Yet another ranger. This one i have been using for a while and I like him a lot. I have even build him as an Elf a few times with a max dex of 32.
Starting stats Str 14 Dex 18 (30) COn 10 Wis 8 Int 14 Cha 8
Put everything into Dexterity. (+10)
01) Monk 1 - Luck of Heros, Will
02) Ranger 1 - FE_1
03) Ranger 2 - Weapon Finess
04) Ranger 3
05) Ranger 4
06) Ranger 5 - WFocus, FE_2
07) Ranger 6
08) Ranger 7
09) Ranger 8 - Imp Crit
10) Ranger 9
11) Ranger 10 - FE_3
12) Ranger 11 - Dodge*
13) Ranger 12
14) Ranger 13
15) Ranger 14 - Blind Fight*
16) Ranger 15 - FE_4
17) Monk 2 - Tumle at 20
18) Ranger 16 - Called Shot*
19) Ranger 17
20) Ranger 18
21) Ranger 19 - EWFocus
22) Ranger 20 - FE_5
23) Assasin 1 - max tumble and UMD
24) Ranger 21 - Bane
25) Ranger 22
26) Ranger 23 - FE_6
27) Monk 3 - Armor SKin, max Tumble
28) Ranger 24
29) Ranger 25 - FE_7
30) Ranger 26 - Epic WIll,FE_8
31) Ranger 27
32) Ranger 28
33) Ranger 29 - Greater Dex I, FE_9
34) Ranger 30 - FE_10
35) Ranger 31
36) Ranger 32 - Greater Dex II, FE_11
37) Ranger 33
38) Ranger 34
39) Assasin 2 - Epic PRowess, max UMD, Tumble (40)
40) Ranger 35 - FE_12, FE_13
Naked AC - 30 Nacked AB - 41 with two Kamas
Saves: Fort - 29 Reflex - 34 Will - 25
Skill point 280
If you want to take Elf,then suffer the exp penalty. But there are advantages.
13 FEs, and an extra 10% speed make you able to do extra damage, or run away, which ever you need to do. The assasin and UMD allow you to cast spells or use various items and use various staffs to make up for your shortcomings.
An alternative to this build is to include 2 lvls of ShadowDancer instead of the Assasin
Edited By griphook on 06/03/05 15:08
Quote: Posted 05/29/05 07:35:37 (GMT) -- aluka 01) Monk 1 - Luck of Heros, Will
Why take monk at level 1? Ranger and Monk get the same number of skill points and starting off as a Ranger would let you get Weapon Finesse at level 1.
Quote: If you want to take Elf,then suffer the exp penalty. But there are advantages.
13 FEs, and an extra 10% speed make you able to do extra damage, or run away, which ever you need to do. The assasin and UMD allow you to cast spells or use various items and use various staffs to make up for your shortcomings.
An alternative to this build is to include 2 lvls of ShadowDancer instead of the Assasin
You might want to consider bard instead of assassin. You can then max both UMD and Spellcraft. Though it will incur and XP penalty. Other than that not a bad build. _________________ Two wrongs don't make a right but three lefts do.
Why take monk at level 1? Ranger and Monk get the same number of skill points and starting off as a Ranger would let you get Weapon Finesse at level 1.
Simple really.. cant do wis 8 with Ranger as lvl 1
Doh! _________________ Two wrongs don't make a right but three lefts do.
I like the build, but I would start with a 16 Dex and 14 Wisdom. I would rather have a 2 AC bonus (more with items) from Wisdom, and access to the admitedly crappy ranger spells (but ultravision is handy), than the 1AB and 1 AC bonus from the difference between 16 and 18 DEX. Just me though.
The assassin was for uncanny dodge, I think. Rather important for a DEX build. _________________ Click Here
your absolutely right Yar, i always keep forgetting about monk lvls in this build, i usually just focus on the 10 attacks.
But with the new stats: 14 16 10 14 14 8
you get -1 AB, +1 AC to the original numbers. you also get +3 will saves and you get Aid which grants you +1 AB and +1 vs fear
Why not keep the original starting stats and go for Ranger 35 / Barbarian 2 / Assassin 3 ? That way you get the 10% movement bonus and Uncanny Dodge from the Barbarian levels, and an extra d6 of death attack.
Why not keep the original starting stats and go for Ranger 35 / Barbarian 2 / Assassin 3 ? That way you get the 10% movement bonus and Uncanny Dodge from the Barbarian levels, and an extra d6 of death attack.
He already gets Uncanny Dodge from his 2nd assassin level, and the monk levels give him Evasion and 2 more AC from wisdom. He could go monk(2)/assassin(3) and drop the 10% speed increase in favor of another d6 to his death attack if he really wanted to, but I don't think it's worth losing Evasion to switch to barbarian.
Steve
Assassin doesn't get evasion. He took 2 assassin originally for the uncanny dodge on lvl 2 assasin. It was the monk lvls that gave him evasion. I think he made the best fit for the character from the start and the rest of this is all something that makes the character weaker IMO. Nice build Aluka. It's fully optimized from the start and it is very playable. Good job.
Why not keep the original starting stats and go for Ranger 35 / Barbarian 2 / Assassin 3 ? That way you get the 10% movement bonus and Uncanny Dodge from the Barbarian levels, and an extra d6 of death attack.
He already gets Uncanny Dodge from his 2nd assassin level, and the monk levels give him Evasion and 2 more AC from wisdom. He could go monk(2)/assassin(3) and drop the 10% speed increase in favor of another d6 to his death attack if he really wanted to, but I don't think it's worth losing Evasion to switch to barbarian.
Steve
Aha! Good point about the Evasion, I'd completely forgotten that.
thanks for the comments I would like to also point out some strengths of this build:
up to 10 attacks 10% movement evation + great reflex saves 13 racial groups as FEs pretty good AB Excellent AC (AC from Dex and Wis) full tumble, full UMD and a lot of skill points to spare. and farily good saves (add 3 to will in the original post)
and the most important....
Very playable from lvl 1 onwards
most of this is due to the monk lvls since this is a fighter type build however, he is not restricted to using kamas, he is also a true marksman (like any good ranger) and if need be, he can go medieval on you with a couple of maces.
