the Blue Morpho
2012-03-29, 01:03 AM
A buddy of mine is starting up the second chapter of an epic 3.5 campaign designed by himself and he has allowed everyone to retool and tweak their characters. (Mostly to eliminate some grievous errors such as homebrew classes and some silly house. Overall bringing the game to be more "by the books")
We will be approx. level 15. We are allowed most books accept campaign setting books such as Forgotten Realms.
My character is coming back from the dead, from hell, so I have a little more freedom than most with my retraining. However, one thing that cannot be altered is the race, Halfling.
Don't hit the back button! Although Halfling isnt the best for this kind of thing, it is mitigated by a feat that the DM has allowed from a 3.0 book, Lanky, which removes the Halfling's strength penalty (and AC bonus) by making the character a medium sized creature.
I'm not to sure on the level spread of each class, for that matter I am not sure if I want Virtuoso, given it would be a 1 level dip to recover fascinate if I take Healing Hymn. So it's either:
Bard?/Paladin5-8/Gray Guard?
or
Bard ?/Virtuoso1/Paladin5-8/Gray Guard?
I have feats pretty much planned to 18, and am sure on some variant features, so I'll show you what I have so far and point out what I am unsure of. Constructive suggestions and recomendations are highly welcomed and appreciated.
Feats:
1st level) Lanky [Halflings without the downside!]
3rd level) Good Devotion or Draconic Aura:Vigor [DR/evil and Good aligned weapons or a decent fast heal for between fights]
4 Holy Warrior) Improved Smite [smites are Good aligned and deal1d6 extra damage]
6th level) Words of Creation [a couple dice of subdual damage to double inspire courage's base bonus]
8 Holy Warrior*) Divine Censure [Devil's will fear my holy symbol]
9th level) Devoted Performer [I smite as often and as hard as a full level paladin! I sing as often as a full level bard!]
12th level) Initiate of Milil [I have all my bard songs despite paladin levels!]
15th level) Arcane Strike [Who needs to be a Duskblade? I can channel arcanna into my smites!]
18th level) Lyric Spell [Oops, arcane strike made me run out of spells... Guess I'll just have to emulate them with a song.]
*Dependant on taking Paladin to level 8
Definite Variants:
Paladin
Harmonious Knight (Champions of Valor) [Definitely level 1, I dont need detect evil with another paladin in the party and it boosts inspire courage another point.]
Holy Warrior (Complete Champion) [Definitely level 4 for improved smite. Supplementing a couple paladin spells with Bard spellcasting works better for me]
Rebuke Dragons (Dragon Magic) [We fight lots of dragons and have two others that Turn Undead]
Charging Smite (PHBII) [I <3 charging and mounts are a logistical nightmare]
Bard
Spellbreaker song (Complete Mage) [Exactly what Countersong should be]
Possible Variants:
Healing Hymn (Complete Champion) [Lose fascinate to be able to Improve healing spells in area and make resting more beneficial. Can easily regain fascinate with 1 level of virtuoso]
Harmonious Knight (Champions of Valor) [level 6 replaces the Paladin's Remove Disease with Inspire Competence.Obviously, Inspire competence from two classes does not stack, so if this were taken we would also have to take...]
...Hymn of Fortification (Complete Champion) [Replace the bard's inspire competence, since we have it from HK, with a song of protection from evil! Weee!]
That's about it. I havent put anythought into itemization (Accept for a Songblade Heavypick) or spell list (Though I would prefer to have up to at least 4th level bard spells)
Thanks for reading and for your comments!
We will be approx. level 15. We are allowed most books accept campaign setting books such as Forgotten Realms.
My character is coming back from the dead, from hell, so I have a little more freedom than most with my retraining. However, one thing that cannot be altered is the race, Halfling.
Don't hit the back button! Although Halfling isnt the best for this kind of thing, it is mitigated by a feat that the DM has allowed from a 3.0 book, Lanky, which removes the Halfling's strength penalty (and AC bonus) by making the character a medium sized creature.
I'm not to sure on the level spread of each class, for that matter I am not sure if I want Virtuoso, given it would be a 1 level dip to recover fascinate if I take Healing Hymn. So it's either:
Bard?/Paladin5-8/Gray Guard?
or
Bard ?/Virtuoso1/Paladin5-8/Gray Guard?
I have feats pretty much planned to 18, and am sure on some variant features, so I'll show you what I have so far and point out what I am unsure of. Constructive suggestions and recomendations are highly welcomed and appreciated.
Feats:
1st level) Lanky [Halflings without the downside!]
3rd level) Good Devotion or Draconic Aura:Vigor [DR/evil and Good aligned weapons or a decent fast heal for between fights]
4 Holy Warrior) Improved Smite [smites are Good aligned and deal1d6 extra damage]
6th level) Words of Creation [a couple dice of subdual damage to double inspire courage's base bonus]
8 Holy Warrior*) Divine Censure [Devil's will fear my holy symbol]
9th level) Devoted Performer [I smite as often and as hard as a full level paladin! I sing as often as a full level bard!]
12th level) Initiate of Milil [I have all my bard songs despite paladin levels!]
15th level) Arcane Strike [Who needs to be a Duskblade? I can channel arcanna into my smites!]
18th level) Lyric Spell [Oops, arcane strike made me run out of spells... Guess I'll just have to emulate them with a song.]
*Dependant on taking Paladin to level 8
Definite Variants:
Paladin
Harmonious Knight (Champions of Valor) [Definitely level 1, I dont need detect evil with another paladin in the party and it boosts inspire courage another point.]
Holy Warrior (Complete Champion) [Definitely level 4 for improved smite. Supplementing a couple paladin spells with Bard spellcasting works better for me]
Rebuke Dragons (Dragon Magic) [We fight lots of dragons and have two others that Turn Undead]
Charging Smite (PHBII) [I <3 charging and mounts are a logistical nightmare]
Bard
Spellbreaker song (Complete Mage) [Exactly what Countersong should be]
Possible Variants:
Healing Hymn (Complete Champion) [Lose fascinate to be able to Improve healing spells in area and make resting more beneficial. Can easily regain fascinate with 1 level of virtuoso]
Harmonious Knight (Champions of Valor) [level 6 replaces the Paladin's Remove Disease with Inspire Competence.Obviously, Inspire competence from two classes does not stack, so if this were taken we would also have to take...]
...Hymn of Fortification (Complete Champion) [Replace the bard's inspire competence, since we have it from HK, with a song of protection from evil! Weee!]
That's about it. I havent put anythought into itemization (Accept for a Songblade Heavypick) or spell list (Though I would prefer to have up to at least 4th level bard spells)
Thanks for reading and for your comments!