, fort is bard's weakest, paladin taken pre-epic gives +2 fort with -1 to ref/will. Normally saves are not an issue, but in rona in ely that extra +2 fort can be helpful.
- If you are doing the quests, not much effort to visit the place to change law/chaos.

Skills
- For 1-40, discipline, taunt and a bit more pickpocket will be much more valuable than craft armor and heal.
- Persuade is much more useful in endgame play than taunt for a bard. Without abyss tags and really good gear, bard is the only class that can effectively max persuade.

Why do you not have spell penetration feats?

I don't know...
Created this build probably based on my other Bard.
I Haven't played HG for years so really can't answer that question anymore