pdk + xdd

[desocupado]

Is this combo possible?

I could see a good ab potential. (Even if irrelevant)

[tomaan]

sure, but feats are tight: you need 7 for Mounted Combat and OC/DC required feats. You might be able to drop Greater Weapon focus as you'll get it back with LLBAB, but you'll also need to account for saves without the pally/BG splash.

[desocupado]

I just did a quick sketch:

Build goals

• Adequate Defensive abilities - Ac and Dexterity aren't on the highest end. But it packs good stats, saves and several immunities
• Full XDD abilities - including full aura, wing flip, breath and stats
• PDK abilities - including high BAB and full attack progression, party wide buffs

Bard 5 XDD 30 PDK 5
Half-elf - +1 skill/level & qualify for LSA spot and listen

Half-Guardinal (BUR)
Str+4
Dex+4
Int+2 Cha+2
--- BONUS FEATS ----
Dodge
!!! Evasion
Epic Energy Resist Cold and Acid I
25% Elec Immune
Immune to Petrification



Str 14 +4/sub + 20/level + 20/class = (+30 mod at 60 with +12)
Dex 14 +4/sub
Con 14 +10/class +2/artifact
Int 14 +2/sub +6/class
Wis 10
Cha 12 +2/sub +6/class


BAB 15/heroic + 10/epic + 15/leg + 30/str + 20/mag + 8/WF + 2/CW = 100

All saves gets +35 from levels and gear (values for level 60 with +12)
Fort 1 + 4 + 7 +14/con +4/legendary luck = 30
Refl 4 + 1 + 3 +10/dex +4/luck +4/reflex = 26
Will 4 + 1 + 7 +6/wis +4/luck = 24

EXTRA:
Demigod stats (+2)
Gear +16 (+2)
Paragon Luck (+3)
Paragon stats (+1)
Paragon saves (+5)



---Feats----

Heroic tier 1-20 - 7/base
1 - LVL 1 FEAT- Luck of heroes
1 - Mounted combat
3 - WF GWF IC
3 Power Cleave G.Cleave

EPIC 21-40 7/base +5/epic
10 - Epic toughness 10
2 EWF AS


LEG 41-60 7/base
1 Epic Reflexes
1 EP
1 LWF
1 LEG Luck of heroes
2 OC DC



PAR 6/base
PAragon Luck of heroes
PWF
Paragon of Stability
Paragon Dex Check
2 open feats


AC---
10 - base
17 - natural
8+18 - armor without dex mod
17 - deflection
20 - dodge+haste
6* - tumble (depends on skill level)
3 - dex modifier
17 - shield modifier (19 for Pentavite, 16 for large shields)
2 - skill modifier (craft armor provides +1 to ac per 40 fully modified ranks)
6 - class ac bonus
2 - armor skin
4 - guirding
-1 - size modifier
129 (aura helps to offset this)
(can use medium armor for a bit more ac)


Skills: 2/base + 1/helf + 3/int + 2*/dragonint = ~8
Discipline
Parry
Tumble
CW
CA
Listen
Search
Persuade
Ride 1
Lore 8


----Spells----
Joyful Noise
Iron grasp
Sticky finger
Silver Tongue

[drunkenboastor]

If you make a Dragon Disciple control class and do not use a constitution artifact, you are in error. Constitution artifact empowers a DD's breath weapon by causing it to inflict 50% vulnerability to the DD's element for about 12 seconds.

Listen is a class skill for dragon disciple.

[desocupado]

Good catch. I just did a quick glance at the wiki and didn't see these two details.

I suppose it should use con artifact then. Is the vulnerability infliction a XDD exclusive? because 26d20 once per 2 minutes is irrelevant even with +50% (d12 to d20)...
And could drop GWF and LSA Listen for will and reflex +9. Or put legendary slippery soul instead of luck and throw a few epic saves feats.
I guess I'll keep luck, throw in epic reflexes to combo with evasion. And keep the last 2 paragon feats open.
Legendary adaptivity 1-3 might be better than some paragon feats I threw up there.

Color it should be green if farming Rona/Elysium (acid neg breath), otherwise black for hells (div acid breath for malebranch).

I suppose the high ab makes a good case for expertise.

[chainlink]

Supposedly the immunity reduction was changed 18-05-12 'The Orb of Dragonkind now inflicts Dragonfire damage, which respects half the target's Fire immunity. It no longer inflicts damage immunity decrease.' although this may or may not have worked the way it was intended.

[desocupado]

If I'm not mistaken the poison immunity also became less important as well in hells for some years. I guess that makes the artifact slot free.