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DrObviousSo 01-24-07, 01:23 AM

While reading through Complete Scoundrel, one feat in particular really stuck out at me: Good Karma. This feat lets you spend 1 luck roll to divert one attack to yourself away from an ally. Combined with the Stand Still feat, and a few martial maneuvers that let you either throw a target or take away their move actions, this could be a pretty well rounded bodyguard/battlemat controller with an emphasis on protecting the pointy hats in the group. This build has 5 main points: 1)Lots of Luck Points: 7 at lvl 11, that will let you absorb an attack, win init, deal more damage, or pass a will save so you don't turn on your own pointy hat. The throw maneuvers grant +4 unnamed, and the Improved Trip also grants a +4 unnamed. I don't see any reason they don't stack, but I could be wrong. Also, Enlarge Person is love in this build. 2)Location control: By taking a glaive and armor spikes, you threaten a 2 square area around you. When someone tries to move past and provokes an AOO, it doesn't matter how much damage you do to them with your armor spikes, because you're most likely going to be throwing them, or taking away their move action 3)Good mobility: This build needs to be either next to a pointy hat, or in bottle necks to work best. Balance, tumble, and skill tricks make that happen, along with the possibility of some martial stances or maneuvers. 4)UMD! This build manages to work UMD up to a very usable level, without giving up much in combat 5)Other good skills, especially after Able Learner: By this time, there's not a lot that's not on the skill list. This build, however, does lack a few things: 1)9th lvl maneuvers: Just one more lvl of Swordsage would grant them, but you'd probably have to give up 1 feat and drop Battle Trickster. This is doable, but there's not much on lvl 9 list that looked like it was a deal breaker to go without. 2)A bucket load of HP: Stone Dragon gives a lot of DR and protection, but it is limited. Careful with that Good Karma. Looking at the pros and cons of this build, along with the roll in combat, I can't help but name him: Chewbacca (A hairy)Human, Swordsage 12/Fighter 4/Combat Trickster 2/Fortunes Friend 2 Str: 16, Dex: 14, Con: 16, Int: 14, Wis: 10, Cha: 6 (If there's a better way to display this, please feel free to let me know) lvl Class lvl BAB Skills Class Feat Inilvl Mknown Mrea Stances Lucks 1 SwordSage 1 0 28 Quick Act1, LuckyStart, Discipline Focus (Weapon Focus: Stone) Unbel. 1 6 4 1 3 2 Fighter 1 1 5 Stand Still 1.5 3 Fighter 2 2 5 Combat Expretese Good Karma 2 4 4 Fighter 3 3 5 2.5 5 Fighter 4 4 5 Improved Trip 3 6 SwordSage 2 5 7 AC Bonus Fortuit. Strike 4 7 4 2 5 7 Battle Trixter 1 6 7 Bonus Trick 4.5 8 Battle Trixter 2 7 7 Combat Reflexes 5 9 SwordSage 3 8 7 Survivor's Luck 6 8 5 2 10 Fort. Friend 1 8 11 Easy Luck, Extra Fortune, More Luck than Skill 6.5 6 11 Fort. Friend 2 9 11 Make Your Own Luck 7 7 7 12 SwordSage 4 10 7 Discipline focus (Insightful strike: Stone) Able Learner 8 9 5 2 13 SwordSage 5 10 7 Quick to act 2 9 10 6 3 14 SwordSage 6 11 7 10 11 6 3 15 SwordSage 7 12 7 Sense Magic Adaptive Style 11 12 6 3 16 SwordSage 8 13 7 Discipline Focus (Defensive stance) 12 13 7 3 17 SwordSage 9 13 7 Evasion 13 14 7 3 18 SwordSage 10 14 7 Quick to act 3 Martial Study 14 15 8 4 19 SwordSage 11 15 7 15 16 8 4 20 SwordSage 12 16 7 Discipline Focus (Insightful strike) 16 17 9 4 lvl Important Maneuvers 1 Mighty Throw 1 Charging Minotaur 1 Stonefoot Stance 2 Clever Positioning 2 Stone Vice 3 Devastating Throw 4 Comet Throw 5 Disrupting Blow 5 Rapid Counter 5 Soaring Throw 6 Batista Throw 6 Crushing Vice 7 Colossus Strike Important Skills Balance Tumble Spot (Maximize at lvl 10 with FF) UMD (Maximize at lvl 11 with FF) Concentration Important Tricks Back on your feet Nimble Charge Nimble stand Twisted Charge Spot The Weak Point So here you go. Probably not perfect, but I think it's on its way to a good build.