Im currently playing a wizard, but unfortunately the weapons in the game make it quite lethal so Im making a backup character just in case.
I rolled up stats and got 10,12,12,13,14,15.
One of the features of the game is automatic weapons fire which is handled quite simply that for every 5 points you exceed the targets armour class you roll damage again. The inner optimist in me thought that this could be used effectively in some way through a massive boost to the attack roll, probably through dex.
Trawling through the sourcebook I found the following feat
Autofire
Prerequisites: Point Blank Shot, Precise Shot, Rapid Shot, Dex 13+
Benefit: You gain extra damage on a hit with an automatic weapon for every three points you exceed the targets armour class you roll damage again instead of 5
Stance of Chaos FTW?
Can you let me know where thats from and Ill give it a look?
Mor
Im owrried about xp penalties for multicalssing though, which will be in play. Would an item of true strike be better?
Cheers,
Pryor
Can you let me know where thats from and Ill give it a look?
Whoops, I meant Aura of Chaos, from Bo9S. Reroll any damage die that rolls max damage, and add the reroll to the total damage dealt. With that feat, you are practically doubling the odds of rolling max damage with a Crusader. Get something that has 2dX damage dice, and go to town.
Seriously, the whole setup of that thing is cracked. If you want to do that smart thing, dump your stats into Dex, then trade your feats in for whatever equivalent feat your DM allows to start out with bonus credits, then spend the whole stack on the 3000 credit rifle in the PHB. I have trouble recalling the exact damage on that thing, but it's either 4d10 or 5d10 with 200' range increments, counts as masterwork, and includes a 6- or 8- round clip. I did that for a home game and seriously solo'd most of the encounters our party had; at one point we were ambushed by four gunmen with cover, each firing from a different section of the city. I told the party that I'd handle it, and then did exactly that, as they went on to the appointment we'd made.
Seriously. High dex. Big gun. You're hard to hit and hit almost all the time, and with that widowmaker there, a hit equals a kill... until you hit your fifth B.A.B, and can fire it twice a round. I think you can see where I'm going here.
Dragonstar, at any level, is like high level D&D- broken by the simple fact that it includes damage-output bloat to make things more dangerous than a simple sword.
Back to the build, Sinfire that does sound like a plan. IIRC thats a 2nd level stance? I have issues with ToB classes only because the game focusses on ranged combat and most of the manuvers seem to be with melee strikes. I could always go with White Raven and be a party assister.
Making my attacks touch attacks is a good plan. Unfortuantely the only way I know how to do this is with Deep Impact and the ToB feat that lets you regain focus after an attack. Are there any other ways?
Thanks for the advice Infinitive, but we have already started the game. I have my reservations over it too, mostly from a perspective that we are bolting 3.5 rules onto a 3.0 game. However the DM wants to run it and the rest of the players enjoy it so thats what we are playing Im afraid.
Back to the build, Sinfire that does sound like a plan. IIRC thats a 2nd level stance? I have issues with ToB classes only because the game focusses on ranged combat and most of the manuvers seem to be with melee strikes. I could always go with White Raven and be a party assister.
Making my attacks touch attacks is a good plan. Unfortuantely the only way I know how to do this is with Deep Impact and the ToB feat that lets you regain focus after an attack. Are there any other ways?
Aura of Chaos is SOOOOOOOO not 2nd level. Try 6th.
Aura of Chaos is SOOOOOOOO not 2nd level. Try 6th.
Shows what I know!
I will probably do a ToB build based around a Crusader for White Raven manouvers and go for Aura of Chaos when I qualify. Maybe working in a level of Wizard for access to true strike, taking a focussed specialist to maximise the amount of castings I can get per day. Equipment wise a wand of quickened true strike looks like a good way to go.
Equipment wise a wand of quickened true strike looks like a good way to go.
Impossible to make without home rules. Wands can only be crafted up to 4th level spells. Quicken is a +4 level adjustment on it's own. A quickened True Strike would me a 5th level, ergo not wand-able.
As for ToB builds in Dragonstar, there is a nice section on ToB builds in the Ultimate Archerpost. Most all, if not all, of the advice on Ranged ToB builds in there should work well with your Dragonstar ToB build and a BFG.
For stance, Try 'Blood in the Water'. It IS level one, and gives a self stacking and self refreshing +1 to hit and damage every time you crit. Works with any attack form. Makes low damage high Crit range weaponry very attractive.
Many thanks for the comments so far. I think I now need to ask can anyone let me know the easiest way to make my ranged attacks as touch attacks?
Fell shot comes to mind, and combined with that ToB feat that gets your Psionic focus back With a diamond mind strike, it could be useful.... It annoyingly has too many prereq feats.
We bolted some pre-RCR Star Wars on to it back when we played, including Force Points, Force Sensitivity & Powers... made ranged rifle attacks all the better for our Force Sensitive Sorcerer.
For 3.5 D&D, I think a Fighter/Sorcerer multi-class with a focus on self-buffs would work.. just be human so you don't have the pesky xp penalty.
@ Level 12: Fighter 10 / Sorcerer 2 or Fighter 8 / Sorcerer 4 (for the Wraithstrike goodness).
Impossible to make without home rules. Wands can only be crafted up to 4th level spells. Quicken is a +4 level adjustment on it's own. A quickened True Strike would me a 5th level, ergo not wand-able.
Arcane thesis.