Dragon Form: AB 48/45/42/39/36 Damage 2-16+19 19-20x2 BAB 25 Base AC 63 HP *
Breath Weapons: Fire 22d10 Electrical 22d8 Acid 22d6 DC of 34 for all Breath Weapons
Saves: Fort 35 (+9 vs Spells) Reflex 33 (+9 vs Spells) Will 31 (+9 vs Spells)
2 levels of Monk - This is for playability. You can wait until level 22 to maximize your BAB or you can take it earlier to reap the benefits sooner. Wis bonus to AC, Evasion, etc.
25 levels of Druid - This was done to try and gain the benefits of a strong buffer but retain a strong dragon form. You are immune up to greater dispelling and Mord's only has a 20% chance to break through. We all know what a pain it is to lose all your buffs while shifted. You can max your wisdom with just owl's insight. You get all druid spells and extended they will last as long as you do. Spell Resistance buffs at 37 too, which is nice.
13 levels of Shifter - Need 11 for Construct Shape and you get a bonus feat for just 2 more. Since this build focuses on unarmed attacks, Construct makes a natural 2nd choice.
A fully buffed str will give you 54AB which ain't too shabby. Combined with 5 attacks and awesome damage, this should place you well within reach of killing most things. Combine this with monk levels for evasion and AC wis bonus, you can tank most enemies. I'm still tinkering with toughness or knockdown. Personal choice I suppose.
His breath is nothing to sneeze at either. (pun intended )
Dragon shape can be reached by level 36, but it means swapping Armor Skin with a Druid bonus feat. I usually don't end builds on odd stats i.e. 31 but felt this build still worked with it.
Undead shape was added at 24 to add more playability. Your non epic forms are going to get long in the tooth until you get Construct Shape at lvl 30. If you wanted an even wisdom, you could grab another great wisdom here.
Firstly, Heavy Armor Proficiency and yet no Still Spell? What is the purpose of the Armor Proficiency? I thought Monk Speed, AC and WIS AC bonus are lost when wearing armor/ shield, so I don't see the benefit in this feat.
Secondly, I can see the benefit of taking another epic shape to improve playability in epic levels, but taking three in total, when you appear to be focussing on dragon shape as the outcome seems excessive to me.
Thirdly, Do you really need shifter levels at all? The point being that you don't need them to open Dragon Shape.
Firstly, Heavy Armor Proficiency and yet no Still Spell? What is the purpose of the Armor Proficiency? I thought Monk Speed, AC and WIS AC bonus are lost when wearing armor/ shield, so I don't see the benefit in this feat.
I can't speak for this build, but I doknow tht Druids are divine-based, therefore no Still needed. With only 2 monk levels, he doesn't lose Monk Speed because he doesn't have it, nor does he have Monk AC. The only thing lost would be Wis AC and Monk Unarmed attack progression. Howver, I don't know if any of this matters in Dragon shape. _________________ Got Hommlet? World of Greyhawk Action Server (with 1/2 price ales on Mondays!)
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When he shifts he will be wearing no armor and therefore he will get WIS bonus to AC
Actually I'd take outsider shape (rakshasa!!!) instead of construct shape, but that's just personal preference Pity for the odd WIS, maybe I'd drop epic prowess to even it out...or maybe not
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Thirdly, Do you really need shifter levels at all? The point being that you don't need them to open Dragon Shape.
Just a few thoughts
No he doesn't need shifter to open up dragon shape, just 14 druid lvls and 30 WIS but without shifter he wouldn't get access to shifter specific shapes(undead/construct/outsider) and they really help till he gets dragon shape...which is late in the build
The three epic shapes offer playability as well as versatility.
When shifted, the only thing left in your inventory is a weapon if the shape uses one. So, you do get any monk benfits including wis AC.
Shifter levels are required for construct shape which is very powerful since you get all the immunities of undead without the hassle of fearing heals and turning. They also add to the more powerful breath ability of the Dragon. _________________ http://www.dormaeglinunderdark.com/
Druids are divine-based, therefore no Still needed. With only 2 monk levels, he doesn't lose Monk Speed because he doesn't have it, nor does he have Monk AC. The only thing lost would be Wis AC and Monk Unarmed attack progression.
My mistake, I had misread the number of monk levels.
For shifter, a breath weapon in a build without EPIC shifter counts as being 10 levels lower, and really makes the breath weapon unusable mostly.
I want to point out another thing, I have played a dragon. Since you can't get your melee damage type to anything but slashing, a character with slashing resistance or just plain DR will cause some trouble. That's why you need the breath weapon to be usable.
A dragon truly rocks the house with max +5 weapons availible.
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