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Merry Christmas!

Same as Gash concerning the Boots.

Anyway, I feel a TPK is incoming quite soon.

Ahriman is a level 14 druid. If there is a druid spell you'd like fast in you, ask.

Dazenth's main problem is that he doesn't have any way to extend his buffs, so he needs a round or two in order to get fully buffed up before he can fight. Because of this, he has several buffing sequences on his profile, talking about the ways he can self-buff in order to get hit certain power levels, and how many rounds it would take.

Of course, getting other people to cast these spells on him (if at all possible), would significantly aid the speed of his buffing routine, thus granting him a higher level of power without giving the enemy too many rounds to buff as well.

Well, you could remove Barkskin off your routine, as Ahriman can cast it & he's got a lesser of extend spell with still two uses per day left in it.

Currently on my phone, so I'll keep it short. Ahriman is built to come to the fight fully pre-buffed, followed by an immediate rage turn 1 and use brute force and damage reduction combined with a modest regen to carry the day. He's also got the maneuver feats, so grappling, disarms and all that are on the table. Be warned, when raging he has to make saves against all spells, even friendly ones.

An AMF would f!&@ with Ahriman's gameplan massively as it would kill his wildshape and nearly all of his buffs.

Well, I've filled out Ahriman Thunderfist's profile.

inirlan wrote:

Endurance and Diehard are required for Stalwart. I already have less feats than I'd like...

What race are you? As if your not Human, Half-Orc can get Endurance for free.

Asura-Spawn Tiefling.

Gotta get dat +2 Str and +2 Wis.

Endurance and Diehard are required for Stalwart. I already have less feats than I'd like...

inirlan: Goliath Druid | Barbarian | Dragon Disciple.

I believe that's it so far? Either way, quite a bit of overlap. Three Barbarians, two Dragon Disciples and two Paladins...

In the process of finalizing the build. I've ditched the Dragon Disciple and Went Goaliath Druid 14/Fighter 1 // Invulnerable Rager 15 // Ranger 3/Martial Artist 12. It should be posted on monday.

Dragon Ferocity is just plain better for this build, so...

And then when we face the vampire dude we discover that he does force damage and that all our defenses mean jack s##~. ;p

How much DR are you at?

Wait, hold up a second. How exactly are you getting 21 Damage Resistance? Because with the numbers your starting to throw around, I'm starting to question whenever or not I made the right choices with my own build, and if there is yet further ways to strength Dazenth.

Invulnerable Rager => DR 7

Improved Stalwart maxes out at +10 DR, but getting to +5 Dodge AC from Combat Expertise required the Crane Style feat, and I'm already running out of feats.

Mind you, until I've acted I'm at DR7, rage adds +6 and attacking with Stalwart + Combat Expertise is required to add +8 (if I'm denied my Dex Bonus, I'm denied this bonus to DR).

Yeah, this is a real unsubtle brute force build. It's what I'm good at. That being said I think I made stupid error on the Strength Score, after going over it again I'm maxing out at "only" 50.

If you're interested, here is the Strength break down :
16 Point Buy
+2 Racial
+2 Level Up
+4 Dragon Disciple
+6 Inherent (Improved Eldritch Heritage (Orc) + Robe of Arcane Heritage)
+6 Enhancement (Belt)
+6 Morale (Rage)
+8 Size (Giant Form II)

Edit : Level 20 Tristalt Abyssal Bloodrager//Alchemist//Goliath Druid could easily add 16 Strength to that, though.

PS : I hope someone with Craft Magic Arms and Armor gets selected, because I'm pretty much broke using only Craft Wonderous Items. Hope the +2 Undead Bane Keen Falcata will be enough otherwise.

inirlan wrote:

Thanks for the input!

Hadn't considered Rage Cycling. I was mainly focusing on getting to 50+ STR when facing our "dear friend".

Monk I have been thinking about, but enchanted Bullette Full Plate does give more AC. Not touch AC, but I'm definitely not doing the build most suited to have a touch AC high enough to be immune to our vampire friend. After all, Goliath Druid allows you to use Giant Form II with Wildshape and with that spell your equipment isn't absorbed, just resized.

Ranger is tempting, ten levels give me +6 to attack and damage against undead as well as Combat Style Feats to go full Dual wield (Scimitar or Falcata with Effortless Lace).

Full Plate means your AC will be capped at ~+15 (10 Armor, 5 Enhancement)

The Dex/Wis route might actually be better in the long run - you can hit 5ish from Wisdom, 5ish from Dex, and 8 from Bracers of Armor for 3 higher, without having to fuss with the fact that Barbarians can't do stuff in heavy armor, and without losing any move speed. :D

As a Barbarian I'd lose the speed bonus anyway with Invulnerable Rager.

Plus, reaching 60 Strength did require spreading abilities a lot - 15 Charisma for one, to get Improved Eldritch Heritage (Orc), which combine with the right robe means +6 Inherent bonus to Strength.

Anyway, the Bulette Armor gives me 9(AC) + 2 (Dex - Bulette hide is more flexible than steel) + 7 Undead Defiant (Defiant is Bane for Armors) = 18

Hm... I'd top out at 18 Dex and 20 Wisdom right now using enhancement bonii.

If I were to dump intelligence to 6 after the Asura-Spawn Tiefling racial modifiers, I could with a +1 inherent bonus end up with +1 AC over a Bulette Armor.

Or I could use that one level dip after druid to go Fighter and learn how to use Falcata.

(edit : To be honest, the AC isn't going to be my main defence. DR 21, Resistance 42 to fire, Immunity to Cold and Regen 5 (Fire) are going to be.)

(edit2 : Plus Evasion, Superstitious, Eater of Magic and Allnight for Rage Cycling)

Thanks for the input!

Hadn't considered Rage Cycling. I was mainly focusing on getting to 50+ STR when facing our "dear friend".

Monk I have been thinking about, but enchanted Bullette Full Plate does give more AC. Not touch AC, but I'm definitely not doing the build most suited to have a touch AC high enough to be immune to our vampire friend. After all, Goliath Druid allows you to use Giant Form II with Wildshape and with that spell your equipment isn't absorbed, just resized.

Ranger is tempting, ten levels give me +6 to attack and damage against undead as well as Combat Style Feats to go full Dual wield (Scimitar or Falcata with Effortless Lace).

Hm... I've been wanting to give the combat polymorph route a try. Triple Gestalt opens so many possibilities, too!

Let's see, in order to get polymorph for 3+ hours, druid is a given. So... Do I want to be an Allosaurus, a Dire Tiger or an Oni? Giant Form II gives better stats and regeneration, so let's go with that.

Druid (Goliath Druid) 14 or 15 is a go.

I want rage for even more strength, so either Ferocity Subdomain or adding Barbarian/Bloodrager to the lot. Let's go with Barbarian and throw in the DR build, for the HP, surviveability and DR so :

Barbarian (Invulnerable Rager) 15

As for the last part, let's throw in Sorcerer 1 / Dragon Disciple 4 because why not. And then fill out as needed, like if I need more feat Fighter is an option, depending on what I can drive my stats to, Monk might be one... Or lots of Ranger levels for Favored Enemy & style feat.

Enlarge through Growth Domain probably doesn't work, so my dream of a 40 feet reach with the spiked chain is dashed. (because who need pounce when you can get into melee without standing up from the couch?)

Well, time to get cracking! If the first page's deadline is anything to go by, I have five days. Better hurry!