The Evensong is a woman of legendary beauty and evil. On sultry, summer evenings she stalks the enemies of her dark lord. She sings to her prey from the shadows, a haunting melody from an unknown source. It is a seductive song, tantalizing and filled with sensual tension, causing the heart of her prey to race in anticipation and dulling their wits. Many a victim will look about with longing, seeking a glimpse of the deadly siren that lulls them to their deaths. However, only the luckiest hear her song whispered seductively in their ear, or perchance glimpse a flash of steel, before they succumb to her poisoned blade.

NOTE: I made this build before viewing the following builds with the same classes, but wasn't settled on a name.

Shadow Guard (Bard 11, Blackguard 16, SD 13)
Evanescent Canticle ( Bard 25 / SD 2 / BG 13 )


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Bard 13/Blackguard 25/Shadow Dancer 2

Human - Neutral or Chaotic Evil

PvM 1-40

STR 14(18)
DEX 14
CON 14
INT 14
WIS 8
CHA 14(24)


Leveling

1 BRD 1: Power Attack, Cleave
2 BRD 2:
3 BRD 3: Lingering Song
4 BRD 4: (CHA = 15)
5 BRD 5
6 BRD 6: Dodge
7 BRD 7
8 BRD 8: (CHA = 16)
9 BG 1: Mobility
10 BG 2
11 BG 3
12 BG 4: Weapon Focus - Greatsword (CHA = 17)
13 SD 1 *
14 BG 5
15 BG 6: Knockdown
16 BG 7: (CHA = 18)
17 SD 2 *
18 BG 8: Divine Might
19 BG 9
20 BG 10: (CHA = 19)
21 BG 11: Improved Critical - Greatsword
22 BRD 9 *
23 BG 12
24 BG 13: Divine Shield, EWF - Greatsword (CHA = 20)
25 BG 14
26 BG 15
27 BRD 10: Curse Song *
28 BG 16: Epic Prowess (CHA = 21)
29 BG 17
30 BG 18: Great CHA I (CHA = 22)
31 BG 19: Armor Skin
32 BRD 11: (CHA = 23) *
33 BG 20: Great CHA II (CHA = 24)
34 BG 21
35 BG 22: Epic Toughness I %
36 BG 23: Great STR I (STR = 16)
37 BRD 12
38 BG 24
39 BG 25: Great STR II, Improved Sneak Attack (STR = 17)
40 BRD 13: (STR = 18)

* - Placed for maximizing Tumble potential
% - Swappable with Epic Fiendish Servant

Skills
255 Points Total (Unbuffed Stat Bonus)

Concentration - 43 (45)
Discipline - 43 (47)
Hide - 43 (45)
Move Silently - (45)
Perform - 11 (18)
Spellcraft - 30
Tumble - 40
UMD - 2 (9)

HP 444 Max (452 w/ Bard's Song)

Saving Throws (unbuffed v. Spells)
Fort - 28 (34)
Ref - 31 (37)
Will - 25 (31)

+1 to each w/ Bard's Song


Attack
+27 BAB

Unbuffed w/ Mundane Great Sword:
+ 1 Weapon Focus
+ 2 Epic weapon Focus
+ 1 Epic Prowess
+ 4 Strength
+35/30/25/20 Attack

Buffed:
+ 5 Combined Bard and Blackguard Bull's Strength at maximum
+ 2 Bard's Song
+ 2 Warcry
+ 4 Greater Magic Weapon
+ 48/43/38/33 Attack

Smite Good: + 9 Attack when buffed


Damage w/ Mundane Greatsword 2d6
Unbuffed:
+6 Strength
8-18 Damage (17-20 x2 Critical)

Buffed:
+ 7 Combined Bull's Strength
+ 2 Bard's Song
+ 2 War Cry
+ 4 Greater Magic Weapon
+ 9 Buffed Divine Might
32-42 Damage (15-20 x2 Critical)

Sneak Attack: +9d6 (9-54)

Smite Good: + 25 Damage


AC
Unbuffed:
12 Base
+ 8 Tumble
+ 2 Armor Skin
+ 1 Dodge Feat
+ 3 Studded Leather
26 Total AC


Buffed:
+ 2 Bard Song
+ 2 Cat's Grace
+ 9 Divine Shield (w/ +2 from Eagle's Splendor)
+ 4 Mage Armor
43 Maximum Total AC


Bard Spell Selection
Level 1 (5) - Protection v. Alignment, Mage Armor, Balagorn's Iron Horn, Amplify (?)
Level 2 (5) - Bull's Strength, Ghostly Visage, Eagle's Splendor, Cat's Grace
Level 3 (5) - Keen Edge, Greater Magic Weapon, Displacement, Wounding Whispers
Level 4 (3) - War Cry, Improved Invisibility, Cure Critical Wounds, Neutralize Poison (?)
Level 5 (1) - Ethereal Visage, Greater Dispelling


Bard Song (Level 11)
Invert these for curse song on opponents.

+ 2 Attack
+ 2 Damage
+ 2 Dodge AC
+ 2 Skill Rolls
+ 1 Will
+ 1 Reflex
+ 1 Fort
+ 8 HP

Other Abilities
* Divine Might: +7 Divine Damage Unbuffed, + 9 w/ Eagle's Splendor
* Divine Shield: +7 Dodge AC Unbuffed, + 9 w/ Eagle's Splendor
* Blackguard Bull's Strength
* Smite Good
* Hide in Plain Sight
* Evasion
* Use Poison
* Uncanny Dodge I

Edited By Ythaniel on 04/19/06 17:06

I'd swap Epic Toughness, but for Improved Knockdown, as with a 9d6 sneak you'll be using it a lot, even with your HiPS.

Good damage, and good build. Nice! I love to see a good Bard. Feat-starved a bit, aye?

Thax, he can't do that, because the Epic Toughness is taken as a Blackguard bonus feat and all his general feat slots - yes, all of them - are already used for important feats.
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"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!" Yeah, a little feat starved. I gave up 2 Great Charisma feats to fit in some more important ones like Lingering Song and Divine Shield from my initial build. Not sure I want to give up more, since I'd lose more spells. :/

Originally I had 26 Charisma and I took Great Smiting I instead of Epic Toughness I. But that Smite Good just doesn't seem that great to me, and Divine Shield and Lingering Song seem much more useful. Also lost 1 more level 4 spell per day with that.

Edit: At the time I made this build, I thought it was an original build. But that may have been due to the fact that the search engine went un-updated for such a long time. Thus, I was simply trying to create a Bard/Blackguard/SD. It should be noted that I took some cues from grizzled's Valkyrie build while considering build options. I really like that one a lot.

Edited By Ythaniel on 04/20/06 18:04

Quote: Thax, he can't do that, because the Epic Toughness is taken as a Blackguard bonus feat and all his general feat slots - yes, all of them - are already used for important feats.

Right....... well, too bad, IKD would be good. Hrm....maybe drop 2 more Charisma for IKD and Blind Fight?