Dancer of Darkness

Race; Elf (Drow) or Halfling
Alignment; NE or CE
Starting Stats;

14 Str
16 Dex
10 Con
10 Wis
12 Int
15 Cha

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Leveling;

1. Bard, Dodge
2. Bard
3. Bard, Weapon Finess
4. Bard, Cha Increase [16]
5. Bard
6. Bard, Power Attack
7. Bard
8. Bard, Dex Increase [17
9. Bard, Cleave (10 points in Hide, 8 points in Move Silently and 5 points in Tumble here!)
10. Blackguard
11. Blackguard
12. Blackguard, Weapon Proficiency; Exotic. Dex Increase [18]
13. Blackguard
14. Blackguard
15. Blackguard, Mobility
16. Shadowdancer, Dex Increase [19]
17. Blackguard
18. Blackguard, Divine Shield**
19. Blackguard
20. Blackguard, Dex Increase 20
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21. Shadowdancer, Blind Fight
22. Shadowdancer
23. Shadowdancer
24. Shadowdancer, Great Dex 1 [21], Dex Increase [22]
25. Shadowdancer
26. Shadowdancer
27. Shadowdancer, Great Dex 2 [23]
28. Shadowdancer, Dex Increase [24]
29. Blackguard
30. Blackguard, Divine Might**
31. Blackguard, Armorskin*
32. Bard, Dex Increase [25]
33. Shadowdancer, Epic Dodge (30 points in Tumble here!)
34. Bard
35. Bard
36. Bard, Curse Song, Dex Increase [26]
37. Bard
38. Bard
39. Bard, Great Dex 3 [27]
40. Bard, Dex Increase [28] (43 Concentration, 43 Hide, 43 Move Silently, 25 Preform, 40 Tumble here! Use the rest on a skill of free choice)

End Stats;

14 Str
28 Dex
10 Con
10 Wis
12 Int
16 Cha

43 Concentration
43 Hide
43 Move Silently
25 Preform
40 Tumble
5 Spellcraft
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Base Attack; 26

AB and DMG with mundane Kukri;

+35/+30/+25/+20

1-4 + 2 (Critical: 18-20 / x2)
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Buffed AB and DMG with mundane Kukri;

+46/+46/+41/+36/+31

1-4 + 7 (Critical: 15-20 / x2)

+2 Slashing Damage

+5 Slashing Damage

+3 Bludgeoning Damage

+5 Divine Damage
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Saves;
Normal | Vs Spells
23 Fort (24)
33 Refl (34)
22 Will (23)

Buffed Saves;

25 Fort
37 Refl
24 Will

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AC;

32

Buffed AC;

56 (57 vs Evil and Good)

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HP; 352

* = Blackguard Bonusfeat
** = Replaceable Feat

Builders Notes;

The Divine Shield and Divine Might can be changed to Weapon Focus and Epic Weapon Focus in Kukri, but thats up to you to decide, i prefer the divine feats as the ac and damage are more important on the server i play on (with capped Charisma).

The spell selection should ofcourse include Haste, Mage Armor, Improved Invisibility, Cats Grace, Eagles Splendor, Bulls Strengh, Greater Magical Weapon, Keen Edge and Warcry. The rest is up to you, if you are getting capped stats with the gear you use then skip the stat boosting buffs.

This build should work very well with a bow aswell or any ranged weapon, but the main focus is melee, as the spells buff the weapon.

Some Dex can be changed to Cha for more spellslots and better stats with Divine shield and might. Suggestion is 26 Dex 18 Cha.

This is mostly a Defensive build who takes advantage of high ac, epic dodge and concealment. The foe will have a hard time hitting the Dancer of Darkness and if the foe dont got true seeing, the Ultravision spell or a weak strengh then it will be easy for the Dancer of Darkness to get flatfooted attacks on her foe due to Balagarns Iron Horn or Darkness.
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Enjoy suggestions and constructive critism is always welcome

*edit* Fixed minor errors.

Edited By Cinnabar Din on 06/28/06 16:34

nice build.

at lvl 33, i think u mean 30 points in tumble in order to get epic dodge. oh yea, my bad. was ment to be 30 tumble instead of 30 hide, typed wrong or thought wrong.
Quote: Posted 06/28/06 07:45:32 (GMT) -- arvut

Dancer of Darkness

Race; Elf (Drow) or Halfling
Alignment; NE or CE
Starting Stats;

14 Str
16 Dex
10 Con
10 Wis
12 Int
15 Cha
You won't be able to get these starting abilities with a halfling (you'd need 32 buy points)

Quote: 39. Bard, Great Dex 4 [27]

I guess it's supposed to be Great Dex 3 here?
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-- BG courtesan true, forgot that halfling starts with 6 str, but the build can be made with halfling altho the stats will be different at both start and end. and yea, its ment to be great dex 3 there. had g dex 3 and 4 in the old version but rewrote it and forgot to change that 4 to a 3 instead. Ill try to work out a halfling based version aswell
Quote: Posted 06/28/06 08:23:14 (GMT) -- ren66

nice build.

at lvl 33, i think u mean 30 points in tumble in order to get epic dodge.

Just a side note: the usefulness of the Tumble ranks speak for themselves, but you don't need 30 ranks to qualify for Epic Dodge. All you need for Epic Dodge is 1 rank in Tumble, 25 DEX, Defensive Roll, and Improved Evasion.
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This signature will self-destruct in 5 seconds... oh is that so? the feat list in the sheet, the manual and NWN Grimore/PDF manual (dunno how u spell that name) says 30 tumble, dodge, epic lvl and 25 dex


But yea, u need the tumble anyway so boost it when ur able to Yeah. They'er wrong. Something often pointed out.
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