Post by Onyx [SL] on Feb 8, 2008 15:45:38 GMT
This build is if you are unfortunate to not get the Shard BUR race but did get the Radiance Genasi.
I made this up in reincarnation by baseing it off of the Ruby Genasi build but with major changes.
I wanted a build that kept everyone alive not dish out damage to mobs. I felt this important with the new changes of party wipes being more harsh.
I haven't been in a party wipe with this bard in months when she had 52 CHR but we almost wiped last time I was at Stygia, So decided to make some changes to help the party even more.
STRENGTHS
The build gives you 6 nice epic spells plus with CHR at 60 gets you up to the max in party epic spell coverage:
a) 3 of the epics (Enchantment, Divination, Transmutation) makes the party immune to deafness. silence,stun, fear, critical hits, and knockdown, and if already knocked down, will stand the toon back up
b) (illuision epic) 3 people get auto rezed and the bard gets one himself
c)(conjuration epic) you get a extra buddy that heals and rez's and is immune to attacks.
D) (Necromancy epic) with extended ghostly visage your able to GS your way into a mob and freeze the mobs that aren't immune to petrification
your able to buff your fighters with plus 13 GMW, Keen, plus conceal (extended displacement spell) and Liston (extended Clairaudiance/Clairvoyance)
CONS:
Offense Sucks! No spell penetration feats taken so dirge, Mind fog, and ice storm may not do as much on the high SP mobs.
Plus this build isn't built to fight only Party support. (it's a lover not a fighter )
no Combat Casting feats so you have to watch for attacks of opertunity. find your self some space then do your stuff.
"Radiance Genasi" (secret Beyond UltraRare)
- FC: Highest Class / BC: Cleric
- STR -2, CON +2, DEX +2, INT +2, CHA +6, 25% immune fire, free feat: Empower Spell, free feat: Silent Spell, free feat: Maximize Spell
Bard 38/ Monk 1/ Pally 1
took Human due to one extra feat
Stats/Subby/Final
Str 8 / 6 / 6 (need to watch for Pit fiends and the Kytons)
Dex 12 / 14 / 14
Con 16 / 18 / 18 (high CON helps with concentration
Int 14 / 16 / 16 (gives me gobs of skill points)
Wis 8 / 8 / 8
Chr 16 / 22 / 48 (need 6 greater CHR feats plus put all stat points into CHR)
Saves – naked - (fort 50 flex 60 will 51) with gear (fort 76 flex 80 will 71)
HP's 906 (plus 108 with bard song)
Skills to max out:
Concentration
Discipline
Taunt
Parry
Tumble (need up to 60 skill)
Use Magic Device (need up to 33 for scrolls)
Heal
Perform
put rest in craft armor/lore
Bard song: (due to taking Artist feat)
lvl;per;at;dg;w;f;r;HP;AC;Skill
60 ;120;6 ;8 ;8;6;6;108;15;20
Feats and levels
lvl 1 Artist/ Curse song
lvl 3 Toughness (gives me around 900 hp's at lvl 60 with plus 12 stat max in CON)
lvl 6 lingering song
lvl 9 Extend spell (doubles your spell length)
lvl 12 Spell focus Illusion (1)
lvl 15 Spell focus enchantment (2)
lvl 18 Spell focus Conjuration (3)
lvl 21 Greater CHR
lvl 23 Lasting Inspiration (bonus feat) (adds up to 150 rounds less people bugging you for a song)
lvl 24 Greater CHR
lvl 26 Greater CHR (bonus feat)
lvl 27 Spell focus Divination (4)
lvl 29 Greater CHR (bonus feat)
lvl 30 Spell focus Transmutation (5)
lvl 32 Greater spell focus Illusion (1) (bonus feat)
lvl 33 Greater spell focus Enchantment (2)
lvl 35 Greater spell focus Conjuration (3) (bonus feat)
lvl 36 Greater spell focus Divination (4)
lvl 38 Greater spell focus Transmutation (5) (bonus feat)
lvl 39 Greater CHR - Change alignment to Lawful - Monk Level – Gives you Evasion and Monk AC.
lvl 40 Pally Level here (Use for heavy armor feat and saves) - change back alignment to chaotic
lvl 41 Use a Book to get all spell focus Necromancy (6)
lvl 42 Epic Spell Focus Illusion (1) (I would go get this valuable epic spell at this time)
lvl 45 Epic Spell Focus enchantment (2)
lvl 48 Epic Skill Focus Perform
lvl 51 Epic spell focus Conjuration (3)
lvl 54 Epic Spell Focus Divination (4)
lvl 57 Epic Spell Focus Transmutation (5)
lvl 60 Greater CHR
Spells:
Level 1: Grease, Amplify, Balagarn's Iron horn, Expeditious Retreat (extended), Scare
Level 2: Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Clarity, Ghostly Visage, Wisdom (with Maximize you get auto plus 12 this helps bring up your AC due to Monk), Silence
Level 3: Keen, GMW (plus 13), Gust, Clairaudiance/Clairvoyance, Displacement (extended)
Level 4: Cure Critical Wounds, Improved Invisibility, Hold Monster, War Cry, Legend Lore
Level 5: Healing circle (make two of these on your action button one silence one at this level), Mind fog, Ethereal Visage (silence or this level), Greater Dispelling, Summon 5
Level 6: Energy Buffer, Ice Storm, Dirge, Summon 6
Reflection: After playing this bard I found I could have gottin rid of the Necro feats and took the epic SP penetration to help your damage and area effect spells. The Petrification doesn't seem to cover enough area to make it a good epic. You could do combat casting route and maybe legendary illusion but my bard doesn't seem to need it. Remember if something is hitting in you run to the other side of the party so that it starts attacking someone else because your ac is going to be shitty. Also I traded filling up Bluff to filling up Parry since your going to be wearing light armor any way. After the new Bard spells come out I will probably change this around.
A required read that I think all people playing Bards should read on how to keep alive your party is by Yomi:
highergroundpoa.proboards3.com/index.cgi?board=builds&action=display&n=1&thread=6997
I made this up in reincarnation by baseing it off of the Ruby Genasi build but with major changes.
I wanted a build that kept everyone alive not dish out damage to mobs. I felt this important with the new changes of party wipes being more harsh.
I haven't been in a party wipe with this bard in months when she had 52 CHR but we almost wiped last time I was at Stygia, So decided to make some changes to help the party even more.
STRENGTHS
The build gives you 6 nice epic spells plus with CHR at 60 gets you up to the max in party epic spell coverage:
a) 3 of the epics (Enchantment, Divination, Transmutation) makes the party immune to deafness. silence,stun, fear, critical hits, and knockdown, and if already knocked down, will stand the toon back up
b) (illuision epic) 3 people get auto rezed and the bard gets one himself
c)(conjuration epic) you get a extra buddy that heals and rez's and is immune to attacks.
D) (Necromancy epic) with extended ghostly visage your able to GS your way into a mob and freeze the mobs that aren't immune to petrification
your able to buff your fighters with plus 13 GMW, Keen, plus conceal (extended displacement spell) and Liston (extended Clairaudiance/Clairvoyance)
CONS:
Offense Sucks! No spell penetration feats taken so dirge, Mind fog, and ice storm may not do as much on the high SP mobs.
Plus this build isn't built to fight only Party support. (it's a lover not a fighter )
no Combat Casting feats so you have to watch for attacks of opertunity. find your self some space then do your stuff.
"Radiance Genasi" (secret Beyond UltraRare)
- FC: Highest Class / BC: Cleric
- STR -2, CON +2, DEX +2, INT +2, CHA +6, 25% immune fire, free feat: Empower Spell, free feat: Silent Spell, free feat: Maximize Spell
Bard 38/ Monk 1/ Pally 1
took Human due to one extra feat
Stats/Subby/Final
Str 8 / 6 / 6 (need to watch for Pit fiends and the Kytons)
Dex 12 / 14 / 14
Con 16 / 18 / 18 (high CON helps with concentration
Int 14 / 16 / 16 (gives me gobs of skill points)
Wis 8 / 8 / 8
Chr 16 / 22 / 48 (need 6 greater CHR feats plus put all stat points into CHR)
Saves – naked - (fort 50 flex 60 will 51) with gear (fort 76 flex 80 will 71)
HP's 906 (plus 108 with bard song)
Skills to max out:
Concentration
Discipline
Taunt
Parry
Tumble (need up to 60 skill)
Use Magic Device (need up to 33 for scrolls)
Heal
Perform
put rest in craft armor/lore
Bard song: (due to taking Artist feat)
lvl;per;at;dg;w;f;r;HP;AC;Skill
60 ;120;6 ;8 ;8;6;6;108;15;20
Feats and levels
lvl 1 Artist/ Curse song
lvl 3 Toughness (gives me around 900 hp's at lvl 60 with plus 12 stat max in CON)
lvl 6 lingering song
lvl 9 Extend spell (doubles your spell length)
lvl 12 Spell focus Illusion (1)
lvl 15 Spell focus enchantment (2)
lvl 18 Spell focus Conjuration (3)
lvl 21 Greater CHR
lvl 23 Lasting Inspiration (bonus feat) (adds up to 150 rounds less people bugging you for a song)
lvl 24 Greater CHR
lvl 26 Greater CHR (bonus feat)
lvl 27 Spell focus Divination (4)
lvl 29 Greater CHR (bonus feat)
lvl 30 Spell focus Transmutation (5)
lvl 32 Greater spell focus Illusion (1) (bonus feat)
lvl 33 Greater spell focus Enchantment (2)
lvl 35 Greater spell focus Conjuration (3) (bonus feat)
lvl 36 Greater spell focus Divination (4)
lvl 38 Greater spell focus Transmutation (5) (bonus feat)
lvl 39 Greater CHR - Change alignment to Lawful - Monk Level – Gives you Evasion and Monk AC.
lvl 40 Pally Level here (Use for heavy armor feat and saves) - change back alignment to chaotic
lvl 41 Use a Book to get all spell focus Necromancy (6)
lvl 42 Epic Spell Focus Illusion (1) (I would go get this valuable epic spell at this time)
lvl 45 Epic Spell Focus enchantment (2)
lvl 48 Epic Skill Focus Perform
lvl 51 Epic spell focus Conjuration (3)
lvl 54 Epic Spell Focus Divination (4)
lvl 57 Epic Spell Focus Transmutation (5)
lvl 60 Greater CHR
Spells:
Level 1: Grease, Amplify, Balagarn's Iron horn, Expeditious Retreat (extended), Scare
Level 2: Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Clarity, Ghostly Visage, Wisdom (with Maximize you get auto plus 12 this helps bring up your AC due to Monk), Silence
Level 3: Keen, GMW (plus 13), Gust, Clairaudiance/Clairvoyance, Displacement (extended)
Level 4: Cure Critical Wounds, Improved Invisibility, Hold Monster, War Cry, Legend Lore
Level 5: Healing circle (make two of these on your action button one silence one at this level), Mind fog, Ethereal Visage (silence or this level), Greater Dispelling, Summon 5
Level 6: Energy Buffer, Ice Storm, Dirge, Summon 6
Reflection: After playing this bard I found I could have gottin rid of the Necro feats and took the epic SP penetration to help your damage and area effect spells. The Petrification doesn't seem to cover enough area to make it a good epic. You could do combat casting route and maybe legendary illusion but my bard doesn't seem to need it. Remember if something is hitting in you run to the other side of the party so that it starts attacking someone else because your ac is going to be shitty. Also I traded filling up Bluff to filling up Parry since your going to be wearing light armor any way. After the new Bard spells come out I will probably change this around.
A required read that I think all people playing Bards should read on how to keep alive your party is by Yomi:
highergroundpoa.proboards3.com/index.cgi?board=builds&action=display&n=1&thread=6997