Objective: Dwarven Defender that can turn into a Stone Golem. I should disclaim that I haven't played Shifters yet, so feedback (as usual) is appreciated... especially on later feats.
Feats 1 - Alertness 3 - Toughness 6 - Dodge 9 - Power Attack 12 - Zen Archery 15 - Cleave 18 - Great Cleave 21,24,27,28,31 - Great Wisdom 30 - Construct Shape 33 - Great Consitution 35 - Armor Skin 36 - Great Strength 39 - Epic Prowess, Epic Reflexes
Edited By griphook on 05/20/05 15:21
Why are you taking Zen archery may I ask? It seems like a wasted feat in your build. Otherwise looks like a nice shifter with some very thick skin .
Right on. Cool build. My only concern would be that you didn't take Improved Unarmed Attack at some point. Golem forms count as unarmed. Then again, I don't know if an attacking Golem shifter would provoke AoO -- never tried it. But that's the reason most Shifter builds have at least some Monk levels thrown in -- most forms count as unarmed.
Again, may not be a concern for you. Even if you did provoke AoOs, you should be well able to take them.
Zen Archery = Taking advantage of a high Wis score. It gives the character a good balance between melee and ranged. As a defender, he can pick off enemies at a distance in human form and then polymorph into golem form when they get close. I take it at 12 because that's the first DD level, when I get martial weapons for free.
Zen Archery = Taking advantage of a high Wis score. It gives the character a good balance between melee and ranged. As a defender, he can pick off enemies at a distance in human form and then polymorph into golem form when they get close. I take it at 12 because that's the first DD level, when I get martial weapons for free.
Good call on the Improved unarmed attack!
I would suggest taking imp unarmed strike instead of great cleave, which is useless for anything but requirement for dev critical. Many believe it gives you a free hit on ALL surrounding monsters when you kill one, but it doesn't. It merely allows you to cleave(1 free hit after a kill) an unlimited times per round. So if you killed 4 creatures in 1 round you get 4 free hits. Generally if you kill more than 1 creature in 1 round you are fighting guys much much lower than yourself and it really isn't nessasary. Though you could have fun with the skill if you put an incrediably powerful weapon in the hands of a lvl 1 char, surrounded him with very low hp guys and let him wack one of em.
hehe dominos springs to mind.
Syrath
Yes, I know how much fun Great Cleave is when playing the OC (with SOU installed) for the first time. Thanks for that.
Imp Unarmed Attack is useless for Shapes as they already have it, or so I've read.
Quote: Posted 02/26/05 21:29:14 (GMT) -- De'Sade
Imp Unarmed Attack is useless for Shapes as they already have it, or so I've read.
It's not that they have Improved Unarmed Strike, but while it says 'Unarmed' for Main Weapon, they are considered to have creature weapon(s) equipped, hence why it says 'Attack 1, Attack 2, etc.' That's why you don't need Improved Unarmed Strike for shapeshifting.
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Right on. Cool build. My only concern would be that you didn't take Improved Unarmed Attack at some point. Golem forms count as unarmed. Then again, I don't know if an attacking Golem shifter would provoke AoO -- never tried it. But that's the reason most Shifter builds have at least some Monk levels thrown in -- most forms count as unarmed.
Zen Archery = Taking advantage of a high Wis score. It gives the character a good balance between melee and ranged. As a defender, he can pick off enemies at a distance in human form and then polymorph into golem form when they get close. I take it at 12 because that's the first DD level, when I get martial weapons for free.