The Fairy Dragon

Bard 17/Rogue 13/Red dragon disciple 10

Playable from level 1 to 40, PvM. Untested PvP.

Halfling any non lawful.
Strangely I didnt find any builds with this level split or there about. Many rogues with 10 RDD, but none with alot of bard aswell. Seems a good fit to me.

STR 12 (20)
DEX 18 (28)
CON 10 (12)
INT 14 (16)
WIS 8
CHA 14 (16)

01) Rogue 1: Toughness
02) Bard 1
03) Bard 2: Weapon finesse
04) Bard 3: DEX (19)
05) Rogue 2: (lore 8 )
06) RDD 1: Weapon focus
07) RDD 2
08) RDD 3: DEX (20)
09) RDD 4: Still spell
10) RDD 5
11) RDD 6
12) RDD 7: Blind fight/ DEX (21)
13) RDD 8
14) Rogue 3
15) Bard 4: Curse song
16) Rogue 4: DEX (22)
17) Bard 5
18) Bard 6: Lingering song
19) Bard 7
20) Bard 8: DEX (23)

21) RDD 9: EWF
22) RDD 10
23) Rogue 5
24) Rogue 6: Armor skin/ DEX (24)
25) Rogue 7
26) Rogue 8
27) Rogue 9: Epic prowess
28) Rogue 10: Imp evasion/ DEX (25)
29) Rogue 11
30) Rogue 12: Epic fort
31) Rogue 13: Defensive roll
32) Bard 9: DEX (26)
33) Bard 10: Epic dodge
34) Bard 11
35) Bard 12
36) Bard 13: Epic skill focus Taunt/ DEX(27)
37) Bard 14
38) Bard 15
39) Bard 16 Epic Will
40) Bard 17: DEX (28)

AB: 38/33/28 Mundane Short sword

Max HPs: 344

AC with mundane large shield: 35
Skills 291 skillpoints
Taunt 43
UMD 43
Tumble 40
Spellcraft 39 (45 while singing)
Concentration 42
Peform 33 (not sure what is needed for lvl 17 bard song)
Lore atleast 8
Discipline 43 (not sure how important this is in a build with high AC)

Saves (vs spells while singing)
Fort 25 (36)
Ref 32 (43)
Will 27 (39)

With both a decent AC,epic dodge, a good bard song and spells the defense is pretty good. AB can be buffed quite high thanks to the song&curse song and if thats not enough taunt can be used.
Damage output is not great but sneaks help (darkness). No KD but I guess the featlist is flexible. I took still spell to get a better spell list and to be able to cast without spellfailure with a shield equipped.


Touched up format for readibility issues - Kail Pendragon

Edited By Kail Pendragon on 05/31/06 16:35

When I see this build I think of an archer in a party, using a mighty shortbow for added damage and the party to distract so he can land sneak attacks.
The bardsong will improve the whole party, but you also move close enough in combat to use curse song along with your sneak attacks. Tumble and epic dodge let you move around in battle without getting hit too often, and wounding whispers will harm the ones actually hitting you.

I'd take extend spell instead of still, to make the short time buffs last longer.
I'd also take point blank- and rapid shot to get there, but that's just the way I see a build like this one.
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I generally avoid temptation, unless I can't resist it... I'm not really sure what to make of this build... your AC is good and your saves are decent, but your AB and hitpoints are lower than I'd want to see on a melee character.

The short of it is that I don't know if taking RDD in a dex build is doing you many favors - it does increase your AC and carrying capacity and give you some bonus damage for fighting what you can't sneak attack. But your build seems pretty feat starved and I think you'd probably be better off with some bonus feats, like from COT.
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Experience is the mother of good judgement; bad judgement is the father of experience. Hm, when you take RDD, then utilize it's bonuses to fullest, which is strength. It would really improve your AB. You would lose AC, of course, but I agree with Xylo. If you're not going STR, take something alse for third class, like CoT.
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