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#1 ope Aug 14, 2012 5:44:33

Hey everyone welcome to the thread. So I recently convinced my dm to throw me a bone with a custom class. The concept was a urban ranger who specialized in defensive fighting. A real sword and board fighter with a bit of skill monkey play in rping. The class is a bit strange but the main point is defense.  The class main points for this purpose are  2nd Combat style - Shield Mastery - you pick a target each round to have +2 Dodge AC against. Can't use if flanked) 4th Shield Charge (If you hit with your shield at the end of a charge, you get a free trip attempt. No AoO, or counter trip) 6th Improved combat style - (Agile Shield Fighter) 8th hog-tie 9th Shield Evasion (You have evasion with a heavy or tower shield, rolling a 1 means you and your shield take full damage) 11th Combat style mastery - Defensive Bash (Whenever your shield mastery target attacks and misses, you get a free shield bash against them. This counts as one of your Attacks of Opportunity) 12th Improved Grapple 13th Shield Skill (+2 AC for Fighting Defensively or Total Defense. (+2 Reflex saves as well if using a heavy shield.) 18th Improved Hog-Tie Does have favored enemy as a ranger does. There also is a bonus feat 5th, 10th, 15th and 20th lvl. I can post the whole class if need be.  Human so bonus feat at first level.  I messd around at first level and looking back might of been a mistake. 1st level I took able learner becaues clearly class skills aren't acceptable. Then for I believe sheer ****s and giggles I took imp unarmed strike. I wanted to be able to look at the dm and say disarm me I dare you. I'll kick you in the face seriously I will. I have a feat for that. After this I took shield spec at 3rd level as a means to get into shield ward and 1 more ac doesn't hurt. I just reached 5th level so I have the shield mastery and the 5th level bonus feat which I believe I am going to be taking combat expertise. I really took a look at moving forward in my build and what to take next.  Currently I have the following ac mods Base(10)+Dexterity(4)+chain shirt(4)+heavy shield+shield spec.(3)+Dastanas(1)=22ac Additional tricks of my trade Defensive fighting(2dodge ac -4 hit)  Combat expertise if taken (-5hit +5ac) Shield mastery(2 ac) So with my general mods, combat expertise, and shield mastery I could lock 29ac on one target. Now we have had little to no luck getting any gear so that is not an option for gaining there. I am allowed near anything but the tome of battle. I would like to avoid any kind of casting if able the group has too many casters as is. I'm open to near any ideas.  So to recap the goal here is survive anything the G.O.D.(game operating director) can throw at me. It is nearly 4 am so forgive the gramar and typos that likely exist in this thread. So any ideas?