Its About Time! Evasive, Offensive Casting, Favored Soul!

[Impaqt]

OK OK, you all have harrassed me enough! Here ya go. My First official Favored Soul Build! This will be primarily a SOloist build but with spell selections that will allow me to heal efficiently while grouped.
This will be my first new character as soon as DDO:U Goes live. A Blade Barrier fanatic, with Evasion with solid saves and Hit points to back it all up.


Level 20 Lawful Neutral Human Male
(18FvS/2Monk)
Hit Points: 400+

20 HD
144 L18 FvS
16 L2 Monk
10 Draconic
44 TOughness Feats
40 TOughness Enh (2 FvS 2 Human)
20 Minos
30 GFL
100 Con Bonus
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424 Hit Points
30 FvS TOughness III,IV and Human TOughness III
20 +3 Con Tme
45 Shroud HP Item
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519 Hit Points (THats with a 12 Base COn )

Spell Points
1485 Base
189 CHR Bonus
150 EotS
400 Archmagi
300 Shroud
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2524

BAB: 15 (20w/ Divine Power)

15 BAB
6 STR
5 Weapon
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+26 Unbuffed
+4GH
+3 DF
+5 Divine Power BAB Boost
+1 Haste
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+39 First Swing w/ Basic self buffs

Fortitude:Reflex:Will:
14/14/14 Base
11/3/5 Attributes
5/5/5 Resist Item
0/2/0 Lightning Reflexes
2/2/2 HoGF/Recitation
1/1/1 Resist Ritual
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33/27/27
4/4/4 GH
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37/31/31


Abilities:
{22}Strength 14 +2 Tome +6 Item/DP
{16}Dexterity 8+2 Tome +6 Item
{20}Constitution 12 +2 Tome +6 Item
{10}Intelligence 8 +2 Tome +6 Item as Needed
{37}Wisdom 18+5Levels +1Human+2Enh +2Tome+6Item+3 Greensteel (38 w/ +3 Tome or Litany Trinket)
{24}Charisma 14 +2Tome +6Item +2FvS Enh

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



Level 1 (FvS)
Feat: (Selected) Extend Spell
Feat: (Human)Spell Focus: Evocation


Level 2 (Monk)
Feat: (Monk) Toughness

Level 3 (fVs)
Feat: (Selected) Quicken Spell

Level 4 (FvS)

Level 5 (FvS)

Level 6 (FvS)
Feat: (Selected) Greater Spell Focus: Evocation

Level 7 (fVs)

Level 8 (FvS)

Level 9 (fVs)
Feat: (Selected) Lightning Reflexes

Level 10 (fVs)

Level 11 (fVs)

Level 12 (fVs)
Feat: (Selected) Maximize Spell

Level 13 (Monk)
Feat: (Monk) Toughness

Level 14 (fVs)

Level 15 (fVs)
Feat: (Selected) Empower Spell

Level 16 (fVs)

Level 17 (fVs)

Level 18 (fVs)
Feat: (Selected) Heighten Spell

Level 19 (fVs)

Level 20 (fVs)


Detailed Enhancemnts I'll do later once I have a better idea of what althe options are.

Sick Saves, Insane BB Damage, Strong Melee Presence and adequette Healing.

l1:4 - Divine Favor, NightShield, Shield of Faith, Remove Fear
l2:4 - Resist Energy, Cure Mod, Deific Vengence, Hold Person
l3:4 - Mass AId, Prayer, Searing Light, Protection from Energy
l4:4 - Divine Power, Recitation, FoM, Deathward
l5:4 - True Seeing, Greater Command, Mass Cure Light, Slay Living
l6:3 - Blade Barrier, HEAL, Symbol of Persuatsian
l7:3 - Destruction, Resuurection, Symbol of Stunning
l8:2 - Cure Crit Mass, Holy Aura
l9:1 - Implosion

[JayDubya]

Neat. Maybe Implosion for all the mobs with evasion and/or high reflex saves?

why LN instead of LG?

[Visty]

Neat. Maybe Implosion for all the mobs with evasion and/or high reflex saves?

why LN instead of LG?

cause LG sucks as you get dmg from all those unholy/pure evil weapons while beeing LN you dont

[Impaqt]

Neat. Maybe Implosion for all the mobs with evasion and/or high reflex saves?

why LN instead of LG?


cause LG sucks as you get dmg from all those unholy/pure evil weapons while beeing LN you dont

Thats one reason for sure. Other Reason is "Taint of Evil" items. If your "Good" You take a negative level. Litany of the Dead Trinket being the big one.

If I go Concentration and UMD on my skills, the 20 UMD needed for Pure Good Weapons should be pretty easy to obtain.

[kuro_zero]

...snip
Spell Points
1485 Base
189 CHR Bonus
150 EotS
400 Archmagi
300 Shroud
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2524


Sorc and FvS double SP is a percentage of class levels. Thus splashing 2 monk will only get you +190%, not the full 200% increase. 360 SP for Archmagi, 270 for Tier 2 & 3 shroud craft SP.



Abilities:
{22}Strength 14 +2 Tome +6 Item/DP
{16}Dexterity 8+2 Tome +6 Item
{20}Constitution 12 +2 Tome +6 Item
{10}Intelligence 8 +2 Tome +6 Item as Needed
{37}Wisdom 18+5Levels +1Human+2Enh +2Tome+6Item+3 Greensteel (38 w/ +3 Tome or Litany Trinket)
{24}Charisma 14 +2Tome +6Item +2FvS Enh


Since FvS base SP is so much higher than cleric and getting +190% SP from SP items, couldn't you lower CHA to minimum required to cast? 12, or even base 10 if unbound +3 tomes become common will get you the 19 easily to cast 9th lvl spells.

Also concern is reflex save high enough with base starting dex of 8? I'm looking at Monastery which trap DCs on normal hovering around 40. New content will only see that higher.

On the other hand if its only against mob spellcasters its probably plenty high enough, but you did mention it was mainly for soloing so you'll have to run and heal through the traps.

[Impaqt]

Sorc and FvS double SP is a percentage of class levels. Thus splashing 2 monk will only get you +190%, not the full 200% increase. 360 SP for Archmagi, 270 for Tier 2 & 3 shroud craft SP.


Yup, I'll have to adjust that



Since FvS base SP is so much higher than cleric and getting +190% SP from SP items, couldn't you lower CHA to minimum required to cast? 12, or even base 10 if unbound +3 tomes become common will get you the 19 easily to cast 9th lvl spells.

Its possible to start lower, but Disjunction is a concern. with a 14 Base, I have a very realistic chance to get to a 19CHR without any "Magic items". and currently my ability to cast Blase Barrier and Destruct would be uneffected by being Disjunctioned.



Also concern is reflex save high enough with base starting dex of 8? I'm looking at Monastery which trap DCs on normal hovering around 40. New content will only see that higher.

31+ Reflex Plus 500+ Hit points should be fine. I havent maxed out all Save possibilities either.



On the other hand if its only against mob spellcasters its probably plenty high enough, but you d
id mention it was mainly for soloing so you'll have to run and heal through the traps.

[kuro_zero]

Good point about disjunction - I'll have to readjust my planned FvS build accordingly.

I still feel the reflex save is a bit too low for comfort. Lvl 16 with 32 reflex (34 vs traps) and 400 hp I find those monastery traps do a number on you real quick with only a couple of bad rolls. Lvl 20 with less reflex save? It might be something worth working on.

Well thought out build, and I will probably roll one similar as my FvS offensive caster, right after my TWF Soul Fighter (not as nifty sounding as fleric, fo' sho')

[Impaqt]

Good point about disjunction - I'll have to readjust my planned FvS build accordingly.

I still feel the reflex save is a bit too low for comfort. Lvl 16 with 32 reflex (34 vs traps) and 400 hp I find those monastery traps do a number on you real quick with only a couple of bad rolls. Lvl 20 with less reflex save? It might be something worth working on.

Well thought out build, and I will probably roll one similar as my FvS offensive caster, right after my TWF Soul Fighter (not as nifty sounding as fleric, fo' sho')

I go through and/or around those traps all the time on my clerics who dont have evasion with a much lower reflex save (14 is high on my clerics) A Few point sin Jump and a little timing and y ou never even have to get hit.

[Thanimal]

I go through and/or around those traps all the time on my clerics who dont have evasion with a much lower reflex save (14 is high on my clerics) A Few point sin Jump and a little timing and y ou never even have to get hit.

I hate people who are coordinated!!!!! :)

Just sayin'.

[Xyfiel]

Hello ocean stance, nice to meet you!
+2 saves, +2 wisdom. Swap to deity weapons when in melee.

Option of removing 2nd toughness, putting lightning reflexes in its place(Monk level2), removing gsf evocation or empower, and getting both spell pens. Becoming 2 spell pen off a normal caster.

[VKhaun]

I hate people who are coordinated!!!!! :)

Just sayin'.

Me, too.

I can get through traps if I concentrate and have time, like solo or trying to just get by a trap in a casual group. I know tricks like jump buff and hopping over and I have the basic platformer skills to do that sort of thing, but some of these guys can run up right through crazy traps like they're not even there and then run right back through after pulling or flipping a lever or whatever. If it means I'm a poor player in that regard then it is what it is, but I just can't ignore traps like some people.

The only thing I hate more then seeing someone just breeze through traps over and over without even stopping, is seeing someone PRETEND they're that good and die all the time or even worse you see the little blue evasion save dice going crazy over their head while they 'act' like they're jumping or dodging around. Then they always act swift when they make it through one as if it's normal for them.