I know there are some WM/Bard/RDD builds out there but I haven’t seen any with both Dev Crit AND Epic Damage Reduction; this one has both. Saving Throws and AC are low but there aren’t enough feats to really change this. First time build but please critique.




BARD(5), RDD(10), WEAPON MASTER(25)
Human, Alignment - any
PvM, Playable range 1- 40



ABILITIES (ending)
STR: 15 (28)
DEX: 13
CON: 14 (22)
WIS: 10
INT: 14 (16)
CHA: 11 (13)



BASIC STATS
Hitpoints: 644
Skillpoints: 250

Saving Throws (Fortitude/Reflex/Will): 25/22/22
Saving Throw bonuses: Spells +5

BAB: 26
AB: 45 melee/28 ranged

AC (naked/full plate and shield): 21/29



SKILLS
Discipline 43 (51)
Heal 41 (41)
Intimidate 4 (5)
Lore 34 (42)
Perform 6 (7)
Search 21 (24)
Spellcraft 25 (28)
Spot 40 (40)
Tumble 20 (21)



LEVELING GUIDE
01: Bard(1): Dodge, Mobility
02: Bard(2):
03: Bard(3): Weapon Focus: Spear
04: Bard(4): STR +1 (STR=16)
05: Bard(5):
06: RDD(1): Expertise
07: RDD(2): (RDD STR=18)
08: RDD(3): STR + 1 (STR=19)
09: RDD(4): Spring Attack (RDD STR=21)
10: RDD(5):
11: RDD(6):
12: RDD(7): Whirlwind Attack, CON +1 (CON=17)
13: WM(1): Weapon of Choice: Spear
14: WM(2):
15: WM(3): Power Attack
16: WM(4): CON +1 (CON=18)
17: WM(5):
18: WM(6): Cleave
19: WM(7):
20: RDD(8): CON+1 (CON=19)
21: RDD(9): Armor Skin, (RDD INT=16)
22: RDD(10): (RDD STR=25, RDD CHA=13)
23: WM(8):
24: WM(9): Improved Critical: Spear, CON+1 (CON=20)
25: WM(10):
26: WM(11):
27: WM(12): Great Cleave
28: WM(13): Overwhelming Critical: Spear, CON+1 (CON=21)
29: WM(14):
30: WM(15): Devastating Critical: Spear
31: WM(16): Epic Weapon Focus: Spear
32: WM(17): STR+1 (STR=26)
33: WM(18): Epic Prowess
34: WM(19): Epic Damage Reduction I
35: WM(20):
36: WM(21): Toughness, CON+1 (CON=22)
37: WM(22): Epic Damage Reduction II
38: WM(23):
39: WM(24): Great Strength (STR=27)
40: WM(25): Epic Damage Reduction III, STR+1 (STR=28)



Format polishing - Kail Pendragon

Edited By Kail Pendragon on 12/05/08 21:53

You get style points for spear, I'll say that. Even if this is a world that has some of the nice custom 1-handed spears made. I think for a flappy wings, it's nice. If I didn't hate RDD, I'd be inclined to give it a go. Dem pre-epics in epic be awfully painful. You could at least drop toughness and prowess and pick up two more great STRs. You'd lose 40 HP, but gain one and a half damage. Plus, you'd be spared the indignity of at least one of those pre-epics in epic. How would dropping prowess help? Toughness would be possible, taking Improved Crit there. I guess you have to ask if the ignominy of the pre-epic feat in the epic levels is worth 40pts in terms of playability. Now I agree once you get full flappy wings, and DR, you'll have so many effective HP it won't matter. But at the point he takes toughness it would help his playability, I think. *shrugs* OUCH! I looked at it the first time and said, "Hey a rdd/wm! Havent seen one in a long time! Nice!" THEN, then, i noticed that there were NO bard lvls in epic! ouch. In a build like this, you really need the skill dumps, imho. otherwise, not too shabby.
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Quote: Posted 12/07/08 14:12 (GMT) -- RangerSG

How would dropping prowess help? Toughness would be possible, taking Improved Crit there. I guess you have to ask if the ignominy of the pre-epic feat in the epic levels is worth 40pts in terms of playability. Now I agree once you get full flappy wings, and DR, you'll have so many effective HP it won't matter. But at the point he takes toughness it would help his playability, I think. *shrugs*
Minus Toughness minus Epic Prowess, + two GRT STR = -40 HP, + 1.5 damage, +1 discipline, no change to AB. IMO, good deal. And. yeah, the lack of bard skill dumps does hurt. You could drop three WM levels for three epic bard dumps (heh, heh). It would cost you one feat (maybe that's where toughness goes), and one AB, for a big boost to tumble, spellcraft, and UMD. I'd do it in a heartbeat. I agree on the bard skill dumps for sure. It gives the character a lot more versatility as well. Tumble, more UMD, better bard song. So yep, I'd go bard 8 too. Who cares about toughness, get BF.
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Quote: Posted 12/08/08 01:07 (GMT) -- Kail Pendragon

Who cares about toughness, get BF.
My god. Missed that. Seriously.

Over all, I think this build well proves that one shouldn't go after WM, Dev Crit, and EDR w/out fighter/CoT levels...