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the_doug01 06-12-04, 09:07 PM	My PC's have goten cocky and i have decided to trough them up against an npc party ( if they antaginise them). Anywhoo trying to figure out how to make the dervish as nasty as posible. anyone have an sugestions please let me know. thanks -Doug
Iron Chef Vastrox 06-12-04, 09:45 PM	Focus on the Two Weapon Defense feats, and you can easily inflate your armor class far beyond what the reasonable norm is at that level. With the Elaborate Parry special ability of the Dervish Class and Greater Two Weapon Defense, when fighting defensively (-4 to attack/+2 AC) you can get a +6 shield +2 Dodge +1 Tumble Synergy +4 Elaborate Parry for a total bonus of +14 to AC. For offensive oomph, use wounding weapons to take advantage of your Dervish's battlefield longevity and simply Con drain the party PCs down to nothing. Multiclassing Swashbuckler and Ranger can also give you the ability to add Int bonus to weapon damage rolls and grants Finesse and TWF to satisfy feat requirements and take advantage of a high Dex.
Ipsissimus 06-13-04, 09:14 PM	remember to cast enlarge person the dervish and stoneskin.
Blade2718 06-13-04, 09:44 PM	Anthropomorphic Squid gives you 8 arms.
Zubon 06-13-04, 09:51 PM	Search this forum for some exciting Dervish builds that have been designed. There have been quite a few. The last time I messed around with a Dervish, I equipped it with a Kusari-Gama (from the DMG) and the Fighter-variant "Exoticist" from Dragon Magazine. http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=205698 Most of the ways of breaking the world with Dervish were developed quickly then set aside as passé. I think people disapproved of the dual scimitar thing.
saethar 06-13-04, 11:38 PM	Here's a generic dervish build which assumes that your PC's are good aligned. Enjoy. Human, Male Ranger 1/Fighter 4/Dervish 10 Align: Any Evil 1 Ranger 1 Weapon Focus (Scimitar), Dodge, Favored Enemy(Human) 2 Fighter 1 Mobility 3 Fighter 2 Combat Expertise, Two-Weapon Fighting 4 Fighter 3 +1 Dex 5 Fighter 4 Weapon Finesse 6 Dervish 1 Power Critical(Scimitar) 7 Dervish 2 8 Dervish 3 +1 Dex 9 Dervish 4 Improved Critical(Scimitar) 10 Dervish 5 11 Dervish 6 12 Dervish 7 +1 Dex; Improved Initiative 13 Dervish 8 14 Dervish 9 15 Dervish 10 Improved Two-Weapon Fighting +3 Speed Unholy Flaming Adamantine Scimitar +3 Speed Unholy Corrosive Adamantine Scimitar Saethar :b:
Darius the Barbarian 06-14-04, 05:20 AM	Well, two minor flaws in this build: 1. Being Rgr1/Ftr4 you cannot take Weapon Finesse (scimitar) yet. Dervish enables you to do that (slashing blades ability) but at lvl 5 you're not a Dervish yet. 2. Two speed weapons are redundant. This ability does not stack so the badass is just fine with one speed weapon - and possibly other enhancement(s) in place of the speed property on one of the blades.
saethar 06-14-04, 05:46 AM	Originally posted by Darius the Barbarian Well, two minor flaws in this build: 1. Being Rgr1/Ftr4 you cannot take Weapon Finesse (scimitar) yet. Dervish enables you to do that (slashing blades ability) but at lvl 5 you're not a Dervish yet. 2. Two speed weapons are redundant. This ability does not stack so the badass is just fine with one speed weapon - and possibly other enhancement(s) in place of the speed property on one of the blades. 1. I said take Weapon Finesse. Remember dervish makes scimitar's light. It does NOT give you weapon finesse. Weapon finesse applies to all light weapons in 3.5, you don't pick one, thus you are preparing for when you get dervish 1 next level. 2. The only official thing I've seen is a set of longswords, both with the speed ability, meant to be used by a single character (the speed ability is only available when they are). This was in PGtF (pg. 126; Shattering Swords of Coronal Ynloeth), which is 3.5. Double speed weapons give you an extra attack at the highest base attack with each hand. Neither of which gets doubled by Thousand cuts. Saethar :b: