Atomic Strike 9Monk/2Paladin/29Blackguard

[atomicsomething]

Here is the current BlackGuard build i'm leveling :

Race : Human
Subrace : Fallen Angel (Free feats : Divine shield and divine might)
Starting stats :
STR : 8
DEX : 18
CON : 14
WIS : 10 (15)
INT : 8
CHA : 14 (16)

01: M(1): Toughness, Ambidexterity
02: M(2):
03: M(3): Weapon Finesse
04: M(4): DEX+1
05: M(5)
06: M(6): Weapon Focus: Kama
07: M(7)
08: M(8): DEX+1
09: P(1): Two-Weapon Fighting
10: P(2):
11: BG(1): *Alignment Change*
12: BG(2): DEX+1, Blind Fight, {Smite Good}
13: BG(3)
14: BG(4)
15: BG(5): Improved Critical: Kama
16: BG(6): DEX+1
17: BG(7)
18: BG(8): Improved Two-Weapon Fighting
19: BG(9)
20: BG(10): DEX+1
21: BG(11): Great Dexterity I
22: BG(12)
23: BG(13): Epic Weapon Focus: Kama
24: BG(14): DEX+1, Great Dexterity II
25: BG(15)
26: BG(16): Epic Prowess
27: BG(17): Great Dexterity III
28: BG(18): DEX+1
29: BG(19): Armor Skin
30: BG(20): Great Dexterity IV
31: BG(21)
32: BG(22): DEX+1, Epic Toughness I
33: BG(23): Great Dexterity V
34: BG(24)
35: BG(25): Improved Sneak Attack I
36: BG(26): DEX+1, Great Dexterity VI
37: BG(27)
38: BG(28): Improved Sneak Attack II
39: BG(29): Great Wisdom I
40: M(9): DEX+1

For skills, at level 8 (Monk) take 5 in Hide skill, At lvl 40 go for 40 in disc and tumble and 25 more in Hide. (Nothing left with this setup)

For LL :
SelfConceal 1-5
Great Dex 7-8
All stat boosts go DEX.

Stats at level 40/60 :
STR : 8/8
DEX : 34/46
CON : 14/14
INT : 8/8
WIS : 16/16
CHA : 16/20

this build is meant to take advantages of the improved damages from the Blackguard (Death's kiss 24 + 1D4 cold, Divine might for 11 divine, sneak attack 11d6) with a pretty good defense (good AC and Self concealment 5).
Saves are really not an issue (i did not post them, but they high, very high ...) due to monk levels and paladin/blackguard bonuses.

The really main drawback is a lowish AB. Handaxes could be a better choice of weapon than kamas because of this.

[jersak]

I'm curoius as to why you went with Fallen Angel. I'm still new at this, but wouldn't it be better to go with a subrace with a dex bonus rather than one with primarily a wis bonus? A dex subbie bonus might enable you to get self conceal pre-legendary.

[atomicsomething]

Fallen Angel grants two free feats : divine might and divine shield.
This allows to spare 3 pre-epic feats (might, shield and power attack who is a requirement to get them).
It allows also STR to be lowered at 8 (power attack requires 13 STR).

[jersak]

Ahh, that explains it. Thanks. I've never played a blackguard or paladin. Are those two feats all that usefull? (You get power attack with the Monk) With 16 CHA you would only get +4 bonus for four rounds, right? Maybe I'm misunderstanding how they work, but that doesn't sound like all that much. Also, I noticed Self Conceal wasn't a blackguard epic feat. If Blackguard is your control class, would you still be able to pick Self Conceal in legendary levels?

[atomicsomething]

jersak said:

Ahh, that explains it. Thanks. I've never played a blackguard or paladin. Are those two feats all that usefull? (You get power attack with the Monk) With 16 CHA you would only get +4 bonus for four rounds, right? Maybe I'm misunderstanding how they work, but that doesn't sound like all that much. Also, I noticed Self Conceal wasn't a blackguard epic feat. If Blackguard is your control class, would you still be able to pick Self Conceal in legendary levels?

with my current CHA modifier, divine shield is not that useful.
Any damage addition is useful
My starting CHA is 16 (+3 bonus). As a blackguard i get a +1 bonus for every 5 Legendary levels bringing my base CHA to 20 (+5) at level 60.
Equipment allows me to boost it to 32 (+11 bonus).
The duration of divine might doubles if you have 21 levels of BG and triples at level 41, so with this build i'll add 11 divine damages for 33 rounds.

[jersak]

That makes more sense. Thanks
I've been thinking of doing some sort of dexer fighter with the ability to do some damage, so this build caught my eye. I think I'll try it out in the tester and see how I like it. Thanks for your help

[Master Jaxx]

You don't get Power Attack with Monk but you do get Cleave for free.

[jersak]

oops, my bad. You're right.