sigtrent
08-16-2007, 03:52 PM
From Sigtrent's Build Request Thread (http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=117232)
Build Name: The Singing Wizard
Author: Sigfried Trent
Requester: Terlan
Last Updated: 07/21/10
Key Words [Wizard, UMD, Arcane Archer]
Objectives
The request was for an elven Wizard/Bard with the focus more on wizard than bard which used melee and ranged combat to conserve spell points. There isn’t a whole lot of synergy with the two classes but for whatever reason it strikes me as an elegant combination.
Design
The original build only had a single bard level, and while that is probably the best choice overall, I wanted to make more of a hybrid and see if I can bring out any synergies out of this. The obvious benefit of bard is UMD, and combined with the high Int of a wizard you have plenty of skill points. I went further and used bard to open other skills like perform and diplomacy to full ranks.
Spellsinger seemed like the clear thing to shoot for with bard if you are going beyond a single level splash. The best part of thier song, the DC bonus is kind of wasted here. The lower cap on spell level hinders DC end game and the multi classing kills spell penetration so control casting other than the fascinate song is doomed. Instead this build is better off looking to damage casting and buffing. It can also heal a bit, but that is more for patching itself up than any real combat healing.
For combat, we are looking at a pretty weak melee profile but you can get some mileage out of a nice rapier, but the ranged side should have some utility. Its not what I would cal DPS per say, but you can put out a pretty constant stream of harrying damage with the occasional burst of slaying arrow many-shot goodness.
It is great at one thing, which is UMD. And it does have high DC fascinate songs it can use in end game or anywhere leading up to it. It can throw a decent firewall or scorching ray and has mana comparable to a normal wizard. Diplomacy can help you shed agro which you will need to do since hit points are pretty bad here.
Character Plan by DDO Character Planner Version 3.5.1
DDO Character Planner Home Page (http://www.rjcyberware.com/DDO)
Level 20 True Neutral Elf Male
(14 Wizard \ 6 Bard)
Hit Points: 152
Spell Points: 1221
BAB: 11\11\16\21
Fortitude: 8
Reflex: 14
Will: 14
Starting Feat/Enhancement
Abilities Base Stats Modified Stats
(32 Point) (Level 1) (Level 20)
Strength 10 12
Dexterity 16 20
Constitution 13 15
Intelligence 16 25
Wisdom 8 10
Charisma 14 16
Tomes Used
+2 Tome of Strength used at level 7
+2 Tome of Dexterity used at level 7
+2 Tome of Constitution used at level 7
+2 Tome of Intelligence used at level 7
+2 Tome of Wisdom used at level 7
+2 Tome of Charisma used at level 7
Starting Feat/Enhancement
Base Skills Modified Skills
Skills (Level 1) (Level 20)
Balance 7 15
Bluff 2 3
Concentration 5 29
Diplomacy 6 26
Disable Device n/a n/a
Haggle 6 21
Heal -1 0
Hide 6 14
Intimidate 2 3
Jump 4 5
Listen -1 2
Move Silently 7 14
Open Lock n/a n/a
Perform 6 27
Repair 3 8
Search 3 9
Spot -1 2
Swim 0 1
Tumble 4 6
Use Magic Device 6 28
Level 1 (Bard)
Feat: (Selected) Point Blank Shot
Spell (1): Cure Light Wounds
Enhancement: Bard Extra Song I
Enhancement: Elven Ranged Damage I
Enhancement: Bard Song Magic I
Level 2 (Wizard)
Feat: (Wizard Bonus) Extend Spell
Enhancement: Bard Concentration I
Enhancement: Bard Perform I
Enhancement: Wizard Elemental Manipulation I
Enhancement: Bard Energy of the Music I
Level 3 (Wizard)
Feat: (Selected) Weapon Focus: Ranged Weapons
Enhancement: Wizard Energy Manipulation I
Enhancement: Wizard Intelligence I
Enhancement: Bard Wand Mastery I
Level 4 (Wizard)
Enhancement: Aerenal Elf Melee Attack I
Enhancement: Elven Ranged Attack I
Level 5 (Wizard)
Enhancement: Elven Dexterity I
Enhancement: Wizard Energy Manipulation II
Level 6 (Wizard)
Feat: (Wizard Bonus) Quicken Spell
Feat: (Selected) Rapid Shot
Enhancement: Wizard Lineage of Energy I
Enhancement: Wizard Lineage of Elements I
Enhancement: Wizard Elemental Manipulation II
Level 7 (Wizard)
Enhancement: Wizard Intelligence II
Level 8 (Wizard)
Enhancement: Elven Dexterity II
Level 9 (Bard)
Feat: (Selected) Empower Spell
Spell (1): Remove Fear
Enhancement: Bard Inspired Damage I
Enhancement: Bard Lingering Song I
Enhancement: Wizard Lineage of Elements II
Level 10 (Bard)
Spell (1): Focusing Chant
Enhancement: Bard Inspired Attack I
Enhancement: Bard Lyric of Song I
Level 11 (Bard)
Spell (2): Cure Moderate Wounds
Spell (2): Rage
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Conjure +2 Arrows
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer I
Level 12 (Bard)
Feat: (Selected) Manyshot
Spell (2): Invisibility
Spell (1): Detect Secret Doors
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Imbue Acid Arrows
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Imbue Force Arrows
Enhancement: Bard Song Magic II
Level 13 (Bard)
Enhancement: Bard Concentration II
Enhancement: Bard Energy of the Music II
Level 14 (Wizard)
Enhancement: Bard Spellsinger I
Level 15 (Wizard)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Critical: Ranged Weapons
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Imbue Explosive Arrows
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Conjure +3 Arrows
Enhancement: Wizard Lineage of Energy II
Level 16 (Wizard)
Feat: (Wizard Bonus) Maximize Spell
Enhancement: Bard Extra Song II
Enhancement: Bard Lingering Song II
Level 17 (Wizard)
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Imbue Force Burst Arrows
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Imbue Terror Arrows
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Conjure +4 Arrows
Level 18 (Wizard)
Enhancement: Wizard Elemental Manipulation III
Level 19 (Wizard)
Enhancement: Wizard Lineage of Elements III
Enhancement: Wizard Energy Manipulation III
Level 20 (Wizard)
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Imbue Slaying Arrows
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Conjure +5 Arrows
Enhancement: Wizard Lineage of Deadly Energy I
Enhancement: Wizard Lineage of Deadly Elements I
Play
I don’t recommend playing this character unless you especially want a challenge and want to make something difficult work. You need to take a hands off attitude to things, keep your distance, strategically cast spells and use your UMD to keep the party healthy. Try not to pull agro with your arrows if you can help it and if you do, take it like a man...er elf.
Variations
With marginal builds there is a strange factor of... if you change it wont be the same, it will be better, you know, like normal builds. So variations should keep in mind that you are trying to stick to the Bard+Wizard theme which simply isn’t a great cross. Now as a past life thing, you could make a pretty hard core character crossing the past lives from one into the other. 28pts... I don’t recommend it but you could. Nothing here is based on the ability scores so you can make adjustments without impacting the overall build.
Build Name: The Singing Wizard
Author: Sigfried Trent
Requester: Terlan
Last Updated: 07/21/10
Key Words [Wizard, UMD, Arcane Archer]
Objectives
The request was for an elven Wizard/Bard with the focus more on wizard than bard which used melee and ranged combat to conserve spell points. There isn’t a whole lot of synergy with the two classes but for whatever reason it strikes me as an elegant combination.
Design
The original build only had a single bard level, and while that is probably the best choice overall, I wanted to make more of a hybrid and see if I can bring out any synergies out of this. The obvious benefit of bard is UMD, and combined with the high Int of a wizard you have plenty of skill points. I went further and used bard to open other skills like perform and diplomacy to full ranks.
Spellsinger seemed like the clear thing to shoot for with bard if you are going beyond a single level splash. The best part of thier song, the DC bonus is kind of wasted here. The lower cap on spell level hinders DC end game and the multi classing kills spell penetration so control casting other than the fascinate song is doomed. Instead this build is better off looking to damage casting and buffing. It can also heal a bit, but that is more for patching itself up than any real combat healing.
For combat, we are looking at a pretty weak melee profile but you can get some mileage out of a nice rapier, but the ranged side should have some utility. Its not what I would cal DPS per say, but you can put out a pretty constant stream of harrying damage with the occasional burst of slaying arrow many-shot goodness.
It is great at one thing, which is UMD. And it does have high DC fascinate songs it can use in end game or anywhere leading up to it. It can throw a decent firewall or scorching ray and has mana comparable to a normal wizard. Diplomacy can help you shed agro which you will need to do since hit points are pretty bad here.
Character Plan by DDO Character Planner Version 3.5.1
DDO Character Planner Home Page (http://www.rjcyberware.com/DDO)
Level 20 True Neutral Elf Male
(14 Wizard \ 6 Bard)
Hit Points: 152
Spell Points: 1221
BAB: 11\11\16\21
Fortitude: 8
Reflex: 14
Will: 14
Starting Feat/Enhancement
Abilities Base Stats Modified Stats
(32 Point) (Level 1) (Level 20)
Strength 10 12
Dexterity 16 20
Constitution 13 15
Intelligence 16 25
Wisdom 8 10
Charisma 14 16
Tomes Used
+2 Tome of Strength used at level 7
+2 Tome of Dexterity used at level 7
+2 Tome of Constitution used at level 7
+2 Tome of Intelligence used at level 7
+2 Tome of Wisdom used at level 7
+2 Tome of Charisma used at level 7
Starting Feat/Enhancement
Base Skills Modified Skills
Skills (Level 1) (Level 20)
Balance 7 15
Bluff 2 3
Concentration 5 29
Diplomacy 6 26
Disable Device n/a n/a
Haggle 6 21
Heal -1 0
Hide 6 14
Intimidate 2 3
Jump 4 5
Listen -1 2
Move Silently 7 14
Open Lock n/a n/a
Perform 6 27
Repair 3 8
Search 3 9
Spot -1 2
Swim 0 1
Tumble 4 6
Use Magic Device 6 28
Level 1 (Bard)
Feat: (Selected) Point Blank Shot
Spell (1): Cure Light Wounds
Enhancement: Bard Extra Song I
Enhancement: Elven Ranged Damage I
Enhancement: Bard Song Magic I
Level 2 (Wizard)
Feat: (Wizard Bonus) Extend Spell
Enhancement: Bard Concentration I
Enhancement: Bard Perform I
Enhancement: Wizard Elemental Manipulation I
Enhancement: Bard Energy of the Music I
Level 3 (Wizard)
Feat: (Selected) Weapon Focus: Ranged Weapons
Enhancement: Wizard Energy Manipulation I
Enhancement: Wizard Intelligence I
Enhancement: Bard Wand Mastery I
Level 4 (Wizard)
Enhancement: Aerenal Elf Melee Attack I
Enhancement: Elven Ranged Attack I
Level 5 (Wizard)
Enhancement: Elven Dexterity I
Enhancement: Wizard Energy Manipulation II
Level 6 (Wizard)
Feat: (Wizard Bonus) Quicken Spell
Feat: (Selected) Rapid Shot
Enhancement: Wizard Lineage of Energy I
Enhancement: Wizard Lineage of Elements I
Enhancement: Wizard Elemental Manipulation II
Level 7 (Wizard)
Enhancement: Wizard Intelligence II
Level 8 (Wizard)
Enhancement: Elven Dexterity II
Level 9 (Bard)
Feat: (Selected) Empower Spell
Spell (1): Remove Fear
Enhancement: Bard Inspired Damage I
Enhancement: Bard Lingering Song I
Enhancement: Wizard Lineage of Elements II
Level 10 (Bard)
Spell (1): Focusing Chant
Enhancement: Bard Inspired Attack I
Enhancement: Bard Lyric of Song I
Level 11 (Bard)
Spell (2): Cure Moderate Wounds
Spell (2): Rage
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Conjure +2 Arrows
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer I
Level 12 (Bard)
Feat: (Selected) Manyshot
Spell (2): Invisibility
Spell (1): Detect Secret Doors
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Imbue Acid Arrows
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Imbue Force Arrows
Enhancement: Bard Song Magic II
Level 13 (Bard)
Enhancement: Bard Concentration II
Enhancement: Bard Energy of the Music II
Level 14 (Wizard)
Enhancement: Bard Spellsinger I
Level 15 (Wizard)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Critical: Ranged Weapons
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Imbue Explosive Arrows
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Conjure +3 Arrows
Enhancement: Wizard Lineage of Energy II
Level 16 (Wizard)
Feat: (Wizard Bonus) Maximize Spell
Enhancement: Bard Extra Song II
Enhancement: Bard Lingering Song II
Level 17 (Wizard)
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Imbue Force Burst Arrows
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Imbue Terror Arrows
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Conjure +4 Arrows
Level 18 (Wizard)
Enhancement: Wizard Elemental Manipulation III
Level 19 (Wizard)
Enhancement: Wizard Lineage of Elements III
Enhancement: Wizard Energy Manipulation III
Level 20 (Wizard)
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Imbue Slaying Arrows
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Conjure +5 Arrows
Enhancement: Wizard Lineage of Deadly Energy I
Enhancement: Wizard Lineage of Deadly Elements I
Play
I don’t recommend playing this character unless you especially want a challenge and want to make something difficult work. You need to take a hands off attitude to things, keep your distance, strategically cast spells and use your UMD to keep the party healthy. Try not to pull agro with your arrows if you can help it and if you do, take it like a man...er elf.
Variations
With marginal builds there is a strange factor of... if you change it wont be the same, it will be better, you know, like normal builds. So variations should keep in mind that you are trying to stick to the Bard+Wizard theme which simply isn’t a great cross. Now as a past life thing, you could make a pretty hard core character crossing the past lives from one into the other. 28pts... I don’t recommend it but you could. Nothing here is based on the ability scores so you can make adjustments without impacting the overall build.