littlebum2002
2014-03-21, 11:04 AM
Obviously, I'm not into optimization here, but more creating a fun character based on a fun concept. However, you can't have fun if your character is useless, so basically I want to create a Belkar who is as competent as Belkar can be.
This is the concept I want in my character:
-Abysmal mental stats
-Dual-wields daggers. OK, short swords, since they're slightly better and, for one strip at least, Belkar's daggers were considered Short Swords, so it's not TECHNICALLY cheating.
-mentality: He's not going to Hide, he's not going to Move Silently, he's going to stab things. And if stabbing things doesn't work, he's going to stab them more
-At least a handful of levels in Ranger, for thematic reasons (I guess I just have an old-school notion that anyone carrying a bow or dual wielding needs to be a Ranger). I'm thinking about taking the Undead Stalker Ranger from the DMG. Instead of Belkar having an unerring hatred of kobolds, he'll have an equally devoted hatred of undead. This ranger, in case you are unfamiliar, gives favored enemy (undead) (it stacks every time you would normally get a new one), it gets Rogue sneak attack bonuses but only against Undead, and at 3rd level you get Smite Evil, but only against Undead.
-Probably a few levels of Warblade, just to actually make TWF feasible.
-Almost certainly a Barbarian dip for Pounce
I've thought of a handful of paths this can go down:
1: Straight ranger, except for the dip into Warblade and perhaps other dips. Considering the Sneak Attack and Smite Evil progression, this might actually be a feasible build
2: Straight warblade, except for a few levels in Ranger. Although this isn't hitting the theme quite as I hope, it's much more powerful.
3. Dip Ranger, Dip Warblade, dip whatever else until I can eek my way into a prestige class. Maybe Dervish, tempest, bloodclaw master?
4. Totally off the "Belkar" road, but I was thinking: What if, instead of just stabbing, I but, kicked, slammed, and hit any which way I could? I was thinking maybe it might be a fun build to be a down and dirty fighter who just gained tons of natural attacks and hits enemies in whichever way he can.
I know there's a lot of variation in those 4, but that's how I always create characters: start with a basic theme, and think of a lot of ways it can go until I find a REALLY good way to follow one of those ways, and then I've got my character! I just seem to be having a lot of trouble with this one, so figured I would ask for help.
This is the concept I want in my character:
-Abysmal mental stats
-Dual-wields daggers. OK, short swords, since they're slightly better and, for one strip at least, Belkar's daggers were considered Short Swords, so it's not TECHNICALLY cheating.
-mentality: He's not going to Hide, he's not going to Move Silently, he's going to stab things. And if stabbing things doesn't work, he's going to stab them more
-At least a handful of levels in Ranger, for thematic reasons (I guess I just have an old-school notion that anyone carrying a bow or dual wielding needs to be a Ranger). I'm thinking about taking the Undead Stalker Ranger from the DMG. Instead of Belkar having an unerring hatred of kobolds, he'll have an equally devoted hatred of undead. This ranger, in case you are unfamiliar, gives favored enemy (undead) (it stacks every time you would normally get a new one), it gets Rogue sneak attack bonuses but only against Undead, and at 3rd level you get Smite Evil, but only against Undead.
-Probably a few levels of Warblade, just to actually make TWF feasible.
-Almost certainly a Barbarian dip for Pounce
I've thought of a handful of paths this can go down:
1: Straight ranger, except for the dip into Warblade and perhaps other dips. Considering the Sneak Attack and Smite Evil progression, this might actually be a feasible build
2: Straight warblade, except for a few levels in Ranger. Although this isn't hitting the theme quite as I hope, it's much more powerful.
3. Dip Ranger, Dip Warblade, dip whatever else until I can eek my way into a prestige class. Maybe Dervish, tempest, bloodclaw master?
4. Totally off the "Belkar" road, but I was thinking: What if, instead of just stabbing, I but, kicked, slammed, and hit any which way I could? I was thinking maybe it might be a fun build to be a down and dirty fighter who just gained tons of natural attacks and hits enemies in whichever way he can.
I know there's a lot of variation in those 4, but that's how I always create characters: start with a basic theme, and think of a lot of ways it can go until I find a REALLY good way to follow one of those ways, and then I've got my character! I just seem to be having a lot of trouble with this one, so figured I would ask for help.