Arena suggestions/optimization [Archive] - Wizards Community

Arena suggestions/optimization [Archive] - Wizards Community

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anduaramurt
08-20-06, 11:35 PM A friend of mine is putting together an arena style tournament for his birthday party, and I'm in the mood to win it. It's 30-point buy, 10th level, with pretty much everything but psionics allowed. I personally have access to the Eberron campaign setting, Races of Destiny, the Complete X books, Book of Exalted Deeds (with certain exceptions, like VOP), Player's handbook 2, and Core.

Right now Weretouched Master and Duskblade are looking ridiculous in this situation, but if you have any other suggestions, I'd love to have them. I don't really have a build yet, because I haven't picked a class; I'm going to choose race later, depending on what I decide to go with.

Do you guys have any suggestions for race, template, or class? Once I've figured out the basics, I'll post a build and worry about feat selection.
RD_Imperialist
08-20-06, 11:50 PM Divine Minion 1/MOMF 7/Warshaper 2
You win.
tiejaz
08-21-06, 12:14 AM If it's one-on-one, i'd go Human Ninja 7 / Ghost-Faced Killer 3
Wis > Cha > Dex > Int > Con > Str
Feats/Abilities
1 Improved Initiative, Intuitive Attack, Trapfinding, Sudden Strike +1d6, Ki Power
2 Ghost Step (Invisible)
3 Power Attack, Sudden Strike +2d6, Poison Use
4 Great Leap
5 Sudden Strike +3d6
6 Leap Attack, Acrobatics +2, Ki Dodge
7 Sudden Strike +4d6, speed climb
8 Ghost Step 1/day
9 Spectral Skirmisher, Sudden Strike +5d6
10 Frightful Attack 1/day

Other options are to go Ninja 5 / Fighter 2 / GFK 3 grabbing Powerful Charge and Greater Powerful Charge from MinisHB.

The strategy goes like this: Try to win initiative.
1. Activate Ghost Step.
2. Full Power Attack = -8
3. Leap Attack for x3 = 24
4. Frightful Attack DC 13 + Cha
5. Sudden Strike +5d6
use a bastard sword (katana) for 1d10+24+STR*1.5+5d6 plus they have to save or die.

Another build is
Gnome Illusionist 7 / Shadowcraft Mage 3
prohibited schools: conjuration and evocation (shadow forms = you don't need it)
Feats
1 Spellcasting Prodigy (Illusionist)
3 Spell Focus (Illlusion)
5W Greater Spell Focus (Illusion)
6 Heighten Spell
9 Practical Metamagic (Heighten Spell)

So you get in shadow cloak ((30%))
Then you cast Phantasmal Killer
Thus;
DC
10 base
1 spellcasting prodigy
6 effective heightened level
1 spell focus
1 greater spell focus
1 gnome racial ability
20+intelligence bonus

until they die; and a greater invisiblity might help also.
PhaedrusXY
08-21-06, 12:32 AM I would suggest a Master of Shrouds (http://boards1.wizards.com/showpost.php?p=7194232&postcount=12). (Do notice that this character was made with no magic items, other than healing potions.)

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
anduaramurt 08-20-06, 11:35 PM	A friend of mine is putting together an arena style tournament for his birthday party, and I'm in the mood to win it. It's 30-point buy, 10th level, with pretty much everything but psionics allowed. I personally have access to the Eberron campaign setting, Races of Destiny, the Complete X books, Book of Exalted Deeds (with certain exceptions, like VOP), Player's handbook 2, and Core. Right now Weretouched Master and Duskblade are looking ridiculous in this situation, but if you have any other suggestions, I'd love to have them. I don't really have a build yet, because I haven't picked a class; I'm going to choose race later, depending on what I decide to go with. Do you guys have any suggestions for race, template, or class? Once I've figured out the basics, I'll post a build and worry about feat selection.
RD_Imperialist 08-20-06, 11:50 PM	Divine Minion 1/MOMF 7/Warshaper 2 You win.
tiejaz 08-21-06, 12:14 AM	If it's one-on-one, i'd go Human Ninja 7 / Ghost-Faced Killer 3 Wis > Cha > Dex > Int > Con > Str Feats/Abilities 1 Improved Initiative, Intuitive Attack, Trapfinding, Sudden Strike +1d6, Ki Power 2 Ghost Step (Invisible) 3 Power Attack, Sudden Strike +2d6, Poison Use 4 Great Leap 5 Sudden Strike +3d6 6 Leap Attack, Acrobatics +2, Ki Dodge 7 Sudden Strike +4d6, speed climb 8 Ghost Step 1/day 9 Spectral Skirmisher, Sudden Strike +5d6 10 Frightful Attack 1/day Other options are to go Ninja 5 / Fighter 2 / GFK 3 grabbing Powerful Charge and Greater Powerful Charge from MinisHB. The strategy goes like this: Try to win initiative. 1. Activate Ghost Step. 2. Full Power Attack = -8 3. Leap Attack for x3 = 24 4. Frightful Attack DC 13 + Cha 5. Sudden Strike +5d6 use a bastard sword (katana) for 1d10+24+STR*1.5+5d6 plus they have to save or die. Another build is Gnome Illusionist 7 / Shadowcraft Mage 3 prohibited schools: conjuration and evocation (shadow forms = you don't need it) Feats 1 Spellcasting Prodigy (Illusionist) 3 Spell Focus (Illlusion) 5W Greater Spell Focus (Illusion) 6 Heighten Spell 9 Practical Metamagic (Heighten Spell) So you get in shadow cloak ((30%)) Then you cast Phantasmal Killer Thus; DC 10 base 1 spellcasting prodigy 6 effective heightened level 1 spell focus 1 greater spell focus 1 gnome racial ability 20+intelligence bonus until they die; and a greater invisiblity might help also.
PhaedrusXY 08-21-06, 12:32 AM	I would suggest a Master of Shrouds (http://boards1.wizards.com/showpost.php?p=7194232&postcount=12). (Do notice that this character was made with no magic items, other than healing potions.)