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LordPendragon 10-10-06, 04:51 PM	Goal To make use of favourable transfers on attack into damage, and damage into attack, resulting in high overall damage and attack rolls. This build draws heavily on the Lancer (http://boards1.wizards.com/showpost.php?p=5436939&postcount=104) build posted by Tempest Stormwind (which is awesome, and he is awesome for making it). The most important aspect of the other thread is the 10:1 Power Attack ratio Tempest set up, and that I will be subsequently abusing. Now for the fun part... Race Human - Mulhorandi Divine Minion of Isis, +1 Classes Duskblade 1 Arcane Duelist 3 Frenzied Berserker 10 Fighter 4 Barbarian 1 Feats Flaw - Noncombatant Battle Jump Leap Attack Power Attack Dodge Mobility Spring Attack Bounding Assault Rapid Blitz Cleave Destructive Rage Intimidating Rage Lion's Charge Equipment Only difference from the Lancer is that this guy should be using a large crescent knife, from Dragon #275. He would wield it in 2 hands, even though it's normally one handed. Specifically, a large +1 Valorous Scourge of Viper x3 (cost 50320gp) Combat Step 1 Wild Shape into a hawk as a free action. Step 2 Using Dexterous Attack, the 3rd level Arcane Duelist ability, transfer a whole lot of damage into attack. The damage output is ridiculous anyways, so transfer enough to make every attack a hit. Step 3 Wild Shape back to normal form in midair (free action), and Leap Attack + Battle Jump onto someone's head, converting your full BAB into damage. This is actually 3 attacks at your highest BAB, because of the weapon's special properties. Step 4 Make second and third attacks due to Bounding Assault/Rapid Blitz, then 2nd, 3rd, and 4th attacks due to Lion's Charge; run away to repeat the next round. (Possibly even transforming into a hawk again, to completely escape your opponents' reach) Assuming all attacks hit (not all that unlikely), we get... (3 x (1D4 + 1.5 x Str mod + 1) + 5 x 4 x <Sacrificed BAB> - <Sacrificed Damage>) x 12 Using all BAB for Power Attack, and gaining 61 attack bonus by taking a 61 penalty to damage; even with only a +4 Str modifier... = (3D4 + 4.5 x 4 + 3 + 20 x 17 - 61) x 18 = 18D4 + (21 + 340 - 61) x 18 = 18-72 + 300 x 18 = 18-72 + 5400 = 5418-5472 With a final attack bonus (including the nonproficiency penalty) of... 59/59/59/54/54/54/54/54/54/49/49/49/49/49/49/44/44/44 So the final damage range in a single Spring Attack routine is 5450, every round, relying on no spells and only a single magical weapon, and guaranteed to hit any (in)appropriately CR'ed encounter.
Kuroi Kenshi 10-11-06, 12:10 AM	... Gets a much higher damage bonus of roughly 180 (15 x 18 - 3 x 28) on each attack, with 9 attacks at 28/28/28/23/23/23/18/18/18 in a Spring sequence. Once again, that number is before 3x weapon damage is added, and the attack rolls given are before adding any modifiers for Str mod, feats, or magic items. Assuming all attacks hit, that's a modest 1620 damage before you get the pleasure of rolling 27D3 + 40x Str mod for weapon damage.Damn. If this is legal, awesome job!
Prominence 10-11-06, 12:26 AM	http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2006-10-05 edit: http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2005-05-15 earlier picture. I'm guessing divine minion is free action wild shape?
tsuyoshikentsu 10-11-06, 12:36 AM	Sadly, the Scourge was updated in FRCS. (I know, I saw it too.) Fortunately, there's still the Crescent Knife. :D
Warlock33 10-11-06, 01:05 AM	How do you wildshape as a free action again?
LordPendragon 10-11-06, 01:48 PM	How do you wildshape as a free action again?Mulhorandi Divine Minion Template (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/mb/20050209a) EDIT - Went back and crunched a few numbers... managed to increase both the damage and attack rolls. Too bad about the scourge... where's this crescent knife you mentioned, though??
AlienFromBeyond 10-11-06, 03:02 PM	Sadly, the Scourge was updated in FRCS. (I know, I saw it too.) Fortunately, there's still the Crescent Knife. :D But the Scourge can have the Viper enhancement from Serpent Kingdoms applied to it 3 times. Last I heard, replacing each of your attacks with 3 attacks from vipers 1 size smaller than your weapon (that use your BAB and the weapons enhancement bonuses and other "applicable bonuses") is pretty nice.
LordPendragon 10-11-06, 04:18 PM	Too bad about the scourge... where's this crescent knife you mentioned, though??I retract the stupidity of my previous statement... it's in the same article as the scourge... A large crescent knife seems to be a good choice, since that would make it usable 2-handed. The build will lose 1/3 of its damage overall, but it'll still be a rival to the ubercharger. I'm not familiar with the viper enhancement, but if it's more than +1, applying it 3 times could get very costly, especially since a valorous weapon is required. Prominence... I just realized the meaning of the picture you posted. LOL :D
LordPendragon 10-13-06, 03:31 PM	Updated the first post, after including the crescent knife, and a new feat (Lion's Charge) that has awesome synergy. Anyone have suggestions on how to push the damage range even higher??