Updated / 30 Barbarian - 2 Bard - 8 RDD

[Garndo]

Reached lvl 60 with this build today, tweaked some feats from the original Idea - they are in red
the build holds it's own in all LL area, tagged to Min so far - a little problem with the AI fixating on me in Phleg has slowed the progress.
With the new boosts to Half-Orcs and Barbarians, I'm tempted to rebuild to improve on it's defences
Starting Stats.
starting - 40 - 60
Str-16(20) -(34) - (50)
Dex-14 -(16)
Con-15(18)-(21) - (26)
Int-14(12)
Wis-8(11)
Cha-8(4)

Half-Orc: One-Eyed (Darkvision, Cleave)
01: Barbarian(1): Luck of Heroes
02: Barbarian(2): {Uncanny Dodge I}
03: Barbarian(3): Blind Fight
04: Bard(1): STR+1, (STR=21)
05: Barbarian(4)
06: Barbarian(5): Weapon Focus: 2h weapon of your choice
07: Barbarian(6)
08: Barbarian(7): CON+1, (CON=19)
09: Barbarian(8): Lightning Reflexes
10: Barbarian(9)
11: Barbarian(10)
12: Barbarian(11): STR+1, Improved Critical: 2h weapon of your choice, (STR=22)
13: Barbarian(12)
14: Barbarian(13)
15: Barbarian(14): Toughness
16: Barbarian(15): STR+1, (STR=23)
17: Barbarian(16)
18: Barbarian(17): Iron Will
19: Barbarian(18)
20: Barbarian(19): STR+1, (STR=24)
21: Barbarian(20): Armor Skin
22: Barbarian(21)
23: Red Dragon Disciple(1)
24: Red Dragon Disciple(2): DEX+1, Great Strength I, (STR=27, DEX=15)
25: Red Dragon Disciple(3)
26: Red Dragon Disciple(4): (STR=29)
27: Red Dragon Disciple(5): Great Strength II, (STR=30)
28: Red Dragon Disciple(6): DEX+1, (DEX=16)
29: Red Dragon Disciple(7): (CON=21)
30: Red Dragon Disciple(8): Great Strength III, (STR=31)
31: Barbarian(22)
32: Barbarian(23): STR+1, (STR=32)
33: Barbarian(24): Thundering Rage, Epic Weapon Focus: 2h weapon of your choice
34: Barbarian(25)
35: Barbarian(26)
36: Barbarian(27): STR+1, Mighty Rage, (STR=33)
37: Barbarian(28): Terrifying Rage
38: Barbarian(29)
39: Bard(2): Epic Prowess
40: Barbarian(30): STR+1, (STR=34)

Barbarian(30), Bard(2), Red Dragon Disciple(8), Half-Orc One-Eyed
base, 40, Maxed @60
STR: 20 (34) 62
DEX: 14 (16) 28
CON: 18 (21) 38
WIS: 11 11 23
INT: 12 12 24
CHA: 4 4 16

Hitpoints: 676
Skillpoints: 199
Saving Throws (Fortitude/Will/Reflex): 27/21/23
Saving Throw bonuses: Traps: +5, Death: +1
BAB: 29
AB (max, naked): 45 (melee), 33 (ranged)
AC (naked/mundane armor/shield only): 26/33
Spell Casting:
Alignment Changes: 0


Skill point distribution:- Disc-43, Intimidate-43, Tumble-40 @lvl 39, Lore- 8 asap, Taunt-43

Legendary Feats:-

Legendary Luck
Legendary Reflexes
Legendary Will
Legendary Weapon Focus
Great Strength 4, 5
Great Constitution 1.

saves @ lvl 60

F – 66, R – 61, W – 64

AB @ Lvl 60
(with a +0 weapon)
+77/+72/+67/+62
( with Mighty Rage)
+85/+80/+75/+70
Max. HP @ lvl 60
1436
AC with U/R and LL set gear mix
124


Thank you for your time
Garndo

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Alternative Sub-race
Barbarian(30), Bard(2), Red Dragon Disciple(8), Humanoid - Grimlock
Stats @ L/40()
STR: 19 (34)
DEX: 16 (18)
CON: 17 (21)
WIS: 6
INT: 11
CHA: 6
Slightly fewer skill points and slightly lower saves

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Edited to change starting stats ( increase DEX to 14 and reduce STR to 20) and re-alocate 2 stat points resulting in 1 less AB and 1 more base AC and +1 to reflex save
edited to show max HP @ lvl 60 rather than the lvl 69 that was shown

[chirikov]

whats the bard level at 15 supposed to add? only thing i can think of is +1 reflex and will; consider swapping that for a rdd level (in epic of course, move one of the barb levels up) for another ab, 10% to your rdd immunity and another point of ac. youd lose that +1 reflex and will, but youre not hurting in will so its really a question of whether its worth the reflex

it looks like youre using medium armor, but if you settle for a martial weapon instead of exotic you can take heavy armor prof

if you move that extra point during creation to int and take int instead of dex for your level 4 gain, you should be able to take another skill such as umd (drop a few points from disc/inti to max if you need as you can make it up during ll). this will drop your reflex by another point tho

another option is dropping hardened soul for epic reflexes as that should balance everything in the low 60s

thats about all i can think of

[tyranlthixis]

I would....

Lose the bastard sword and go for greatsword or one of the other large martial weapons.

move as many barbarian levels pre epic as you can for better AB

consider dropping the extra DR feats altogether and take more strength

Take a maximum of 2 Bard levels and go for more RDD

Probably Luck of Heroes and Leg Luck > Strong Soul in this case since the former covers two of your problem saves

You might want to consider starting with something like... 17 strength and investing those points into dex so you can better wear medium armor.

At work atm and its late, so i'll stop there since i can't properly test anything

Tyran

[Garndo]

Thank you for your input, I have made minor alterations on the strength of it

Garndo

[Garndo]

Updated with an alternative sub-race