26Bard/4bg/10rdd Human

[parknutz]

16STR(36), 8DEX, 12CON(14), 8WIS, 14INT(16), 16CHA(18)  Chaotic Evil

1. Bard- Power Attack, Cleave
2. Bard. - Hide 5
3. Bard- Blind Fight
4. Bard- STR
5. Bard.
6. Bard- Still Spell
7. Bard
8. Bard- STR
9. BG- Wpn Focus Heavy Flail
10. BG
11. RDD
12. BG- Divine Might
13. RDD
14. RDD
15. BG- Divine Shield
16. RDD- STR
17. RDD
18. RDD- Improved Critical
19. RDD
20. RDD- STR
21. RDD- Epic Wpn Focus
22. RDD
23. Bard
24. Bard- Epic Prowess, STR
25. Bard
26. Bard
27. Bard- Curse Song
28. Bard- STR
29. Bard
30. Bard- Armor Skin
31. Bard
32. Bard- STR
33. Bard- Great STR 1
34. Bard
35. Bard
36. Bard-STR, Great STR 2
37. Bard-* Lasting Inspiration
38. Bard
39. Bard- Epic Skill focus heal
40. Bard-STR-*Epic Skill Focus Taunt

61 AB buffed  ...  with curse song and taunt effective ab would be 72. You can also do 20bard/4BG/16PM. Just wanted to make a toon with the WK's Heavy Flail.  Requires you to be fighter/blackguard.

[nwnolan]

How long would these buffs last perhaps? And what is his AC would he be good at soloing?

[Terrorble]

I used to run this build with a scythe and it did very well in many ways.  I used Mage Links combined with a Lorien Bracer when it had +6AC/+6DEX but could get 72AC with divine shield.  It was fun everywhere but wasn't without weaknesses.  I did it again later with a shield and warhammer for 80+AC

[azurerogue]

Very minor adjustment, but I might suggest moving Curse Song to epic levels, and moving imp crit into non-epic.  Push curse song to either 24 or 27, and move epic focus / prowess up one slot each.  Not a huge deal, but since you only have 8 Bard pre-epic I don't think you're going to find much use for Curse Song until you get some more bard levels anyways, and imp crit is always a nice thing to get earlier if possible, in my opinion. 

[pinkpuff]

I used to run around with Terrorble's scyther version of this quite a bit and was very impressed. It was a great build, and I don't say that very often so take my word for it

[parknutz]

I have a Mordor toon that uses this build currently. "Nameless" He uses a warhammer and shield. I think he's lvl 29 or 30. Great PvP toon at that level. Ac is maxed out at 74 ab is 44. Great build. Thanks Terror.

[charliebuckett]

dont you lose at least 1 ab  having 3 classes pre-epic?

[parknutz]

Yes BAB is 26

[locmer]

This is indeed a very nice build.
I build Damien much the same way.
It's a great addition to any party, due to the lvl 25 song and still has a punch of it's own.

I recently rebuild it to an elf, since spot seems to get more important these days.
Think of Lorien and Rivendell hipsers ...

Had to cut some HP and skills.
The rest stayed much the same.

I could hit AC 77 easily with buffs and +5 gear mostly
AB would be around 59 for Damien. But curse song and taunt did most of the work for him.
One of my favourites.

The only downside was needing it to be evil and getting owned for 1400+ dmg from the PK's lmao.

A great build indeed.


Cheers Loc

[Sisyphus]

This is Kat's build, but she sacrificed the two epic focuses for 2 great strengths, and went scimitar for the +peform scim available at Isengard. 

One of the better 26 Bard builds I've come across for sure.

[charliebuckett]

Yes BAB is 26

Ok stupid question why not move all the RDD levels post epic? You'd get lasting impression alot sooner and lose some pre level 40 ab.   But might be worth it.

[locmer]

Taking RDD 9 at level 21 boosts your intelligence +2, giving you 19 extra skillpoints.

I took RDD 10 at level 39 so that I could max out spot at 42 ranks, but that is cause I rebuild mine to elf, primarily because hipsing npc's became a big problem for my previous version.

A good few extra skillpoints could be very usefull in the end, so I think it's worth going that route.

[Raposa-Brazil]

Hi,
i tried to make this build in other server (just for test it) and when i get at lvl 10 - BG - this class was not available, indeed was allowed on the server. but (i donno if "but" is the bets word to use) all the requisites for use this class i had!
some1 know if in gvm server this build is ok?
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PS.¹ is a good first char for a new player?!
PS.² i'm from brazil, and my english is not perfect so forgive me for any mistakes about writing!  

[Thiagow2008]

Você precisa ser alinhamento CHAOTIC EVIL ou NEUTRAL EVIL, somente esses dois.

You need to be CHAOTIC EVIL or NEUTRAL EVIL only.

[Raposa-Brazil]

isso eu coloquei tb
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i done it too

[parknutz]

Raposa, make sure you put 5 ranks into the HIDE skill.

[Raposa-Brazil]

Hey guys this build is wrong  
try it pls
u can only gat BAB 6 for BG (in this build) at lvl 9, so u only can get BG in lvl 10
bard BAB 4 + 1 of RDD = 5 (total lvl here: 8 ), if u get one more lvl on RDD u get the BAB 6 needed
i tried many times this build and failed, but if u try get at lvl 9 RDD, in the next lvl u can.
sorry if i'm wrong, but i'm see on this way

[Wake of death]

HI,

     I tried it too, the only way i could do this was to go lvls 1-8 Bard ( the 3 for 4 thing) and then 9-10 BG. That worked for me.

     Also i pushed still spell to lvl 24. Lvl 8 bard gets ya lvl 3 spells so nothing that is needed for battle so........

     But, this looks like a very fun build on my lvler mod that i use, can't wait to build it in game.

     Thanks for posting it.

Thanks
Wake


      P.S. will this toon be good for a great axe?

[parknutz]

This toon gets great AC for using a 2handed weapon. (70ish) plus you can always switch to another weapon and shield. I adjusted the leveling scheme it should be right now.

My WK Heavy Flail toon is 25th level and has a max ab of 50 and max ac of 66. With no uncanny dodge it sucks against SD's so have plenty of items with TS on them.(I carry 6 items) Very fun build for PvP. Taunt helps in a big way along with curse song once its high enough. Wands of haste are very handy when you're casting expires. Scrolls of lesser spell mantle also handy. Wand of protection from elements.

Enjoy.

[Endlessorrow]

This was also my pre wipe bard bg rdd build almost exactly.. clansman of dark dreams or something... I found him very usefull as a heavy hitter and decent at soloing in some areas..

  With the way mordenkainens Disjunction functions now I like the build idea  even more.   Having backup haste and I.I. wands will allow you to recast your most important buffs that will be striped.



  lol sorry park,   This post was meant for your 10 ftr 2 rg 28 bg