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2012-11-04, 02:06 AM (ISO 8601)
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"Flavorful/fun optimizations"
I'm starting in a new Forgotten Realms campaign next week. Since I haven't quite made a character yet, I thought I'd inquire here for some build suggestions. The DM's specifications are as follows:
-32 point buy (with a minimum score of 10 in Charisma, unadjusted for race)
-Level 3 character
-No Psionics/Incarnum/Book of 9 Swords
-All other 3.5 material published by Wizards of the Coast is fine (Dragon/Dungeon magazine does not count)
-No silly optimizations. Flavorful/fun optimizations are fine! Red raiding hood, multipouncers, jumplomancers, and ted the enabler are not.Last edited by Flame of Anor; 2012-11-04 at 02:09 AM.
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2012-11-04, 04:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: "Flavorful/fun optimizations"
I've always liked Shadowcraft shenanigans... 130% real magic and so on. Be a gnome, take the Shadowcraft Mage PrC, take Heighten spell and Earth Spell, and flavorfully destroy your opponents with shadowy fireballs. Or shadowy light spells.
D2 crusader? You can aways writ a great backstory etc.
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2012-11-04, 04:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: "Flavorful/fun optimizations"
Gizmo the Electric Kobold
Kobold Binder 3
Feats: Improved Binding, Dodge
Vestige: Focalor
Gear: MW Full Plate, MW Tower Shield (Armor Check Penalty -14, you aren't proficient, but it doesn't really matter), Oil of Magic Vestment
Str 5, Dex 13, Con 16, Int 10, Wis 10, Cha 15 (all stats negotiable except dex)
AC = 10 + 1 dex + 8 full plate + 4 tower shield + 1 size + 1 natural + 1 dodge + 1 pact augmentation + 1 oil of MV = 28
You are very hard to hit. Focalor's lightning bolts don't require an attack roll, nor does his breath, and Aura of Sadness doesn't even allow a save. Blast until you come up against something with high Ref and Evasion, then use the Fort-save blinding breath ability. Get up close and they take -2 to all saves anyway. Get a riding dog to make up for your slow movement.
Credit for original idea goes to this thread, which is a cool little resource. I've just fixed some math and fleshed it out.
Bonus points if you can somehow acquire a pet shocker lizard.
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2012-11-04, 05:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: "Flavorful/fun optimizations"
Druid10/Planar Shepherd 10 from the Plane of Shavarath.
Great chance for roleplaying within an incredibly unique organization. Grants ties to a plane that exists as an eternal battlefield, and gives a very different definition of what a Druid can be.
Archivist 7/Uncanny Trickster 3/Malconvoker 9/Sacred Exorcist 1
One of my favorite builds, has lots of potential for background in studying cults and religion as a scholar, but isn't without tricks. The massive skill points from Uncanny Trickster will allow for complete character customization at a relatively low cost.
Strongheart Halfling Psion
Take the Personal Space feat from Mind's Eye, fill it with gold. Voila! Instant Leprechaun.
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2012-11-04, 05:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: "Flavorful/fun optimizations"
Shocker Lizard, but it is feat intensive, and requires level 5 (or more feats+cheese)
1 level Dip in Sorcerer, Practised Spellcaster for arcane caster level 5, Improved familiar.π = 4
Consider a 5' radius blast: this affects 4 squares which have a circumference of 40' — Actually it's worse than that.
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2012-11-04, 06:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-11-04, 06:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: "Flavorful/fun optimizations"
Forgotten Realms? Just be a Wizard/Incantatrix, load up on Metamagic feats and own the game. Spellcasting Prodigy recommended. No further shenanigans required.
Let me give you a brief rundown of an average Post-3E Era fight: You attack an enemy and start kicking his shins. He then starts kicking your shins, then you take it in turns kicking until one of you falls over. It basically comes down to who started the battle with the biggest boot, and the only strategy involved is realizing when things have gone tits up and legging it.
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2012-11-04, 07:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: "Flavorful/fun optimizations"
Scout / trapsmith / swiftblade.
Not tier one Op, but solidly tier 3. Good solid spells, with an extra standard or move action each round.
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2012-11-04, 07:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: "Flavorful/fun optimizations"
Wu Jen 6/Chameleon 2/Swiftblade 10/Master Thrower? 2
Fire Shuriken.
Any Metamagic you want, through Chameleon.
Dakka.
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2012-11-04, 10:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: "Flavorful/fun optimizations"
Monk 2 / Spirit Shaman X
Flurry with Shillelagh/Brambles/Entangling staff.
Spiritual feel and Tier 1, well only just.π = 4
Consider a 5' radius blast: this affects 4 squares which have a circumference of 40' — Actually it's worse than that.
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2012-11-04, 10:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: "Flavorful/fun optimizations"
Warforged, Cloistered Cleric 5/Landforged Walker 5/Earth Dreamer 5. Finish out with anything... Paragnostic Apostle and Divine Oracle come to mind.
Become a wandering, holy tree. A tree that glides through the earth...Optimization Showcase in the Playground
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2012-11-04, 11:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: "Flavorful/fun optimizations"
Apparently I won't actually get to join this campaign.
But I would still like to see your character concepts.
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2012-11-05, 09:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: "Flavorful/fun optimizations"
I like it, however he's starting at level 3. Something to shoot for in the future.
If you were starting at a higher level, I'd even recommend grabbing Sorc 1 as your first level spell and the Precocious Apprentice feat, the rest of your levels in Binder and aiming for the Anima Mage PrC when you qualify.
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2012-11-05, 12:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: "Flavorful/fun optimizations"
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2012-11-05, 01:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: "Flavorful/fun optimizations"
Is it pet build time?
Johnny the Carpenter
Troll-blooded Hengeyokai Champion of the Wild Ranger 4/Savage Ghost 4/Warshaper 4/Primeval (Giant Octopus) 8
Possess creatures with Malevolence! Get all Warshaper's immunities! turn arbitrary appendages into natural weapons! Only be destroyed by fire! (and acid. shhh!) Be scary enough to freak out huskies! And when things get crazy, make the possessed creature erupt a mass of flailing tentacles!
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2012-11-05, 01:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Oct 2005
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- Earth
Re: "Flavorful/fun optimizations"
Dark (if LA buy off is allowed) Grey Elf Factotum who specializes in scouting, assassination, and general skill monkey things.
You are capable of filling an often overlooked roll, capable of contributing quite well both in combat and out of combat, it's fun to play, and it's not too powerful but still able to contribute in a party with tier 1's and 2's without any problem.
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2012-11-05, 01:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: "Flavorful/fun optimizations"
"Don't make me angry. You won't like me when I'm angry..."
Strongheart Halfling Monk2 (overwhelming attack style)/Stoneblessed3/Barbarian1 (pounce and Mountainous Rage variants)/War Hulk10/Frenzied Berserker1/Crusader4
He started off being raised in a shao-lin temple, and quite enjoyed his life, until raiders razed the temple and scattered the survivors. While fleeing, he found a tribe of Goliaths and lived among them. His anger at his loss, however, was not so easily put aside, and led to bouts of rage which were so fierce that even the goliaths who had adopted him were wary.
The halfling goes from Str 6 to Str 42 when he rages (bonuses from War Hulk don't apply until he becomes Large size from Mountainous Rage, and he gets size bonuses from going from Small to Large). He uses Shards of Granite to bypass DR while getting his own form of damage mitigation. He gets additional self-healing from the crusader stance, unless he goes Thicket of Blades.
He typically uses a Spiked Chain and charges into the middle of the frey using Shock Trooper and Leap Attack with a Skillful Valorous Spiked Chain. He gets to attack everyone within 20' as an attack action. With some form of haste, his damage output goes to Ludicrous Speed.SpoilerQuite possibly, the best rebuttal I have ever witnessed.
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2012-11-05, 06:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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