Hello All,

I have been trying to build a spellsword for my server:
all classes allowed-
all spells allowed-
all feats / skills allowed-
ability can be raised by 12-

This is what I have come up with but I am sure, since this is my first build, that it can be improved upon. Any assistance would be most gratefully accepted.



Wiz 25/FTR 14/Rog 1

Human

STR 16
DEX 9
CON 14
WIS 8
INT 17
CHA 8

1 )FTR 1: weapon focus exotic / focus: bastard sword / toughness
2 )FTR 2: knockdown
3 )FTR 3: blindfighting
4 )FTR 4 Weapon Specialization
5 )Wiz 1: INT (18)
6 )Wiz 2:
7 )Wiz 3: Still Spell
8 )Wiz 4: INT (19)
9 )Wiz 5: power attack / combat casting
10)Wiz 6
11) FTR 5:
12) FTR 6:improved crit: bastard sword / cleave
13) Wiz 7:
14) Wiz 8:
15) Wiz 9: great cleave
16) Wiz 10: max spell
17)Wiz 11:
18)Wiz 12: improved knockdown
19)Wiz 13:
20)FTR 7:

21)FTR 8: epic weapon focus / epic weapon specialize
22) Wiz 14:
23) Wiz 15: great INT I
24) FTR 9: armor skin
25)Wiz 16: craft wand
26) Wiz 17:
27) Wiz 18: auto still I
28) FTR 10: epic prowess
29) Wiz 19:
30) Wiz 20: auto still II / auto still III
31) Wiz 21:
32) Wiz 22:
33) Wiz 23: great str I / epic spell: mage armor
34) Wiz 24:
35) FTR 11:
36) FTR 12: great str II / overpowering crit
37) FTR 13:
38) FTR 14: devastating crit
39) Wiz 25: epic spell: warding
40) Rogue 1:


Final stats:

STR 26
DEX 9
CON 14
WIS 8
INT 20
CHA 8

Naked AC / Heavy and Shield: 19 / 30

AB with mundane weapon: +35 / 30 / 25

Skills

Concentration: 42
Discipline: 42
Lore: 44
Spellcraft: 42
Tumble: 43
Pick Pocket: 43
Open: 43
Parry 21 Why take so many levels of Fighter and not get 4 APR? It is difficult to build strong Wizard/Sorcerer based spellswords in NWN without the Eldritch Knight class.

If you try to make a build that has both a good melee presence and strong spellcasting, you end up with a build that matures late and has weaknesses in both the fighting and casting part.

Most builds focus in one of the two, either a strong fighter type with minor casting abilities or a strong caster with some melee proficiencies added.

One path towards a better AB is to build an Arcane Archer, but then the AB bonus is linked to ranged combat.
Doing the same with Weaponmaster for melee, takes too many lvls away from the casting part.

IMO the best way to make strong spellswords in NWN is to use the bard class for arcane spells or cleric for divine. Druid is also an interesting alternative.