I have to thank Torias for inspiring this build. His Divine Champion, encouraged me to make a strength based undead hunter. The result was posted on March 9th, Click Here
Advantages
-This character really hurts undead. With +12 to STR, +12 to CHA, improved power attack, deafening clang, bless weapon, divine favor, divine might and holy sword he can potentially hit an undead opponent for 103 points of damage. -High damage per hit. He can punch through most damage reduction -Devastating Critical.
Disadvantages
-Low AB -Low Hit Points. -Low Saves. -No spell protection.
Undead Hunter
(All attribute bonuses go to STR) Level 1 Human (subrace Aasimar), LG, Ranger Base Attributes STR 14 DEX 12 CON 10 INT 14 WIS 14 CHA 14 Feats: weapon focus (heavy flail), power attack, favoured enemy (undead)
Minimum and Maximum damage calculations for the Undead Hunter
Minimum +1 Weapon +12 Base STR +9 +12 to STR +6 Epic Weapon Specialization +5 Divine Favor +3 Deafening Clang +8 Divine Might (+12 to CHA) +10 Improved Power Attack +5 Holy Sword (+1 Holy Sword (Vs. Evil)) (+2 Bless Weapon (Vs. Undead)) (+5 Favored Enemy) (+2 Bane of Enemies) ____________________ 59 ,60 vs. Evil, 66 vs. Favoured Enemy, 67 vs. Evil Favoured Enemy, 69 vs. Undead
Maximum Damage +10 Weapon +12 Base STR +9 +12 to STR +6 Epic Weapon Specialization +5 Divine Favor +3 Deafening Clang +8 Divine Might (+12 to CHA) +10 Improved Power Attack +5 Holy Sword (+6 Holy Sword (Vs. Evil)) (+12 Bless Weapon (Vs. Undead)) (+5 Favored Enemy) (+12 Bane of Enemies) ____________________ 68 ,74 vs. Evil, 85 vs. Favoured Enemy, 91 vs. Evil Favoured Enemy, 103 vs. Undead
For both of these you can also chuck in deafen and dispel on hit. _________________ Two wrongs don't make a right but three lefts do.
If you wanted a bit more ab u could drop dex to 8 since u can cast cats.Also you could drop int to 10-12 and put into str or con.Just my 2 cents
I think a charisma based pure paladin is a far better undead hunter than your build, for the following reasons : -Divine might is far more powerful -Lay on hands is very powerful (by the way, a critical hit on the touch attack doubles the damage) -Smite evil is far more powerful -Turn undead is very powerful as well, with many charges -Divine shield can always help AB will be a little lower, but it doesn't seem to be a problem since you are using improved power attack yourself. If you're interested, I can post a funny build I had done on that base (a gnome pure paladin, focus charisma), but since it's pure paladin, it isn't very elaborated.
Also, why does your build have devastating critical ? _________________ If you call IGMS, Harm, Mestil's acid shield, the Bigby hands or Devastating Critical balanced in your post, don't expect me to like you.
I'm sorry about my bad english, I'm french. In every lie lies a part of truth.
Please don't nitpick names of builds. It might not suit your concept of an 'undead hunter' but it is a good build reguardless.
Also as this post is over 6 months old and I haven't seen Mith post a build in some time, I don't think you will get much response from him. _________________ Come visit the Epic Builders Guild for all the character info you could ever want or need: Click Here
Quote: Posted 10/07/04 12:08:23 (GMT) -- Emrill
Please don't nitpick names of builds. It might not suit your concept of an 'undead hunter' but it is a good build reguardless.
Sorry I won't do it again. _________________ If you call IGMS, Harm, Mestil's acid shield, the Bigby hands or Devastating Critical balanced in your post, don't expect me to like you.
I'm sorry about my bad english, I'm french. In every lie lies a part of truth.
Quote: Posted 10/07/04 08:39:00 (GMT) -- Agifem
I think a charisma based pure paladin is a far better undead hunter than your build, for the following reasons : -Divine might is far more powerful
You only get a CHA bonus with divine might, you get STR *1.5 for a two-handed weapon.
Quote: -Lay on hands is very powerful (by the way, a critical hit on the touch attack doubles the damage)
You can only use Lay on hands once per day. Plus with only 15 paladin levels it's hardly worth it. It's great if you only get attacked by one undead opponent, but what about when you have three dracoliches breathing down your neck?
Quote: -Smite evil is far more powerful
Again smite is a one trick (three trick) pony. I wanted something with a high sustained damage output. No CHA based paladin can match this character's sustained damage output.
-Turn undead is very powerful as well, with many charges
It won't work on very powerful undead (most of them have turn resistance), and if your hiting for over 80 HP a strike with Great Cleave weaker undead don't last too long.
Quote: -Divine shield can always help
It could be useful, but I prefer a higher AB from the STR based paladin. A paladin's only means of hurting an opponent is through combat (he can turn undead, but he can't set traps, use offensive spells ...) A CHA based paladin has a horrible AB, that comprimises his only means of offense. They get other bonuses and divine might makes up for it a bit, if you can't hit your opponent all those abilities aren't worth anything.
I included improved power attack in the calculations, but if I'm not hitting something I can always drop it for a +10 boost to my AB. the 26 STR is good for a +8 to hit and Bane of enemies gives me another +2 against favoured enemies. If your typical CHA based paladin has a STR of 14 that's a +2. All things considered with improved power attack this character's AB is 2 points lower than a CHA based paladin. They say the best defense is a strong offense, so maybe the strength serves me better.
Quote: Also, why does your build have devastating critical ?
For versatility, something that CHA based paladins lack. By choice of favoured enemy, this character does well against most critical hit immune opponents. The devastating critical lets him do well against crit. vulnerable opponents as well. _________________ Two wrongs don't make a right but three lefts do.
I won't do it again.