1. Wizard1 - Spell Focus: <school one>/Metamagic 2. Wizard2 3. Wizard3 - Spell Focus: <school two> 4. Wizard4 5. Wizard5 * Spell Focus: <school three> 6. Wizard6 - Metamagic 7. Bard1 8. Wizard7 9. Wizard8 - Greater Spell Focus: <school one> 10. Wizard9 11. RDD1 12. RDD2 - Greater Spell Focus: <school two> 13. RDD3 14. RDD4 15. RDD5 - Greater Spell Focus: <school three> 16. RDD6 17. RDD7 18. RDD8 - Spell Penetration 19. RDD9 20. Bard2 21. Wizard10 - Great Intelligence I * Great Intelligence II 22. Wizard11 23. Wizard12 24. Wizard13 - Great Intelligence III 25. Wizard14 26. Wizard15 * Great Intelligence IV 27. Wizard16 - Great Intelligence V 28. Wizard17 29. Wizard18 30. Wizard19 - Epic Spell Focus: <school one> 31. Wizard20 * Great Intelligence VI 32. Wizard21 33. Wizard22 - Great Intelligence VII 34. Wizard23 * Epic Spell Focus: <school two> 35. Wizard24 36. Wizard25 - Epic Spell Focus: <school three> 37. Wizard26 * Great Intelligence VIII 38. Wizard27 39. Wizard28 - Great Intelligence IX 40. Wizard29 * Great Intelligence X
Okay, well that was the level 40 όber Spellfire nuker build fellow! I picked three focused schools, because frankly, I like Necromancy, Enchantment and Transmutation and can never decide between them. Anyway, some may feel a Wizard needs Epic Warding and more metamagic feats; I feel there are two solutions: either drop one Spell Focus group for two metamagic feats and Epic Warding, or try the 'more balanced version'. Here's the more balanced version, which should be quite playable ground up.
1. Wizard1 - Spell Focus: <school>/Toughness 2. Wizard2 3. Wizard3 - Metamagic 4. Wizard4 5. Wizard5 * Spell Penetration 6. Wizard6 - Expertise 7. Wizard7 8. Wizard8 9. Wizard9 - Improved Expertise 10. Wizard10 * Combat Casting 11. Wizard11 12. Bard1 - Greater Spell Focus: <school> 13. Wizard12 14. Wizard13 15. Wizard14 - Metamagic 16. RDD1 17. RDD2 18. RDD3 - Metamagic 19. RDD4 20. RDD5 21. RDD6 - Great Intelligence I 22. RDD7 23. RDD8 24. RDD9 - Great Intelligence II 25. Wizard15 * Improved Combat Casting 26. Wizard16 27. Wizard17 - Epic Spell Focus: <school> 28. Wizard18 29. Wizard19 30. Wizard20 - Great Intelligence III * Great Intelligence IV 31. Wizard21 32. Wizard22 33. Wizard23 - Great Intelligence V * Great Intelligence VI 34. Wizard24 35. Wizard25 36. Wizard26 - Great Intelligence VII * Great Intelligence VIII 37. Wizard27 38. Wizard28 39. Wizard29 - Great Intelligence IX * Great Intelligence X 40. Bard2
NOTE: yup, no Epic Warding. I wanted it, sure, but one has to give up something for maxing INT. At least Improved Expertise & ICC should help while casting, and Premonition is oftentimes effective - against mobs at the very least.
Er, let us agree he's meant for a party, aye?
Distribution ------------ Wizard 29/Bard 2/Red Dragon Disciple 9
Statistics:
AB -- Who cares? Indeed who does I wonder? But for those who do: -- 22
Damage ------ Low.
Instead, I am going to calculate the spell DCs:
For focused school(s), DC = 10 +L +15 +6 = 31 +L For other schools, DC = 10 +L +15 = 25 +L
Where L = Spell Level.
AC -- 10 Base +1 Dexterity +4 Tumble +3 RDD bonus -- 18 for the first build +4 Mage Armor +4 Haste +3 Empowered Cat's Grace +3 Shield +3 Shadow Shield -- 35
10 Base +1 Dexterity +8 Tumble +3 RDD bonus -- 22 for the second build +10 Improved Expertise 32 +4 Mage Armor +4 Haste +3 Empowered Cat's Grace +3 Shield +3 Shadow Shield -- 49
The first build gets 462 skill point, and the latter gets 446. Too many, really
That's all for tonight, I guess. Thanks
BTW Kail, if you feel the AB is absolutely necessary... well, feel free to edit it in *cough* I think it's like 25 or so Done
Added AB, added RDD bonus to AC, fixed HP total - Kail Pendragon _________________ "And one calculates time from the dies nefastus on which this fatality arose from the first day of Christianity! Why not rather from its last? From today? Revaluation of all values!"
Edited By Kail Pendragon on 04/13/06 13:00
Clever use of ability score increases. Good job. _________________ PnP Non-proficient weapons hak
What was the reason to stop RDD at lvl 9? Seems one more lvl of that would benefit the build alot. Does the build suffer if it is a 28/2/10 split?
He'd lose one bonus feat, if you want to keep the INT maxed something else has to be given up.
What Kail said.
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Well, I just viewed the builds on my vault, and of course I had to forget something! This time it was +3 AC from RDD. Kail, be a kind moderator now, and fix it
Fixed, and now be kind and let me update the index 126 new builds! - Kail _________________ "And one calculates time from the dies nefastus on which this fatality arose from the first day of Christianity! Why not rather from its last? From today? Revaluation of all values!"
Edited By Kail Pendragon on 04/12/06 19:17
Nice build Finn, I like the first version but I'd go with foci in just two schools. Gnome looks like a nice alternative to me, maybe even better than human. Besides, gnome with wings look cute
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For your HP, isn't it +4 * 40, since you end with 18 CON? Or do you not actually end with 18 CON?
Quote: Posted 04/13/06 04:46:50 (GMT) -- Ythaniel
For your HP, isn't it +4 * 40, since you end with 18 CON? Or do you not actually end with 18 CON?
Oh darn! That's right, thank you. So, the first build has 362 and the second 402, great! Nice HPs for a caster if you ask me Hadn't noticed it because frankly, when testing, I don't bother myself with rolling max HP. _________________ "And one calculates time from the dies nefastus on which this fatality arose from the first day of Christianity! Why not rather from its last? From today? Revaluation of all values!"
That's why you put it in the CBC, Finn. Damn, really good build, and a wizard I could be tempted to trying out. Not much to say about any of those versions, seeing that I am not to good on Spellcasters, but your DC's will be...... darn.
Good job as always. Good use of the multiclassing, adding up on AC and hp's. _________________ I see the fear you have inside, you can run but never hide. I will hunt you down and tear you limb from limb.
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Done 
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Damn, really good build, and a wizard I could be tempted to trying out. Not much to say about any of those versions, seeing that I am not to good on Spellcasters, but your DC's will be...... darn.