Kukri Kevin and friends - Crit builds for all ages


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So, hydrocodone is a fun drug. It had me thinking about critical hit builds and how they really don't get much attention lately.

So I decided to take a look and update the idea.

What I found was that the idea is still very strong and with the playtest swashbuckler at least very powerful.

So Kukri Kevin (YEs I know his gear isn't done. I made a few assumptions such as headband and belt.)

Kukri kevin is a pretty solid guy throughout all his career and can switch modes from TWF to precise striking depending on whether or not he can full attack.

In fact PRecise Strike makes TWF viable since it gives us a great option to use when we can't full attack. We can use our buckler's AC and still deal a solid hit with our kukri. When we full attack we can add the bucklers enhancement bonus to our saves instead for a different boost.

Now, in terms of critical hitting we have several rider effects over the course of kevins career.

At levels 1-3 he's a pretty cut and dry two weapon fighter.

At 3-5 he has some points over other two weapon fighters in that he can maintain a fairly decent damage output with precise strike.

5-10 his damage output while full attacking gets better and he should be getting items to ensure he gets lots of ripostes off. You'll not that power attack is not in this build purely so I can maximize the opportunities to riposte. Crits happen a lot and so I can use my panache much more freely on precise strikes and ripostes.

11-18 Here's where the build starts to become an actual crit build. Crit focus and crit versatility lets us grab a level appropriate rider affect. I grabbed staggering critical since it kills full attacks but you can replace it with others.

19-20 And here's the pinnacle. Full attacks don't have to kill with damage, but they can, at this point literally every crit is a save or die.

This functions as a solid base. You can customize it a bit wiht things like butterfly's sting (good in the early levels) or powerattack if you think you really really need it (I think it doesn't really).

So that's one kind of critical build. LEt me see what else I can come up with while you pick over this one.

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