The Moon Knight of Corellon

This is half-elf variation of the Divine Howitzer. It's different enough that it really is a completely different build. While her overall naked AB is 4 points lower than her predecessor, she is in a better position to buff her AB with Divine Favor, Bless, AId and Prayer. Together with taking the Craft Wand feat (Paladins just don't get enough castings per day for my liking), as well as grabbing Called Shot and the ability to buff Charisma near the maximum, she gains 21 Divine uses per rest cycle. Overall, I think this one is much more playable in spite of the slight AA growth delay. A bit feat-starved and skill starved, but overall probably a better build.

Paladin16/Sorcerer1/AA23
Race: Half-elf
Alignment: Lawful Good
Playable: 1-40, PvM, Low to Mid Magic Environs

Attributes
Str14
Int10
Wis14
Dex14 (16)
Con10
Chr15 (28)

Level Guide
1 Paladin1, Power Attack
2 Paladin2
3 Paladin3, Divine Might
4 Paladin4, Chr16
5 Paladin5
6 Paladin6, Divine Shield
7 Paladin7
8 Paladin8, Chr17
9 Paladin9, Point Blank Shot
10 Paladin10
11 Paladin11
12 Sorcerer1, Weapon Focus: Longbow, Chr18
13 Arcane Archer1
14 Arcane Archer2
15 Arcane Archer3, Improved Critical: Longbow
16 Arcane Archer4, Chr19
17 Arcane Archer5
18 Paladin12, Craft Wand
19 Arcane Archer6
20 Arcane Archer7, Chr20
21 Arcane Archer8, Rapid Shot
22 Arcane Archer9
23 Arcane Archer10
24 Arcane Archer11, Called Shot,Chr21
25 Paladin13
26 Paladin14
27 Paladin15, Extra Turning
28 Arcane Archer12, Chr22
29 Arcane Archer13
30 Arcane Archer14, EWF: Longbow, Great Chr II
31 Arcane Archer15
32 Arcane Archer16, Chr24
33 Arcane Archer17, Great Chr III
34 Arcane Archer18, Epic Prowess
35 Arcane Archer19
36 Arcane Archer20, Great Chr IV, Chr27
37 Arcane Archer21
38 Arcane Archer22, Great Dex I
39 Arcane Archer23, Great Dex II
40 Paladin16, Chr28

Combat Vitals
AB: 49/44/39/34 (1d8/x3, 19-20)
Divine Buffed AB and Damage: 68/63/58/53,
1d8+15 Enchant Arrow, +15 Divine, +5 Magical, +4 Mighty, +1Prayer= 41-48 Base Damage
Critical Hit: 123-144 before adding elemental arrows.
HP: 348
AC: 23 (mundane plate)
Buffed AC with +5Gear: 58 (Divine Shield)

Skills: 132
Craft Weapon: 13
Taunt: 43 (52)
Search: 5
Listen: 43 (45)
Persuade: 1 (10)
Open Lock: 1
Spell Craft: 15
Heal: 5 (7)

Saves
Fort: 32 (35)
Will: 29 (32)
Reflex: 31 (34)


Advantages:
Self-buff
Scroll Cast
Wand Crafting
High Damage Output
Strong Saves

Disadvantages:
Low Hit Points
Mediocre AC
Weak Skill Set
No Blindfighting (though you could always take your pick from which feat to drop if you absolutely need it)
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Only 3 other builds are registered in the guild using this combination:



Divination Archer (Sorc 8 / Paladin 4 / AA 28)
-- HolyBeef
Divine Dtrike Bowman (Paladin 5 / Sorc 5 / AA 30)
-- King Ubu
Correllon's Spear (AA 15 / Paladin 4 / Sorc 21)
-- Mithdradates
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Edited By Kail Pendragon on 04/10/10 22:12

Quote: Posted 04/29/08 00:40 (GMT) -- grizzled_dwarflord

The Moon Knight of Corellon

This is half-elf variation of the Divine Howitzer.

There are so many ways you can build with the AA class. The EA feat gives great freedom with its AB and damage boost.
Here you have two builds where you focus on charisma to pound loads of divine damage from afar and still get a good AB.

I like it!
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I generally avoid temptation, unless I can't resist it... Why sorc instead of wiz? You could get scribe for free, then cast aside craft wand. It would mean no arcane spells at all (is that really a 10 INT I see?), but no arcane spells vs. practically no arcane spells... I must be missing something. Enlighten me.

Edit: Ok, after reading the comments for the Howitzer build (which actually makes me want to play an archer...), I still don't get it. True strike? With that AB? I'd easily rather have scribe.

Edited By onion eater on 05/08/08 22:34

What the heck are you going to scribe with one WIZ level, Onion?

*edit* Never mind. Pally spells of course. *sigh*
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Edited By Cinnabar Din on 05/09/08 01:29

Actually, Onion raises a good point. Getting the Scribe feat would be a good poor man's replacement for Craft Wand, which would allow for Rapid Shot or Called Shot to be taken pre-epic. One could start with a Dex16 and Chr14 by using the Elf variant, and simply take another Great Chr feat that opens up when one of the bow feats is taken pre-epic. End result: 1 higher AB, +1 reflex saves, same Charisma score, Keen senses, Scribe scroll feat. The only thing you lose is Craft Wand. Good call, Onion. I like that better actually. And no, True Strike, nor any of those 1st level spells, meant anything to these builds.

Doing it that way would then give a natural 50 AB. That should insure maximum delivery of Divine and Magical damage upon the battlefield.
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Edited By grizzled_dwarflord on 05/09/08 13:55

I believe you can scribe Divine Favor as well. IIRC, the caster level is 5, but, still, that's better than not at all.