Entry number 10

Quote Originally Posted by Ser Iaijutsu Tonneu de Chartres
Ser Iaijutsu Tonneu de Chartres
CG Otherworldly Human Ranger 2/Human Paragon 3/Fighter 2/Hoardstealer 10/Wyrm Wizard 3

“We see more and farther than our predecessors, not because we have keener vision or greater height, but because we are lifted up and borne aloft on their gigantic stature."

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From the blessing of angels they say was bestowed upon me at the moment of my birth I have been lifted up by the great creatures that we humans walk amongst in the multiverse. From the furthest planes to the deepest corners of our own are fantastical marvels of creation, and I have endeavored to learn their stories and their secrets. The true hoard of the dragon is knowledge, and borne upon their knowledge and that of others, I have reached a vantage point from which to peer into dark corners that elude even their sight.


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Ability Scores
10 Str, 15 Dex, 12 Con, 16 Int, 12 Wis, 12 Cha
Increase Dex at 4th and 8th level, and Int at all opportunities after that.

Build Table
Level Class Base Attack Bonus Fort Save Ref Save Will Save Skills Feats Class Features
1st Ranger 1 +1 +2 +2 +0 Hide 4, Move Silently 4, Search 4, Spot 4, Survival 4, Disable Device 2, Open Lock 2, Appraise 2, Escape Artist 2, Knowledge (Nature) 3, Knowledge (Dungeoneering) 3, Knowledge (Local) 2, Knowledge (Arcana) 2, Knowledge (The Planes) 2 Able Learner, Otherworldly, TrackB Favored Enemy (Arcanist), Wild Empathy
2nd Human Paragon 1 +1 +2 +2 +0 Iaijutsu Focus 5, Hide 5, Move Silently 5, Search 5, Spot 4, Survival 4, Disable Device 2, Open Lock 2, Appraise 2, Escape Artist 2, Knowledge (Nature) 3, Knowledge (Dungeoneering) 3, Knowledge (Local) 2, Knowledge (Arcana) 2, Knowledge (The Planes) 2 - Adaptive Learning (Iaijutsu Focus), Iaijutsu Focus, Knowledge (Arcana), Knowledge (The Planes), Knowledge (Local), Appraise, Spellcraft, Disable Device, Appraise, and Escape Artist as Class Skills
3rd Ranger 2 +2 +3 +3 +2 Iaijutsu Focus 6, Hide 6, Move Silently 6, Search 6, Spot 4, Survival 4, Disable Device 4, Open Lock 3, Appraise 4, Escape Artist 3, Knowledge (Nature) 3, Knowledge (Dungeoneering) 3, Knowledge (Local) 2, Knowledge (Arcana) 2, Knowledge (The Planes) 2 Darkstalker, Rapid ShotB Combat Style
4th Fighter 1 +3 +5 +3 +2 Iaijutsu Focus 6, Hide 7, Move Silently 7, Search 7, Spot 4, Survival 4, Disable Device 4, Open Lock 3, Appraise 7, Escape Artist 3, Knowledge (Nature) 3, Knowledge (Dungeoneering) 3, Knowledge (Local) 2, Knowledge (Arcana) 2, Knowledge (The Planes) 2 Point Blank ShotB Hit-and-Run Tactics
5th Fighter 2 +4 +6 +3 +2 Iaijutsu Focus 6, Hide 8, Move Silently 8, Search 8, Spot 4, Survival 4, Disable Device 4, Open Lock 4, Appraise 8, Escape Artist 4, Knowledge (Nature) 3, Knowledge (Dungeoneering) 3, Knowledge (Local) 2, Knowledge (Arcana) 2, Knowledge (The Planes) 2 Far ShotB -
6th Hoardstealer 1 +4 +6 +5 +2 Iaijutsu Focus 9, Hide 9, Move Silently 9, Search 8, Spot 4, Survival 4, Disable Device 4, Open Lock 4, Appraise 8, Escape Artist 4, Knowledge (Nature) 3, Knowledge (Dungeoneering) 3, Knowledge (Local) 2, Knowledge (Arcana) 3, Knowledge (The Planes) 3, Knowledge (Religion) 1, Collector of Stories Knowledge Devotion (Religion) Darkvision +30ft, Trapfinding
7th Hoardstealer 2 +5 +6 +6 +2 Iaijutsu Focus 10, Hide 10, Move Silently 10, Search 8, Spot 6, Survival 4, Disable Device 4, Open Lock 4, Appraise 8, Escape Artist 4, Knowledge (Nature) 3, Knowledge (Dungeoneering) 3, Knowledge (Local) 2, Knowledge (Arcana) 4, Knowledge (The Planes) 4, Knowledge (Religion) 4, Collector of Stories - Hide From Dragons 1/day
8th Hoardstealer 3 +6 +7 +6 +3 Iaijutsu Focus 11, Hide 11, Move Silently 11, Search 8, Spot 6, Survival 4, Disable Device 4, Open Lock 4, Appraise 8, Escape Artist 4, Knowledge (Nature) 3, Knowledge (Dungeoneering) 3, Knowledge (Local) 2, Knowledge (Arcana) 5, Knowledge (The Planes) 5, Knowledge (Religion) 5, Spellcraft 4, Collector of Stories - Trap Sense +2, Deep Pockets
9th Hoardstealer 4 +7 +7 +7 +3 Iaijutsu Focus 12, Hide 12, Move Silently 12, Search 8, Spot 6, Survival 4, Disable Device 4, Open Lock 4, Appraise 8, Escape Artist 4, Knowledge (Nature) 3, Knowledge (Dungeoneering) 3, Knowledge (Local) 2, Knowledge (Arcana) 5, Knowledge (The Planes) 5, Knowledge (Religion) 5, Spellcraft 8, Collector of Stories Manyshot Treasure Dowsing 1/day
10th Hoardstealer 5 +7 +7 +7 +3 Iaijutsu Focus 13, Hide 13, Move Silently 13, Search 8, Spot 6, Survival 4, Disable Device 4, Open Lock 4, Appraise 8, Escape Artist 4, Knowledge (Nature) 3, Knowledge (Dungeoneering) 3, Knowledge (Local) 2, Knowledge (Arcana) 7, Knowledge (The Planes) 7, Knowledge (Religion) 7, Spellcraft 9, Collector of Stories - Darkvision +60ft
11th Human Paragon 2 +8 +7 +7 +4 Iaijutsu Focus 14, Hide 14, Move Silently 14, Search 8, Spot 6, Survival 4, Disable Device 4, Open Lock 4, Appraise 8, Escape Artist 4, Knowledge (Nature) 3, Knowledge (Dungeoneering) 3, Knowledge (Local) 2, Knowledge (Arcana) 9, Knowledge (The Planes) 8, Knowledge (Religion) 9, Spellcraft 9, Collector of Stories Quicken SpellB -
12th Wyrm Wizard 1 +8 +7 +7 +6 Iaijutsu Focus 15, Hide 15, Move Silently 15, Search 8, Spot 6, Survival 4, Disable Device 4, Open Lock 4, Appraise 8, Escape Artist 4, Knowledge (Nature) 3, Knowledge (Dungeoneering) 3, Knowledge (Local) 2, Knowledge (Arcana) 9, Knowledge (The Planes) 10, Knowledge (Religion) 10, Spellcraft 9, Collector of Stories Practiced Spellcaster (Hoardstealer) Knowledge of the Wyrm
13th Wyrm Wizard 2 +9 +7 +7 +7 Iaijutsu Focus 16, Hide 16, Move Silently 16, Search 8, Spot 6, Survival 4, Disable Device 4, Open Lock 4, Appraise 8, Escape Artist 4, Knowledge (Nature) 3, Knowledge (Dungeoneering) 4, Knowledge (Local) 2, Knowledge (Arcana) 9, Knowledge (The Planes) 11, Knowledge (Religion) 11, Spellcraft 9, Collector of Stories - Spell Research (Polymorph)
14th Wyrm Wizard 3 +9 +8 +8 +7 Iaijutsu Focus 17, Hide 17, Move Silently 17, Search 8, Spot 6, Survival 4, Disable Device 4, Open Lock 4, Appraise 8, Escape Artist 4, Knowledge (Nature) 3, Knowledge (Dungeoneering) 5, Knowledge (Local) 2, Knowledge (Arcana) 9, Knowledge (The Planes) 13, Knowledge (Religion) 13, Spellcraft 9, Collector of Stories - Draconic Discovery (Quickened Invisibility)
15th Hoardstealer 6 +10 +9 +9 +8 Iaijutsu Focus 18, Hide 18, Move Silently 18, Search 8, Spot 6, Survival 4, Disable Device 4, Open Lock 4, Appraise 8, Escape Artist 4, Knowledge (Nature) 5, Knowledge (Dungeoneering) 5, Knowledge (Local) 5, Knowledge (Arcana) 9, Knowledge (The Planes) 13, Knowledge (Religion) 13, Spellcraft 9, Collector of Stories Greater Manyshot Trap Sense +4, Hide From Dragons 2/day
16th Hoardstealer 7 +11 +9 +9 +8 Iaijutsu Focus 19, Hide 19, Move Silently 19, Search 8, Spot 6, Survival 4, Disable Device 4, Open Lock 4, Appraise 8, Escape Artist 4, Knowledge (Nature) 7, Knowledge (Dungeoneering) 7, Knowledge (Local) 7, Knowledge (Arcana) 9, Knowledge (The Planes) 14, Knowledge (Religion) 14, Spellcraft 9, Collector of Stories - Treasure Dowsing 2/day
17th Human Paragon 3 +12 +10 +11 +8 Iaijutsu Focus 20, Hide 20, Move Silently 20, Search 8, Spot 6, Survival 4, Disable Device 4, Open Lock 4, Appraise 8, Escape Artist 4, Knowledge (Nature) 9, Knowledge (Dungeoneering) 10, Knowledge (Local) 9, Knowledge (Arcana) 9, Knowledge (The Planes) 14, Knowledge (Religion) 14, Spellcraft 9, Collector of Stories - Int +2
18th Hoardstealer 8 +13 +10 +12 +8 Iaijutsu Focus 21, Hide 21, Move Silently 21, Search 8, Spot 6, Survival 4, Disable Device 4, Open Lock 4, Appraise 8, Escape Artist 4, Knowledge (Nature) 9, Knowledge (Dungeoneering) 14, Knowledge (Local) 14, Knowledge (Arcana) 9, Knowledge (The Planes) 14, Knowledge (Religion) 14, Spellcraft 9, Collector of Stories Planar Touchstone (Oxyrhynicus: Longbow) Skill Mastery (Iaijutsu Focus, Hide, Move Silently, Knowledge (Arcana), Knowledge (The Planes), Knowledge (Religion), Knowledge (Dungeoneering), Knowledge (Local))
19th Hoardstealer 9 +13 +11 +12 +9 Iaijutsu Focus 22, Hide 22, Move Silently 22, Search 8, Spot 10, Survival 4, Disable Device 4, Open Lock 4, Appraise 8, Escape Artist 4, Knowledge (Nature) 14, Knowledge (Dungeoneering) 14, Knowledge (Local) 14, Knowledge (Arcana) 9, Knowledge (The Planes) 14, Knowledge (Religion) 14, Spellcraft 9, Collector of Stories - Darkvision +90 ft, Trap Sense +6
20th Hoardstealer 10 +14 +11 +13 +9 Iaijutsu Focus 23, Hide 23, Move Silently 23, Search 8, Spot 10, Survival 4, Disable Device 4, Open Lock 4, Appraise 8, Escape Artist 4, Knowledge (Nature) 23, Knowledge (Dungeoneering) 14, Knowledge (Local) 14, Knowledge (Arcana) 9, Knowledge (The Planes) 14, Knowledge (Religion) 14, Spellcraft 9, Collector of Stories - Treasure Dowsing 3/day, Hide From Dragons 3/day

Spellcasting
Level 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
6th 0 - - -
7th 1 - - -
8th 1 0 - -
9th 1 1 - -
10th 1 1 0 -
11th 1 1 1 -
12th 2 1 1 0
13th 2 1 1 0
14th 2 1 1 1
15th 2 2 1 1
16th 2 2 2 1
17th 2 2 2 1
18th 2 2 2 1
19th 2 2 2 1
20th 2 2 2 1
Does not include bonus spells for a high Int score.


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ECL 5
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The Celestial-Attended Birth option in Champions of Valor opens up the Otherworldly feat to characters of any region, rather than just those given in the feat’s original publication. This allows us to take it for Outsider typing (and the 60 ft of Darkvision that comes with it) as a standard Human, meaning we can also take Able Learner and Human Paragon, which ensure that we can qualify for the SI with little difficulty, neatly solves the issues that would otherwise arise from omissions to the Hoardstealer skill list, and snags Iaijutsu Focus as a class skill for good measure. An Elvencraft Bow is a melee weapon, so drawing one immediately before firing on a flat-footed target is a valid way to get iaijutsu damage, and works even beyond the 30 ft range limitation of most precision damage (Hit-and-Run Tactics does unfortunately have that limitation, but at least we get a little extra damage when we’re stuck fighting up close and personal).

ECL 10
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Since we held onto Hide and Move Silently as class skills, Hoardstealer offers considerable help rather than impediment to our stealthiness by way of Invisibility from its casting and the Hide From Dragons SLA. It also helpfully extends Darkvision to 120 ft, as far as a dragon and further than almost anything else. Being hidden within an enemy’s field of vision or standing just outside it means that enemy is flat-footed, and hence susceptible to iaijutsu damage. Manyshot also comes online in these levels, which means that with the help of a dirt cheap Least Crystal of Return (stick it on the least important Quarterstaff head of the Elvencraft Longbow), we’ve got ourselves a free move action to ‘sheathe’ the bow before drawing and firing each round without sacrificing the ability to make multiple attacks.

ECL 15
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This is where things get fun. We duck out of Hoardstealer for a bit, instead progressing its casting through another Human Paragon level followed by some Wyrm Wizard. This adds Polymorph to the Hoardstealer list, which, combines with Outsider typing from Otherworldly to open up Arrow Demon form so that the archery fun can be doubled. We also nab Greater Manyshot, which explicitly says precision damage is added to all attacks in the volley, not just the first. This not only solves the issue of the dumb volley rules in the Rules Compendium, but also the logistical issues of Iaijutsu Focus. So each round, so long as we can keep targeting flat-footed enemies, either by remaining outside the range of their Darkvision or some other trick (like the 1/day Quickened Invisibility that the third level of Wyrm Wizard grants) we can crank out a bunch of iaijutsu attacks by stowing away one bow as a move action, drawing it as a free action via Least Crystal of Return, and then unleashing a Symmetrical Archery Greater Manyshot.

ECL 20
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Squeezing the third level of Human Paragon in for an extra +2 Int before Hoardstealer 8 adds an extra skill for Skill Mastery to apply to. In addition to Iaijutsu and the stealth skills, this means we now take 10 on every creature-identifying Knowledge skill besides Nature. With Skill Mastery alongside Collector of Stories, a +5 Int mod, a Masterwork item, and in the case of Knowledge (Arcana) another +5 from Knowledge of the Wyrm with the assistance of a dragon friend, we hit the DC 36 required for a +5 from Knowledge Devotion (or the DC 31 for a +4 if you don’t use Collector of Stories) without having to max those skills out or roll dice. That frees up enough skill points to max out Knowledge (Nature) so that it can get there on a roll of 1. Our final feat goes to Planar Touchstone (Oxyrhynicus) which adds an extra attack (or two with Symmetrical Archery) whenever we catch a target flat-footed and make two or more attacks. Even if we elect to use a sniping attack rather than Manyshot, Symmetrical Archery makes that into two shots, which Oxyrhynicus then makes into four. Hoardstealer also increases the range of our Darkvision out to 150 ft, outside the range of even dragons (but convieniently still within a single longbow range increment thanks to Far Shot).


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Champions of Valor: Celestial-Attended Birth
Complete Arcane: Practiced Spellcaster
Complete Champion: Knowledge Devotion
Complete Mage: Arcane Hunter
Draconomicon: Hoardstealer
Dragon Magic: Wyrm Wizard
Drow of the Underdark: Hit-and-Run Tactics
Lords of Madness: Darkstalker
Magic Item Compendium: Least Crystal of Return
Monster Manual III (Web): Arrow Demon
Oriental Adventures: Iaijutsu Focus
Planar Handbook: Planar Touchstone, Oxyrhynicus
Player’s Guide to Faerun: Otherworldly
Races of Destiny: Able Learner
Races of the Wild: Elvencraft Bow
Spell Compendium: Hide From Dragons
Everything else is SRD.