The challenge was to build a two-handed wielder that had pretty good AC. I had to resort to Divine Shield but this should be able to fill the bill. With smites in hand and a stout AC, this one should be able to tank along until the big battle and then unleash a hellstorm of smite (3 x 160 damage).
Monk 6/SD 2/Paladin 32
Human Lawful Good
Playable 1-40 PvP and PvM (Best after 22)
S: 14 to 16 D: 14 C: 8 W: 14 I: 14 CH: 14 to 26
1 Pal 1 Feat: WF Greatsword; Feat: Power Attack 2 Pal 2 3 Pal 3 Feat: Divine Shield 4 Pal 4: CHA (15) 5 Pal 5 6 Pal 6 Feat: Dodge 7 Pal 7 8 Pal 8 CHA (16) 9 Pal 9 Feat: Mobility 10 Pal 10 11 Pal 11 12 Pal 12 Feat: Imp. Crit; CHA (17) 13 Pal 13 14 Pal 14 15 Pal 15 Feat: Extend Spell 16 Pal 16 CHA (18) 17 Pal 17 18 Pal 18 Feat: Extra Smiting 19 Pal 19 20 Pal 20 CHA (19) 21 Monk 1 Feat: Gr CHA I (20) [Monk: Cleave, Evasion] 22 SD 1 [SD: HIPS] 23 SD 2 [SD: Uncanny Dodge] 24 Pal 21 Feat: Great CHA II (21); CHA (22) 25 Pal 22 26 Pal 23 PFeat: EWF 27 Monk 2 Feat: Gr CHA (23) 28 Pal 24 CHA (24) 29 Pal 25 30 Pal 26 PFeat: Armor Skin; Feat: GrCha (25) 31 Pal 27 32 Monk 3 CHA (26) 33 Pal 28 Feat: Great Smiting I 34 Pal 29 PFeat: Great Smiting II 35 Pal 30 36 Pal 31 Feat: Great Smiting III; STR 15 37 Monk 4 38 Monk 5 39 Monk 6 [Monk IKD] 12 Feat: Great Smiting IV 40 Pal 26 PFeat: Epic Prowess; STR 16
Fort base (epic gear): 29 (41) + 10 for rings = 51 Dex base (epic gear): 26 (38) + 10 for rings = 48 Will base (epic gear): 26 (38) + 10 for rings = 48
Good hunting.
[italics] Edit: Switched Discipline to Taunt. I don't like spending 43 skill points in Discipline if I can't get it over (or even near, heh) my AC. Taunt is a natural fit for this build.
Corrected AC math - Kail Pendragon _________________ We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender - Winston Churchill
Edited By Kail Pendragon on 05/12/06 08:13
Good build, glad you got the idea, although it's a bit different from the original you told me about.
Anyway, I don't think you would get that AC for Divine Shield as it is dodge AC bonus. Haste plus your boots AC is +9 to dodge bonus already, and dodge AC is capped at +20 so you'd get not +14 from Divine Shield but only +11.
Hope that helps. =]
Edited By Medeia Lydian on 05/09/06 16:40
Very nice. Well, the HP isn't, but otherwise
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Quote: Posted 04/26/06 12:05:52 (GMT) -- Ithacan
[...]Harper Scout, the only class so powerful it's capped at five. [...]
Good build, glad you got the idea, although it's a bit different from the original you told me about.
Yeah, it sort of evolved in my head and on the page. The one that I had scripted was okay, I may post it, I may not.
Quote: Anyway, I don't think you would get that AC for Divine Shield as it is dodge AC bonus. Haste plus your boots AC is +9 to dodge bonus already, and dodge AC is capped at +20 so you'd get not +14 from Divine Shield but only +11.
Ich, and your calculus did not include the +1 Dodge AC from having to take the feat as a prerequisite to the SD class. So +10 would be the max. Divine Shield is a dodge bonus? That sort of . . . rides.
Thanks Med.
And Thanks, Finneous - the quote looks great lol
Quote: Posted 05/09/06 17:03:37 (GMT) -- Ithacan
And Thanks, Finneous - the quote looks great lol
It rings true, too.
Oh, and I don't think the AC from the feat counts towards the cap. _________________
Quote: Posted 04/26/06 12:05:52 (GMT) -- Ithacan
[...]Harper Scout, the only class so powerful it's capped at five. [...]
Quote: Posted 05/09/06 17:03:37 (GMT) -- Ithacan
Ich, and your calculus did not include the +1 Dodge AC from having to take the feat as a prerequisite to the SD class. So +10 would be the max. Divine Shield is a dodge bonus? That sort of . . . rides.
Thanks Med.
Well, dodge bonus is better than nothing. And dodge bonus plus dex modifier is to avoid touch attacks.
Oh, and I don't think the AC from the feat counts towards the cap.
Sadly, it does. Divine shield is a dodge bonus. Going 2hander with 16 STR might seem kinda waste, but when you max your STR from spells and items to reach 28, you get a damage bonus of 4, which makes it okay. I like the build, but I LOVE the name!!!
PS, the Paladin has Prayer as a spell to, which you cheated yourself of mentioning. _________________ 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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Oh, and I don't think the AC from the feat counts towards the cap.
Sadly, it does. Divine shield is a dodge bonus.
I think you may have misunderstood -- I meant the "Dodge" feat. _________________
Quote: Posted 04/26/06 12:05:52 (GMT) -- Ithacan
[...]Harper Scout, the only class so powerful it's capped at five. [...]
Two things you could do to really amp this build (but make it less playable otherwise) would be 1) drop Epic Prowess in favor of Great Smiting V and 2) drop monk to three levels (losing IKD) and add Great Smiting VI by taking Pally to 35. Which would take your smite damage from 160 (5x32) to 245 (7x35). Brrrrrr, that is sick. At the cost of one AB and IKD.
Oh, and I don't think the AC from the feat counts towards the cap.
Sadly, it does. Divine shield is a dodge bonus.
I think you may have misunderstood -- I meant the "Dodge" feat.
Indeed the AC bonus from the feat Dodge is not dodge AC, oddly enough. Therefore it doesn't count towards the cap and stacks with all the AC boni from the category "other sources of AC".
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Oh, and I don't think the AC from the feat counts towards the cap.
Sadly, it does. Divine shield is a dodge bonus.
I think you may have misunderstood -- I meant the "Dodge" feat.
oh.... _________________ 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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With all that charisma, I'd love to see Divine Might in there somewhere. But I know the build hasn't got more feats than it needs, so it's hard to decide what to sacrifice.
I made a search for monk/sd/pally builds and found 4 builds there. 3 of them were dex based sneakers. The 4th was my old cha based Stealthy Paladin. It was made for a slightly different purpose, but the builds are based on the same ideas and have very much in common. Your build has Extend spell and a better AB and Smite damage. Mine had DM and more HPs and used a kama for more attacks/round. _________________ I generally avoid temptation, unless I can't resist it...
And dodge bonus plus dex modifier is to avoid touch attacks.