Here it is, My 1st build; and a bit unusual at that.....

This came out of a RPing idea I had and my discovery of the zen archery feat; which I previously ignored...

I'm sure this is quite flawed- rip it up!

This is not designed for PvP; but I might try it in SoU/HotU

I have started this char on an action PW; still low-level.
It is designed to take advantage of the Druid's excellent spells and pets and the AA's obvious benefits.
Wiz 3 will allow 2nd level spells


Starting abilities (this was a hard choice...)
Str 13
Dex 12
Con 10
Wis 17
Int 13
Char 9

Elf, CN

Level progression and skills
1-6 Druid; pump animal empathy (need help!), conc, spellcr, heal- save points too

7-9 Wiz (generalist?), pump conc, spellcr, save the rest

10 Dr

11-13 AA; pump listen , move silently, some in spot (with saved up points)

14-19 Dr; again conc, spellcr, some AE, heal, maybe persuade- but save points

20-25 AA; more listen, move silently

26-40 all druid; all the way with conc, spell cr- others too


Feats
1 PB shot
3 Focus longbow
6 Zen archery (now the fun begins!)
9 Combat casting
12 Still spell (maybe a waste; but i like scrolls a lot)
15 Called shot
18 improved crit LB
21 Great wis
24 Great wis
27 Great wis
30 Great wis
33 Epic weapon focus- LB
35 Dragon shape
38 Armor skin
39 Improved combat casting

Abilities raised
Wis 4,8,12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40

Other special abilities
Elf racial abilities at level 1

Druid
1 Nature sense
1 Pet
2 woodland stride
3 trackless step
4 resist mature's lure
5 wildshape
9 (15) Venom immunity
16(27) Elemental shape
22 (33) infinite wildshape
26 (37) infinite elemental shape

Wiz
1 (7) familiar

AA
1 (11) Enchant Arrow I
2 (12) Imbue Arrow
3 (13) Enchant Arrow II
4 (20) Seeker Arrow (1x day)
5 (21) Enchant Arrow III
6 (22) Seeker Arrow (2x day)
7 (23) Enchant Arrow IV
8 (24) Hail of Arrows
9 (25) Enchant Arrow V

Final abilities
Str 13
dex 12
con 10
int 13
wis 32
char 9

Final AB 25/20/15
BAB 24
Final naked AC 11
Saves
Fort 23
reflex 20
Will 33

Big con is AC- will need good magic druid-approved armor & buffs
Also secondary 2-handed weapon for close-up; preferably with a magical attribute like stun or sleep (i like cold halberds..)
Giant belt would be a big benefit with mighty/ composite longbow; of course magic arrows

Shapechange will come in handy, too Nice concept. One thing you missed was Rapid Shot, which requires 13+ Dexterity. So take another point of CHA. You can trade it for Still Spell. Ah yes- totally forgot one of the most important feats- thanks!

Also- can't do halberd b/c druid - so maybe a magical spear when surrounded; as well as offensive magic (high concentr)

please give me further feedback (i know this build is kind of 'out there'!) One thing you may want to look into is focusing more on one facet of your design over another. You have only 9 AA levels so it really isn't taking advantage of the class. The main advantage is at high levels where the automatic enhancement bonus is at +10 or higher. The other thing is you can't shoot a bow while shapeshifted, and your seem to point out druid forms a few times. Not to say having infinte elemental shape is a waste, because I am a fan of doing it with monk multiclassed myself.

For pvm I am sure this will work great. For pvp you may want to look into being a bit more focused on archery or druid. (personally I'd add to archery to get insane AB). The other benefit of this would be a lot more feats from taking AA into epic levels. Maybe try a level split with 14 Druid/3 Wiz/23 AA. You can still pick up dragon shape and use same stats, but your AB will be much higher. You will also be able to buff approximately as well as your current build does. Obviously you lose some higher level spells, but the tradeoff may be worth it.
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Click Here Why take the fourth Great Wisdom? You end up with 31 Wis from what I can see. All those odd point stats equal waste.

I can't see the point of 3 Wizard levels. If you want AA taking some Bard makes more sense, due to getting Tumble. And 3 Wiz levels so early takes 2 BAB away.

I don't get the feeling that you have any particular reason for taking 28 levels in Druid, 9 in AA and 3 in Wizard, except that they add up to 40.

Another problem of this mix is that the AC is awful compared to Druid/Monk builds or any Dex based AA. It's hard not to come to the conclusion that this is just not a happy mix... Thanks for the comments; remember, this is my 1st build...

I don't do PvP generally; just PvM/ NPC

Problem w/ bard levels: XP penalty w/ elf

3 levels wiz to get 2nd level spells (was thinking about just taking one level)

9 levels AA to get enchant +5

Can't do Monk because I can't play lawful!
Quote: Posted 11/20/04 22:14:12 (GMT) -- Thorsson64
I don't get the feeling that you have any particular reason for taking 28 levels in Druid, 9 in AA and 3 in Wizard, except that they add up to 40.
That was my feeling as well which was why I offered the level split I did. Even better if you can live without the 2nd level wiz spells would be to up the AA levels to 25 for another bonus feat, and only take the one wis level.
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