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"It is said that he who holds the Spear of Destiny holds the fate of the world in their hands"

Ok, for those of you who aren't up on your history we'll play a little catch up...the Christ was crucified it was not the cross that killed him but the soldiers spear...or the spear of destiny!

I was reading some of the topics around the forum and saw a post about builds with the best AC and builds with the best AB. A reply said that an Arcane Archer would have the best AB, however I wanted to create a melee build with an awesome attack bonus.

I did a search using the PulseCap search engine and tried to insert a link but I was told it had too many characters in the word...the name of the build I found was the...
Draconic Spearman (Bard 5/RDD 10/WM 25) by o0ophrostbyteo0o basically the same idea but much better rounded than my build which is very specifically targeted!

So without any further ado I introduce "the Spear of Destiny"

Race : Human
Alignment : any non-lawful (CE muhahah!)

Starting Stats (final stats):

Str - 17 (42)
Dex - 14 (14)
Con - 10 (12)
Int - 14 (16)
Wis - 8 (8)
Cha - 11 (13)

levelling up:

1-5 Bard - Dodge, Expertise, Mobility, +1 Str, +8 lore.
6-12 RDD - Weapon Focus (spear), Spring Attack, Whirlwind Attack, +2 Str, +4 intimidate.
13-20 WM - Improved Critical (spear), Toughness, +2 Str.
21-24 RDD - Great Strength I, +1 Str
25-39 WM - Great Strength I/II/III/IV/V/VI/VII, Epic Weapon Focus (spear), Armour Skin, Epic Prowess, Epic Toughness I, +3 Str.
lvl 40 Bard - +1 Str, spend skill points (recommend maxing tumble, UMD, discipline, with any other being spent as seen fit, will have to spend).

Charcter Sheet Essentials:

AB : +51/+46/+41/+36 (this is with a non-magical spear, with a +12 weapon & items giving +12 strength this would be: +69/+64/+59/+54 )

Damage : 1-8 + 24 (critical 17-20/x4)

Fortitude : 19
Reflex: 24
Will: 20

AC : 26 (naked) can only use medium armour so not going to get much better!

I know there are some major weaknesses to this build and the class combination is a little too feat heavy and extreme to be overly practical, but at least it's gonna hit the bad guys more often than not and certainly packs a punch doing so!!!

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griphook ..Added Link
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Edited By griphook on 08/26/05 20:15

You get an AB and an Epic Feat from level 22 WM but nothing from levels 23-24 except a few HP. I'd suggest putting them into bard. Other than that he looks formidable, I wouldn't like to meet him on a dark night
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At the moment you've listed 11 RDD levels (7 pre-epic & 4 epic) and 23 WM levels) and listed GRT STR I twice
These make it a bit more difficult to read
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Thanks Amazon, so that should read (+ with extra bard levels!):

1-5 Bard - Dodge, Expertise, Mobility, +1 Str, +8 lore.
6-12 RDD - Weapon Focus (spear), Spring Attack, Whirlwind Attack, +2 Str, +4 intimidate.
13-20 WM - Improved Critical (spear), Toughness, +2 Str.
lvl 21 bard - Great Strength I
22-24 RDD - +1 Str
25-38 WM - Great Strength II/III/IV/V/VI, Epic Weapon Focus (spear), Armour Skin, Epic Prowess, Epic Toughness I, +3 Str.
39-40 Bard - Great Strength VII, +1 Str, spend skill points (recommend maxing tumble, UMD, discipline, with any other being spent as seen fit, will have to spend).

Now the added bard level post 20 allows a bit of skill points to goto tumble, UMD & perform + whatever else...

Oh and before anyone else points it out should say that it will have a maximum of 412 HP without any Constitution boosting items.
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Quote: Posted 08/25/05 05:59:12 (GMT) -- krsboss
I did a search using the PulseCap search engine...
Great, keep it up. I'm really looking forward to replacing that leading zero on the counter
Quote: Posted 08/25/05 05:59:12 (GMT) -- krsboss
...and tried to insert a link but I was told it had too many characters in the word...
This is a problem I've had too. In the case of links, the trick is to use [url=adress]build name[/url] instead of [url]adress[/url]. If you do that it seems to allow a sufficient amount of characters in the adress. It may still complain about the build name being to long in some cases, but then you can insert spaces.

Edited By pulse cap on 08/25/05 09:02

Nice spearman - don't see too many of those around. That's an impressive AB.

You might be better off taking Heavy Armor Proficiency in place of Toughness.

Quote: Posted 08/25/05 05:59:12 (GMT) -- krsboss

"It is said that he who holds the Spear of Destiny holds the fate of the world in their hands"

Ok, for those of you who aren't up on your history we'll play a little catch up...the Christ was crucified it was not the cross that killed him but the soldiers spear...or the spear of destiny!

But with a nod of the head at the NRA, spears don't kill people - Roman soldiers wielding spears kill people!

Kaliban.
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"Where there is life, there is hope." - Grover I also calculate his AB to be 52, not 51. 27BAB, +16 for Strength, +3EWF, +1Epic Prowess, +5SWF = 52.

Not that it matters.
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Quote: Posted 08/25/05 14:38:23 (GMT) -- grizzled_dwarflord

I also calculate his AB to be 52, not 51. 27BAB, +16 for Strength, +3EWF, +1Epic Prowess, +5SWF = 52.

Not that it matters.

BAB should be 26, 4 are lost because of bard(5) and RDD(7).
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Quote: Posted 08/25/05 14:38:23 (GMT) -- grizzled_dwarflord

I also calculate his AB to be 52, not 51. 27BAB, +16 for Strength, +3EWF, +1Epic Prowess, +5SWF = 52.

Not that it matters.

BAB should be 26, 4 are lost because of bard(5) and RDD(7).

Thanks Kam, thought I was missing something there.
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Ariel, Ookla, RIDE! A question about this build. I have tried pushing back WM 3 levels and taking all the RDD so as to take martial weapon prof and use a warhammer and shield, but then I only make 15BAB by 20 (3 attacks ). I feel it is not possible to take martial and get 4 attacks with these classes? Can someone tell me, is it worth using a mace (i always like bludgeoning) and shield, is it possible to get 4 attacks with a warhammer, or would you just continue using a spear?? (Question Posted in separate thread too)
Quote: Posted 03/19/06 10:30:19 (GMT) -- hads78

A question about this build. I have tried pushing back WM 3 levels and taking all the RDD so as to take martial weapon prof and use a warhammer and shield, but then I only make 15BAB by 20 (3 attacks ). I feel it is not possible to take martial and get 4 attacks with these classes? Can someone tell me, is it worth using a mace (i always like bludgeoning) and shield, is it possible to get 4 attacks with a warhammer, or would you just continue using a spear?? (Question Posted in separate thread too)

Go Bard 7/RDD 8/WM 5 preepic to get WP: martial, then finish as a Bard 8/RDD 10/WM 22 (23rd and 24th WM lvls do nothing for you). Take RDD 9-10 on 21st-22nd lvl to get the stat improvements , then go WM. Take the final bard lvl at 37-40 lvl to max tumble (and possibly spellcraft, 43 ranks +2 INT mod = 45 = +9 to saves vs spells).

Cheers,
Kail
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Edited By Kail Pendragon on 03/19/06 11:25

Hey kail did u get my message, hope u can help me