Defender of the Monastry (Fighter 6/Monk 9/Champion of Torm 25)

Defender of the Monastry (Fighter 6/Monk 9/Champion of Torm 25)
PvM,PvP level 1-40

I wanted to make a fighter with better defenses. More like a an all round fighter. I like this mix of classes. I have found a few of them here in this forum, but most are fighter-class heavy. I wanted better defenses so I made it CoT/monk-heavy. I ended up with this character, and I think it is very strong indeed.

Advantages:
- Excellent saves. Hard to land a devasting critical at him and not easy to roast either (38 refl and Imp. evasion)
- Good AB but not like a Weapon Master off course. Have powerful divine wrath once a day, and 3 smites for really hard to hit and strong opponents.
- 30% chanse to land a critical hit with scimitar, combined with DC 40 dev. crit. and 4 attacks pr round, most opponents without dev. crit. immunities is in trouble. (45% with a keen scimitar like Ula's Heart)
- Also proficient with warhammer for multiple damage types.
- Lots of combat feats. Imp. Knockdown, Imp. Power Attack, Great Cleave, Blind Fight and Superior Initiative.
- Stealthy having 40 ranks in bote Hide and Move
- 63 ranks in discipline making him very hard to knock down
- Monk abilities

Disadvantages:
- Mediocre AC (naked 20)
- Mediocre basic damage for a fighter
- Not to may HP for a fighter (462)
- Can't self buff except potions

Race: Human
Alignment: Lawful good
Starting Stats:

Str 16
Dex 12
Con 14
Wis 8
Int 12
Cha 14

Leveling:

01: Fighter(1): Power Attack, Luck of Heros, Weapon Focus: Scimitar
02: Fighter(2): Weapon Focus: Warhammer
03: Fighter(3): Great Fortitude
04: Fighter(4): STR+1, Weapon Specialization: Scimitar, (STR=17)
05: Fighter(5)
06: Fighter(6): Improved Initiative, Weapon Specialization: Warhammer
07: Monk(1): {Cleave, Evasion, Improved Unarmed Strike, Stunning Fist}
08: Monk(2): STR+1, {Deflect Arrows}, (STR=18)
09: Champion of Torm(1): Lightning Reflexes
10: Champion of Torm(2): Improved Critical: Scimitar
11: Champion of Torm(3): {Smite Evil}
12: Monk(3): STR+1, Extra Smiting, (STR=19)
13: Champion of Torm(4): Great Cleave
14: Champion of Torm(5)
15: Champion of Torm(6): Iron Will, Blind Fight
16: Champion of Torm(7): STR+1, (STR=20)
17: Monk(4)
18: Champion of Torm(8): Improved Power Attack, Improved Critical: Warhammer
19: Champion of Torm(9)
20: Monk(5): STR+1, (STR=21)
21: Champion of Torm(10): Great Strength I, Epic Weapon Focus: Scimitar, (STR=22)
22: Monk(6): {Knockdown, Improved Knockdown}
23: Champion of Torm(11)
24: Champion of Torm(12): STR+1, Overwhelming Critical: Scimitar, (STR=23)
25: Champion of Torm(13)
26: Champion of Torm(14): Epic Weapon Specialization: Scimitar
27: Monk(7): Great Strength II, (STR=24)
28: Champion of Torm(15): STR+1, (STR=25)
29: Champion of Torm(16)
30: Champion of Torm(17): Devastating Critical: Scimitar
31: Champion of Torm(18): Epic Prowess
32: Monk(8): STR+1, (STR=26)
33: Champion of Torm(19): Epic Skill Focus: Discipline
34: Champion of Torm(20)
35: Champion of Torm(21)
36: Champion of Torm(22): STR+1, Great Strength III, Superior Initiative, (STR=28)
37: Monk(9): {Improved Evasion}
38: Champion of Torm(23)
39: Champion of Torm(24): Great Strength IV, (STR=29)
40: Champion of Torm(25): STR+1, (STR=30)

Note: Consider a variant going one more CoT-level pre-epic. This will gain +1 AB and 1 pre-epic feat at the cost of one epic feat (Superior Initiative)

End Stats (non-magic):

Str 30
Dex 12
Con 14
Wis 8
Int 12
Cha 14

Skillpoints 190:
43 Discipline + 20 epic skill focus
40 Hide
40 Move Silently
21 Heal
40 Tumble
6 Persuade

01: Discipline(4), Heal(4), Save(8),
02: Discipline(1), Heal(1), Save(10),
03: Discipline(1), Save(13),
04: Discipline(1), Save(16),
05: Discipline(1), Save(19),
06: Discipline(1), Save(22),
07: Discipline(1), Hide(8), Move Silently(8), Tumble(10), Save(1),
08: Discipline(1), Hide(3), Move Silently(3),
09: Discipline(1), Save(3),
10: Discipline(1), Save(6),
11: Discipline(1), Save(9),
12: Discipline(1), Heal(1), Hide(4), Move Silently(4), Tumble(5),
13: Discipline(1), Heal(1), Save(2),
14: Discipline(1), Heal(1), Save(4),
15: Discipline(1), Save(7),
16: Discipline(1), Save(10),
17: Discipline(1), Hide(5), Move Silently(5), Tumble(5),
18: Discipline(1), Heal(1), Save(2),
19: Discipline(1), Heal(1), Save(4),
20: Discipline(1), Heal(1), Hide(3), Move Silently(3), Save(2),
21: Discipline(1), Heal(1), Save(4),
22: Discipline(1), Hide(2), Move Silently(2), Tumble(5),
23: Discipline(1), Save(3),
24: Discipline(1), Save(6),
25: Discipline(1), Save(9),
26: Discipline(1), Save(12),
27: Discipline(1), Hide(5), Move Silently(5), Tumble(5), Save(2),
28: Discipline(1), Save(5),
29: Discipline(1), Save(8),
30: Discipline(1), Save(11),
31: Discipline(1), Save(14),
32: Discipline(1), Hide(5), Move Silently(5), Tumble(5), Save(4),
33: Discipline(1), Save(7),
34: Discipline(1), Save(10),
35: Discipline(1), Save(13),
36: Discipline(1), Save(16),
37: Discipline(1), Hide(5), Move Silently(5), Persuade(6), Tumble(5),
38: Discipline(1), Heal(3),
39: Discipline(1), Heal(3),
40: Discipline(1), Heal(3),

Equipment: Scimitar, Full Plate, Warhammer
Base Attack Bonus: 28

AB and DMG with scimitar:
+42/+37/+32/+27 1-6 +16 (15-20 / x2)
AB and DMG with warhammer:
+40/+35/+30/+25 1-8 +12 (19-20 / x3)

Divine wrath:
Once pr. day, +11 to AB, damage and saves, and 20/+4 damage reduction for 2 rounds

Smite evil:
Three times pr. day, +2 to AB and +25 to damage agains evil

Devasting critical DC 40

Saves:
42 Fortitude, 38 Reflex, 33 Will
Against Mind effects +2

AC: 20 (31 with full plate and tower shield)
HP: 462
Playable level 1-40 (PvP, PvM)

Best equipment wishlist (NWN):
Ula's Heart (Keen scimitar +2)
Hammer of thunderbolts (Stunning +5 warhammer)
Red dragon armor +5
Hastsezini's shield +5
Cloack of fortificaton +3
Boots of Speed
Gauntlets of ogre power +2
Belt of frost giant strength
Ring of resistance +3
Prophyro's ring +4
Greater Amulet of health
Golden Circlet
Potions (Bulls strength, Eagles splendor, endurance, heal)

This list will give 48 AC, 47 AB (12-20 critical threat range), saves 48 fort, 44 refl, 40 will, divine wrath for 4 rounds and +4 AB smite evil plus some nice immunities, +2 regeneration and 10 spell resistance

Simular builds:
Dwarven Expert Monk 4/Fighter 26/CoT 10 by Bruce Lee 72
Enter the Jade Empire (Monk 22/ Fighter 6/ Cot12) by Hediyoshi

Fixed a couple of typos - Kail Pendragon

Edited By Kail Pendragon on 09/08/06 14:28