Feats to gain int. to x...or anything to raise bab

[pinballchico]

Ok. 3wiz 1crusader right now. BAB is still only 2 and AC is pathetic....can raise my dex or str. to help them both via point buy...but I can also point buy feats....I've got Insightful Reflexes which gives Int. to reflex saves.....what do I need to A: make my BAB hit something...B: Give me a decent AC....C:help with the rest of the saves....D:anything that lets me substitute Int for another skill is a plus.

All splat allowed...whats gonna give me a hit...or stop me from being hit...or give me a save...I'll burn the exp. to get those things.

Int. being my core skill...would be wonderful to convert everything to.

[Killer Angel]

It seems you need this thread (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=125732).

[pinballchico]

Thank you....that's wonderful....no idea what I would have had to search for to find that.

[Killer Angel]

Thank you....that's wonderful....no idea what I would have had to search for to find that.

:smallsmile:

Generally, this thread (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=124685) comes often very useful... :smallwink:
(which, BTW, covers also the ways to increase to hit bonuses)

[LordBlades]

In order to increase your BAB, you have 2 easy ways:

-Getting into a Full BAB PrC. Starting from your current build, you can go Crusader 1/Wizard 6/Spellsword 1/Abjurant Champion 5/whatever 7(my recommendation is Sacred Exorcist).

-Arcane Disciple feat. Get a domain with Divine Power, and you got full BAB for 1 round/lvl. Become an Incantatrix and you can persist Divine Power for full BAB all day long.

[grarrrg]

Int. being my core skill...would be wonderful to convert everything to.

I was going to link to the X-to-Y thread, but it seems that's been done already.

Instead:

I'm not sure on where you want your build to go, but have you considered Warblade (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ex/20060802a&page=2) instead of Crusader? Warblade 1 gives you Battle Clarity, which is Int-to-Reflex saves, thus saving you a feat. It also has d12 hd, which while not a huge improvement over Crusader, is still a bonus.

[pinballchico]

Instead:

I'm not sure on where you want your build to go, but have you considered Warblade (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ex/20060802a&page=2) instead of Crusader? Warblade 1 gives you Battle Clarity, which is Int-to-Reflex saves, thus saving you a feat. It also has d12 hd, which while not a huge improvement over Crusader, is still a bonus.


Went Crusader over warblade for the full martial weapons proficiency. Warblade only has Mele. Saves a Feat to get into Abj Champ and Spellsword. Plus I already used a Feat on insightful Reflexes. Which is Int. to Reflex saves.

[Andion Isurand]

Keen Intellect (from Oriental Adventures 3.5 as updated in Dragon Magazine 318) is good first level only feat...

...with it, you may use your Intelligence modifier instead of your Wisdom modifier for Will Saves, as well as Heal, Sense Motive, Spot and Survival skill checks.

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...then... with that increased bonus to Will Saves, I would then use Character Traits (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/variant/buildingCharacters/characterTraits.htm) to slightly adjust your saves in favor of Reflex and Fortitude.

Starting with the Passionate and Nervous traits will net you = +1 Fort saves, +1 Reflex saves, -2 Will saves

And of course, netting the Iron Will feat from the Otyugh Pit (Complete Scoundrel 151) can balance that right out as well.

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What exactly are your ability scores btw?

[pinballchico]

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What exactly are your ability scores btw?


LOW!!!!!.Int mod=3 Strength=1 Con=1 everything else =0 ....but we've got point buy options....scaling exp cost for ability scores...1/4 of whatever lvl it was got at to maximize the hit die. and 1000xp for the first feat...i think it doubles each time for additional feats....We're all just barely lvl4 right now. We'd all be at least 6 or 7 but we're buying our way up...and I think that's gonna continue untill at least lvl. 6. So low scores...but they're going up slowly...and we'll all have whatever feats we want.

I'll ask about traits...but I'm not sure how it would work....we all started as ourselves and got items that act as racial benefits...might be hard to do traits now...but I'll ask.