I was thinking on the best build that could support the front line tanks and still provide some much needed firepower from a distance. If cornered s/he should also be fast and have a decent AC. I looked and could not find a simaler build on the first few pages where levels had to be listed in the subject.

Human CN Barbarian 4 - Bard 16 - Cleric 20


Gear: Medium armor, and crossbow (prefered)
Medium armor, tower shield, and simitar (rare)
Cleric Dom: Trickery and Str

Str 14
Dex 10
Con 8
Wis 16 (28)
Int 10
Cha 16

All stats in Wis plus 2 greater wis

L1 Bb Zen Archery / Wep Focus X-Bow (heavy)
L2 Cl
L3 Cl Extend Spell
L4 Bd
L5 Bd
L6 Cl Still Spell
L7 Bb
L8 Bb
L9 Cl Rapid Reload *
L10 Cl
L11 Bd
L12 Bd Curse Song
L13 Bd
L14 Bd
L15 Bd Lingering Song
L16 Cl
L17 Cl
L18 Bb Imp Crital X-Bow (last Barbarian level)
L19 Cl
L20 Bd

Pre epic ab 16/11/6/1 (four attacks per round)

L21 Cl Epic WF X-Box
L22 Cl
L23 Cl
L24 Bd Epic Skill Focus Dis
L25 Bd
L26 Bd
L27 Cl Epic Fort Save *
L28 Cl
L29 Cl
L30 Cl Hellball *
L31 Bd
L32 Bd
L33 Bd Greater Wis 1
L34 Cl
L35 Cl
L36 Cl Greater Wis 2
L37 Bd
L38 Cl
L39 Cl Armor Skin
L40 Bd

Skill Points 190 (roughy)
Disipline 43
Tumble 40
SC 35
Consintration 43
Perform 25
A few left over for ???

Ab: With plan X-Bow
37/32/27/22
With +5 X-Bow and +12 to Wis and Song
51/46/41/36
With +12 to wis and +20 to ab all buffs
63/58/53/48

Damage: Here is your weak point. Not sure what it would be but your relying heavy on your buffs and some mighty to provide the damage. I would have liked to try the Divine might and shield route but you dont have the feats for it (need 3 more). You could take 6 levels of fighter and drop 2 level of cleric and the barb levels. But then you lose Uncanny dodge and the +10% speed. And the builds Idea is to out run your foes if needed and quickly reach those in the front lines that need healing / buffs or a moral boost with the song.

Buffs:
Cleric Spells (L9) and one Epic Spell
Bard Spells (L6) + Still Spell to cast in armor
Bard Song that lasts 11 rounds (16 use's)
Curse Song also to help drop ab and ac of oppoients

Imposion DC with +12 to wis would be 10+9+15= 34. Not great but it should take care of Dex based archers that will be on the other side of the combat 'line'.

You could use Heavy armor but i think with 1.64 you will lose the barbarian speed. Also you could drop the * feats and sub in others without ruining the build.

Feedback would be welcome!

Edited By Iron Ranger on 11/15/04 10:16

Edit: Drop the Trickery domain and pick up Healing. It is a support build and you will get Imp Inviso from L4 bard spells Why not go with fighter levels instead of barbarian? Some simple level shifting can get you epic weapon focus. The loss is 8 hp max. The gain is 3 bonus feats.
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Click Here According to my manual, you need BAB +3 for Zen Archery, so if my calculations are correct, you'll have to wait to take it until you're level 6
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1) First level will have to be Cleric and take the two spell feats (Still, Extended). Take Barbarian 2nd Level and the next two feats will be Weapon Focus and Zen Archery (I forgot the +3 AB needed). Bacicly remix the first 4 feats.
2) You cant get Hellball unless epic, so drop that feat and add in Epic Poweres (or any feat you like). Drop SC skills then unless you feel you want the extra saveing throws (though you will be streached to reach 30 pts due to the change above)

Yes you could take Figher levels and get the Weapon Spec Feats for extra damage and drop 4 levels of Barb and 2 levels of Cleric and see no real change. But I wanted someone with some extra speed for PvP were you could outrun others (slightly, at first I wanted monk but no go as it will not mix with bard) to your allies and heal or res them and move on.

I did this at work, and saw the mistakes when I came home. Sorry about that, but the concept is still sound. Wis based archer with huge number of support spells that has a good ab (when buffed) and can get around the battle field quickly. This is not a solo Char and would strugle if you used it as such but it should level fine with such a mix of skills.
Quote: Posted 11/15/04 21:44:47 (GMT) -- Iron Range
Yes you could take Figher levels and get the Weapon Spec Feats for extra damage and drop 4 levels of Barb and 2 levels of Cleric and see no real change. But I wanted someone with some extra speed for PvP were you could outrun others (slightly, at first I wanted monk but no go as it will not mix with bard) to your allies and heal or res them and move on.
With bard you will have both expedious retreat and haste spells for increasing movement. You also can get epic weapon spec with only 4 fighter levels. It is a personal choice though, and both I am sure work fine. With pvp gearing though, my choice would be fighter.
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