First-Life Human Two-Handed Fighting Paladin 18 Rogue 2 for Free-to-play players

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Who is this build for?

This build will work for anyone but it's designed for free-to-play players creating a new character with only 28-point build available. The build will perform well in groups but is optimized for soloing content. This build is not presented as an optimized end-game build with raid gear, tomes, store items, past lifes, etc. but rather is intended to work well without all those things. The race and class are free-to-play and paladin provides a really useful past-life feat if you reincarnate and start over at level 1 again.

General Plan for This Build


I am going to post videos of this build running content solo. The build isn't intended to be only for soloing, but since it's generally a good idea for new players to run content solo on lower difficulties to learn the game this build includes everything needed to solo content including reaper difficulties. I will run all content on normal and hard difficulty and will then solo reaper 4 levels above the level on 1 or 2 skull reaper. The reason for running 4 levels above is that it only comes with a -10% over the level penalty and still includes all first-time bonuses. Being 4 levels over helps tremendously as the extra power from 2 levels helps make up the power gap you have as a first-life character. Bravery bonus isn't a big deal since you want to run solo on normal initially to learn the content anyhow. I am going to post all content ran (unless I run into a technical issue) so you will see some normal, hard and even wilderness runs. It's intended for new players that want to get familiar with questing before running it.

Some difficult quests will be skipped and ran on elite as part of a level 20 and 30 clean-up run rather than on reaper as we want to get maximum favor but do not want to spend too many cycles failing content that is too difficult.

This character was born on June 7, 2020 and as I level up I will post videos and update this post with anything note-able. I'll link the level updates in this main thread which includes stat bumps, skills selected and any gear swaps (and where the gear came from). Please note I will not be leveling this character up super fast - if you want to level a first-life character super fast you can run the first life on normal to 30, then the second life on hard and then start running for favor on life 3. I want to get 5000 favor for a +2 and +5 tome each life and accumulate some gear as well. Also, it's my belief by running difficult content starting your first life you will develop better habits. Running difficult solo even helps more in this regard. NOTE: I have several other things going on besides this project so I won't be running through this life super fast, but rather spending a few hours most days on this project. Also, it is much quicker to run on Normal to 20, but I opted for a slower progression of running Normal then Hard then Reaper/Elite so I can earn my +5 tome this life and run the build on reaper even without optimized gear and past lifes.

This plan is customizable if it's not working. For example, if you are finding running Reaper to hard @ 4 levels above you can run elite 4 levels above or even 6 levels above this first life. The key is to get used to more difficult content and to get the additional favor. Even at 6 levels above you will get more than enough experience to reach level 20 and 30.

NOTE: After running through this plan and receiving feedback, I would recommend that new players run quests on Normal for the first life, Hard for the 2nd life, Elite for the 3rd life and Reaper for life 4. The build will work for your first 3 class and racial lifes so this is a more progressive approach to increasing dfficulty. Although I ran the build on a first life character on a new free-to-play account - I do have significant experience with the game that allows me to start with reaper right away. Also, if you join a group for R1 you should be able to contribute well as a first-lifer - the N/H/E/R1 progression is primarily intended for folks that solo.

Level 1 Initial Creation

Class: Rogue
Race: Human
Feats: Two-Handed Fighting, Insightful Reflexes
Starting Stats: 28 Point Build

Str: 15
Dex: 8
Con: 14
Int: 14
Wis: 10
Cha: 14

Note: Each character comes with a lesser heart. When you unlock 32-point build you can use that heart to add more stat points or save it for another life.

Skill Points

Class Skills (1 point per rank)
Balance: 4
Bluff: 4
Disable Device: 4
Haggle: 4
Jump: 4
Open Lock: 4
Search: 4
Spot: 4
Tumble: 2
Use Magic Device: 4

Cross-Class Skills (1 point per 1/2 rank)
Concentration: 2 (4)
Heal: 1 (2)

Summary by Level
Level 1 - Rogue Level
Running Quests @ Level 1 and Taking Level 2: https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/515625-First-Life-Human-Two-Handed-Fighting-Paladin-18-Rogue-2-for-Free-to-play-players?p=6331343#post6331343
Video Support: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZJTXb43CowNm6N0XWT3TGtT

Level 2 - Rogue Level
Running Quests @ Level 1 and Taking Level 2: https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/515625-First-Life-Human-Two-Handed-Fighting-Paladin-18-Rogue-2-for-Free-to-play-players?p=6331387#post6331387 (https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/515625-First-Life-Human-Two-Handed-Fighting-Paladin-18-Rogue-2-for-Free-to-play-players?p=6331343#post6331343)
Video Support: https://youtu.be/bBELp_Jfjzo

Level 3 - Paladin Level
Running Quests @ Level 3 and Taking Level 4: https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/515625-First-Life-Human-Two-Handed-Fighting-Paladin-18-Rogue-2-for-Free-to-play-players?p=6331638#post6331638
Video Support: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZIyo81iBPTVpCgI0nlFcTke

Level 4 - Paladin Level
Running Quests @ Level 4 and Taking Level 5: https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/515625-First-Life-Human-Two-Handed-Fighting-Paladin-18-Rogue-2-for-Free-to-play-players?p=6332101#post6332101
Video Support: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZLLfp3j0h_51m0_auBFOBle

Level 5 - Paladin Level
Running Quests @ Level 5 and Taking Level 6: https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/515625-First-Life-Human-Two-Handed-Fighting-Paladin-18-Rogue-2-for-Free-to-play-players?p=6332728#post6332728
Video Support: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZIyNHdTAvdY_ptRqbqBfKW6

Level 6 - Paladin Level
Running Quests @ Level 6 and Taking Level 7: https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/515625-First-Life-Human-Two-Handed-Fighting-Paladin-18-Rogue-2-for-Free-to-play-players?p=6333621#post6333621
Video Support: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZIHDTdr5pUNauW0jgOLdnlK

Level 7 - Paladin Level
Running Quests @ Level 7 and Taking Level 8: https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/515625-First-Life-Human-Two-Handed-Fighting-Paladin-18-Rogue-2-for-Free-to-play-players?p=6334038#post6334038
Video Support: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZK_ctmiwpCWLk3WOeyOSRT6

Level 8 - Paladin Level
Running Quests @ Level 8 and Taking Level 9: https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/515625-First-Life-Human-Two-Handed-Fighting-Paladin-18-Rogue-2-for-Free-to-play-players?p=6335234#post6335234
Video Support: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZLOwVtfyxnejyGEsOlANh-L

Level 9 - Paladin Level
Running Quests @ Level 9 and Taking Level 10: https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/515625-First-Life-Human-Two-Handed-Fighting-Paladin-18-Rogue-2-for-Free-to-play-players?p=6335692#post6335692
Video Support: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZIDo3Jd8ushvXN0-1YlsaJE

Level 10 - Paladin Level
Running Quests @ Level 10 and Taking Level 11: https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/515625-First-Life-Human-Two-Handed-Fighting-Paladin-18-Rogue-2-for-Free-to-play-players?p=6337003#post6337003
Video Support: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZLKUa6BzGQmVk3FZIGrYgNU

Level 11 - Paladin Level
Running Quests @ Level 11 and Taking Level 12: https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/515625-First-Life-Human-Two-Handed-Fighting-Paladin-18-Rogue-2-for-Free-to-play-players?p=6338670#post6338670
Video Support: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZJHFpk7eXRnhzwK11cjjtXV

Level 12 - Paladin Level
Running Quests @ Level 12 and Taking Level 13: https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/515625-First-Life-Human-Two-Handed-Fighting-Paladin-18-Rogue-2-for-Free-to-play-players?p=6339428#post6339428
Video Support: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZKDXllb67fXV3T1UaLLS9TH

Level 13 - Paladin Level
Running Quests @ Level 13 and Taking Level 14: https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/515625-First-Life-Human-Two-Handed-Fighting-Paladin-18-Rogue-2-for-Free-to-play-players?p=6339963#post6339963
Video Support: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZJIk4GvFT9guFlx1Fk9APxV

Level 14 - Paladin Level
Running Quests @ Level 14 and Taking 15: https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/515625-First-Life-Human-Two-Handed-Fighting-Paladin-18-Rogue-2-for-Free-to-play-players?p=6341540#post6341540
Video Support: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZI5CV-1_ZvnsdCfZMZfu0DJ

Level 15 - Paladin Level
Running Quests @ Level 15 and Taking 16: https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/515625-First-Life-Human-Two-Handed-Fighting-Paladin-18-Rogue-2-for-Free-to-play-players?p=6341948#post6341948
Video Support: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZI5Fi_HhXW7g3guaFmL4Jjl

Level 16 - Paladin Level
Running Quests @ Level 16 and Taking 17: https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/515625-First-Life-Human-Two-Handed-Fighting-Paladin-18-Rogue-2-for-Free-to-play-players?p=6342679#post6342679
Video Support: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZInBS1XN9Dpywk5Mp65VCKe

Level 17 - Paladin Level
Running Quests @ Level 17 and Taking 18: https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/515625-First-Life-Human-Two-Handed-Fighting-Paladin-18-Rogue-2-for-Free-to-play-players?p=6342924#post6342924
Video Support: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZJPIost2CcjB7uLOWd5nGHs

Level 18 - Paladin Level
Running Quests: https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/515625-First-Life-Human-Two-Handed-Fighting-Paladin-18-Rogue-2-for-Free-to-play-players?p=6343326#post6343326
Video Support: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZISh8rehTODzNt5nFUjwrkB

Level 19 - Paladin Level
See Level 18 above and I took level 19 and 20 after completing Questing @ Level 18

Level 20 - Paladin Level
Running Quests @ Level 20 and Taking 21: https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/515625-First-Life-Human-Two-Handed-Fighting-Paladin-18-Rogue-2-for-Free-to-play-players?p=6344895#post6344895
Video Support: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZKkbjnde-1Gic_-E_MgW37r

Level 21 - Epic Level
Running Quests @ Level 21 and Taking 22: https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/515625-First-Life-Human-Two-Handed-Fighting-Paladin-18-Rogue-2-for-Free-to-play-players?p=6346788#post6346788
Video Support: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZJ6_9I_HMfqucrhiLbV_clR

Level 22 - Epic Level
Running Quests @ 22 and Taking 23: https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/515625-First-Life-Human-Two-Handed-Fighting-Paladin-18-Rogue-2-for-Free-to-play-players?p=6348677#post6348677
Video Support: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZKOz2n-ThHju2l6aOBzWkyI

Level 23 - Epic Level
Running Quests @ 23 and Taking 24: https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/515625-First-Life-Human-Two-Handed-Fighting-Paladin-18-Rogue-2-for-Free-to-play-players?p=6348705#post6348705
Video Support: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZKEMokTPKxrgp9-9GRXDLTK

Level 24 - Epic Level
Running Quests @ Level 24 and Taking 25: https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/515625-First-Life-Human-Two-Handed-Fighting-Paladin-18-Rogue-2-for-Free-to-play-players?p=6349109#post6349109
Video Support: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZJmnV_sdYOlqdRCjBauytq_

Level 25 - Epic Level
Running Quests @ Level 25 and Taking 26: https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/515625-First-Life-Human-Two-Handed-Fighting-Paladin-18-Rogue-2-for-Free-to-play-players?p=6349397#post6349397
Video Support: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZJjZUbvSbMr_THNo9PV31zP

Level 26 - Epic Level
Running Quests @ Level 26 and Taking 27: https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/515625-First-Life-Human-Two-Handed-Fighting-Paladin-18-Rogue-2-for-Free-to-play-players?p=6349574#post6349574
Video Support: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZJrCEgXUjDwXSCaRr22MbkJ

Level 27 - Epic Level
Running Quests @ Level 27 and Taking 28: https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/515625-First-Life-Human-Two-Handed-Fighting-Paladin-18-Rogue-2-for-Free-to-play-players?p=6349999#post6349999
Video Support: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZKq5ShEu8BJP1J6_jJg7xbF

Level 28 - Epic Level
Running Quests @ Level 28 and Taking Levels 29 and 30: https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/515625-First-Life-Human-Two-Handed-Fighting-Paladin-18-Rogue-2-for-Free-to-play-players?p=6350635#post6350635
Video Support: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZItB1M1-BEI6tyLE7Fhy6lL

Level 29 - Epic Level
See Level 28 above and I took level 29 and 30 after completing Questing @ Level 28

Level 30 - Epic Level
Running Quests @ Level 30 followed by Epic and Heroic Reincarnations: https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/515625-First-Life-Human-Two-Handed-Fighting-Paladin-18-Rogue-2-for-Free-to-play-players?p=6359180#post6359180
Video Support: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZKWmRFOMN4ah_3k1M2VXXeX

Video Support
The video support is intended to be more of a reference material rather than something that is watched all the way through. If you are having trouble with a specific quest I would suggest looking at the reaper version of the quest where I am usually being more careful with what I do. The videos are commercial-free but I am certainly not a professional. The first few levels there were some issues with voice capture being too high resulting in breathing and too many other noises (apologies), but as I progressed by level some of the issues were worked out or I made some small improvements. I recorded virtually everything I did (90%+ is definitely a reasonable estimate) but ran into a few technical issues and wasn't able to record a few. There is a large gap of missing videos from levels 17-19 quests. I will post those future lifes preferably when I am running those on reaper mode before 20. This life I ran those at level 20+ on Elite due to the level lockout.

Cumulative List of PITA quests saved for favor cleanup @ 20 or 30
Level 2 Stealthy Repossession - difficult quest for new players - won't be run on reaper so will be run as part of level 30 favor clean-up N/H/E
Level 4 Proof is the Poison - difficult quest for new players - won't be run on reaper so will be run as part of level 30 favor clean-up N/H/E
Level 6 The Price of Freedom - difficult mechanics for new players - won't be run on reaper so will be run as part of level 30 favor clean-up N/H/E
Level 6 Gladewatch Outpost Defense - difficult protect NPC mission for new players with many reaper spawns - won't be run on reaper so will be run as part of level 30 favor clean-up N/H/E
Level 7: Temple of Elemental Evil Part I and II - Difficult mechanics - won't be run on reaper so will be run as part of level 30 favor clean-up N/H/E
Level 7: The Pit - Difficult mechanics - won't be run on reaper so will be run as part of level 30 favor clean-up N/H/E
Level 8: Faithfully Departed - Difficult mechanics with two-handed fighting specialty combined with reapers/champions killing the Venerated - run on normal + hard and skipped on reaper
Level 8: The Xorian Cyper - Never tried soloing this with bank account and likely won't - will run with guildies as part of level 30 favor clean-up or it might be skipped entirely - N/H/E
Level 11: From Beyond the Grave - difficult mechanics for new players - won't be run on reaper so will be run as part of level 30 favor clean-up N/H/E
Level 11: Desert Caravan - Protect mission skipped on reaper
Level 11: Tomb of the Tormented - Painful to solo without a way to damage enemies killing the rats (typically AOE spellcasting or artificer rune arm)
Level 11: Tomb of the Forbidden - Can't be solo'd - requires at least 2 people
Level 12: Cursed Crypt - Flagging quests are on PITA list
Level 13: Memoirs of an Illusory Larcener - Hireling AI is glitchy in this quest - saving it for level 21

Note: As long as I reach 5,000 favor or higher to get my tome I may skip the PITA quests permanently. I will only run if required to get to 5,000 favor

** NOTE: These are quests that I won't be running on Reaper during heroic levels but will be running on Reaper @ Level 30. This is more of an efficiency play than a difficulty issue.

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Final Enhancements after Taking Level 20

Knights of the Chalice
Cores
- Slayer of Evil
- Courage of Heaven
- Slayer of Evil II
- Improved Courage of Heaven
- Slayer of Evil III
Tier 1
- Holy Combatant
- Improved Second Strikes x 3
Tier 2
- Adept Combatant
- Divine Might x 3
- Critical Mastery x3
- Exalted Cleave
- Melee Power Boost
Tier 3
- Holy Combatant
- Charisma
Tier 4
- Knights Training
- Censure Demons
- Vigor of Life
Tier 5
- Ascendancy
- Censure Outsiders
- Vigor of Life
- Avenging Cleave
- Holy Retribution

Sacred Defender
Cores
- Holy Bastion
- Sacred Defense
- Divine Righteousness
- Redemption
Tier 1
- Extra Lay on Hands x3
- Durable Defense x3
Tier 2
- Resilient Defense x3
- Defense Boost x3
- Instinctive Defense x 3
Tier 3
- Constitution
Tier 4
- Swift Defense

Human
Core
- Skill Boost
- Constitution
- Melee Power Boost
Tier 1
- Improved Recovery
- Awareness x3
Tier 2
- Great Weapon Aptitude x3
Tier 3
- Improved Recovery
- Heroism
Tier 4
- Greater Heroism

[FTPDDO]

The following quests were run at level 1

Heyton's Rest - Normal Difficulty
The Storehouse's Secret - Normal Difficulty
The Cannith Crystal - Normal Difficulty
The Collaborator - Normal Difficulty

Favor Earned: 10
DDO Points Earned: 50 (first time bonus for earning 5 favor on the server)

Notable items earned in the video

Level 1 Chilled 1 Quarterstaff of Deadly 1 (random item from harbor guard)
Level 1 Rugged Belt (adds 5 hp - end reward for Storehouse's secret)
Level 1 Spear Bane bracers (4 damage reduction from piercing damage - end reward from the Cannith Crystal)


Video support: https://youtu.be/RCcZyw2KvMY

Leveling Up From 2 to 3

Level Up Stat: None
Feats: Evasion (auto-granted)

Class Skills (1 point per rank)
Balance: +1 (5 total)
Bluff: +1 (5 total)
Disable Device: +1 (5 total)
Haggle: +1 (5 total)
Jump: +1 (5 total)
Open Lock: +1 (5 total)
Search: +1 (5 total)
Spot: +1 (5 total)
Tumble: +0 (2 total)
Use Magic Device: +1 (5 total)

Cross-Class Skills (1 point per 1/2 rank)
Concentration: .5 (2 total)
Heal: 1 (2 total)

[FTPDDO]

The following quests were run at level 2

Heyton's Rest - Hard Difficulty
The Collaborator - Hard Difficulty
Stopping the Sahuagin - Normal Difficulty
Redemption - Normal Difficulty
Sacrifices - Normal + Hard Difficulty
Necromancer's Doom - Normal + Hard Difficulty
Misery's Peak - Normal Difficulty

Favor Earned: 26 (36 total after level 2)
DDO Points Earned: 25 (first time bonus for earning 25 favor on the server)

Notable items earned in the video

Level 1 Protective Gloves x2 (with Shield Clicky - very important when we start reapers - from Necromancer's Doom chest)
Level 1 Anger's Step x2 (with 2 Expeditious Retreat 25% movement increase clickies - 20 min total - from Sacrifices end reward)
Level 1 Expeditious Boots (with 1 Expeditious Retreat 25% movement increase clicky - from Stopping the Sahuagin chest)
Level 1 Anger's Gift (+1 Strength +1 Resistance to Saves and +2 attack set bonus - from Misery's Peak end reward)
Level 1 Goggle's of Insight (+1 attack bonus - from Necromancer's Doom end reward)


Video support: https://youtu.be/bBELp_Jfjzo

Leveling Up from 2 to 3

Level Up Stat: None
Feats: Magical Training - I take this so when I get spells in a few levels I have more spell points and if I run out they will regenerate enough to continue casting spells. I may swap this out at higher levels.
Diety: Sovereign Host (NOTE: Video indicates Aureon but I now recommend sovereign host as unyielding sovereignty will help heal through the plague reaper debuff and quarterstaff benefits aren't important enough justify Aureon over Sovereign Host)

Class Skills (1 point per rank)
Concentration: +0 (2 total)
Heal: +0 (2 total)

Cross-Class Skills (1 point per 1/2 rank)
Balance: +0 (5 total)
Bluff: +0 (5 total)
Disable Device: +1 (6 total)
Haggle: +0 (5 total)
Jump: +0 (5 total)
Open Lock: +0 (5 total)
Search: +1 (6 total)
Spot: +.5 (5.5 total)
Tumble: +0 (2 total)
Use Magic Device: +0 (5 total)

[FTPDDO]

The following quests were run at level 3

Korthos
The Storehouse's Secret - Hard Difficulty
The Cannith Crystal - Hard Difficulty
Stopping the Sahuagin - Hard Difficulty
Redemption - Hard Difficulty
Misery's Peak - Hard Difficulty

Keep on the Borderlands
Wilderness Run - Explorers, Rares and Slayer
Watch Your Step - Normal + Hard Difficulty
Violent Delights - Normal + Hard Difficulty
Treasure Hunt - Normal + Hard Difficulty
Obstructing the Orcs - Normal + Hard Difficulty
The Hobgoblin Horde - Normal + Hard Difficulty
Caged Beast - Normal + Hard Difficulty
The Bugbear Bandits - Normal + Hard Difficulty
Total Chaos - Normal + Hard Difficulty

Favor Earned: 50 (86 total after level 3)
DDO Points Earned: 25 (first time bonus for earning 50 favor on the server)

Notable items earned in the videos

Level 1 Mount (Horse) - 80% movement speed bonus in public areas and wilderness areas
Level 3 Alkaline 12 Leather Armor of Cold Resistance 7 (12% acid absorb and 7 cold resistance - random loot from an end reward)
Level 3 Seeker +1 Spot +4 goggles (random loot from a chest)
Level 1 Granite Grippers (+1 strength and blue slot - from Treasure Hunt end chest)
Level 1 Wisdom +1 Cold Absorption 10% Cloak (from Auction House to deal with plat limits)
Level 2 Constitution +2 Ring (from Auction House to deal with plat limits)


Video support:
Keep on the Borderlands Wilderness Run: https://youtu.be/5CfIXxoawkc
How to Purchase Mount (Horse) and Weapon with Keep on the Borderlands Ingredients: https://youtu.be/DuN-2oMJaBU
Keep on the Borderlands Quests on Normal: https://youtu.be/AK4-rdC03xI
Korthos Clean Up - Remaining Hard Quests: https://youtu.be/gmXVYID43zk
Keep on the Borderlands Quests on Hard: https://youtu.be/UbMbExKTG74
Inventory Clean Up and Taking Level 4: https://youtu.be/zLTiW76Y-d0

Leveling Up from 3 to 4

Level Up Stat: Stength (Base 15 to Base 16)
Feats: Divine Grace - auto-granted (bonus to save based on charisma score)

Class Skills (1 point per rank)
Concentration: +0 (2 total)
Heal: +0 (2 total)

Cross-Class Skills (1 point per 1/2 rank)
Balance: +0 (5 total)
Bluff: +0 (5 total)
Disable Device: +1 (7 total)
Haggle: +0 (5 total)
Jump: +0 (5 total)
Open Lock: +0 (5 total)
Search: +1 (7 total)
Spot: +.5 (6 total)
Tumble: +0 (2 total)
Use Magic Device: +0 (5 total)

[Folund]

Hello, i wanted to restart DDO as a Paladin and i think due to my french language native (But i'm not so bad in english) i will mostly play Solo.

You're build seems what i seek but i got several questions :

Why 14 int ? Is it just for insightful reflexes/skills points ? and it's worth ? No better stats to up lvl 1 ?

2 levels of rogues are mandatory ? isnt one level enough to get disable/open lock ect ?

The build is thinked for be played in heavy armor and a Two handed weapon right ?

If we want to soloing, An hireling rogue seems to be better than sacrifie ourself into multiclassing no ? Or maybe the one/two level spash rogue doesnt hurt that much a paladin ?

[FTPDDO]

Why 14 int ? Is it just for insightful reflexes/skills points ? and it's worth ? No better stats to up lvl 1 ?


The build is based around splashing rogue for evasion and trapping. Some trade-offs are made to make this happen. To make trapping feasible with just 2 levels of rogue the 14 int is necessary to have enough skill points for disable device and search while taking paladin levels. Insightful reflexes is not an absolute requirement - but since paladin has cleave and greater cleave as enhancements it provides some extra feats and human provides a bonus feat. Those extra feats are used for survivability on this first-life character. I am also making the assumption that int gear will be used for trapping anyhow so taking insightful reflexes makes gearing simplier.

The reason why 2 levels of rogue instead of 1 is that with 2 levels a rogue is auto-granted evasion. This means when making a reflex save against traps and spells I take no damage instead of half damage. The build is designed to wear light armor instead of heavy armor. Although heavy armor gives more PRR light armor benefits include higher dodge cap and the ability to take advantage of evasion.

There was recently a "hardcore" league which is a 3 month permadeath event. Someone tracked all deaths while they are online and here are the results: https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/515388-Hardcore-League-2-Death-Statistics

Traps were responsible for nearly 1/3 of deaths and the largest single killer. Some of the other top killers like kobold shamans kill people with lightning bolt on elite which a high reflex save + evasion will help against.

In addition, one of the goals of this build is to earn reaper xp as it's the fastest way to add character power today. Disabling the traps provides an XP bonus and takes very little time.




2 levels of rogues are mandatory ? isnt one level enough to get disable/open lock ect ?

The build is thinked for be played in heavy armor and a Two handed weapon right ?


The most important thing is the best build for you is the one that you enjoy playing and feel comfortable with. Rogue levels and trapping isn't mandatory - they help for the reasons I listed above but there are players that forge ahead without those things and succeed. There are other tactics you can take such as running quests with heavy traps/caster damage 5-6 several levels above the base level on elite or just skip those and run them at cap for favor. You can learn how to avoid most trap damage with timing and positioning but since this build is designed for a first-lifer I am making the assumption most new people will not know how to avoid trap damage with timing and positioning on their first life. It's also my experience that disabling traps helps me remember where they are in future lifes even when I am not a trapper and just want to avoid taking damage without disabling.

Advantages of Pure 20 Paladin
- More Hp at heroic levels (20% hp bonus which isn't available with light armor)
- Accelerated two-handed fighting and offensive feats compared to splashing 2 rogue resulting in better dps at lower levels
- Better PRR (maybe 2-4% more damage reduction)
- Ability to take advantage of capstone at epic levels

Advantages of Splashing 2 Rogue
- Trapping and lock picking
- Evasion for traps and caster damage
- Higher dodge to avoid getting hit
- Earlier empowered healing for improved self-healing at lower levels




If we want to soloing, An hireling rogue seems to be better than sacrifie ourself into multiclassing no ? Or maybe the one/two level spash rogue doesnt hurt that much a paladin ?

Unless there was a change rogue hirelings are only available for turbine points or astral shards at heroic levels (1-20). As this build is designed to work for a new free-to-play player I wanted to make the assumption that no money would be spent on gameplay and that DDO points would be used for longer term benefits such as buying epic destinies, the 2 expansions on sale through 8/31, etc.

Also, I've been in many quests where a rogue hireling failed to find and disable a deadly trap even when the owner had past lifes granting maximum benefits to the hireling.

When building for an end game - running high reapers especially but secondarily raiding people will build more of a specialist min/max build. What this means is that they will build with some goal in mind and dump all else - such as maximum dps with a melee or maximum dc with a spellcaster. A high percentage of current builds on the forums are focused on level 30- this build is not.

For this build designed for first-life free to play players I am proposing more of a generalist build that isn't optimized for an end game role, but rather dealing with the realities of questing to 30 solo. Traps can be very deadly in this game and my reason for offering this build over pure paladin is solely because it makes the learning curve less painful with regards to traps and spellcaster damage.

For levels 1-15 quests I will be running those solo on reaper at 4 levels above and selectively picking quests to skip on reaper (maybe 10% of the quests) and run on elite - in some cases well above the level just for favor. For level 16-19 quests I might selectively run a few on reaper but due to reaper restrictions will probably run many on elite at level 20 or higher. For epic level quests my focus is solely on getting skill tomes and filling out epic destines this life so the goal will be to run sagas on normal/hard - no concerns about reaper at all for epic levels this first life.

Then my plan is to immediately TR at 30. As a full free-to-play player tr'ing not only provides some additional power in the form of epic and heroic past lifes, but it allows me to earn more favor to unlock additional things.

Of course some people might get bored Tr'ing so there are other options such as having one character at cap and another Tr'ing or spending significant time at cap before Tr'ing. If you plan to spend significant time at cap then pure paladin would likely be better as running high skull reapers and raiding is mostly about filling roles.

[Folund]

Thanks for the awnser !

way more clear for me now, i'm kinda sad to not play with heavy armor because i like it lol.

Do you think i can just splash one level rogue for the ability to pick locks and disable traps ? As i want to be in heavy armor for roleplaying, is one level dip good too ? or a waste ?

[FTPDDO]

Thanks for the awnser !

way more clear for me now, i'm kinda sad to not play with heavy armor because i like it lol.

Do you think i can just splash one level rogue for the ability to pick locks and disable traps ? As i want to be in heavy armor for roleplaying, is one level dip good too ? or a waste ?

Yes that would work just fine. I think that's a fine way to go - unfortunately even 1 level of rogue slows down your feat progression by 3 levels just like taking 2 rogue levels, but you can wear heavy armor and get the 20% hp bonus which in some situations is better than evasion (carnage reapers for example)

To the extent a quest has a trap before the trap box - and the trap kills you - just run it several levels over the level for favor. There will only be a small handful of those.

[FTPDDO]

The following quests were run at level 4:

Three-Barrel Cove
Wilderness Run for Specific Items

Harbor
The Kobold's New Ringleader - Normal + Hard Difficulty
Protect Baudry's Interests - Normal + Hard Difficulty
Stop Hazadill's Shipment - Normal + Hard Difficulty
Retrieve The Stolen Goods - Normal + Hard Difficulty
Bringing in the Light - Normal + Hard Difficulty
The Smuggler's Warehouse - Normal + Hard Difficulty
Home Sweet Sewer - Solo Difficulty
Recovering the Lost Tome - Normal + Hard Difficulty
Garrison's Missing Pack - Normal + Hard Difficulty
An Explosive Situation - Solo Difficulty
Durk's Got a Secret - Normal + Hard Difficulty
Haverdasher - Normal + Hard Difficulty
The Miller's Debt - Solo Difficulty
Information is the Key - Normal + Hard Difficulty
Anacrhophobia - Solo Difficulty
Walk the Butcher's Path - Normal + Hard Difficulty

Marketplace
Missing in Action - Normal + Hard Difficulty
The Sunken Sewer - Normal + Hard Difficulty

Favor Earned: 94 (180 total after level 4)
DDO Points Earned: 25 (standard bonus for earning 100 favor on a character)

Notable items earned in the videos

Kobold Admiral's Uniform (+3, Axeblock III, Spearblock III, Blue slot - from three-barrel cove wilderness chest)
Strength 3, Deadly 3 Gloves (4000 plat from auction house)
Fortitude +1, Fortification 41% bracers (random chest drop)


Video support:
Level 4 Introduction: https://youtu.be/LgISKhpepYA
- Buying A Quiver
- Free small ingredient bag from the Twelve
- Crafting Tutorial in House K crafting hall with reward
- Buying medium gem and collectible bags
Three-Barrel Cove Wilderness Run: https://youtu.be/2DruFmksiWs
- farming for armor and staff
Questing Part I: https://youtu.be/7pMu6wCSnCY
- The Kobold's New Ringleader - Normal + Hard Difficulty
- Protect Baudry's Interests - Normal + Hard Difficulty
- Stop Hazadill's Shipment - Normal + Hard Difficulty
- Retrieve The Stolen Goods - Normal + Hard Difficulty
Buying a medium collectible bag: https://youtu.be/VSOzDa9nI0w
- House J
Questing Part II: https://youtu.be/u_0Ku92pUwE
- Bringing in the Light - Normal + Hard Difficulty
- The Smuggler's Warehouse - Normal + Hard Difficulty
Questing Part III: https://youtu.be/J5f3Sg8xCR4
- Home Sweet Sewer - Solo Difficulty
- Recovering the Lost Tome - Normal + Hard Difficulty
- Garrison's Missing Pack - Normal + Hard Difficulty
- An Explosive Situation - Solo Difficulty
- Durk's Got a Secret - Normal + Hard Difficulty
- Haverdasher - Normal + Hard Difficulty
- The Miller's Debt - Solo Difficulty
- Information is the Key - Normal + Hard Difficulty
- Anacrhophobia - Solo Difficulty
Questing Part IV: https://youtu.be/bOw2ij7F-sg
- Walk the Butcher's Path - Normal + Hard Difficulty
- Missing in Action - Normal + Hard Difficulty
- The Sunken Sewer - Normal + Hard Difficulty
Level 4 Wrap Up: https://youtu.be/s0fKPHgQPDE
- Taking level 5 with choices
- Enhancement changes
- Buying an item from auction house and looking at several other candidates

Leveling Up from 4 to 5

Level Up Stat: None
Feats: None

Class Skills (1 point per rank)
Concentration: +0 (2 total)
Heal: +0 (2 total)

Cross-Class Skills (1 point per 1/2 rank)
Balance: +0 (5 total)
Bluff: +0 (5 total)
Disable Device: +1 (8 total)
Haggle: +0 (5 total)
Jump: +0 (5 total)
Open Lock: +0 (5 total)
Search: +1 (8 total)
Spot: +.5 (6.5 total)
Tumble: +0 (2 total)
Use Magic Device: +0 (5 total)

[SouCarioca]

Hello, i wanted to restart DDO as a Paladin and i think due to my french language native (But i'm not so bad in english) i will mostly play Solo.

You're build seems what i seek but i got several questions :

Why 14 int ? Is it just for insightful reflexes/skills points ? and it's worth ? No better stats to up lvl 1 ?

2 levels of rogues are mandatory ? isnt one level enough to get disable/open lock ect ?

The build is thinked for be played in heavy armor and a Two handed weapon right ?

If we want to soloing, An hireling rogue seems to be better than sacrifie ourself into multiclassing no ? Or maybe the one/two level spash rogue doesnt hurt that much a paladin ?

My first life build (on second life) was a THF Paladin, though pure. So first note is that there are no rogue hirelings (unless purchased from DDO Store possibly) before level 20. If you want external trapping, you need a group.

As to French, unless you cannot speak two words of English, even with an all-american group, you will be fine. Most ingame chat deals with very simple things like : "Help, I am dead" (and yes, DDO players are like the military: 'leave no man behind' so rest assured someone will help 98% of the time), or "brb, selling and leveling". After someone heals you, or helps you resurrect, always say 'ty'. It is just polite. The real challenge is learning the specific DDO acronyms and shortcuts. ior1 = I opened Reaper1.

That said, I am also 100% certain there are guilds for French players, most likely multiple ones. I live in Brazil and on Orien server there are multiple level 200 Brazilian guilds.

There is a considerably new powerful system of random loot (prizes) that is making the game MUCH more playable for new players. When you see an item, pay close attention to see if the color around the icon is a light blue. This indicates something more powerful. Dark Blue is the best, and is almost always named.

Pure Paladin will be more powerful in the end at level 20 especially, but if you reach level 20, you will have other things to boost your power too. If you stick to the game that far, then I will suggest three significant goals for you as a free player:

1) Learn the game, and read the Wiki as much as you can for any questions. It is incredibly helpful.

2) Seek out to reach 1750 Total Favor. Achieving this will allow you to create builds later that start with 32 stat points. A nice plus. Right now, Total Favor might seem like Chinese to you, but it goes like this: each quest has a number of 'favor' points you get for finishing. At Casual and Normal, you get the base value. So if a quest had 4 favor points you would get four. If you finish it on Hard, you get 8, and if you finish it on Elite or harder you get the maximum of 12 (3x the base). Groups are very helpful to achieve this, but with so many more experienced players, a tip is to warn them you are a noob. They will know and be more attentive to you with advice: "once you are in, run left" etc. and your character's vulnerability.

3) Save your DDO points, all of them, and do not spend any in a store. At level 20, if still playing and enjoying the game, use 995 DDO points to unlock Epic Destinies. This is THE key to level 20-30. It is a series of enhancements that give you super powers to allow you to continue to evolve and get stronger. Both these perks 2) and 3) will be available to all characters after on the server you are located

[Folund]

My first life build (on second life) was a THF Paladin, though pure. So first note is that there are no rogue hirelings (unless purchased from DDO Store possibly) before level 20. If you want external trapping, you need a group.

As to French, unless you cannot speak two words of English, even with an all-american group, you will be fine. Most ingame chat deals with very simple things like : "Help, I am dead" (and yes, DDO players are like the military: 'leave no man behind' so rest assured someone will help 98% of the time), or "brb, selling and leveling". After someone heals you, or helps you resurrect, always say 'ty'. It is just polite. The real challenge is learning the specific DDO acronyms and shortcuts. ior1 = I opened Reaper1.

That said, I am also 100% certain there are guilds for French players, most likely multiple ones. I live in Brazil and on Orien server there are multiple level 200 Brazilian guilds.

There is a considerably new powerful system of random loot (prizes) that is making the game MUCH more playable for new players. When you see an item, pay close attention to see if the color around the icon is a light blue. This indicates something more powerful. Dark Blue is the best, and is almost always named.

Pure Paladin will be more powerful in the end at level 20 especially, but if you reach level 20, you will have other things to boost your power too. If you stick to the game that far, then I will suggest three significant goals for you as a free player:

1) Learn the game, and read the Wiki as much as you can for any questions. It is incredibly helpful.

2) Seek out to reach 1750 Total Favor. Achieving this will allow you to create builds later that start with 32 stat points. A nice plus. Right now, Total Favor might seem like Chinese to you, but it goes like this: each quest has a number of 'favor' points you get for finishing. At Casual and Normal, you get the base value. So if a quest had 4 favor points you would get four. If you finish it on Hard, you get 8, and if you finish it on Elite or harder you get the maximum of 12 (3x the base). Groups are very helpful to achieve this, but with so many more experienced players, a tip is to warn them you are a noob. They will know and be more attentive to you with advice: "once you are in, run left" etc. and your character's vulnerability.

3) Save your DDO points, all of them, and do not spend any in a store. At level 20, if still playing and enjoying the game, use 995 DDO points to unlock Epic Destinies. This is THE key to level 20-30. It is a series of enhancements that give you super powers to allow you to continue to evolve and get stronger. Both these perks 2) and 3) will be available to all characters after on the server you are located


Now i hesitate so hard lol

The point is do i really miss a lot of content/xp/loot if i can't disable device and open lock ? Because i love the paladin class and maybe want to go pure, but dont want to miss a nice free xp or die due to a trap :/

[Coffey]

Great work on the leveling guide so far FTPDDO :cool:

[SouCarioca]

Now i hesitate so hard lol

The point is do i really miss a lot of content/xp/loot if i can't disable device and open lock ? Because i love the paladin class and maybe want to go pure, but dont want to miss a nice free xp or die due to a trap :/

Some quests are worse than others in terms of traps, but overall it depends on the difficulty level you choose to play in. Getting one-shot by a trap as a paladin is very unlikely unless you are completely naked and take no precautions. If you get badly hurt, you have the two unbelievably useful abilities Lay On Hands, and Unyielding Sovereignty, which do not use spell points. And if that is not enough you can bring a Cleric as a hireling to spam hit points on you as you play.

Will you miss out on XP? Yes, probably, but nor is it the only source of bonuses. You also get bonuses for specific tasks, smashing everything in sight, and killing everyone in sight. Still, I would not focus my concerns on this now as you have not even wet your feet, and are worried about how efficiently you can make turns in a swimming race.

[FTPDDO]

That said, I am also 100% certain there are guilds for French players, most likely multiple ones.

I agree and additionally there are many Canadians playing this game. Some Canadians speak French as their primary language and others speak both French and English.

I would suggest posting in the general forum and asking which servers have a large french-speaking population. While it might not seem like the right place on the forum, it's the most likely place to get a good answer to that question since so many players only ever use the general discussion area.

[Folund]

I will surely go 1 rogue /19 Pal, i like heavy armor :/, hope it will not lower my ability to pick lock and open lock.

As a new player and surely ftp, i will follow ur guide step by step (for, feat, stats ect) i will level by my own, want to keep the feeling of discovering the game.

Do you think u can put here a list of the feats u will recommend ?

[FTPDDO]

Quick Note: I apologize for the quality of the videos up to this point. I am not a professional and have no intention of trying to make money from youtube - I just want to help new folks joining the game in the hope it will help some enjoy the game more and accomplish more even if they can't afford to spend money on the game. Players can be successful with or without spending money. With that said I lowered the capture % for my mic from 100% to 80% and that seems to reduce some of the breathing and other noises caused by the prior mic setting. I'll keep trying to tweak the settings for a better outcome.

The following quests were run at level 5:

Korthos
Heyton's Rest - Elite
The Storehouse's Secret - Elite
The Cannith Crystal - Elite
The Collaborator - Elite
Stopping the Sahuagin - Elite
Sacrifices - Elite
Necromancer's Doom - Elite
Redemption - Elite
Mysery's Peak - Elite

Keep on the Borderlands
Watch Your Step - R1
Violent Delights - R1
Treasure Hunt - R1
Obstructing the Orcs - R1
The Hobgoblin Horde - R1
Caged Beast - R1
Bugbear Bandits - R1

Full Chains
Catcombs - Normal
Waterworks - Normal
Seal of Shan-To-Kor - Normal
Tangleroot Gorge - Nromal

The Harbor
Kobold Assault - Normal + Hard
Housekeeping - Normal + Hard + Elite (attempt for book of spirits which did not drop)
Marketplace
The Sacred Helm - Normal + Hard
Redfang the Unruled - Normal + Hard

Favor Earned: 151 (331 total after level 5)
DDO Points Earned: 50 (standard bonuses for earning 200 and 300 favor on a character)

Notable items earned

Marguerite's Necklace (Deathblock, Lifefore 7 - profane bonus of 7 to hp)
+2 Holy 1 Greatsword of Keen Edges (1800 plat from auction house)
Ring with 12% Electricity Absorb for Harbor Reaper Quests (5000 plat from auction house)
Cloak with 8 Electricity Resistance and feather fall for Harbor Reaper Quests (5000 plat from auction house)
Defensive 8 Helm of Search 6 - 8 bonus to MRR/PRR (3600 plat from auction house)
Potions of Heroism from House K guild vendor for +2 to saves and +2 to skills
Wand of Serious Wounds from House K wand Vendor


Video support:
Korthos Elite Run: https://youtu.be/qK7vDqMr6cU
Hobgoblin Horde R1: https://youtu.be/SsplmTibACE
Watch Your Step R1: https://youtu.be/2DjtX7DhD2I
Obstructing the Orcs R1: https://youtu.be/Ik4j5YsenF0
The Bugbear Bandits R1: https://youtu.be/ZwQ_Hf2HbkY
Treasure Hunt R1: https://youtu.be/DZExDDQWcz8
Caged Beast R1: https://youtu.be/1FZKenlKtLs
Violent Delights R1: https://youtu.be/R_cYuQxeA6M
Spending Your First Reaper Point: https://youtu.be/Zl2ym2pivps
Waterworks Chain Normal: https://youtu.be/E8F1dqjrTwA
Seal of Shan-To-Kor Chain Normal: https://youtu.be/nIEggDhQZBk
Sacred Helm Normal+Hard: https://youtu.be/Fxu11r5FC8g
Catacombs Chain Normal: https://youtu.be/bW3WIfX05No
Tangleroot Gorge Chain Normal: https://youtu.be/6Tz7MQWVEOo
Borderlands R1 Level 1s - Repeat for RXP: https://youtu.be/Fd1IasmzkjU
Redfang the Unruled Normal+Hard: https://youtu.be/MuQakx2TI7o
Level 5 Clean Up and Taking Level 6: https://youtu.be/3xoa3sMxS40

Leveling Up from 5 to 6

Level Up Stat: None
Feats: Empower Healing

Class Skills (1 point per rank)
Concentration: +0 (2 total)
Heal: +0 (2 total)

Cross-Class Skills (1 point per 1/2 rank)
Balance: +0 (5 total)
Bluff: +0 (5 total)
Disable Device: +1 (9 total)
Haggle: +0 (5 total)
Jump: +0 (5 total)
Open Lock: +0 (5 total)
Search: +1 (9 total)
Spot: +.5 (7 total)
Tumble: +0 (2 total)
Use Magic Device: +0 (5 total)

Current Enhancements after Taking Level 6

Knights of the Chalice
Cores
- Slayer of Evil
- Courage of Heaven
Tier 1
- Holy Combatant
- Improved Second Strikes x 3
Tier 2
- Adept Combatant
- Divine Might x 3
- Exalted Cleave
Tier 3
- Holy Combatant

Sacred Defender
Cores
- Holy Bastion
- Sacred Defense
Tier 1
- Extra Lay on Hands x2
- Durable Defense x3

[FTPDDO]

With our first run-through of the 7 level 1 Keep on the Borderlands Quests we earned 1013 reaper xp. With our second run-through of the same quests we earned 426 reaper xp. I was expecting one or more deaths considering my status as a first-life character with free-to-play limitations, but didn't die.

Sacred defender increases physical damage reduction to 27.54% and my magical damage reduction to 24.81% which is a very significant upgrade. In addition in preparation for Harbor reaper quests I purchased items with electrical absorb and electrical resistance to reduce damage when failing my save. I wasn't able to find a resistance item so am without an item giving bonuses to saves. I'll keep an eye out for this as I run quests. Prior to running level 3 reaper quests I would like to find some fire resist/absorb items and potentially an item to boost turn undead - although I am not sure if it will be successful at all.

I plan to re-run level 2 reapers enough to have 3 reaper points at the end of level 6 in preparation for level 3 reapers which will also include champions.

[FTPDDO]

I will surely go 1 rogue /19 Pal, i like heavy armor :/, hope it will not lower my ability to pick lock and open lock.

As a new player and surely ftp, i will follow ur guide step by step (for, feat, stats ect) i will level by my own, want to keep the feeling of discovering the game.

Do you think u can put here a list of the feats u will recommend ? Taking 1 rogue level will slow down your feat progression as the first level of rogue provides 0 BAB

Currently pure paladin would take:

1) Two Handed Fighting
6) Improved Two Handed Fighting (requires 6 BAB but with 1 rogue level you only have 5 BAB at 6)
9) Improved Critical (requires requires 8 BAB)
12) Greater Two Handed Fighting (requires 11 BAB)

I would suggest splashing 1 fighter in to fix this issue before level 9. You still get the paladin 18 core. So the build would be 18 Paladin / 1 Fighter / 1 Rogue

Level 1 Rogue
Level 2 - 7 Paladin
Level 8 Fighter
Level 9 - 20 Paladin

Feats would be as follows for a human (if you want the bonus feat). For feats you can either focus solely on dps or try to add some boosts to your healing. My preference is self-healing focus but if you took a poll most would probably suggest dps. It would slow down holy sword a little but worth it for the extra feat in my opinion.

1) Two-Handed Fighting
1 Human Feat) Power Attack
3) Magical Training
6) Empower Healing
8 Fighter Feat) Improved Two Handed Fighting
9) Improved Critical Slashing (if sword or axe focused)
12) Greater Two Handed Fighting
15) Stunning Blow
18) Quicken

Based on personal preference you can switch up the order of power attack, stunning blow and quicken.

You would need a 14 int to have enough skill points for search/disable and a little to spot.

[FTPDDO]

Prior to making my character on the server I picked as home - I first ran for 100 favor on the other 7 servers giving me 875 points. If you wanted to run a shortened version of that you could instead earn 5 favor on the other 7 servers for 400 quick points while keeping the option open to finish 100-favor runs at a later time.

I used the free coupon code DDOfreequests to get the non-expansion content. I purchased the Menace of the Underdark and Shadowfell Conspiracy expansions so my current DDO point total is:

+875 points from 7 100-favor runs
+175 points from favor earned so far on the server I picked
- 0 for all historical content with special coupon code
- 99 points for Menace of the Underdark
- 99 points for Shadowfell Conspiracy

Remaining Total: 852 DDO points

The Monster Manual I and II are both on sale for 25% off and are very compelling items because each Monster Manual grants 500 DDO points which is more than the cost on sale. After weighing the pros and cons I decided not to take advantage of this great sale price because July is historically a month where DDO and other game companies offer many specials. Although I will eventually earn all my DDO points back with the Monster Manual it will take significant time. I want to make sure I keep enough points for any deep discounts that might occur in the summer - especially with the need to buy Epic Destinies which costs 995 points when not on sale. My goal is to have enough DDO points saved up to take advantage of deep sales with a focus on acquiring epic destinies as soon as I hit 20 whether it's on sale or not.

I am definitely taking advantage of the weekly coupon code THIEVES2 for +2 thieves tools x10 since it's better than what I currently have access to.

[FTPDDO]

The following quests were run at level 6:

House Jorasco
Redwillow Ruins - Normal + Hard

Full Chains
Catcombs - Hard
Waterworks - Hard
Seal of Shan-To-Kor - Hard
Tangleroot Gorge - Hard
Baudry Chain - Elite (Retrieve the Stolen Goods on R1)
Cerulean Hills - Normal + Hard

Keep on the Borderlands
Total Chaos - R1

The Harbor
Bringing in the Light - R1x2
Kobold's New Ringleader - R1x2
Smuggler's Warehouse - R1x2
Recovering the Lost Tome - R1x2
Garrison's Missing Pack - R1x2
Walk the Butcher's Path - R1x2
Durk's Got a Secret - R1x2
Haverdasher - R3 (I moved up to R3 in an attempt to get at least 1 reaper to spawn so I could get 10 kills as the quest has only 9 and 10 are required to get reaper xp)
Information is the Key - R1x2

Marketplace
Missing in Action - R1x2
Sunken Sewer - R1x2
Swiped Signet - Normal + Hard

Favor Earned: 180 (511 total after level 6)
DDO Points Earned: 100 (standard bonuses for earning 400 and 500 favor on a character + the one-time 50 point bonus for the first time earning 500 favor on a server)

Notable items earned

Visor of the Flesh Render which has one death ward clickie for 7 minutes (end reward for Tangelroot Gorge Chain - iconic DDO item)
Fortifying Belt of Strength +4 belt (Constitution + 3, Fortification 51%, Strength +4 - end reward for Redwillow Ruins Hard - probably the best random item drop I've seen so far)
Battleword Medal trinket (Charisma +1, Heroism, Mythic Trinket Boost +3 (+3 to melee power) - end chest for Heart of the Problem)
Silverflame Boots of Swim +7 (Hallowed +4, Sacred +4 Swim +7 - Redwillow Ruins elite chest)
Intelligence +4 Spot +5 goggles (auction house)


Video support:
Redwillow Ruins Normal + Hard + Elite Chest Farm: https://youtu.be/gOJeMT7yU8o
Making an Extra Account for Unbound Item Storage: https://youtu.be/w4jC_fK_od0
Bringing in the Light R1x2 : https://youtu.be/KRThUN-jaxU
Kobold's New Ringleader R1x2: https://youtu.be/TEaYNqi8SWA
Smuggler's Warehouse R1x2: https://youtu.be/BmMhdjAv_dI
Recovering the Lost Tome R1x2: https://youtu.be/cmn4bUObvD8
Garrison's Missing Pack R1x2: https://youtu.be/3qHPzQZhetk
Walk the Butcher's Path R1x2: https://youtu.be/Ew4IjOglbXs
Durk's Got a Secret R1x2: https://youtu.be/298AUTLKXPY
Haverdasher R3: https://youtu.be/pa1X7z2ptd4
Information Is The Key R1x2: https://youtu.be/uU_1Hv79S-M
Missing in Action R1x2: https://youtu.be/xqmKkgNe00U
Taking Our 2nd Reaper Point: https://youtu.be/dzosM8mBDDI
Sunken Sewer R1x2: https://youtu.be/qPJb8eq6bsc
Baudry Chain Elite: https://youtu.be/mAcT-DCWKnw
Total Chaos R1: https://youtu.be/W13Osbs8Trg
Cerulean Hills Chain Normal: https://youtu.be/XclSuQWInWc
Mid-level Inventory Management: https://youtu.be/a1EpW4AW7nA
Swiped Signet Normal + Hard: https://youtu.be/TbyRMOzmUaY
Cerulean Hills Chain Hard: https://youtu.be/jGENvtYMJu0
Waterworks Chain Hard: https://youtu.be/YBCCQLRD1to
Seal of Shan-To-Kor Chain Hard: https://youtu.be/2Ia4K7fnvP0
Tangleroot Gorge Chain Hard: https://youtu.be/J4TSOqXVLek
Getting House Phiarlan Favor and Using the Patron Vendor: https://youtu.be/bVs8IxmYWEc
Catacombs Chain Hard: https://youtu.be/Zz71r4Hh1lA
Level 6 Wrap-up and Taking Level 7: https://youtu.be/5CnQe8YVPIA

Leveling Up from 6 to 7

Level Up Stat: None
Feats: None

Class Skills (1 point per rank)
Concentration: +0 (2 total)
Heal: +0 (2 total)

Cross-Class Skills (1 point per 1/2 rank)
Balance: +0 (5 total)
Bluff: +0 (5 total)
Disable Device: +1 (10 total)
Haggle: +0 (5 total)
Jump: +0 (5 total)
Open Lock: +0 (5 total)
Search: +1 (10 total)
Spot: +.5 (7.5 total)
Tumble: +0 (2 total)
Use Magic Device: +0 (5 total)

Current Enhancements after Taking Level 7

Knights of the Chalice
Cores
- Slayer of Evil
- Courage of Heaven
Tier 1
- Holy Combatant
- Improved Second Strikes x 3
Tier 2
- Adept Combatant
- Divine Might x 3
- Exalted Cleave
Tier 3
- Holy Combatant

Sacred Defender
Cores
- Holy Bastion
- Sacred Defense
Tier 1
- Extra Lay on Hands x3 (1 tier added)
- Durable Defense x3
Tier 2
- Resilent Defense x3 (new)

I initially spent my points on Knights of the Chalice to get the first tier of Improved Turning. I ran a quick test in R1 The Friar's Niece. The d6 damage wasn't significant enough (would be much better with all 3 tiers @ 18d6) and turning didn't work at all. Also, even though they are typed differently the Seek Eternal Rest spell didn't seem to stack with my Silver Flame Boots (when I cast the spell I didn't see the buff unless I removed my boots). So I swapped back cure light wounds for my spell and made the changes above by resetting my KOTC enhancement tree for 1013 plat - opting for the extra lay on hands and better saves.

Plan for Level 7

Run most level 3s on R1 with a few run on elite (e.g., tangleroot level 3 quests)
Run level 4 quests on Normal + Hard
Run Delera's chain on Normal for 5% xp trinket before my reaper runs

I was originally planning on repeating level 2 R1s for a few days to build up another reaper point. However, after doing well in the reaper quests (not yet dying despite being a first-life character with FTP limits) I was bullish on the level 3 R1s with just the 2 reaper points and decided not to delay leveling. By repeating the level 1 R1s and most level 2 R1s once we have 2 reaper points going into level 7.

[FTPDDO]

The following quests were run at level 7:

Catacombs
The Friar's Niece - R1
Return to the Sanctuary - R1
The Old Archives - R1
The Crypt of Gerard Dryden - R1
Setting the Wards: The Lower Cathedral - R1
Setting the Wards: The Patriarch's Crypt - R1
Endgame: Marguerite - R1

Marketplace
Swiped Signet - R1
The Sacred Helm - R1
Redfanged The Unruled - R1

Harbor
The Kobold's Den: Clan Gnashtooth - R1
The Kobold's Den: Rescuing Arlos - R1
Kobold Assault - R1
Housekeeping - Elite
The Cloven-Jaw Scourge: Blockade - R1
Irestone Inlet - Normal + Hard

Cerulean Hills
Where There's Smoke - R1
The Sacred Bounty - R1
Rosemary's Ballad - R1
The Home of Memory - R1 x 6
Heart of the Problem - R1
The Captives - R1

Tangleroot Gorge and House P
First Strike - R1
The Hobgoblin's Captives - R1
Rest For The Restless - Normal + Hard

Full Chains
Delera's Chain on Normal
House Deneith Depths Chain on Normal + Hard
Sharn Syndicate on Normal + Hard

Favor Earned: 164 (675 total after level 7)
DDO Points Earned: 25 (standard bonus for earning 600 favor on a character)

Notable items earned

Airwarded (Elec Absorb 15% + Elec Res 12) Bracers of Constitution 4 (auction house)
Nicked Quarterstaff (Level 2, Impactful 2, Vertigo 4, Deadly 3) - End Reward from Sharn Syndicate Chain
Bottle of Shadows (Level 3, Profane Wellrounded +1, Mythic Boost +1) - Home of Memory


Video support (playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZK_ctmiwpCWLk3WOeyOSRT6

Leveling Up from 7 to 8

Level Up Stat: Strength
Feats: Disease Removal (autogranted)

Class Skills (1 point per rank)
Concentration: +0 (2 total)
Heal: +0 (2 total)

Cross-Class Skills (1 point per 1/2 rank)
Balance: +0 (5 total)
Bluff: +0 (5 total)
Disable Device: +1 (11 total)
Haggle: +0 (5 total)
Jump: +0 (5 total)
Open Lock: +0 (5 total)
Search: +1 (11 total)
Spot: +.5 (8 total)
Tumble: +0 (2 total)
Use Magic Device: +0 (5 total)

Current Enhancements after Taking Level 7

Knights of the Chalice
Cores
- Slayer of Evil
- Courage of Heaven
- Slayer of Evil II (New)
Tier 1
- Holy Combatant
- Improved Second Strikes x 3
Tier 2
- Adept Combatant
- Divine Might x 3
- Exalted Cleave
- Melee Power Boost x3 (New)
Tier 3
- Holy Combatant

Sacred Defender
Cores
- Holy Bastion
- Sacred Defense
Tier 1
- Extra Lay on Hands x3
- Durable Defense x3
Tier 2
- Resilent Defense x3

Plan for Level 8

Run most level 4s on R1 with a few run on elite (e.g., tangleroot level 4 quests)
Run level 5 quests on Normal + Hard
Run Delera's chain on Hard
Run Ruins of Threnal chain on Normal (For Theurgic Stave or Mantle of the Worldshaper)
Turn Three-Barrel Cove chain on Normal + Hard
Run Sands Chest Run for Whirlwind and Dusk (this gives me another chance to run in a week)

Cumulative List of PITA quests saved for favor cleanup @ 20 or 30
Stealthy Repossession - difficult quest for new players - won't be run on reaper so will be run as part of level 20 favor clean-up N/H/E
Proof is the Poison - difficult quest for new players - won't be run on reaper so will be run as part of level 20 favor clean-up N/H/E

[Ghop15]

Thank you so much for this guide. I'm following it right now and having a lot of fun. Hope to get to the point where I can get to Lv30.

[FTPDDO]

Thank you so much for this guide. I'm following it right now and having a lot of fun. Hope to get to the point where I can get to Lv30.

Thank you for the kind words! I will be taking the build all the way to level 30. I finished level 8 and will be posting it tomorrow.

[FTPDDO]

The following quests were run at level 8:

Catacombs
Endgame: The Archbishop's Fate - R1

Marketplace
The Cloven Jaw Scourge: Caverns of Shaagh - R1
Stand Your Ground - R1
Dirty Laundry - R1
The Stormreaver Fresco - R1
The Bookbinder Rescue - R1
Repossession - R1
Come Out and Slay - R1
Freshen the Air - R1
Archer Point Defense - Normal + Hard

Harbor
Venn's Trail: Clan Tunnelworm - R1
Venn's Trail: Venn's Fate - R1
Irestone Inlet - R1

Tangleroot Gorge and House P
Yarkuch's Warplans - Elite
Whisperdoom's Spawn- Elite
Rest For The Restless - R1
A Small Problem - Normal + Hard
Partycrashers - Normal + Hard
The Snitch - Normal + Hard
Under the Big Top - Normal + Hard

House Deneith
Depths of Despair - R1
Depths of Darkness - R1

House Kundarak
The Chamber of Insanity - Normal + Hard
The Lair of Summoning - Normal + Hard

Necropolis
Tomb of the Sanguine Heart - Normal + Hard
Tomb of the Sanguine Heart - Normal + Hard
Tomb of the Sanguine Heart - Normal + Hard
Tomb of the Sanguine Heart - Normal + Hard
The Bloody Crypt - Normal

Full Chains
Delera's Chain - Hard
Three Barrel Cove - Normal + Hard
Ruins of Threnal Chain - Normal

Favor Earned: 264 (939 total after level 8)
DDO Points Earned: 75 (standard bonus for earning 700, 800 and 900 favor on a character)

Notable items earned

+3 Biting 2 Blueshine Quarterstaff of Feeding 10 (2d6 acid damage and neg level + 10 temp hp on vorpal - random drop in sands)
+3 vorpal of keen great sword (until we get level 9 echo of blackrazor - from auction house 15,000 plat)
Nicked Quarterstaff and Nicked Great Sword for next life (end reward chain from shard syndicate chain)
Mantle of the Worldshaper (end reward from ruins of threnal chain - gives true seeing when worn with voice of the master +5% xp boost that doesn't stack with voice of the master)
Epic Voice of the Master (for epic leveling)


Video support (playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZLOwVtfyxnejyGEsOlANh-L

Leveling Up from 8 to 9

Level Up Stat: None
Feats: Improved Two-Handed Fighting

Class Skills (1 point per rank)
Concentration: +0 (2 total)
Heal: +0 (2 total)

Cross-Class Skills (1 point per 1/2 rank)
Balance: +0 (5 total)
Bluff: +0 (5 total)
Disable Device: +1 (12 total)
Haggle: +0 (5 total)
Jump: +0 (5 total)
Open Lock: +0 (5 total)
Search: +1 (12 total)
Spot: +.5 (8.5 total)
Tumble: +0 (2 total)
Use Magic Device: +0 (5 total)

Current Enhancements after Taking Level 7

Knights of the Chalice
Cores
- Slayer of Evil
- Courage of Heaven
- Slayer of Evil II
Tier 1
- Holy Combatant
- Improved Second Strikes x 3
Tier 2
- Adept Combatant
- Divine Might x 3
- Exalted Cleave
- Melee Power Boost
Tier 3
- Holy Combatant
Tier 4
- Vigor of Life (new)

Sacred Defender
Cores
- Holy Bastion
- Sacred Defense
Tier 1
- Extra Lay on Hands x3
- Durable Defense x3
Tier 2
- Resilent Defense x3

Human
Core
- Skill Boost
Tier 1
- Improved Recovery (new)

Plan for Level 9

Run most level 5s on R1 with a few run on elite (e.g., tangleroot level 5 quests)
Run level 6 quests on Normal + Hard
Sorrowdusk Isle chain on Normal (possibly Hard as well)
Enough level 7-9 House Kundarak Quests on Normal (and some hard) to get 20 more bank slots
Earn reaper point #4.

Cumulative List of PITA quests saved for favor cleanup @ 20 or 30
Stealthy Repossession - difficult quest for new players - won't be run on reaper so will be run as part of level 20 favor clean-up N/H/E
Proof is the Poison - difficult quest for new players - won't be run on reaper so will be run as part of level 20 favor clean-up N/H/E

[Ghop15]

I've learned so much from your guide. I honestly didn't know running the quests 4 levels above only provided a -10%xp penalty. For some reason I though the xp penalty was a lot more and tried running R1 on a first life just two levels above the quest. It lead to a lot of deaths and frustration. I even popped in to check out the unoffical DDOdiscord and found someone who was doing the same thing I was doing, running quests two levels above and dying lots. I let them know about how I just learned about how low the xp penalty was and they thanked me for the tip.

Once again thank you so much for this guide.

[FTPDDO]

The following quests were run at level 9:


Marketplace
Archer Point Defense - R1
Halls of Shan-To-Kor - R1
Chronoscope Raid - Normal
Devil Assault - Normal

Tangleroot Gorge and House P
The Deadly Package: The Stronghold Key - Elite
The Deadly Package: Agent of the Darguul - Elite
A Small Problem - R1
Partycrashers - R1
The Snitch - R1
Under the Big Top - R1
Caged Trolls - Normal + Hard
Purge the Heretics - Normal + Hard

House Deneith
Depths of Doom - R1
Depths of Discord - R1
The Bounty Hunter - Normal + Hard

House Kundarak
The Chamber of Insanity - R1
The Lair of Summoning - R1
The Forgotten Caverns - Normal + Hard
Ruined Halls - Normal + Hard
Taming the Flames - Normal
The Tear of Dhakan - Normal
Tharashk Arena - Normal
The Prisoner - Normal
Caverns of Korromar - Normal
Gateway to Khyber - Normal
Jungle of Khyber - Normal

Necropolis
Tomb of the Sanguine Heart - R1
Tomb of the Immortal Heart - R1
Tomb of the Crimson Heart - R1
Tomb of the Burning Heart - R1
The Bloody Crypt - Hard

The Twelve
Memory Lapse - Normal + Hard
Another Man's Treasure - Normal + Hard
Kind of a Big Deal - Normal + Hard

House Jorasco
The Mystery of Delera's Tomb - R1
Mirra's Sleepless Nights - Normal + Hard
Dead Predators - Normal + Hard
Valak's Mausoleum - Normal + Hard
Into the Mists - Normal

Three-Barrel Cove
The Stones Run Red - R1
Brood of Flame - R1
The Legend of Two-Toed Tobias - R1
Prove Your Worth - R1
Ghost of a Chance - R1
Guard Duty - R1

Full Chains
Sorrowdusk Isle: Normal + Hard

Most Difficult Quests I ran at level 9 - Near Fails
Mystery of Delera's Tomb - Hireling cleric had trouble with caster damage - died after quest completion at end fight. Had a wipe mid-quest but was able to run to a shrine (barely) to move forward
A Small Problem - Difficulty with end fight getting knocked down by champion wolves - Brawnpits was around 30% health left at end but it was completed
Partycrashers - Was knocked down by mob of illusionary cats and killed by 2 reapers - barely was able to get raised by hireling and retreat near shrine and kill reapers before moving forward

Favor Earned: 311 (1250 total after level 9)
DDO Points Earned: 175 (standard bonus for earning 1000, 1100 and 1200 favor on a character and 100 point one-time bonus for the first time earning 1000 favor on the server)

Notable items earned

Barovian's Greatsword (+5, Silver, 3d6 fire damage, 3d6 holy damage, 3d10 bane damage to undead - for completing into the mists and talking to guy in wilderness after quest)
Acid Absorb 16%, Acid Resistance 11 Ring - End Reward from a quest
Phiarlan Mirror Cloak (Hide +6, Move Silently +6, Spell Resistance 17- Chest Reward from Partycrashers)
Mummified Bat Trinket (Spot +10, Feather Falling - End Reward from Sorrowdusk Chain)
Scoundrel's Greatsword (Anarchic and Flaming - Might be useful against Marut's - End Reward from Fire Caves quests)
Level 20 Blueshine Holy 4, Tendon Slice 6 Quarterstaff (from auction house - might be useful at epic levels or as a crafting blank at some point)
Two Wands of Resist Energy level 11 (30 resist) for under 10k total (from auction house)


Video support (playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZIDo3Jd8ushvXN0-1YlsaJE

Leveling Up from 9 to 10

Level Up Stat: None
Feats: None

Class Skills (1 point per rank)
Concentration: +0 (2 total)
Heal: +0 (2 total)

Cross-Class Skills (1 point per 1/2 rank)
Balance: +0 (5 total)
Bluff: +0 (5 total)
Disable Device: +1 (13 total)
Haggle: +0 (5 total)
Jump: +0 (5 total)
Open Lock: +0 (5 total)
Search: +1 (13 total)
Spot: +.5 (9 total)
Tumble: +0 (2 total)
Use Magic Device: +0 (5 total)

Current Enhancements after Taking Level 7

Knights of the Chalice
Cores
- Slayer of Evil
- Courage of Heaven
- Slayer of Evil II
Tier 1
- Holy Combatant
- Improved Second Strikes x 3
Tier 2
- Adept Combatant
- Divine Might x 3
- Critical Mastery x1 (new)
- Exalted Cleave
- Melee Power Boost
Tier 3
- Holy Combatant
Tier 4
- Knights Training (new)
- Censure Demons (new)
- Vigor of Life

Sacred Defender
Cores
- Holy Bastion
- Sacred Defense
Tier 1
- Extra Lay on Hands x3
- Durable Defense x3
Tier 2
- Resilent Defense x3

Human
Core
- Skill Boost
Tier 1
- Improved Recovery

Plan for Level 10
Run most level 6s on R1 with a few run on elite (e.g., tangleroot level 6 quests)
Run level 7 quests on Normal + Hard
Slavelords Chain on Normal + Hard + Elite (and maybe additional runs) for full minimum level 8 gearset (playing gear tetris is very hard relying on drops and auction house - slave lords seems right answer if I get enough mats)
I need to move toward more sufficient self-healing as the hireling cleric struggled to stay alive in 3 level 5 quests and I expect that # to rise the next few levels. My self-healing is not good enough in reaper when the hireling dies, but I did manage to get through all quests.

Cumulative List of PITA quests saved for favor cleanup @ 20 or 30
Level 2 Stealthy Repossession - difficult quest for new players - won't be run on reaper so will be run as part of level 20 favor clean-up N/H/E
Level 4 Proof is the Poison - difficult quest for new players - won't be run on reaper so will be run as part of level 20 favor clean-up N/H/E
Level 6 The Price of Freedom - difficult mechanics for new players - won't be run on reaper so will be run as part of level 20 favor clean-up N/H/E
Level 6 Gladewatch Outpost Defense - difficult protect NPC mission for new players with many reaper spawns - won't be run on reaper so will be run as part of level 20 favor clean-up N/H/E

Thoughts on Hardcore Season 3
At a minimum I will gain 5 favor on hardcore for 50 quick DDO points, but ideally I would run a character up to 13 on my main account and 2 bank accounts mostly on normal so I can hold plat when I TR and for bank space. The idea is to get as much coin lord favor and House K favor I can get for 1 inventory slot and 2 bank slots - maybe if I get enough collapsed portable holes at some point I'll be able to upgrade additional inventory slots. The idea would be to go for 500 or 1000 favor in the process to earn some more DDO points.

Progression of this build guide might be delayed slightly while I work on those characters on hardcore. I won't be looking for a challenge - just looking to earn some DDO points and the free transfer back to my server with a good bank character.

[Ghop15]

At level 4 and did the Three Barrel Cove wilderness run. Unfortunately I ransacked both rare encounter chests and did not get either of the named items:( They are both very good named items but I think I will avoid doing this in future runs. I was starting to fall asleep doing it.

[FTPDDO]

At level 4 and did the Three Barrel Cove wilderness run. Unfortunately I ransacked both rare encounter chests and did not get either of the named items:( They are both very good named items but I think I will avoid doing this in future runs. I was starting to fall asleep doing it.

They should really increase the drop rate a little.

[JohnnyArkham]

My apologies if I'm missing this somewhere amidst the videos and posts.
Is there a level by level breakdown of which Classes you're taking with this build?
I see that you took Rogue at level 1, and I realize that there is only one more Rogue level involved.
As a total newb, it's not obvious to me at what level you took that other Rogue level.
Thanks so much.

[Hobgoblin]

My apologies if I'm missing this somewhere amidst the videos and posts.
Is there a level by level breakdown of which Classes you're taking with this build?
I see that you took Rogue at level 1, and I realize that there is only one more Rogue level involved.
As a total newb, it's not obvious to me at what level you took that other Rogue level.
Thanks so much.

usually its around 9 or 10 it can vary on a multiple past life char depending on tomes

[Coffey]

My apologies if I'm missing this somewhere amidst the videos and posts.
Is there a level by level breakdown of which Classes you're taking with this build?
I see that you took Rogue at level 1, and I realize that there is only one more Rogue level involved.
As a total newb, it's not obvious to me at what level you took that other Rogue level.
Thanks so much.

The first two levels of the build are Rogue and can be seen at the end of Questing @ Level 1 and Taking Level 2.

https://youtu.be/RCcZyw2KvMY

[JohnnyArkham]

The first two levels of the build are Rogue and can be seen at the end of Questing @ Level 1 and Taking Level 2.

https://youtu.be/RCcZyw2KvMY

Great, thanks so much!

[Hobgoblin]

Great, thanks so much!

you can space them out though as i suggested - it gives you more skill points in one go that lets you play catch up with any skills u missed

[FTPDDO]

you can space them out though as i suggested - it gives you more skill points in one go that lets you play catch up with any skills u missed

That would also work- the main reason I take it at level 2 is for evasion. Evasion is a tremendous benefit and especially helpful on a first life character as long as we can maintain a respectable reflex save.


My apologies if I'm missing this somewhere amidst the videos and posts.
Is there a level by level breakdown of which Classes you're taking with this build?
I see that you took Rogue at level 1, and I realize that there is only one more Rogue level involved.
As a total newb, it's not obvious to me at what level you took that other Rogue level.
Thanks so much.

This is helpful feedback. I added the class I am taking to each level as well. Thank you.


I've learned so much from your guide. I honestly didn't know running the quests 4 levels above only provided a -10%xp penalty. For some reason I though the xp penalty was a lot more and tried running R1 on a first life just two levels above the quest. It lead to a lot of deaths and frustration. I even popped in to check out the unoffical DDOdiscord and found someone who was doing the same thing I was doing, running quests two levels above and dying lots. I let them know about how I just learned about how low the xp penalty was and they thanked me for the tip.

Once again thank you so much for this guide.

I want to throw out there that running red fens on normal at level 7 is a good way to get gear - it will be fine at level 7 on normal and you get guaranteed named drops as an end reward. Hindsight is 20/20 - This should have been the first thing I did at level 7 is go for some red fens gear. This is a nice alternative to lottery drops like Three Barrel Cove wilderness.

[Ghop15]

I want to throw out there that running red fens on normal at level 7 is a good way to get gear - it will be fine at level 7 on normal and you get guaranteed named drops as an end reward. Hindsight is 20/20 - This should have been the first thing I did at level 7 is go for some red fens gear. This is a nice alternative to lottery drops like Three Barrel Cove wilderness.

Once I get to Level 7 I will do this. Thank you:) I'm also going to try out hardcore for the favor and points. I won't do anything above normal or hard, and will only do Elite when I'm seven or nine levels above the quest level.

[FTPDDO]

Once I get to Level 7 I will do this. Thank you:) I'm also going to try out hardcore for the favor and points. I won't do anything above normal or hard, and will only do Elite when I'm seven or nine levels above the quest level.

There are a few restrictions on hardcore - the major one being you can't run a quest once you are more than 4 levels above the base level of the quest. So this means once you are level 6 you can't run a level 1 quest anymore on hardcore. Once you transfer the character back to your main server that restriction is lifted.

[cymorile]

Thank you so much for making this guide.

I just recently came back to DDO and this has been an enormous help, the game has changed so much since I last played it might as well be a whole new game, and it's a little overwhelming. Thanks for the time and effort you've put into this, it is greatly appreciated.

[FTPDDO]

The following quests were run at level 10:

Tangleroot Gorge and House P
Doom of the Witch Doctor: The Way to Zulkash - Elite
Doom of the Witch Doctor: Zulkash Herald of Woe - Elite
Caged Trolls - R2
Purge the Heretics - R2
Gwylan's Stand - Normal + Hard

House Deneith
The Bounty Hunter - R2
The Iron Mines: Freeing Achka - R2
The Iron Mines: Justice for Grust - R2

House Kundarak
The Forgotten Caverns - R2
Ruined Halls - R2
Taming the Flames - Hard
The Tear of Dhakan - Hard

Necropolis
The Bloody Crypt - R1

The Twelve
Memory Lapse - Elite
Another Man's Treasure - R1
Kind of a Big Deal - R1

House Jorasco
Mirra's Sleepless Nights - R2
Dead Predators - R2
Valak's Mausoleum - R1
Redwillow Ruins - R1
Graverobber - Normal + Hard

Gatekeeper's Grove
Slave Pits of the Undercity - Normal + Hard x 6 + Elite
Secret of the Slaver's Stockade - Normal + Hard x 6
Assault on the Aerie of the Slave Lords - Normal + Hard x 6

Three-Barrel Cove
Troglodytes' Get - R2

Full Chains
Red Fens Chain: Normal
Sentinels of Stormreach - Normal + Hard

Most Difficult Quests I ran at level 10
Slave Pits of the Undercity Elite - gear was too under-level, didn't die but had to recall out to repair my level 4 armor mid-way through the quest. Trap DCs have a higher dc compared to other level 8 quests and the combination of traps with mobs required me to run the quest very slowly. This quest was more difficult than level 7 quests on reaper.

Favor Earned: 200 (1450 total after level 10)
DDO Points Earned: 50 (standard bonus for earning 1300 and 1400 favor on a character)

Notable items earned

Slavelord crafted necklace: Charisma 5, Disable +10, Seeker 5, Quality Disable +2
Hardened Hide Helm: Insightful Fortification 35%, Quality Magical Sheltering +2, Natural Armor Bonus +5, Quality Constitution +1
Symbol of the Slavelords: True Seeing, Insightful Constitution +2, Dusk (10% concealment)
Defense +6 PRR/MRR Sapphire Augment (slotted in Symbol of the Slavelords now)
Proof of Poison +3, Poison Resistance +14, Insightful Poison Resistance +6 Cloak (20,000 from auction house)
Slavelord crafted belt: Fortification 70%, Devotion 70, Heal 10, Insightful Fortification 17%
Ring of the Mire: Spearblock III, Feather Falling (30% striding bonus - currently only giving 24% but this will be fixed in the next release, Jump +15)
Boots of the Mire: Underwater Action, Balance +10 (same bonus as above)
Slavelord crafted ring: Wizardry 96, Healing Lore 10%, Spot +10, Quality Spot +2
Slavelord crafted bracers: Constitution +5, Resistance +4, Search +10, Quality Search +2


Video support (playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZLKUa6BzGQmVk3FZIGrYgNU

Leveling Up from 10 to 11

Level Up Stat: None
Feats: None

Class Skills (1 point per rank)
Concentration: +0 (2 total)
Heal: +0 (2 total)

Cross-Class Skills (1 point per 1/2 rank)
Balance: +0 (5 total)
Bluff: +0 (5 total)
Disable Device: +1 (14 total)
Haggle: +0 (5 total)
Jump: +0 (5 total)
Open Lock: +0 (5 total)
Search: +1 (14 total)
Spot: +.5 (9.5 total)
Tumble: +0 (2 total)
Use Magic Device: +0 (5 total)

Current Enhancements after Taking Level 7

Knights of the Chalice
Cores
- Slayer of Evil
- Courage of Heaven
- Slayer of Evil II
Tier 1
- Holy Combatant
- Improved Second Strikes x 3
Tier 2
- Adept Combatant
- Divine Might x 3
- Critical Mastery x3 (2 ranks new)
- Exalted Cleave
- Melee Power Boost
Tier 3
- Holy Combatant
- Charisma (new)
Tier 4
- Knights Training
- Censure Demons
- Vigor of Life

Sacred Defender
Cores
- Holy Bastion
- Sacred Defense
Tier 1
- Extra Lay on Hands x3
- Durable Defense x3
Tier 2
- Resilent Defense x3

Human
Core
- Skill Boost
Tier 1
- Improved Recovery

Plan for Level 11
- Run most level 7s on R1 with a few run on elite (e.g., tangleroot quests)
- Run level 8 quests on Normal + Hard
- Ruins of Threnal Chain on Hard
- Earn 5th reaper point

Notable Level 11 Changes
- Hirelings now have the heal spell, but that also can lead to problems with spell point usage
- We now get tier 2 buffs from any scaling guild ship buffs (skills +2 instead of +1, energy resistance 10 instead of 5, etc.) - Be sure to rebuff after taking 11
- Access to Resurrection scrolls although they are pricy and only have an 85% success chance

[Ghop15]

Just farmed all the Red Fens gear. That stuff is really good for ML level 7 gear. Definitely worth it.

[FTPDDO]

The following quests were run at level 11:

Tangleroot Gorge and House P
The Last Move: The Way to Yarkuch - Elite
The Last Move: Yarkuch's Last Stand - Elite
Gwylan's Stand - R2
Faithful Departed - Normal + Hard

Necropolis
Tomb of the Shadow Knight - Normal + Hard
Tomb of the Shadow Lord - Normal + Hard
Tomb of the Shadow Guard - Normal + Hard
Tomb of the Shadow King - Normal + Hard
The Shadow Crypt - Normal

House Deneith
Spies in the House - Normal + Hard
Stormcleave Outpost - Normal + Hard
The Grey Moon's Den: The Trollish Scourge - R2
The Grey Moon's Den: Extermination - R2
Bargain of Blood - R2
The Black Loch - R1
Storm the Beaches - R1
The Tide Turns - R1

House Kundarak
Taming the Flames - R1
The Tear of Dhakan - R1
The Prisoner - Hard
Tharashk Arena - Hard
Caverns of Korromar - Hard
Stromvauld's Mine - Normal + Hard

House Jorasco
Graverobber - R1
Haunted Library - Normal + Hard
Path to Madness - Normal + Hard
The Missing Party - R1
Free Delera - R1

Three-Barrel Cove
Old Grey Garl - R1
The Scoundrel's Run - R1

Full Chains
Ruins of Threnal - Hard

Most Difficult Quests I ran
Bargain of Blood R2: This has traditionally been an easier quest at the level, but I died once near a shrine and was incapacitated another time and barely avoided a wipe. The issue had more to do with champions and reapers than the quest itself, but still it was the toughest quest at this level and was nearly a wipe. I dropped back down to R1 after this and questing went much easier. I had some close calls in most of the R2s I ran and my hireling cleric struggled with spell points and while I have some self-healing - I still rely on a hireling for most of my healing.

Favor Earned: 229 (1679 total)
DDO Points Earned: 50 (standard bonus for earning 1500 and 1600 favor on a character)

Notable items earned

Carnifex (Level 4 Great Axe with improved critical profile and mythic bonus - will use next life) - End Reward for Free Delera)
+3 Anarchic 2 Blueshine Quarterstaff of Impactful Strike (double crit range) - End Reward for the Haunted library - will use this against maruts
Spell Saves +3, Dodge 5%, False Life 19 cloak (auction house)
Deadly +5 Goggles (auction house)
Visor of the Flesh Render Goggles (7 min deathward clicky - end reward for Tangleroot Gorge chain)


Video support (playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZJHFpk7eXRnhzwK11cjjtXV

Leveling Up

Level Up Stat: Strength
Feats: Improved Critical Slashing

Class Skills (1 point per rank)
Concentration: +0 (2 total)
Heal: +0 (2 total)

Cross-Class Skills (1 point per 1/2 rank)
Balance: +0 (5 total)
Bluff: +0 (5 total)
Disable Device: +1 (15 total)
Haggle: +0 (5 total)
Jump: +0 (5 total)
Open Lock: +0 (5 total)
Search: +1 (15 total)
Spot: +.5 (10 total)
Tumble: +0 (2 total)
Use Magic Device: +0 (5 total)

Current Enhancements after Taking Level

Knights of the Chalice
Cores
- Slayer of Evil
- Courage of Heaven
- Slayer of Evil II
Tier 1
- Holy Combatant
- Improved Second Strikes x 3
Tier 2
- Adept Combatant
- Divine Might x 3
- Critical Mastery x3
- Exalted Cleave
- Melee Power Boost
Tier 3
- Holy Combatant
- Charisma
Tier 4
- Knights Training
- Censure Demons
- Vigor of Life
Tier 5
- Ascendancy (New)
- Censure Outsiders (New)
- Vigor of Life (New)
- Avenging Cleave (New)
- Holy Retribution (New)

Sacred Defender
Cores
- Holy Bastion
- Sacred Defense
Tier 1
- Extra Lay on Hands x2 (New removed 1 rank to take more in Knights of the Chalice tier 5)
- Durable Defense x3
Tier 2
- Resilent Defense 2 (New Removed 1 rank to take more in Knights of the Chalice tier 5)

Human
Core
- Skill Boost
Tier 1
- Improved Recovery (New - removed this and replaced with better healing amp in Knights of the Chalice)

Note: some points were removed from Human and Sacred Defender tier 1 and 2 to max out our more powerful Knights of the Chalice tier 5

Plan for Upcoming Level
- Run most level 8s on R1 with a few run on elite
- Run level 9 quests on Normal + Hard

Notable For New Level
- Access to Tier 5 Knights of the Chalice enhancement tree provides a significant dps boost
- Improved Critical Slashing will provide a significant dps boost

[FTPDDO]

By this level collectables are definitely overflowing if you haven't yet come up with a plan for storage outside of your medium collectable bag.

My banking plan includes 3 other free-to-play accounts with 3 characters on each account. Here is my storage plan with only the first 2 accounts currently in use for storage:

Account 1
Character 1

Level 1-5 unbound gear
Tier 1 collectables stored in a medium collectable bag purchased by my main character and traded to this banking character

Character 2

Level 6-10 unbound gear
Tier 2 collectables stored in a medium collectable bag purchased by my main character and traded to this banking character

Character 3


Level 21-25 unbound gear
Tier 5 collectables stored in a medium collectable bag purchased by my main character and traded to this banking character


Account 2
Character 1


Level 11-15 unbound gear
Tier 3 collectables stored in a medium collectable bag purchased by my main character and traded to this banking character

Character 2


Level 16-20 unbound gear
Tier 4 collectables stored in a medium collectable bag purchased by my main character and traded to this banking character

Character 3


Level 26-30 unbound gear
Tier 6 collectables stored in a medium collectable bag purchased by my main character and traded to this banking character


Account 3
Character 1

Level 31+ unbound gear
Any extra ingredients stored in a medium or large ingredient bag purchased/earned by my main character and traded to this banking character


Character 2

Rare filigree plus any non-rare filigree I may use
TBD


Character 3


Rare filigree plus any non-rare filigree I may use
TBD


Bound-to-character large bags can be earned by finding planar shards in the Subterrane wilderness and a few quests (see wiki page here: https://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Planar_Shard)

An unbound large ingredient bag is given for Twelve favor. A small augment bags is given for Keepers of the Feather favor.

Also, if you plan to reincarnate you will need to either spend your platinum or level up a banking character on another account to 13 so you can trade the platinum before reincarnating which resets your plat limit to the level 1 limit of 1250.

[FTPDDO]

My character earned his fifth reaper point at level 11. The sixth reaper point will add 20 hit points that also counts outside reaper quests and I am likely to earn it during level 13.

Level 7 quests on reaper was the first time I saw a famine reaper use Cyclonic Blast and Necrotic Ray. The wiki indicates those start at level 8 and 9 but I saw both in level 7 dungeons on R1 and R2 during level 11. The largest cyclonic blast # I saw was around 200 and the largest necrotic ray I saw was over 100 after my -30 negative healing amp was factored in. So this is some big damage that doesn't one-hit us as we had around 300 hit points after taking our 5th reaper point at level 11, but it definitely made us vulnerable to another big hit from the reaper or a champion.

The wiki indicates cyclonic blast has reflex a save, but when I make my save I still take half damage is well over 100 - so I am not able to evade the damage despite there being a reflex save opportunity. We should improve against necrotic ray with an extra -30 negative healing amp in tier 5 of Knights of the Chalice.

We have 3 cleaves for big fights with Holy Retribution being very powerful but with a 30-second cooldown. This should help with packs of champions/reapers.

On average the enemies hit much harder in level 7 reapers than level 6 reapers. The most important aspect of this game is to enjoy it - so if you aren't comfortable with reaper just drop down to elite and pick back up reaper later. You get the same favor with reaper/elite and there is no rush to get reaper points if you aren't enjoying it.

At the same time when we get our 6th point we have 20 extra hit points even outside reaper so that would be an ideal time to stop running reapers if you choose to do so.

Based on feedback, starting with level 12 I plan to show the rxp for each quest.

RXP is computed as follow (50+3 *(quest level on normal) * (number of skulls) It's then multiplied by a length bonus which varies by quest (.8 short, 1 medium, 1.2 long, 1.4 very long)

So for level 8 quests run at level 12 the base rxp is as follows:

1 Skull: 74
2 Skull: 98 (32% increase vs 1 skull)
3 Skull: 122 (65% increase vs 1 skull)

For level 9 quests it will be as follows

1 Skull: 77
2 Skull: 104 (35% increase vs 1 skull)
3 Skull: 131 (70% increase vs 1 skull)

So as you go up levels you get a higher payback for increasing skulls which is why I ran some 2 skull quests the last 2 levels. However, this game is a marathon and not a sprint. It's more important that you just continue to make progress at your own pace and comfort level while having fun. As you add reaper points the reaper quests will get easier and easier each time you reincarnate.

The base rxp is increased by all the bonuses in your xp report except heroic and epic xp learning tomes (smashing barrels, traps, monster kills, etc.) which only impact that type of xp (heroic xp or epic xp). It is then multiplied by the length bonus which isn't published but can be reverse engineered if you really interested in it by applying all the bonuses to base rxp to determine xp before the length bonus. The -10% is part of the xp adjustments in your xp report and ends up being less than 10% since there are so many bonuses making the total way over 100%. The grand total is multiplied the total of all overall xp boosts (ship buff 5%, voice of the master 5%, vip 10%, xp potions)

When I reach level 18 and max out heroic xp I will take 20 and run the remaining heroics on elite for favor and xp during 20 and 21 to start working on epic destinies - not worrying about reaper xp at that point until 30. There is a lock-out so it's not possible to run heroic quests on reaper once you reach 20.

At level 30 I will run all the level 30s in a group- preferably on R4-R6 for which will set me up nicely for next life with reaper points so I can run all reaper quests 2 levels above the level. This will significantly increase our reaper xp. I would suggest not joining an R7-R10 group as a first-life character for your level 30 quests unless you know the people and the group has the traditional roles - tank, cc, healing, debuffing.

For heroic leveling you should be fine joining a group up to R4 as quests are generally much easier with a full group. I wanted to show all my runs solo for this project as it's not always possible to find groups.

Most importantly remember this plan is customizable. If you are finding reaper too difficult you can run on elite 4 levels over. If you are finding elite 4 levels over too difficult try elite 6 levels over. You will not have any problems getting enough experience getting to 20 or 30. So find a pattern that works for you and gives you the most enjoyment. With time your character will continue to get more powerful and these quests will get easier.

[Ghop15]

Thank you for all this information, this guide is amazing. Also, with there Summer Sails on they have heroic learning tomes at 70% off. Is that a good investment?

[FTPDDO]

Thank you for all this information, this guide is amazing. Also, with there Summer Sails on they have heroic learning tomes at 70% off. Is that a good investment?

If you want to get through heroic lifes as quick as possible it's a good deal. If you want to run for 5k or so favor every life you likely won't need any extra heroic xp. The heroic xp tome doesn't help with reaper xp at all so the only thing it will do is help you level from 1 to 20 faster.

With a heroic tome you can run fewer quests each level but will also earn less favor. So it depends mainly on what your main goal is.

For myself I want to run most of the quests so I won't really benefit much from the tome as I will probably be capped before I finish each level anyhow.

On the other hand if getting to 20 fast is your goal it's a really good investment as it's a permanent boost to xp, but keep in mind since you likely average about 400% base xp with bonuses, 25% of base xp is more like a 6-7% total xp boost not 25%.

[C-Dog]

i like heavy armor :/, hope it will not lower my ability to pick lock and open lock.
It won't. (And those are the same thing; guessing you mean Open Lock and Disable Device. :cool: )

Many armors (and shields) have an "Armor Check Penalty", which can be seen on the item description if you mouse-hover (and if you look it up on the Wiki). ACP directly affects several "rogue-ish" skills, but trapping is not among them.


o https://ddowiki.com/page/Armor_check_penalty

Armor/shields can also have a "Max Dex Bonus", but that does not affect modifiers to Dex-based skills (e.g. Open Lock). Disable Device is Int-based (as is Search, and Spot is Wis-based), so no problems there, either way.


o https://ddowiki.com/page/Maximum_dexterity_bonus

[FTPDDO]

I recently purchased shared bank space (the base that comes with 30 spaces) for 1121 points on sale. This effectively gives me 190 storage spaces for bound to account items as I can create 2 more accounts with 80 spaces total plus the 30 spaces that come with shared bank.

So my earnings thus far which includes first-time bonuses are:

100-favor run on 7 servers: 875
400-favor on Hardcore: 200
1800-favor on main server: 700

Total Points Earned: 1,775

Spending so far is:

Menace of the Underdark Expansion: 99
The Shadowfell Conspiracy: 99
Shared Bank: 1121

Total Spending: 1319

This leaves me with 456 which is exactly what shows up in my DDO store account.

Unfortunately the purchase of shared bank doesn't give me the flexibility to take advantage of the July Summer Sales unless epic destinies goes on sale, but on the other hand nothing else I purchase is as helpful as shared bank and epic destinies so I am ok with it.

I plan on finishing up level 15 - 19 quests at level 20 so I can earn some epic xp and start filling out my epic destinies. Assuming I get to at least 4000 favor by 20 I would earn another 850 points giving me a total of 1,306 by 20 which is more than I need for epic destinies.

[FTPDDO]

The following quests were run at level 12:

House Phiarlan
In Need of Supplies - R1
The Rescue - R1
The Church and the Cult - Normal + Hard
The Keeper's Sanctuary - Normal + Hard

Necropolis
Tomb of the Shadow Knight - R1
Tomb of the Shadow Lord - R1
Tomb of the Shadow Guard - R1
Tomb of the Shadow King - R1

House Deneith
Spies in the House - R1
Stormcleave Outpost - R1
The Temple Outpost: Captives of the Cult - R1
The Temple Outpost: The Libram of the Six - R1

House Kundarak
The Prisoner - R1
Tharashk Arena - R1
Caverns of Korromar - R1
Stromvauld's Mine - R1
Gateway to Khyber - Hard
The Jungle of Khyber - Hard
Haywire Foundry - Normal + Hard
The Claw of Vulkoor - Hard
Fathom the Depths - Hard
The Last Stand - Hard
Into the Deep - Hard

House Jorasco
Haunted Library - R1
Path to Madness - R3
Thrall of the Necromancer - R1

Gatekeeper's Grove
White Plume Mountain - Normal + Hard

Most Difficult Quests I ran
Path to Madness R3: This was mainly due to being run on R3 vs. R1 which I did as a trial balloon. What I found is my character could handle the difficulty but my hireling could not and my self-healing needs improvement so I need the hireling to stay alive.

Favor Earned: 141 (1830 total)
DDO Points Earned: 50 (standard bonus for earning 1700 and 1800 favor on a character)

Notable items earned

Wisdom 5, Will Save 4, Dodge 6% Cloak (auction house purchase)
Necklace of Contemplation : Min :Level 1, Concentration +5, Hit Points +10, Attack Bonus +1 - great reincarnation item - End Chest of Caverns of Korromar
Min level 10 absolute min level 4 Vitality 12, Cold Resistance 15 light armor with blue and yellow slot - chest drop - will possibly use for crafting in the future.
Greater Crafting Experience Elixir - Earned from crafting tutorial and can be passed via shared bank
Voice of the Master: End Reward from Delera's Chain. My extra voice of the master and extra mantle of the worldshaper can be crafted into a an augment that provides a 5% xp bonus once I get the needed epic materials
Black Opal Bracers: Heroism, Magical Sheltering 13, Will +4, ethereal which can be used in a future life if I am a class that doesn't gain ghost touch automatically
+1 to +2 Upgrade Tome of Dexterity - can't use right now but can be used if get a +1 dexterity tome or used for cannith crafting


Video support (playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZKDXllb67fXV3T1UaLLS9TH

Leveling Up

Level Up Stat: None
Feats: None

Class Skills (1 point per rank)
Concentration: +0 (2 total)
Heal: +0 (2 total)

Cross-Class Skills (1 point per 1/2 rank)
Balance: +0 (5 total)
Bluff: +0 (5 total)
Disable Device: +1 (16 total)
Haggle: +0 (5 total)
Jump: +0 (5 total)
Open Lock: +0 (5 total)
Search: +1 (16 total)
Spot: + 1 (11 total)
Tumble: +0 (2 total)
Use Magic Device: +0 (5 total)

Current Enhancements after Taking Level

Knights of the Chalice
Cores
- Slayer of Evil
- Courage of Heaven
- Slayer of Evil II
Tier 1
- Holy Combatant
- Improved Second Strikes x 3
Tier 2
- Adept Combatant
- Divine Might x 3
- Critical Mastery x3
- Exalted Cleave
- Melee Power Boost
Tier 3
- Holy Combatant
- Charisma
Tier 4
- Knights Training
- Censure Demons
- Vigor of Life
Tier 5
- Ascendancy
- Censure Outsiders
- Vigor of Life
- Avenging Cleave
- Holy Retribution

Sacred Defender
Cores
- Holy Bastion
- Sacred Defense
Tier 1
- Extra Lay on Hands x3 (1 tier is new)
- Durable Defense x3
Tier 2
- Resilent Defense 3 (1 tier is new)

Human
Core
- Skill Boost
Tier 1
- Improved Recovery (New)

Plan for Upcoming Level
- Run most level 9s on R1 with a few run on elite
- Run level 10 quests on Normal + Hard
- Remaining Level 8 Slave Lord quests on Elite

Notable For New Level
- Cure Moderate Wounds now in spellbook which significantly boosts healing
- 100% chance for resurrection scrolls
- Energy Resistance spells now provide 30 resistance instead of 20

[Skullithor]

Hi. Thanks for making this guide. I am new to DDO and probably would have quit if it wasn't for this.
I am currently on this video "DDO FTP Ep 4.7 - Harbor Run Part 4 + Marketplace Run" at the start you put lay of hands on your action bars.
You have 2 uses of it per rest. I only have 1. I have followed your guide to the letter. Why do I only have 1 use??
Edit: You also have 2 uses of smite, while again I have 1. What have I done wrong??

[FTPDDO]

Hi. Thanks for making this guide. I am new to DDO and probably would have quit if it wasn't for this.
I am currently on this video "DDO FTP Ep 4.7 - Harbor Run Part 4 + Marketplace Run" at the start you put lay of hands on your action bars.
You have 2 uses of it per rest. I only have 1. I have followed your guide to the letter. Why do I only have 1 use??
Edit: You also have 2 uses of smite, while again I have 1. What have I done wrong??

Hi, thank you for the kind words.

The most likely reason is guild ship buffs. I get +1 lay on hands and smite evil from the level 33 buff Black Abbot's Shadow. If you aren't in a guild you can advertise looking for a guild on the server guild page in the forums. If you happen to be on Sarlona I am happy to invite you to our guild.

Being in a guild is extremely helpful - not just for the ship buffs - but for nice people willing to answer any questions you might have or to help you with a difficult quest, or to get an item, etc.

Here is a list of guild ship buffs: https://ddowiki.com/page/Guild_Airship

All of the important buffs are available before level 50 so finding a guild with people you are comfortable with is more important than guild level in the long run. It's also fun to be part of growing a guild if you join a lower level guild with some friends or people you enjoy running with.

[Skullithor]

Hi, thank you for the kind words.

The most likely reason is guild ship buffs. I get +1 lay on hands and smite evil from the level 33 buff Black Abbot's Shadow. If you aren't in a guild you can advertise looking for a guild on the server guild page in the forums. If you happen to be on Sarlona I am happy to invite you to our guild.

Being in a guild is extremely helpful - not just for the ship buffs - but for nice people willing to answer any questions you might have or to help you with a difficult quest, or to get an item, etc.

Here is a list of guild ship buffs: https://ddowiki.com/page/Guild_Airship

All of the important buffs are available before level 50 so finding a guild with people you are comfortable with is more important than guild level in the long run. It's also fun to be part of growing a guild if you join a lower level guild with some friends or people you enjoy running with.

I see. Yes my guild only just got their airship. So only have 1 or 2 buffs for now. Thanks for the invite, I would if I was on your server. So far guildies seem nice. They offer to run things with me, but I am refusing currently because I am happy following your guide for now.

Another question. "For Questing @ Level 5 and Taking Level 6" You say you ran Housekeeping 4 times trying to get a trinket. I wish you showed a video for at least the epic run.
I have done it on normal and hard, but I can't seem to survive on epic when doing the mirrors. I bet you have some tips for it that make it easier, like certain resist or a clicky or a potion. Or maybe you pick a different npc to help? I chose the one with the puzzles as that seemed easiest on normal/hard.
My gear isn't too far off yours, just a slighty worse staff and I don't have the named chest you got. I bet all those buffs from your guild is making it a bit easier for you too.

Edit: Also I obtained a +2 open lock tome. Should I use it? bank it for later? sell it?
1 more thing, when you take a level you often look to see if strength is an even or an odd number. What is that about?

Thankyou so much for making all this.

[FTPDDO]

Another question. "For Questing @ Level 5 and Taking Level 6" You say you ran Housekeeping 4 times trying to get a trinket. I wish you showed a video for at least the epic run.
I have done it on normal and hard, but I can't seem to survive on epic when doing the mirrors. I bet you have some tips for it that make it easier, like certain resist or a clicky or a potion. Or maybe you pick a different npc to help?

Apologies, I did record it but didn't post it since I failed to get the item I didn't think it would be of much interest and unfortunately deleted all my stuff before level 10 since my hard drive was full. I should have posted it. Good news you will get ghost touch on all your weapons automatically at level 8 so it's not a huge deal. You can just use the borderlands weapons on reapers until level 8.

The main thing with the mirrors is each mirror spawns a different mob so you want to start from the light and light up one mirror at a time which is the opposite way people usually do it by working backwards and lighting them all at once.

I had a resist cold 10 wand from the guild wand vendor for the hire and myself. Also, for the part with fire elementals on elite I used a bow even though my dps was weak. It took me twice as long on elite as hard at that level so it wasn't easy for me.


I bet all those buffs from your guild is making it a bit easier for you too. They make a big difference at lower levels but most of the power comes from the first 35 levels of buffs. Your guild will get those quickly.


Also I obtained a +2 open lock tome. Should I use it? bank it for later? sell it?

Thankyou so much for making all this. I would definitely use it.


when you take a level you often look to see if strength is an even or an odd number. What is that about? Odd #s are basically rounded down so 17 strength and 16 strength are basically the same providing +3 to attack and damage. So boosting a 17 by 1 gives a +4 attack and damage. All of the abilities work that way, the odd # doesn't help until you add one more.

[Skullithor]

Apologies, I did record it but didn't post it since I failed to get the item I didn't think it would be of much interest and unfortunately deleted all my stuff before level 10 since my hard drive was full. I should have posted it. Good news you will get ghost touch on all your weapons automatically at level 8 so it's not a huge deal. You can just use the borderlands weapons on reapers until level 8.

The main thing with the mirrors is each mirror spawns a different mob so you want to start from the light and light up one mirror at a time which is the opposite way people usually do it by working backwards and lighting them all at once.

I had a resist cold 10 wand from the guild wand vendor for the hire and myself. Also, for the part with fire elementals on elite I used a bow even though my dps was weak. It took me twice as long on elite as hard at that level so it wasn't easy for me.

They make a big difference at lower levels but most of the power comes from the first 35 levels of buffs. Your guild will get those quickly.

I would definitely use it.

Odd #s are basically rounded down so 17 strength and 16 strength are basically the same providing +3 to attack and damage. So boosting a 17 by 1 gives a +4 attack and damage. All of the abilities work that way, the odd # doesn't help until you add one more.

Thanks for the reply. I actually managed to do it on elite since I posted. It was the beam of light from the mirrors killing me. I was running through it while fighting.
I will use the tome. Cheers.

[FTPDDO]

Thanks for the reply. I actually managed to do it on elite since I posted. It was the beam of light from the mirrors killing me. I was running through it while fighting.
I will use the tome. Cheers.

Congrats! That's awesome!

[FTPDDO]

The following quests were run at level 13:

House Phiarlan
In Need of Supplies - R1
The Rescue - R1
Secure The Area - R1
The Library of Threnal - R1
The Giant's Lair - Normal + Hard + R1 + R2
The Giant's Supplies - Normal + Hard
The Giant Lieutenants - Normal + Hard + R1 x 2

Necropolis
The Shadow Crypt - Hard (Note: Because I made a mistake when taking the quests for hard I did not flag properly and had to run my hard run after the R1 flagging runs so I am not flagged for R1 - will skip it but it's not a PITA quest - this was just a mistake on my part)

House Deneith
The Fane of the Six: Cleansing The Temple - R2
The Fane of the Six: Fall of the Prelate - R2

House Kundarak
Gateway to Khyber - R2
The Jungle of Khyber - R1
Haywire Foundry - R1
The Claw of Vulkoor - R1
Fathom the Depths - R1
The Last Stand - R1
Into the Deep - R1
Sykros Jewel - Normal + Hard
Reclamation - Normal + Hard

Keepers of the Feather
Into The Mists - Hard
Death House - Normal + Hard
Fresh Baked Dreams - Normal + Hard
An Invitation to Dinner - Normal + Hard

Gatekeeper's Grove
White Plume Mountain - R1
Secret of the Slaver's Stockade - Elite
Assault on the Aerie of the Slave Lords - Elite

Sands of Menechtarun
The Chamber of Rahmat - Normal + Hard

The Restless Isles
Hiding in Plain Sight - Normal + Hard
Slavers of The Shrieking Mines - Normal + Hard
Bring Me The Head of Ghola-Fan! - Normal + Hard

Most Difficult Quests I ran
Jungle of Khyber R1: I was one-shot by a beholder disintegration for nearly 500 points of damage on a fortitude save roll of 1. The beholders in general were very challenging and the final fight was difficult.
Haywire Foundry R1: Near wipe with double reaper spawn
White Plume Mountain R1: Near wipe at optional - died but managed to get a raise just before hireling died
Anything with Plague Reapers: I was hit by over 300 on a failed cyclonic blast save by a famine reaper one time but survived, however, plague reapers are my new #1 enemy - more lethal than carnage reapers and famine reapers at this level. The reaper hp went up quite a bit at this level (800+ hp) and the healing debuff combined with being slowed is tough to overcome unless they are stunned. The stun proc from Censure Outsiders is very helpful with reapers, however, it's only a 5% chance each hit so it can't be relied on.

Notable items earned
Royal Guard Mask: Minimum Level 11 Helmet with Teleport Clicky - Bring me the Head of Ghola-Fan end chest
Mystic Belt: Minimum Level 9 Belt with 2 shield clickys
Twisted Talisman: 3 Clickys to give me 50 spell points each
Raven's Sight + Raven's Talon: min level 7 glove/goggle set - Wisdom +5, Reflex + 4, Dexterity +5, Bluff +10, +10 artifact bonus to spot/search, +3 artifact bonus to hit and damage - for next life
Good Luck + 1 Augment: Not currently in use but purchased from auction house
Intelligence + 6, Deadly 5 Goggles: Purchased from auction house
Slave Lord Crafted Bracers: Constitution 5, Resistance 4, Sunder 6, Quality Hit Point 4 - will use as main bracers and swap to search bracers as needed - this is to improve death proc from Holy Retribution in big fights

Video support (playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZJIk4GvFT9guFlx1Fk9APxV

Leveling Up

Level Up Stat: None
Feats: None
Spell Added: Level 3 Prayer

Class Skills (1 point per rank)
Concentration: +0 (2 total)
Heal: +0 (2 total)

Cross-Class Skills (1 point per 1/2 rank)
Balance: +0 (5 total)
Bluff: +0 (5 total)
Disable Device: +1 (17 total)
Haggle: +0 (5 total)
Jump: +0 (5 total)
Open Lock: +0 (5 total)
Search: +1 (17 total)
Spot: + 1 (17 total) NEW: Note with lesser reincarnation my spot went up each level due to +2 int tome
Tumble: +0 (2 total)
Use Magic Device: +0 (5 total)

Current Enhancements after Taking Level

Knights of the Chalice
Cores
- Slayer of Evil
- Courage of Heaven
- Slayer of Evil II
- Improved Courage of Heaven (New)
Tier 1
- Holy Combatant
- Improved Second Strikes x 3
Tier 2
- Adept Combatant
- Divine Might x 3
- Critical Mastery x3
- Exalted Cleave
- Melee Power Boost
Tier 3
- Holy Combatant
- Charisma
Tier 4
- Knights Training
- Censure Demons
- Vigor of Life
Tier 5
- Ascendancy
- Censure Outsiders
- Vigor of Life
- Avenging Cleave
- Holy Retribution

Sacred Defender
Cores
- Holy Bastion
- Sacred Defense
Tier 1
- Extra Lay on Hands x3
- Durable Defense x3
Tier 2
- Resilient Defense 3

Human
Core
- Skill Boost
Tier 1
- Improved Recovery
- Human Adaptability: Strength (New)
- Great Weapon Aptitude x1 (New)

Plan for Upcoming Level
- Run at least half of level 10 quests on Reaper 1 and the rest on Elite
- Run level 11 quests on Normal + Hard
- Complete Ruins of Threnal chain on Elite

Notable For New Level
- Immunity to Energy drain due to level 12 core in Knights of the Chalice
- +6 Sunder due to new bracers to improve impact of Holy Retribution cleave
- +28 hit points from 6th reaper point including 20 points outside of reaper quests

Reaper Update
My original plan for life one was to get about 100,000 reaper points with 1/3 coming from heroic leveling and 2/3 coming from level 30 first-time runs. I've already exceeded the original heroic goal, but have probably run some quests on reaper that should be run on elite for a newer player - including Jungle of Khyber, Haywire Foundry and White Plume Mountain at this level. Total reaper xp: 37,012

Always keep in mind that this plan is customizable. If you find reaper too difficult drop back to elite @ 4 levels over for heroic leveling. If you find elite @ 4 levels over too difficult drop back to 6 levels over for elite. You will get significant reaper experience at level 30 running R4 with a group so there is no need to worry about reaper progress if you find it too difficult. Another option is try a few easier quests on reaper each level and run the rest on elite.

DDO Point Update
100-favor run on 7 servers: 875
400-favor on Hardcore: 200
2000-favor on main server: 850
Menace of the Underdark Expansion Purchase: -99
The Shadowfell Conspiracy Purchase: -99
Shared Bank Purchase: -1121
Grand Total: 606

Favor Earned This Level: 198 (2028 total)
DDO Points Earned This Level: 150 (standard bonus for earning 1900 and 2000 favor on a character plus a one-time server reward for reaching 2000 favor)

Other Notes
I have some other commitments this week so my progress on level 14 will be slightly delayed

[Skullithor]

I can't use the +2 open lock tome because I don't have a +1 inherent bonus. Should I hang onto it or sell it?

[FTPDDO]

I can't use the +2 open lock tome because I don't have a +1 inherent bonus. Should I hang onto it or sell it?

You might get a +1 open lock tome from the 3 barrel cove saga. If you are short on space you can just sell it. You will be able to get +3 skill tomes from epic sagas later so it's not a critical item.

[Skullithor]

Let me know if I am annoying you with all my questions. I don't want to bother you too much.
Could you please tell me what class/build and what quests you did to get 100 favor on the other servers.
I see other guides on this, but I am very interested to know how you do it.

[FTPDDO]

Let me know if I am annoying you with all my questions. I don't want to bother you too much.
Could you please tell me what class/build and what quests you did to get 100 favor on the other servers.
I see other guides on this, but I am very interested to know how you do it.

I tried a few different builds out during my favor runs. I still like THF for overall style, but I think either pure paladin or pure barbarian because you really don't need the trapping for the 100 favor run. You also start with an axe from the grotto. I ran Korthos N/H/E and then ran kobold new ringleader, bringing in the light and haverdasher N/H/E, but you can just run a bunch of normal quests also if you prefer that. alot of people skip misery's peak and run harbor quests instead.

Questions are great! If you have the question so does someone else.

[FTPDDO]

I am disappointed that I bought it at 25% one week ago, but happy for all of you that can buy it for 50% off this week.

I will also be assessing whether I can squeeze in a purchase of warforged at 75% off on 7/16 (last day of the sale). I mainly want to make sure I don't miss out on an epic destiny sale as that is the only "must have" purchase I need when I reach 20.

[Skullithor]

Just noticed that in the initial creation part. Here in the forum you said to create the character with the following points.
Class Skills (1 point per rank)
Balance: 4
Bluff: 4
Disable Device: 4
Haggle: 4
Jump: 4
Open Lock: 4
Search: 4
Spot: 4
Tumble: 1
Use Magic Device: 4

Cross-Class Skills (1 point per 1/2 rank)
Concentration: 1.5 (3)
Heal: 2 (4)



But in the video you do
Class Skills (1 point per rank)
Balance: 4
Bluff: 4
Disable Device: 4
Haggle: 4
Jump: 4
Open Lock: 4
Search: 4
Spot: 4
Tumble: 2 -- INSTEAD OF 1
Use Magic Device: 4

Cross-Class Skills (1 point per 1/2 rank)
Concentration: 2 (4) --- INSTEAD OF 1.5 (3)
Heal: 1 (2) ---INSTEAD OF 2 (4)

I did the video version, but someone might use the forum version, and I don't know what effect this will have on their character.

Only noticed as I was creating another character for favor run. And although you said pure pally or barbarian was maybe better. I really don't know what stats and feats and stuff to pick with them. If you could let me know what to pick with them, I will try it out with future favor runs.
So I am reusing the 2thief/pally build.

[FTPDDO]

Just noticed that in the initial creation part. Here in the forum you said to create the character with the following points.
Class Skills (1 point per rank)
Balance: 4
Bluff: 4
Disable Device: 4
Haggle: 4
Jump: 4
Open Lock: 4
Search: 4
Spot: 4
Tumble: 1
Use Magic Device: 4

Cross-Class Skills (1 point per 1/2 rank)
Concentration: 1.5 (3)
Heal: 2 (4)



But in the video you do
Class Skills (1 point per rank)
Balance: 4
Bluff: 4
Disable Device: 4
Haggle: 4
Jump: 4
Open Lock: 4
Search: 4
Spot: 4
Tumble: 2 -- INSTEAD OF 1
Use Magic Device: 4

Cross-Class Skills (1 point per 1/2 rank)
Concentration: 2 (4) --- INSTEAD OF 1.5 (3)
Heal: 1 (2) ---INSTEAD OF 2 (4)

I did the video version, but someone might use the forum version, and I don't know what effect this will have on their character.

Only noticed as I was creating another character for favor run. And although you said pure pally or barbarian was maybe better. I really don't know what stats and feats and stuff to pick with them. If you could let me know what to pick with them, I will try it out with future favor runs.
So I am reusing the 2thief/pally build.

Thank you! I updated the level 1 and 2 thread to reflect what was in the video. The first few levels I was going from memory and then did a better job matching up with the video starting @ level 3.

For the human pure paladin favor character are

1: Two-handed fighting
1 human: Dragonmark of passage (mainly for the 3 expeditious retreat clickies as I am not re-running any quests for gear)
3: Weapon Focus Slashing

Stats are slightly different with no trapping skills

Str: 16
Dex: 14
Int: 8
Wis: 8 (no need for spell-casting)
Con: 14
Cha: 14

I used the paladin/rogue build (same build I am using for this thread) on hardcore.

[FTPDDO]

The following quests were run at level 14:

House Phiarlan
The Giant's Supplies - R1
Escort The Expedition - Elite
Hold For Reinforcements - R1
The Missing Expedition - Elite
Entering the Gate Chamber - Elite
The Gate Chamber - Elite
The Spawn of Whisperdoom - Normal + Hard

Necropolis
Tomb of the Blighted- Normal + Hard + Elite (In a Party)
Tomb of the Unhallowed - Normal + Hard + Elite (in a Party)
Tomb of the Tormented - Elite (In a Party)
Tomb of the Forbidden - Elite (In a Party)
The Cursed Crypt - Elite (In a Party)
The Orchard of Macabre Wilderness Runs

House Deneith
The Sanctum: Quench The Flames - R1
The Santcum: Church of The Fury - R1

House Kundarak
Sykros Jewel - R1
Reclamation - R1
Made To Order - Normal + Hard

House Jorasco
And The Dead Shall Rise - Normal + Hard
The Enemy Within - Normal + Hard
Dreams of Insanity - Normal + Hard

Keepers of the Feather
Into The Mists - R2
Death House - R1
Fresh Baked Dreams - R1
An Invitation to Dinner - R1
Oath of Vengeance - Normal + Hard
A Raven At The Door - Normal + Hard
Mad Tea Party - Normal + Hard
Sealed in Amber - Normal + Hard

Sands of Menechtarun
The Chamber of Rahmat - R1
Purge The Fallen Shrine - Normal + Hard
The Chamber of Kouroush - Normal + Hard
Maraud The Mines - Normal + Hard
Raid The Vulkoorim - Normal + Hard
Desert Caravan - Normal + Hard
An Offering Of Blood - Normal + Hard

The Restless Isles
Hiding in Plain Sight - R1
Slavers of The Shrieking Mines - R1
Bring Me The Head of Ghola-Fan! - Elite

Marketplace
The Chronoscope - Hard

Most Difficult Quests I ran
Reclamation R1: 2 Reapers At The End Fight Area made it impossible to drag a small group out to the shrine area. I recovered after a wipe.
Hiding in Plain Sight R1: 1 Reaper aggro'd a large mob in an area where there is usually a very small fight
Slavers of the Shrieking Mines R1: Had to release my hireling and go back to the start to re-summon when he was out of spell points well before the shrine
Anything with Plague Reapers: These are my #1 enemy - more lethal than carnage reapers and famine reapers at this level. The healing debuff combined with being slowed is tough to overcome unless they are stunned. The stun proc from Censure Outsiders is very helpful with reapers, however, it's only a 5% chance each hit so it can't be relied on.

Notable items earned
Flightfoot Greaves (Freedom of Movement, Speed +20%, +7% attack speed, Natural Armor +6, Reflex +5, +1 Mythic Bonus
Mist-Laden Vestment (Light Armor: Fortification 77%, Parrying +2, Physical Sheltering +14, Profane Well Rounded +1, Mythic Boost +2)
20 Vitality (stacking 20 hp) augment extracted from Minos Legens Tapestry turn-in (extracted with jeweler's toolkit from daily silver roll)
Ratcatcher (critical range 18-20, critical multiplier x3 light crossbow - saved for a future inquisitive build)
Cold Absorb 21%, Poison Resistance 23 ring (auction house purchase)

Video support (playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZI5CV-1_ZvnsdCfZMZfu0DJ

Leveling Up

Level Up Stat: None
Feats: Greater Two-Handed Fighting
Spell Added: None

Class Skills (1 point per rank)
Concentration: +0 (2 total)
Heal: +0 (2 total)

Cross-Class Skills (1 point per 1/2 rank)
Balance: +0 (5 total)
Bluff: +0 (5 total)
Disable Device: +1 (18 total)
Haggle: +0 (5 total)
Jump: +0 (5 total)
Open Lock: +0 (5 total)
Search: +1 (18 total)
Spot: + 1 (18 total)
Tumble: +0 (2 total)
Use Magic Device: +0 (5 total)

Current Enhancements after Taking Level

Knights of the Chalice
Cores
- Slayer of Evil
- Courage of Heaven
- Slayer of Evil II
- Improved Courage of Heaven
Tier 1
- Holy Combatant
- Improved Second Strikes x 3
Tier 2
- Adept Combatant
- Divine Might x 3
- Critical Mastery x3
- Exalted Cleave
- Melee Power Boost
Tier 3
- Holy Combatant
- Charisma
Tier 4
- Knights Training
- Censure Demons
- Vigor of Life
Tier 5
- Ascendancy
- Censure Outsiders
- Vigor of Life
- Avenging Cleave
- Holy Retribution

Sacred Defender
Cores
- Holy Bastion
- Sacred Defense
Tier 1
- Extra Lay on Hands x3
- Durable Defense x3
Tier 2
- Resilient Defense 3

Human
Core
- Skill Boost
Tier 1
- Improved Recovery
- Human Adaptability: Strength
- Awareness (+1 spot, search and listen per rank) x2 (NEW)
- Great Weapon Aptitude x3 (NEW 2 additional ranks)

Plan for Upcoming Level
- Run at least half of level 11 quests on Reaper 1 and the rest on Elite
- Run level 12 quests on Normal + Hard
- Start looking for an updated gear set since most of my items are level 7-8

Notable For New Level
- DPS improvements from greater two-handed fighting feat + 15% more strike through from human tree

Reaper Update
My original plan for life one was to get about 100,000 reaper points with 1/3 coming from heroic leveling and 2/3 coming from level 30 first-time runs. I've already exceeded the original heroic goal, but have probably run some quests on reaper that should be run on elite for a newer player - including Reclamation, Slavers of the Shrieking Mines and Hiding In Plain Sight at this level. Total reaper xp: 41,027

Always keep in mind that this plan is customizable. If you find reaper too difficult drop back to elite @ 4 levels over for heroic leveling. If you find elite @ 4 levels over too difficult drop back to 6 levels over for elite. You will get significant reaper experience at level 30 running R4 with a group so there is no need to worry about reaper progress if you find it too difficult. Another option is try a few easier quests on reaper each level and run the rest on elite.

DDO Point Update
100-favor run on 7 servers: 875
500-favor on Hardcore: 275
2300-favor on main server: 925
Menace of the Underdark Expansion Purchase: -99
The Shadowfell Conspiracy Purchase: -99
Shared Bank Purchase: -1121
Grand Total: 756

Favor Earned This Level: 362 (2390 total)
DDO Points Earned This Level: 75 (standard bonus for earning 2100, 2200 and 2300 favor on a character)

Other Notes
I started breaking down items for essences in the crafting hall part-way through this level. At the time I had roughly 1,300 essences from chests. I earned nearly 1,000 essences from breaking down items. Moving forward I will break down items for essences when time permits.

Although I ran the entire Necro III chain on Elite with a party, I would only recommend soloing Tomb of the Blighted and Tomb of the Unhallowed.

[FTPDDO]

The following quests were run at level 15:

House Phiarlan
The Spawn of Whisperdoom - R1

House Kundarak
Made To Order - R1
A Relic of A Sovereign Past - Normal + Hard

House Jorasco
And The Dead Shall Rise - R1
The Enemy Within - R1
Dreams of Insanity - Elite

Keepers of the Feather
Oath of Vengeance - R1
A Raven At The Door - R1
Mad Tea Party - R1
Sealed in Amber - R1
The Last Vintage - Normal + Hard
Wrath of Earth - Normal + Hard
Raven's Bane - Normal + Hard
Sunrise - Normal + Hard
Death House - Elite x 3 (loot run)

Sands of Menechtarun
Purge The Fallen Shrine - R1
The Chamber of Kouroush - R1
Maraud The Mines - R1
Raid The Vulkoorim - R1
An Offering Of Blood - R1
The Chamber of Raiyum - Normal + Hard
Chains of Flame - Normal + Hard
Against the Demon Queen Pre-Raid - Normal

Marketplace and Harbor
Invaders - Normal + Hard

Inspired Quarter / Twelve
Diplomatic Impunity - Normal + Hard
Frame Work - Normal + Hard
Eyes of Stone - Normal + Hard

Most Difficult Quests I ran
The Enemy Within R1 - Just alot of Reapers at the wrong time, but I survived it
An Offering of Blood R1 - Pressure Cooker because of the respawns, but never really was close to a wipe
Anything with Plague Reapers: These are my #1 enemy - more lethal than carnage reapers and famine reapers at this level. The healing debuff combined with being slowed is tough to overcome unless they are stunned. The stun proc from Censure Outsiders is very helpful with reapers, however, it's only a 5% chance each hit so it can't be relied on.

Notable items earned
Collapsed Portable Hole - This was my 2nd to drop - will use for a bank character most likely
Level 13 Constitution +6 Deathblock Light Armor - was looking for something like this for a few levels
Charisma 6 Command 4 Insightful Electric Resistance 9 Cloak - Picked up from auction house to improve my UMD to invis giants in Madstone Crater when I get to those quests
Gauntlets of the Innate Aracnum - Charisma +6, Quality Charisma +1, Wizardry +112, Evocation Focus +3 - will hold on to for a future casting life
Bracers of the Fallen Hero - Strength +6, Insightful Constitution +2, Stunning +6, Quality Physical Sheltering +3 - would like to fit in but gear tetris is hard

Video support (playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZI5Fi_HhXW7g3guaFmL4Jjl

Leveling Up

Level Up Stat: Strength
Feats: Greater None
Spell Added: Holy Sword (level 4) and Virtue (level 1)

Class Skills (1 point per rank)
Concentration: +0 (2 total)
Heal: +0 (2 total)

Cross-Class Skills (1 point per 1/2 rank)
Balance: +0 (5 total)
Bluff: +0 (5 total)
Disable Device: +1 (19 total)
Haggle: +0 (5 total)
Jump: +0 (5 total)
Open Lock: +0 (5 total)
Search: +1 (19 total)
Spot: + 1 (19 total)
Tumble: +0 (2 total)
Use Magic Device: +0 (5 total)

Current Enhancements after Taking Level

Knights of the Chalice
Cores
- Slayer of Evil
- Courage of Heaven
- Slayer of Evil II
- Improved Courage of Heaven
Tier 1
- Holy Combatant
- Improved Second Strikes x 3
Tier 2
- Adept Combatant
- Divine Might x 3
- Critical Mastery x3
- Exalted Cleave
- Melee Power Boost
Tier 3
- Holy Combatant
- Charisma
Tier 4
- Knights Training
- Censure Demons
- Vigor of Life
Tier 5
- Ascendancy
- Censure Outsiders
- Vigor of Life
- Avenging Cleave
- Holy Retribution

Sacred Defender
Cores
- Holy Bastion
- Sacred Defense
Tier 1
- Extra Lay on Hands x3
- Durable Defense x3
Tier 2
- Resilient Defense 3

Human
Core
- Skill Boost
Tier 1
- Improved Recovery
- Human Adaptability: Strength
- Awareness (+1 spot, search and listen per rank) x2
Tier 2
- Great Weapon Aptitude x3
Tier 3
- Improved Recovery (NEW)
- Heroism (NEW)

Plan for Upcoming Level
- Run at least half of level 12 quests on Reaper 1 and the rest on Elite
- Run level 13 quests on Normal + Hard
- Start looking for an updated gear set since most of my items are level 7-8

Notable For New Level
- DPS improvement from Holy Sword spell (+1 crit range and +1 crit multiplier)

Reaper Update
My original plan for life one was to get about 100,000 reaper points with 1/3 coming from heroic leveling and 2/3 coming from level 30 first-time runs. I've already exceeded the original heroic goal, but have probably run some quests on reaper that should be run on elite for a newer player - including an Offering of Blood at this level. Total reaper xp: 45,572

Always keep in mind that this plan is customizable. If you find reaper too difficult drop back to elite @ 4 levels over for heroic leveling. If you find elite @ 4 levels over too difficult drop back to 6 levels over for elite. You will get significant reaper experience at level 30 running R4 with a group so there is no need to worry about reaper progress if you find it too difficult. Another option is try a few easier quests on reaper each level and run the rest on elite.

DDO Point Update
100-favor run on 7 servers: 875
600-favor on Hardcore: 300
2600-favor on main server: 1,000
Menace of the Underdark Expansion Purchase: -99
The Shadowfell Conspiracy Purchase: -99
Shared Bank Purchase: -1121
Grand Total: 856

Favor Earned This Level: 228 (2618 total)
DDO Points Earned This Level: 75 (standard bonus for earning 2400, 2500 and 2600 favor on a character)

Crafting Update
Current Crafting Level: 46 (from character sheet)
Total Crafting XP: 1069 (from character sheet)
Items Deconstructed: 210 (from character sheet)
Total Cannith Essences: 3,713

Note: All Crafting XP and Levels are from the tutorial and breaking down items for essences

[FTPDDO]

The following quests were run at level 16:

House Kundarak
A Relic of A Sovereign Past - R1

Keepers of the Feather
The Last Vintage - R1
Wrath of Earth - R1
Raven's Bane - R1
Sunrise - R1

Sands of Menechtarun
The Chamber of Raiyum - R1
Chains of Flame - Elite

Marketplace and Harbor
Invaders - Elite
Devil Assault - Hard

Inspired Quarter / Twelve
Diplomatic Impunity - R1
Frame Work - R1
Eyes of Stone - R1
Assault on Summerfield - Normal + Hard
Blockade Buster - Normal + Hard
Undermine - Normal + Hard
Siegebreaker - Normal + Hard
Mired in Kobolds - Normal + Hard

Gianthold
Feast or Famine - Normal + Hard
Trial By Fire - Normal + Hard
Maze of Madness - Normal + Hard
The Crucible - R1 (In a Party)
A Cry For Help - Normal + Hard
Foundation of Discord - Normal + Hard

Amrath
The Archon's Trial - Normal + Hard
Demon Assault - Normal + Hard
The Devils' Details - Normal + Hard

Most Difficult Quests I ran
The Chamber of Raiyum : This is mostly due to the server problems. I died to due to lag and then had 2 big lag spikes, but somehow managed to complete successfully.
The Last Vintage: Died to a mob of vine creatures, but managed to recoup and complete successfully
Anything with Plague Reapers: These are my #1 enemy - more lethal than carnage reapers and famine reapers at this level. The healing debuff combined with being slowed is tough to overcome unless they are stunned. The stun proc from Censure Outsiders is very helpful with reapers, however, it's only a 5% chance each hit so it can't be relied on.

Notable items earned
Collapsed Portable Hole - Gianthold Favor Reward
Seeker 6 Strength 8 Min Level 15 Boots
Large Gem Bag - Dropped in end reward list for Mired in Kobolds
Macabre Great Sword - Human Bane 3, Vampirism 1, Chilling 3 (does evil damage) - turn-in with mats earned from saga reward
Barovian Longbow - Silver, Holy 3, Fiery 3, Undead Bane 3 - turn-in from mats that dropped while running Ravenloft quests

Video support (playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZInBS1XN9Dpywk5Mp65VCKe

Leveling Up

Level Up Stat: None
Feats: Greater None
Spell Added: Cure Serious Wound (Level 4)

Class Skills (1 point per rank)
Concentration: +0 (2 total)
Heal: +0 (2 total)

Cross-Class Skills (1 point per 1/2 rank)
Balance: +0 (5 total)
Bluff: +0 (5 total)
Disable Device: +1 (20 total)
Haggle: +0 (5 total)
Jump: +0 (5 total)
Open Lock: +0 (5 total)
Search: +1 (20 total)
Spot: + 1 (20 total)
Tumble: +0 (2 total)
Use Magic Device: +0 (5 total)

Current Enhancements after Taking Level

Knights of the Chalice
Cores
- Slayer of Evil
- Courage of Heaven
- Slayer of Evil II
- Improved Courage of Heaven
Tier 1
- Holy Combatant
- Improved Second Strikes x 3
Tier 2
- Adept Combatant
- Divine Might x 3
- Critical Mastery x3
- Exalted Cleave
- Melee Power Boost
Tier 3
- Holy Combatant
- Charisma
Tier 4
- Knights Training
- Censure Demons
- Vigor of Life
Tier 5
- Ascendancy
- Censure Outsiders
- Vigor of Life
- Avenging Cleave
- Holy Retribution

Sacred Defender
Cores
- Holy Bastion
- Sacred Defense
Tier 1
- Extra Lay on Hands x3
- Durable Defense x3
Tier 2
- Resilient Defense 3

Human
Core
- Skill Boost
- Strength
- Melee Power Boost (NEW)
Tier 1
- Improved Recovery
- Human Adaptability: Strength
- Awareness (+1 spot, search and listen per rank) x2
Tier 2
- Great Weapon Aptitude x3
Tier 3
- Improved Recovery
- Heroism
Tier 4
- Greater Heroism (NEW)

1 point is banked until next level (NEW)

Plan for Upcoming Level
- Run at least half of level 13 quests on Reaper 1 and the rest on Elite
- Run level 14 quests on Normal + Hard to the extent I am not capped on xp
- Take level 18 as soon as I am capped on XP
- Earn 7th reaper point

Notable For New Level
- Cure Serious Sounds - should help with self-healing significantly

Reaper Update
My original plan for life one was to get about 100,000 reaper points with 1/3 coming from heroic leveling and 2/3 coming from level 30 first-time runs. I've already exceeded the original heroic goal, but have probably run some quests on reaper that should be run on elite for a newer player - including an Offering of Blood at this level. Total reaper xp: 48,954

Always keep in mind that this plan is customizable. If you find reaper too difficult drop back to elite @ 4 levels over for heroic leveling. If you find elite @ 4 levels over too difficult drop back to 6 levels over for elite. You will get significant reaper experience at level 30 running R4 with a group so there is no need to worry about reaper progress if you find it too difficult. Another option is try a few easier quests on reaper each level and run the rest on elite.

DDO Point Update
100-favor run on 7 servers: 875
600-favor on Hardcore: 300
2800-favor on main server: 1,050
Menace of the Underdark Expansion Purchase: -99
The Shadowfell Conspiracy Purchase: -99
Shared Bank Purchase: -1121
Warforged Purchase: -248
Grand Total: 658

Favor Earned This Level: 257 (2875 total)
DDO Points Earned This Level: 50 (standard bonus for earning 2700 and 2800 favor on a character)

Note: The warforged purchase means I will have to delay purchasing epic destines until I earn 3,800 favor but I think it was worth the trade-off.

Crafting Update
Current Crafting Level: 57 (from character sheet)
Total Crafting XP: 1689 (from character sheet)
Items Deconstructed: 334 (from character sheet)
Total Cannith Essences: 5,139

Note: All Crafting XP and Levels are from the tutorial and breaking down items for essences

[FTPDDO]

The following quests were run at level 17:

Inspired Quarter / Twelve
Assault on Summerfield - R1
Blockade Buster - Elite
Undermine - Elite
Siegebreaker - Elite
Mired in Kobolds - R1

Gianthold
Feast or Famine - R1
Trial By Fire - R1
Maze of Madness - R1
A Cry For Help - R1
Foundation of Discord - R1

Amrath
The Archon's Trial - Elite
Demon Assault - Elite
The Devils' Details - R1

Most Difficult Quests I ran
The Devil's Details: Both my hireling and I ran into spell point issues - in part due to my pathing but it was a very spell-point intensive quest in general due to the higher damage compared to gianthold
Anything with Plague Reapers: These are my #1 enemy - more lethal than carnage reapers and famine reapers at this level. The healing debuff combined with being slowed is tough to overcome unless they are stunned. The stun proc from Censure Outsiders is very helpful with reapers, however, it's only a 5% chance each hit so it can't be relied on.

Notable items earned
Gnollish Warbow - Crippling, Feat: Bow Strength, +5, can be upgraded with crafting

Video support (playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZJPIost2CcjB7uLOWd5nGHs

Leveling Up

Level Up Stat: None
Feats: Quicken
Spell Added: Angelskin (level 2)

Class Skills (1 point per rank)
Concentration: +0 (2 total)
Heal: +0 (2 total)

Cross-Class Skills (1 point per 1/2 rank)
Balance: +0 (5 total)
Bluff: +0 (5 total)
Disable Device: +1 (21 total)
Haggle: +0 (5 total)
Jump: +0 (5 total)
Open Lock: +0 (5 total)
Search: +1 (21 total)
Spot: + 1 (21 total)
Tumble: +0 (2 total)
Use Magic Device: +0 (5 total)

Current Enhancements after Taking Level

Knights of the Chalice
Cores
- Slayer of Evil
- Courage of Heaven
- Slayer of Evil II
- Improved Courage of Heaven
Tier 1
- Holy Combatant
- Improved Second Strikes x 3
Tier 2
- Adept Combatant
- Divine Might x 3
- Critical Mastery x3
- Exalted Cleave
- Melee Power Boost
Tier 3
- Holy Combatant
- Charisma
Tier 4
- Knights Training
- Censure Demons
- Vigor of Life
Tier 5
- Ascendancy
- Censure Outsiders
- Vigor of Life
- Avenging Cleave
- Holy Retribution

Sacred Defender
Cores
- Holy Bastion
- Sacred Defense
Tier 1
- Extra Lay on Hands x3
- Durable Defense x3
Tier 2
- Resilient Defense x3
- Defense Boost x3 (NEW)

Human
Core
- Skill Boost
- Strength
- Melee Power Boost
Tier 1
- Improved Recovery
- Human Adaptability: Strength
- Awareness (+1 spot, search and listen per rank) x2
Tier 2
- Great Weapon Aptitude x3
Tier 3
- Improved Recovery
- Heroism
Tier 4
- Greater Heroism
- Improved Recovery (NEW)

Plan for Upcoming Level
- Run level 14 and 15 quests on Normal + Hard to the extent I am not capped on xp
- Take level 19 and then 20 as soon as I am capped on XP

Notable For New Level
- This is another fast leveling

Reaper Update
Total reaper xp: 51,871

Always keep in mind that this plan is customizable. If you find reaper too difficult drop back to elite @ 4 levels over for heroic leveling. If you find elite @ 4 levels over too difficult drop back to 6 levels over for elite. You will get significant reaper experience at level 30 running R4 with a group so there is no need to worry about reaper progress if you find it too difficult. Another option is try a few easier quests on reaper each level and run the rest on elite.

DDO Point Update
100-favor run on 7 servers: 875
600-favor on Hardcore: 300
2900-favor on main server: 1,075
Menace of the Underdark Expansion Purchase: -99
The Shadowfell Conspiracy Purchase: -99
Shared Bank Purchase: -1121
Warforged Purchase: -248
Grand Total: 683

Favor Earned This Level: 75 (2950 total)
DDO Points Earned This Level: 25 (standard bonus for earning 2900 favor on a character)

Note: The warforged purchase means I will have to delay purchasing epic destines until I earn 3,800 favor but I think it was worth the trade-off.

Crafting Update
Current Crafting Level: 60 (from character sheet)
Total Crafting XP: 1919 (from character sheet)
Items Deconstructed: 380 (from character sheet)
Total Cannith Essences: 5,790

Note: All Crafting XP and Levels are from the tutorial and breaking down items for essences

[Skullithor]

Congratulations. You got mentioned in the latest DDO Chronicle https://www.ddo.com/en/news/ddo-chronicle-issue-390
Hopefully even more people will benefit from your awesome work.

[FTPDDO]

Congratulations. You got mentioned in the latest DDO Chronicle https://www.ddo.com/en/news/ddo-chronicle-issue-390
Hopefully even more people will benefit from your awesome work.

Thank you that was very unexpected. Many thanks to Cordovan and SSG for mentioning it in the DDO Chronicle and thank you very much to the person that made the nomination!

[FTPDDO]

Through level 16 I always ran reaper quests 4 levels above (-10% xp) and normal/hard quests 3 levels above. For levels 17 and 18 I was focused on getting to 20 as soon as I had the xp as opposed to running all quests at a certain level range.

The reason for this is that there is a reaper level lock-out once your character reaches 20. Once you reach 20 you are unable to run level 19 and below quests on reaper mode. So my choice was to hold 18/19 and run as many of those quests on reaper as possible or advance to 20 and run those same quests on elite instead.

I opted to advance to 20 and run the remaining heroic quests on elite. The reason I did this is the amount of reaper xp is small compared to running reapers at level 30 (which will be done later). As a first-life character my gear is also not optimal and I didn't want to spend significant time farming heroic gear on top of running all these quests. Instead I want to focus on a level 21 gear set based mostly on keep on the borderlands named items - these quests are short and some are available from the wilderness.

Also running quests @ 19 I earn 0 xp. Running quests at 20 results in reduced xp, but at least I am getting something that will move me closer to 21 and eventually 22 while finishing off these heroic quests.

Also, my original plan involved getting epic destines immediately at 20, but I decided to take advantage of the shared bank and warforged sales which means I won't be able to purchase epic destinies until I finish the level 16 quests and a few favor clean-up quests. It's ok in the long-run this will make a very small difference, but unfortunately it delays posting my epic destiny video by several days. I will focus on the 14/15/16 normal + hard runs needed to open elite until I get epic destines as they generally provide much less xp - that way I will be earning epic destiny xp for my elite runs.

The following quests were run at level 18:

Gianthold
Madstone Crater - Normal + Hard
The Prison of the Planes - Normal + Hard
A Cabal For One - Normal + Hard
Gianthold Tor - Normal + Hard

Gatekeeper's
Tavern Brawl - Normal + Hard
Grim and Barrett - Normal + Hard
Subversion - Normal + Hard
Multitude of Menace - Normal + Hard

House Jorasco
Night Falls on Stormreach - Normal + Hard
Quarantine - Normal + Hard
The Madness of Crowds - Normal + Hard
The Age of Rage - Normal + Hard
Toxic Treatment - Normal + Hard

Most Difficult Quests I ran
NA - as my plan was to take 20 as soon as possible I only ran normal and hard at this level and will complete the elite runs at level 20 (can't run reaper due to level lock-out)

Notable items earned
Unbreakable Stormreach Guardian's Helm - Constitution +7, Vitality 24, Fortitude 6, Fortification 90%, trace of madness (upgradable)

Video support (playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZISh8rehTODzNt5nFUjwrkB (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZJPIost2CcjB7uLOWd5nGHs)

Leveling Up to 19

Level Up Stat: None
Feats: None
Spell Added: None

Class Skills (1 point per rank)
Concentration: +0 (2 total)
Heal: +0 (2 total)

Cross-Class Skills (1 point per 1/2 rank)
Balance: +0 (5 total)
Bluff: +0 (5 total)
Disable Device: +1 (22 total)
Haggle: +0 (5 total)
Jump: +0 (5 total)
Open Lock: +0 (5 total)
Search: +1 (22 total)
Spot: + 1 (22 total)
Tumble: +0 (2 total)
Use Magic Device: +0 (5 total)

Leveling Up to 20

Level Up Stat: Strength
Feats: None
Spell Added: Lionheart (level 1), Resurrection (replacement level 3)

Class Skills (1 point per rank)
Concentration: +0 (2 total)
Heal: +0 (2 total)

Cross-Class Skills (1 point per 1/2 rank)
Balance: +0 (5 total)
Bluff: +0 (5 total)
Disable Device: +1 (23 total)
Haggle: +0 (5 total)
Jump: +0 (5 total)
Open Lock: +0 (5 total)
Search: +1 (23 total)
Spot: + 1 (23 total)
Tumble: +0 (2 total)
Use Magic Device: +0 (5 total)

Current Enhancements after Taking Level 20

Knights of the Chalice
Cores
- Slayer of Evil
- Courage of Heaven
- Slayer of Evil II
- Improved Courage of Heaven
- Slayer of Evil III (NEW)
Tier 1
- Holy Combatant
- Improved Second Strikes x 3
Tier 2
- Adept Combatant
- Divine Might x 3
- Critical Mastery x3
- Exalted Cleave
- Melee Power Boost
Tier 3
- Holy Combatant
- Charisma
Tier 4
- Knights Training
- Censure Demons
- Vigor of Life
Tier 5
- Ascendancy
- Censure Outsiders
- Vigor of Life
- Avenging Cleave
- Holy Retribution

Sacred Defender
Cores
- Holy Bastion
- Sacred Defense
- Divine Righteousness (NEW)
- Redemption (NEW)
Tier 1
- Extra Lay on Hands x3
- Durable Defense x3
Tier 2
- Resilient Defense x3
- Defense Boost x3
- Instinctive Defense x 3 (NEW)
Tier 3
- Constitution (NEW)
Tier 4
- Swift Defense (NEW)

Human
Core
- Skill Boost
- Constitution (NEW - reset enhancement tree and changed this)
- Melee Power Boost
Tier 1
- Improved Recovery
- Awareness (+1 spot, search and listen per rank) x3 (1 Rank new after reset)
Tier 2
- Great Weapon Aptitude x3
Tier 3
- Improved Recovery
- Heroism
Tier 4
- Greater Heroism
- (NEW) - Removed Improved Recovery so I could take 10% movement speed boost in sacred defender. So Improved Recovery is no longer taken

Plan for Upcoming Level
- Run level heroic quests on normal, hard, elite
- Get level 20 Keep on the Borderlands weapon and make it sentient
- Start working on level 21 gear set
- Earn 3800 favor so I can purchase epic destinies

Notable For New Level
- This will be a slower level as I have many heroic quests to run prior to reaching 21

Reaper Update
Total reaper xp: 51,871

Always keep in mind that this plan is customizable. If you find reaper too difficult drop back to elite @ 4 levels over for heroic leveling. If you find elite @ 4 levels over too difficult drop back to 6 levels over for elite. You will get significant reaper experience at level 30 running R4 with a group so there is no need to worry about reaper progress if you find it too difficult. Another option is try a few easier quests on reaper each level and run the rest on elite.

DDO Point Update
100-favor run on 7 servers: 875
600-favor on Hardcore: 300
3100-favor on main server: 1,225
Menace of the Underdark Expansion Purchase: -99
The Shadowfell Conspiracy Purchase: -99
Shared Bank Purchase: -1121
Warforged Purchase: -248
Grand Total: 833

Favor Earned This Level: 150 (3100 total)
DDO Points Earned This Level: 25 (standard bonus for earning 3000 and 3100 favor on a character plus a special one-time reward of 100 for reaching 3000 for the first time on this server)

Note: The warforged purchase means I will have to delay purchasing epic destines until I earn 3,800 favor but I think it was worth the trade-off.

Crafting Update
Current Crafting Level: 64 (from character sheet)
Total Crafting XP: 2249 (from character sheet)
Items Deconstructed: 446 (from character sheet)
Total Cannith Essences: 6,681

Note: All Crafting XP and Levels are from the tutorial and breaking down items for essences

[FTPDDO]

Once I reach level 30 I plan to run numerous level 30+ quests on Reaper 4 skull to significantly increase my reaper xp and then reincarnate back to level 1. Specifically I plan to epic reincarnate with an Ancient Power primal life (+2 attack and damage with two-handed fighting plus a hit point bonus). I also plan a true reincarnation for the paladin heroic past life (+10 healing amplification).

To accomplish this I will need 20 tokens of the twelve, 42 heart seeds and I will need 6,000,000 destiny experience in the primal sphere. I also need a very solid level 21 gear set which should get me through most of my epic leveling. In addition, I would like to accumulate as many +3 skill tomes as possible, but this is a secondary consideration.

I can get tokens of the twelve from the following quests:


Epic House Cannith Challenges
Epic Red Fens

The Last Stand
The Claw of Vulkoor
Into the Deep
Fathom the Depths


Epic Vault of the Night Quests

Tharashk Arena
Prison of the Mind
The Jungle of Khyber
Haywire Foundry




Epic Stormreach Sentinel Quests

Bargain of Blood
The Black Loch
Spies in the House
Storm the Beaches
The Tide Turns


Epic House Phiarlan Quests

A Small Problem
The Snitch
Partycrashers
Under the Big Top]


Epic Sands Quests

An Offering of Blood
The Chamber of Raiyum
The Chains of Flame


Other

Devil Assault
The Lords of Dust
Servants of the Overlord
The Spinner of Shadows



I will not have to worry about heart seeds as running the level 30+ quests at level 30 will get me way more seeds than I need.

For Sagas I will automatically get saga rewards for Sharn, Shard COGS Dungeons and Ravenloft. In addition, I would like to get at least 2 of the Eveningstar sagas, but ideally all 5. This would give me 5-8 chances to get skill tomes and I would likely bank all sagas until I review my choices and options.

So this means I would likely be running the following as I level up

Level 20-22: Heroic Clean-up and Keep on the Borderlands
Level 23-29: Quests dropping tokens of the twelve and Eveningstar quests, with some re-runs of keep on the borderlands as needed for gear
Level 30: Level 30+ Reapers including Ravenloft and Sharn

Also, since I am not sure about the timing of getting the Ravenloft and Sharn expansions I will want to make sure I get any level 30 gear I need before I TR. If you enjoy the game once you reach 30 and have some discretionary money I would encourage you purchase both of these expansions from the DDO market which saves you from having to earn 5,000 points but also automatically upgrades you from free-to-play to premium, providing many benefits explained here: https://ddowiki.com/page/Premium_Account including extra character slots and removal of auction house and platinum limits.

From an epic destiny perspective I plan to start with unyielding sentinel and advance to tier 4, then move over to Grandmaster of Flowers and advance to tier 3, then move over to Legendary Dreadnought and advance to tier 4 and then move over to Shiradi Champion and advance to level 3 and then move over to Primal Avatar and advance to tier 2 and then move over to Fury of the wild and advance to tier 5 and use that as my level 30 reaper epic destiny so I can get the primal past life I want. This should all work out fine even with my delay in purchasing epic destinies. I need to cap one primal destiny to take perfect two-handed fighting so that is a priority by at least level 29 and preferably before level 28. I need 3 capped martial destinies to take dire charge so I won't be able to take that this life unless I hold at 28 while gaining alot of epic xp to cap martial destinies. Holding 28 is definitely a strong possibility so I can go into my level 30 reapers at max strength. It also works out great with my plan to farm slave lords gear.

A stretch goal would be to earn 5 greater tokens of the twelve to craft my 5% experience augment which would require running Epic Chronoscope, Epic Plane of Night, Epic Zawabi's Revenge, Epic Master Artificer or Epic Lord of Blades

[Ghop15]

Congratulations on the DDO Chronicle mention:)

I apologize if this was mentioned in one of your earlier posts, but should I be leveling up the alt account character created for opening the Necropolis quest past Level 3. Are there any future quests that will require having four people?

[FTPDDO]

Congratulations on the DDO Chronicle mention:)

I apologize if this was mentioned in one of your earlier posts, but should I be leveling up the alt account character created for opening the Necropolis quest past Level 3. Are there any future quests that will require having four people?
Thank you!

You definitely want to keep one bank account character @ min level 3 and no higher than 7 for that quest because it can't be solo'd otherwise and it's a bank character that can hold at least 5k plat for you when you TR @ level 3 and up to 80,000 at level 7.

Leveling up a bank character with you will slow you down, but then you have the advantage of having an extra looter for any quest where you are looking for an item. I didn't recommended it since this build is designed for new free-to-play players and I didn't want to overwhelm new folks with the idea of trying to level up an alt account character at the same time, but I wanted to introduce the concept a little.

With that said it's up to you once you are comfortable enough with the game to consider having a second character with you in some quests - I wouldn't bother if it takes any enjoyment away from the game - this game shouldn't feel like a job. I would only do it if you plan to solo as it's generally bad form to bring a second account character to a group.

A few advantages of leveling up a banking character with you when soloing:
- Extra chances for loot in key quests. In quests where you don't need anything there is no need to move the character beyond the entrance in most cases. Getting your bank character a horse makes travel between quests easier.
- Having a character at level 13 holds the maximum amount of platinum so you have a place to offload your gold before TR'ing if you are fully free-to-play and have the platinum limit (any purchase that upgrades you to premium permanently removes this limit)
- Having a character with the raise dead spell or UMD to use raise dead scrolls gives you an opportunity to recover from a wipe in reaper mode in most cases rather than having to restart - this gives you the opportunity to take more risks with skull level
- Your bank character will accumulate power at the same time (experience and reaper points) so if you want to create an alt character, a second account character is ideal for solo players because both characters accumulate power at the same time.
- Your alt can buff you depending on the class. For example if you have a bard as your bank character you can give yourself blur and other buffs and bards have UMD for raise scrolls.
- If you don't want to splash trapping you can have your alt account character focus on trapping and use as needed for the bad traps

If you only want to bring a character to loot the chest for extra chances occasionally (generally higher heroic and epic levels) having characters "permanently stuck" (i.e., don't level them up even if at max sp) at the following level ranges is a good idea and you can use as needed:

20: Allows you to loot a chest for any epic/legendary quest in the game and heroic elite level 18/19 quests with no xp penalty
15: Allows you to loot a chest from level 13-19 with no xp penalties for your main character

With this approach you only have to deal with dual leveling one time and then the character is available to use as needed for extra looting (generally newer content).

I am not encouraging or discouraging it - just want to make sure people know it's an option that can help if it doesn't take enjoyment away from the game, but at a cost of extra time to level the character on the alt account at least the one time. Also, even if you don't plan to do this I would at least get 200 favor on your bank characters to get the expansion packs just in case you change your mind after getting more experience. It only requires you to get 5 favor (3 korthos quests on normal) on 4 different servers with your bank accounts to earn 200 points to purchase those expansion packs.

Of course as new packs come out those will cost DDO points, but just leveling one character to 20 once with your main character will get you alot of DDO points. Alt server runs to 100 will get you even more quick points. You can save those points for new packs that have really good loot.

Also you don't have to level up both characters at the same time. You could simply treat those as alts and focus on one character at a time if the idea of having a second character tagging along isn't appealing - then you can run both in the same quest only as needed.

[Ghop15]

Thank you so much for your advice. I was actually using the alt character to test a build idea I had for my main account.

I first used your character build, but I found it was hard to find the proper light armor from random loot and I was wearing armor that negated the evasion from Rogue. So, I decided to try a pure THF Paladin, but found not having the ability of trap finding and disabling difficult. So, the character I was doing with my alt was an idea I had for a 19 Ranger/1 Rogue Tempest Ranger. 1 level of Rouge for trap finding and I get evasion at Level 9 from Ranger. And my random loot matches my character. Stats on Elf 28 points are:

Str: 8
Dex: 18
Con: 14
Int: 12
Wis: 12
Cha: 8

I get enough skill points for Search, Spot, Disable Device, Heal, and Open Lock. I think I'm going to go with this on my main account since I am having a lot of fun with it. Don't know if it can do Reaper 1, but I am fine with sticking with elite on my first life. I unlocked 1750 Favor on the Paladin, so I can create a 32point build at veteran status (Level 4). I have one month of VIP left so I can get favor and level up pretty quickly. I'm hoping I can reach epic levels before my VIP membership expires August 31.

Also, I'm on Sarlona too. Is your guild recruiting at all, cause I would be happy to join with this Ranger/Rogue I am creating.

[FTPDDO]

Thank you so much for your advice. I was actually using the alt character to test a build idea I had for my main account.

I first used your character build, but I found it was hard to find the proper light armor from random loot and I was wearing armor that negated the evasion from Rogue. So, I decided to try a pure THF Paladin, but found not having the ability of trap finding and disabling difficult. So, the character I was doing with my alt was an idea I had for a 19 Ranger/1 Rogue Tempest Ranger. 1 level of Rouge for trap finding and I get evasion at Level 9 from Ranger. And my random loot matches my character. Stats on Elf 28 points are:

Str: 8
Dex: 18
Con: 14
Int: 12
Wis: 12
Cha: 8

I get enough skill points for Search, Spot, Disable Device, Heal, and Open Lock. I think I'm going to go with this on my main account since I am having a lot of fun with it. Don't know if it can do Reaper 1, but I am fine with sticking with elite on my first life. I unlocked 1750 Favor on the Paladin, so I can create a 32point build at veteran status (Level 4). I have one month of VIP left so I can get favor and level up pretty quickly. I'm hoping I can reach epic levels before my VIP membership expires August 31.

Also, I'm on Sarlona too. Is your guild recruiting at all, cause I would be happy to join with this Ranger/Rogue I am creating.

That sounds like a fun build! If you can pm me your character name I will make sure you get an invite mailed to you. I am calling it a day so it will likely be tomorrow when I mail it.

[FTPDDO]

This level was all about catching up on heroic quests now that I am locked out of running level 19 quests and below on reaper mode. I still have quite a few heroic quests to finish up at 21 and plan to hold 21 until I am either done with heroics or reach 1,950,000 epic xp whichever happens first. I am not currently feeling any pain from missing epic destines since I am still wrapping up heroic quests, but am looking forward to buying Epic Destinies before running Keep on the Borderlands on either Reaper or Elite. I will have the points by Monday, but will wait until the Thursday sale before purchasing just in case it goes on sale this final week of July Summer Sales.

The following quests were run at level 20:

Necropolis
Desecrated Temple of Vol - Normal + Hard
Inferno of the Damned - Normal + Hard

Harbor, Marketplace and The Twelve
Lost at Sea -Normal + Hard
Acid Wit - Normal + Hard
Delirium - Normal + Hard
Missing - Normal + Hard
Sinister Storage -Normal + Hard
Fear Factory - Normal + Hard
In The Flesh - Normal + Hard
Tower of Frost - Normal + Hard

Sharn
A Sharn Welcome - Normal + Hard
Red Rain - Normal + Hard
Best Laid Plans - Normal + Hard
The Same Old Song - Normal + Hard
Just Business - Normal + Hard
No Refunds - Normal + Hard
House of Pain - Normal + Hard
Blown Deadline - Normal + Hard
Reach For The Sky - Normal + Hard
Ruinous Schemes - Normal + Hard
The Wraithcallers - Normal + Hard
Thralls of the Fungus Lord - Normal + Hard
Scavenger Hunt - Normal + Hard
The Magma Must Flow - Normal + Hard
Roll Call - Normal + Hard
Security Detail - Normal + Hard
Smash and Burn - Normal + Hard

The Vale of Twilight / Meridia
Rainbow in the Dark - Normal + Hard
Ritual Sacrifice - Normal + Hard
The Coalescence Chamber - Normal + Hard
Running with the Devils- Normal + Hard
Let Sleeping Dust Lie - Normal + Hard
Creeping Death - Normal + Hard
To Curse the Sky - Normal + Hard

Most Difficult Quests I ran
NA - as I ran only level 14-16 quests on normal/hard as part of my heroic level clean-up which will continue through level 21. I did mange to get my brain eaten by a mind flayer in Thrall of the Fungus Lord on Hard so I guess that qualifies.

Notable items earned
Epic Sworn Silver Great Sword - 3[2d6] base damage, silver, unnatural bane (undead, aberrations, monstrous humanoids), Destruction, Righteous - From Keep on the Borderlands Wilderness Chest (crafting materials)
Min level 20 - Constitution +9, Vitality 31, Insightful Fortification 46% Light Armor - Auction House
Wildcard - Min Level 15 Light Armor - 94% Fortification, Physical Sheltering 19, Healing Amplification 30, False Life 29
Pendant of The Warrior's Focus - Min Level 15 Necklace, Insightful Combat Mastery 3, Insightful Doublestrike 3%, Armor Piercing 12%, Insightful Fortitude Save +2
Sunstone Gauntlets - Min Level 15 Gloves - Insightful Physical Sheltering 9, Devotion 94, Healing Lore 14%, Wizardry 154
Large Ingredient Bag (Twelve Favor Reward)

Video support (playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZKkbjnde-1Gic_-E_MgW37r

Leveling Up to 21

Level Up Stat: None
Feats: Overwhelming Critical

No changes to enhancements - although I am considering taking 3 ranks of Shieldbreaker in Knights of the chalice in place of something else to boost my Holy Retribution for Epic/Reaper Keep on the Borderlands

Plan for Upcoming Level
- Run heroic quests on normal, hard, elite
- Start working on level 21 gear set
- Earn 3800 favor so I can purchase epic destinies

Notable For New Level
- This will be a slower level as I have many heroic quests to run prior to reaching 22. I also will be waiting until Thursday to purchase epic destinies so progress may be slowed until then.

Reaper Update
Total reaper xp: 51,871

Always keep in mind that this plan is customizable. If you find reaper too difficult drop back to elite @ 4 levels over for heroic leveling. If you find elite @ 4 levels over too difficult drop back to 6 levels over for elite. You will get significant reaper experience at level 30 running R4 with a group so there is no need to worry about reaper progress if you find it too difficult. Another option is try a few easier quests on reaper each level and run the rest on elite.

DDO Point Update
100-favor run on 7 servers: 875
600-favor on Hardcore: 300
3400-favor on main server: 1,300
Menace of the Underdark Expansion Purchase: -99
The Shadowfell Conspiracy Purchase: -99
Shared Bank Purchase: -1121
Warforged Purchase: -248
Grand Total: 903

Favor Earned This Level: 394 (3494 total)
DDO Points Earned This Level: 75 (standard bonus for earning 3200, 3300 and 3400 favor on a character)

Note: The warforged purchase means I will have to delay purchasing epic destines until I earn 3,800 favor but I think it was worth the trade-off.

Crafting Update
Current Crafting Level: 74 (from character sheet)
Total Crafting XP: 3125 (from character sheet)
Items Deconstructed: 624 (from character sheet)
Total Cannith Essences: 9,436

Note: All Crafting XP and Levels are from the tutorial and breaking down items for essences

[Gaiden101]

Hey just wanted to say thanks for this series. I'm an old PnP player so I get the stat allocation and feat stuff but I'd be lost on enhancements without some guidance. I've been following your build and having a blast. I haven't really run into anything super challenging yet but I only just hit level 5 and haven't tried out Reaper yet.

[FTPDDO]

This level was all about catching up on heroic quests now that I am locked out of running level 19 quests and below on reaper mode. I still have quite a few heroic quests to finish up at 22, but expect to complete all heroic quests before taking 23. In future lifes I will save some of the quests I am running for higher levels and only run the epic or legendary version, but since this build and series is intended to work for people new to the game I decided to run everything on heroic first rather than running a quest on R4 at level 30 for the very first time. This definitely takes longer, but is a much better way to learn quests.

Based on some feedback I will only be posting the elite videos for heroic clean up, but I am not going to take down any videos already posted. In the demon den's can be solo'd on hard but not elite so I will be posting that quest on hard. I will also be creating separate playlists once I get to 30 that shows all elite/reaper quests by quest level but will keep the current playlists as well.

Also, I ran several quests with a group so I could complete Genesis point which requires at least 2 people. I made videos but am not posting those because there was a lot of party chat making it difficult to do any explanation and I want to keep the videos family-friendly and the party chat didn't meet that criteria, so I will likely rerun most of those quests - some at this level and a few I might rerun later. To the extent I don't get any videos posted this life I will be sure to post videos of all quests on elite/reaper during the next 2 lifes.

After purchasing Epic Destinies I immediately gained nearly 200 hp in Unyielding Sentinel. My plan is to reach rank 4 and cross over to Grandmaster of Flower and move toward the primal trees. I'll need to cap one martial destiny to take the pierce adamantine epic destiny feat and one primal destiny to cap perfect two-handed fighting. I would like to cap all 3 martial destinies so I can take dire charge, but that would take considerably longer although it would make me stronger for the level 30 reaper questing. I am undecided about that, but since I will be running with a person that has good crowd control at 30 it gives me a little more flexibility.

Quests Ran: Heroic Clean up level 14-19 quests on normal, hard, elite

Most Difficult Quests I ran
NA - as I am focused on heroic clean-up the quests are not difficult. Terminal Delerium Elite was difficult even in a full group with other players also level 21-23.

Notable items earned
Jeweled Cloak 5 competence bonus to elemental resistance and 5 spell absorb charges (Gianthold End Reward List)
Blueshine club of Impactful Strikes (Chest) - should be able to sell this for significant platinum
Deathblock Augment x 2 (a person in the party I joined needed adamantine and had 2 augments for trade). I am avoiding trading with people I know in-game to keep my gear list realistic but since I didn't know this person and needed the augments I made the trade
Boots of Anchoring (item needed to run Tower of Despair Raid - I earned 2 of the 4 materials and the party gave me the other 2 materials so I could join their raid) . I am avoiding accepting gifts on this character although at least on Sarlona people are generous and it is not unusual at all for people to help others out with materials like this. Once you craft your boots those materials tend to accumulate and have little value.

Video support (playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZJ6_9I_HMfqucrhiLbV_clR

Leveling Up to 22

Level Up Stat: None
Feats: None

No changes to enhancements - although I am considering taking 3 ranks of Shieldbreaker in Knights of the chalice in place of something else to boost my Holy Retribution for Epic/Reaper Keep on the Borderlands

Plan for Upcoming Level
- Finish Heroic Clean-up
- Earn 5000 favor and claim +5 tome reward

Notable For New Level
- Like the past few levels this will be a slow level because there are so many heroic quests to complete.

Reaper Update
Total reaper xp: 51,871

Always keep in mind that this plan is customizable. If you find reaper too difficult drop back to elite @ 4 levels over for heroic leveling. If you find elite @ 4 levels over too difficult drop back to 6 levels over for elite. You will get significant reaper experience at level 30 running R4 with a group so there is no need to worry about reaper progress if you find it too difficult. Another option is try a few easier quests on reaper each level and run the rest on elite.

DDO Point Update
100-favor run on 7 servers: 875
600-favor on Hardcore: 300
4500-favor on main server: 1,675
Menace of the Underdark Expansion Purchase: -99
The Shadowfell Conspiracy Purchase: -99
Shared Bank Purchase: -1121
Epic Destinies Purchase: -995
Warforged Purchase: -248
Grand Total: 288

Favor Earned This Level: 1,048 (4542 total)
DDO Points Earned This Level: 375 (25 standard bonus for earning 100 favor on a character several times plus a one-time 100 point bonus for earning 4000 favor for the first time on a server)

Crafting Update
Current Crafting Level: 84 (from character sheet)
Total Crafting XP: 4,443 (from character sheet)
Items Deconstructed: 894 (from character sheet)
Total Cannith Essences: 14,239

Note: All Crafting XP and Levels are from the tutorial and breaking down items for essences

[FTPDDO]

I used the following so far which are all available as of today.

DDOFREEQUESTS: Grants all non-expansion packs in the game for free - good through August 31, 2020
SOV2POT: Free 50% Sovereign XP Elixir - good through August 8, 2020 (1 per account)
HAPPY14: Free Dragon Sentient Jewel - good through December 31, 2020 (1 per account)
99 point Menace of the Underdark Expansion Deep Discount - good through August 31, 2020 (regular price 2495)
99 point Shadowfell Conspiracy Expansion Deep Discount - good through August 31, 2020 (regular price 2495)

Please be sure to use the coupon codes and purchase the expansions before these expire. These are fantastic deals you are unlikely to ever see again.

The sovereign potion will be extremely helpful when making my level 30 reaper run.

[ncgrand]

Hi, I am returning back to DDO after a very long time away and thought I would give your build a try. I am able to build a 32 point build, where should the other 4 points go at character creation? Also, any extra room in your guild? Thanks for the wonderful guide!!!

[FTPDDO]

Hi, I am returning back to DDO after a very long time away and thought I would give your build a try. I am able to build a 32 point build, where should the other 4 points go at character creation? Also, any extra room in your guild? Thanks for the wonderful guide!!!

Welcome back! This is how I set my points once I earned 32 point build and used my free lesser reincarnation heart:

Str: 15
Con: 14
Dex: 8
Int: 14
Wis: 14 (extra 4 points here)
Char: 14

The reason is that you need 14 wisdom to cast level 4 spells, but it also helps with your will saves and spot check. The other option is going with 16 strength and 12 wisdom since the +2 ship buffs give you the minimum 14 to cast 4th level spells, but I went with the stats above.

Please send me a private message with your character name an I will send a guild invite through mail once the server is back up.

You should also bookmark this site when you get to a high enough level to run raids: https://www.guilded.gg/Easily-Distracted This is a multi-guild raiding community that is a very friendly and teaches all the raids in the game.

[FTPDDO]

This level was all about catching up on heroic quests now that I am locked out of running level 19 quests and below on reaper mode. I completed my 5000-favor and am going to shift gears from heroic quests to epic questing, filling out destinies and working towards my level 30 goals which include being ready to run two-person reaper 4 quests at level 30 (specifically being strong enough to do that) and Tr'ing with a primal life.

Short-term I want to work on a level 21 set that is mostly from keep on the borderlands. At higher levels I will focus on a slave lord chain level 28 gear set for the simple reason it's not dependent on drops and makes "gear tetris" much easier since it's a crafting mechanism - key for a first-life character.

I'll need to cap one martial destiny to take the pierce adamantine epic destiny feat and one primal destiny to take perfect two-handed fighting. I would like to cap all 3 martial destinies so I can take dire charge, but that would take considerably longer although it would make me stronger for the level 30 reaper questing. I am undecided about that, but since I will be running with a person that has good crowd control at 30 it gives me a little more flexibility.

There have been reports on the forums that the first-time 5000-favor reward isn't granted to some people. I did receive my 100 point bonus for reaching 5000 favor

Quests Ran: Heroic Clean up level 15-19 quests on elite

Notable items earned
Whisperchain Armor (End Reward High Road Chain) : Min Level 23 - Blurry, Ghostly, Superior False Life, Improved Sneak Attack 3, +4 insight to AC
Glittering Waistwrap: Charisma +8 Min Level 15 Belt
Hammerfist: Insightful Doublestrike 3%, Seeker 8, Insightful Deadly 2, Mythic +1 bonus
+5 Constitution Tome (5000 Favor Reward)
Greater and Lesser Harper Pin (Allows me to dispel a crowd control effect on me every 5 minutes - holds, stuns, etc.)

Video support (playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZKOz2n-ThHju2l6aOBzWkyI

Leveling Up to 23

Level Up Stat: None
Feats: None

No changes to enhancements

Plan for Upcoming Level
- Start Epic Questing

Notable For New Level
- This could be a very short level as I am 1 xp from 24 and now that heroic clean-up is complete there is no reason to hold a level

Reaper Update
Total reaper xp: 51,871

Always keep in mind that this plan is customizable. If you find reaper too difficult drop back to elite @ 4 levels over for heroic leveling. If you find elite @ 4 levels over too difficult drop back to 6 levels over for elite. You will get significant reaper experience at level 30 running R4 with a group so there is no need to worry about reaper progress if you find it too difficult. Another option is try a few easier quests on reaper each level and run the rest on elite.

DDO Point Update
100-favor run on 7 servers: 875
600-favor on Hardcore: 300
5000-favor on main server: 1,900
Menace of the Underdark Expansion Purchase: -99
The Shadowfell Conspiracy Purchase: -99
Shared Bank Purchase: -1121
Epic Destinies Purchase: -995
Warforged Purchase: -248
Grand Total: 503

Favor Earned This Level: 458 (5000 total)
DDO Points Earned This Level: 225 (25 standard bonus for earning 100 favor on a character several times plus a one-time 100 point bonus for earning 5000 favor for the first time on a server)

Crafting Update
Current Crafting Level: 90 (from character sheet)
Total Crafting XP: 5,383 (from character sheet)
Items Deconstructed: 1,082 (from character sheet)
Total Cannith Essences: 17,806

Note: All Crafting XP and Levels are from the tutorial and breaking down items for essences

[FTPDDO]

All I did at this level was run 1 quest which gave me enough xp to take 24 since I was already capped. I went ahead and leveled up for the feat and the stat bump.

Quests Ran: The Hobgoblin Horde - Epic Elite

Notable items earned
Enchanted Horseshoe - Upgraded my Horse from 80% speed bonus to 100% speed bonus

Video support (playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZKEMokTPKxrgp9-9GRXDLTK

Leveling Up to 24

Level Up Stat: Strength
Feats: Force of Personality (Improves Will Saves)

No changes to enhancements

Plan for Upcoming Level
- Finish Keep on the Borderlands EE and get a new level 21 gear set
- Run most level 20 quests on EH for bravery bonus to fill destinies. EE will be saved for later since I will likely be rerunning most quests that drop tokens of the twelve (mainly due to the wacky hit point scaling of low level epics that drop tokens)

Notable For New Level
- I switched destines to grandmaster of flowers which temporarily weakens me a little, but it should be fine.

Reaper Update
Total reaper xp: 51,871

Always keep in mind that this plan is customizable. If you find reaper too difficult drop back to elite @ 4 levels over for heroic leveling. If you find elite @ 4 levels over too difficult drop back to 6 levels over for elite. You will get significant reaper experience at level 30 running R4 with a group so there is no need to worry about reaper progress if you find it too difficult. Another option is try a few easier quests on reaper each level and run the rest on elite.

DDO Point Update
100-favor run on 7 servers: 875
600-favor on Hardcore: 300
5000-favor on main server: 1,900
Menace of the Underdark Expansion Purchase: -99
The Shadowfell Conspiracy Purchase: -99
Shared Bank Purchase: -1121
Epic Destinies Purchase: -995
Warforged Purchase: -248
Grand Total: 503

Favor Earned This Level: 0 (5000 total)
DDO Points Earned This Level: 0

Crafting Update
Current Crafting Level: 90 (from character sheet)
Total Crafting XP: 5,383 (from character sheet)
Items Deconstructed: 1,082 (from character sheet)
Total Cannith Essences: 17,806

Note: All Crafting XP and Levels are from the tutorial and breaking down items for essences

[FTPDDO]

The focus for this level was running Keep on the Borderlands for level 21 gear and quests that drop tokens of the Twelve

Quests Ran:

Keep on the Borderlands
They Hobgoblin Horde - Epic Elite x 7
Watch Your Step - Epic Elite
Obstructing The Orcs - Epic Elite x 5
The Bugbear Bandits - Epic Elite x 7
Tresasure Hunt - Epic Elite x 1
Caged Beast - Epic Elite x1
Violet Delights - Epic Elite x 6
Total Chaos - Epic Elite x3

House Kundarak
Plane of Night - Epic Elite
Vault of Night - Epic Elite

House Deneith
Spies in the House - Epic Hard
Bargain of Blood - Epic Elite
Black Loch - Epic Elite
Storm the Beaches - Epic Elite
The Tide Turns - Epic Elite

House Phiarlan
A Small Problem Epic Elite
Partycrashers - Epic Elite
The Snith Epic Elite
Under The Big Top - Epic Elite

House Cannith
The Dragon's Hoard Challenge - Level 20 - 6 Star
Labor Shortage Challenge - Level 20 - 6 Star

Notable items earned
Magnifying Lenses (goggles): Spot 18, Search 18, Disable Device 18, Open Lock 18, Mythic +1 bonus
Sworn Silver Helm: Insightful Accuracy 7, Insightful Deadly 3, Sheltering 25, Protection From Evil +4
Pendant of Combat (Necklace): Combat Mastery 8, Accuracy 15, Deadly 8, Melee Alacrity 15
Blackfeather Cloak: Feather Falling, Parrying 4, Physical Sheltering 25, Ins Physical Sheltering 12
Belt of Crystaline Vanity: Insightful Charisma 4, Quality Charisma 2, Physical Sheltering 25, False Life 38, Mythic Bonus 1
Ring of Wicked Insanity: Intelligence 10, Spell Saves 8, Profane Well Rounded (+1 profane bonus to stats), Profane Lifeforce 33
FuryForm Gauntlets: Melee Alacrity 15%, False Life 38, Vitality 33
Boots of Tranquility: Lifesealed 28% (deathblock and 28% negative energy absorb), Constitution 10, Concentration 18, Resistance 8)
Ring of Brutal Force: Strength 10, Fortitude 8, Profane Well-Rounded, Profance Life Force 33
Bracers of the Eagle: Charisma 10, Wizardry 203, Insightful Wizardry 101, Magical Efficiency 10%, Mythic +1 Bonus

Video support (playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZJmnV_sdYOlqdRCjBauytq_

Leveling Up to 25

Level Up Stat: NA
Feats: NA

No changes to enhancements

Plan for Upcoming Level
- Run Level 21 quests to fill destinies and earn tokens of the twelve

Notable For New Level
- I switched destines to legendary dreadnought and started making progress on it. Will hold level 25 until I cap legendary dreadnought so I can take "Pierce Adamantine" at level 26.

Reaper Update
Total reaper xp: 51,871

Always keep in mind that this plan is customizable. If you find reaper too difficult drop back to elite @ 4 levels over for heroic leveling. If you find elite @ 4 levels over too difficult drop back to 6 levels over for elite. You will get significant reaper experience at level 30 running R4 with a group so there is no need to worry about reaper progress if you find it too difficult. Another option is try a few easier quests on reaper each level and run the rest on elite.

DDO Point Update
100-favor run on 7 servers: 875
600-favor on Hardcore: 300
5000-favor on main server: 1,900
Menace of the Underdark Expansion Purchase: -99
The Shadowfell Conspiracy Purchase: -99
Shared Bank Purchase: -1121
Epic Destinies Purchase: -995
Warforged Purchase: -248
Grand Total: 503

Favor Earned This Level: 57 (5057 total)
DDO Points Earned This Level: 0

Crafting Update
Current Crafting Level: 92 (from character sheet)
Total Crafting XP: 5,798 (from character sheet)
Items Deconstructed: 1,165 (from character sheet)
Total Cannith Essences: 20,134

Note: All Crafting XP and Levels are from the tutorial and breaking down items for essences

[FTPDDO]

The focus for this level was running Level 21 quests, filling my destinies for the first time and earning Tokens of the Twelve. I am now up to 22 Tokens of the Twelve and some fragments which gives me enough to TR at 30, but it will be nice to accumulate even more so I can have some banked for future lifes where I either skip epics or want to reach 30 faster.

I was able to get a taste of the damage improvements I will see once I am able to stay in a capped good destiny. Legendary Dreadnought is very back-loaded, but my damage more than doubled once I got master's blitz and the increased 1[W] with an action boost active. That was very short-lived as I was only able to run a few quests with master's blitz before the destiny was capped and I had to move to Shiradi which is arguably the absolute weakest destiny to level up for a melee. This level I'll get 3 tiers of shiradi champion and switch to primal avatar where I will get 3 ranks of the first tier to take rejuvenation cocoon and then switch to fury of the wild which I will stay in until capped so I can take perfect two-handed fighting at level 28.

I am fairly certain I will hold 28 until I cap 3 martial destinies so I can have dire charge for my level 30 epics. I want to use epic sagas for skill tomes, but I will use my heroic saga xp plus any epic saga xp rewards where good skill tomes aren't an option. After this life I will use saga xp exclusively to fill the remaining destinies so I can be in a good destiny and run on reaper mode.

The handicap for a first-lifer is arguably worse at epic levels due to the need to fill destinies and run mostly at a weaker state, but it's ok as you always have the option of adjusting difficulty down as much as needed.

Quests Ran:

House Kundarak
The Last Stand - Epic Elite
The Claw of Vulkoor - Epic Elite
Fathom the Depths - Epic Elite
Into the Deep - Epic Elite
Tharashk Arena - Epic Elite
The Prisoner - Epic Elite

Harbor and Marketplace
The Lords of Dust - Epic Elite
Servants of the Overlord - Epic Elite
The Spinner of Shadows - Epic Elite
Beyond the Rift - Epic Elite
Devil Assault - Epic Elite
The Chronoscope - R1

House Phiarlan
A Small Problem Epic Elite
Partycrashers - Epic Elite
The Snitch Epic Elite
Under The Big Top - Epic Elite

House Deneith
Spies in the House - Epic Elite

Sands
An Offering of Blood - Epic Elite

Eveningstar
Impossible Demands - Epic Elite
The Unquiet Graves - Epic Elite
The Lost Thread - Epic Elite
The Battle For Eveningstar - Epic Elite

The Twelve
Another Man's Treasure - Epic Elite
Kind of a Big Deal - Epic Elite

From a questing perspective chaos hammer is one of the most difficult spells to deal with since I am lawful, fortunately now that I took force of personality my will save is higher and I shouldn't fail the save very often.

Notable items earned
Seal of Twisted Talisman - this is one of the few heroic items I want to upgrade to epic with the scroll, seal and shard system and probably the easiest

Video support (playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZJjZUbvSbMr_THNo9PV31zP

Leveling Up to 26

Level Up Stat: NA
Feats: Pierce Adamantine

No changes to enhancements

Plan for Upcoming Level
- Run Level 22 quests to fill destinies and earn tokens of the twelve

Notable For New Level
- I switched destines to shiradi champion so will be slightly weaker at this level until I reach and make some progress in fury of the wild. That's ok, it's necessary to accept this on a first-life character so you can build up your power for future lifes. You can always drop difficulty down as much as needed while filling or running in off-destinies.

Reaper Update
Total reaper xp: 52,404 (I earned 533 reaper xp from Epic Chronoscope this level)

Always keep in mind that this plan is customizable. If you find reaper too difficult drop back to elite @ 4 levels over for heroic leveling. If you find elite @ 4 levels over too difficult drop back to 6 levels over for elite. You will get significant reaper experience at level 30 running R4 with a group so there is no need to worry about reaper progress if you find it too difficult. Another option is try a few easier quests on reaper each level and run the rest on elite.

DDO Point Update
100-favor run on 7 servers: 875
600-favor on Hardcore: 300
5100-favor on main server: 1,925
Menace of the Underdark Expansion Purchase: -99
The Shadowfell Conspiracy Purchase: -99
Shared Bank Purchase: -1121
Epic Destinies Purchase: -995
Warforged Purchase: -248
Grand Total: 528

Favor Earned This Level: 100 (5157 total)
DDO Points Earned This Level: 25 for 5100 favor

Crafting Update
Current Crafting Level: 94 (from character sheet)
Total Crafting XP: 6,198 (from character sheet)
Items Deconstructed: 1,245 (from character sheet)
Total Cannith Essences: 22,172

Note: All Crafting XP and Levels are from the tutorial and breaking down items for essences

[FTPDDO]

The focus for this level was running Level 22 quests, filling my destinies for the first time and earning Tokens of the Twelve. I am now up to 32 Tokens of the Twelve and some fragments. I have over 1,000 commendations of valor.

I started out in Shiradi Champion and earned 3 tiers and then moved to Primal Avatar and earned 1 tier so I can twist rejuvenation cocoon. I then moved to Fury of the Wild and will stay at 27 until I cap that destiny.

Quests Ran:

House Kundarak
Jungle of Khyber - Epic Elite
Haywire Foundry - Epic Elite

Sands
The Chamber of Raiyum - Epic Elite
Chains of Flame - Epic Elite
Against the Demon Queen - Epic Elite
Zawabi's Revenge - Epic Elite

Eveningstar
The House of Death Undone - Epic Elite
The House of Rusted Blades - Epic Elite
The House of Broken Chains - Epic Elite
The Portal Opens - Epic Elite
Don't Drink the Water - Epic Elite
In the Belly of the Beast - Epic Elite
Trial By Fury - Epic Elite
The Deal and the Demon - Epic Elite
Reclaiming the Rift - Epic Elite

Notable items earned
Spotted Wolf Pup Certificate - Purple Dragon Knight Favor

Video support (playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZJrCEgXUjDwXSCaRr22MbkJ

Leveling Up to 27

Level Up Stat: NA
Feats: Epic Reflexes

No changes to enhancements

Plan for Upcoming Level
- Run Level 23 quests to fill destinies and earn tokens of the twelve
- Run the Slave Lord Chain and Other Quests to start working on a level 28+ gear set

Notable For New Level
- I am in Fury of the Wild this level so I should see a bump in Damage as I move to higher tiers.

Reaper Update
Total reaper xp: 52,404

Always keep in mind that this plan is customizable. If you find reaper too difficult drop back to elite @ 4 levels over for heroic leveling. If you find elite @ 4 levels over too difficult drop back to 6 levels over for elite. You will get significant reaper experience at level 30 running R4 with a group so there is no need to worry about reaper progress if you find it too difficult. Another option is try a few easier quests on reaper each level and run the rest on elite.

DDO Point Update
100-favor run on 7 servers: 875
600-favor on Hardcore: 300
5400-favor on main server: 2,000
Menace of the Underdark Expansion Purchase: -99
The Shadowfell Conspiracy Purchase: -99
Shared Bank Purchase: -1121
Epic Destinies Purchase: -995
Warforged Purchase: -248
Grand Total: 613

Favor Earned This Level: 244 (5401 total)
DDO Points Earned This Level: 75 for 5200, 5300 and 5400 favor

Crafting Update
Current Crafting Level: 96 (from character sheet)
Total Crafting XP: 6,543 (from character sheet)
Items Deconstructed: 1,314 (from character sheet)
Total Cannith Essences: 24,378

Note: All Crafting XP and Levels are from the tutorial and breaking down items for essences

[FTPDDO]

The focus for this level was running Level 23 quests, filling my destinies for the first time and capping Fury of the Wild so I met the prerequisite for Perfect Two-Handed Fighting before taking level 28. I spent most of the level in Fury of the Wild but switched over to Shadowdancer towards the end once I capped Fury of the Wile.

Quests Ran:

Catacombs
The Friar's Niece - Epic Elite
Return To The Sanctuary - Epic Elite
The Old Archives - Epic Elite
The Crypt of Gerard Dryden - Epic Elite
Setting the Wards: The Lower Cathedral - Epic Elite
Setting the Wards: The Patriarch's Crypt - Epic Elite
Endgame: Marguerite - Epic Elite

The Twelve
Memory Lapse - Epic Elite

Eveningstar
Outbreak - Epic Elite
Overgrowth - Epic Elite
Thorn and Paw - Epic Elite
The Druid's Curse - Epic Elite
Thunderforged Raid Flagging
Detour - Reaper 1 Skull
Rest Stop - Reaper 1 Skull
A Stay At The Inn - Reaper 1 Skull
Lost in the Swamp - Reaper 1 Skull
End of the Road - Reaper 1 Skull

Three-Barrel Cove
The Legend of Two-Toed Tobias - Reaper 1 Skull + Epic Elite
Old Grey Gar - Epic Elite
Prove Your Worth - Epic Elite
Ghost of a Chance - Epic Elite
Precious Cargo - Epic Elite

Notable items earned
Treads of Falling Shadow (Epic Elite Version): Striding 30%, Ghostly, Dexterity +8, Insightful Dexterity +3, Mythic Boost +1
Bracers of Twisting Shade (Epic Elite Version): Blurry, Disable Device 20, Search 20, Exceptional Seeker 5, Resistance 7, Mythic Bonus +1
Epic Templar's Leather: Physical Sheltering 27, Superior Undead Guard, Healing Amp 43, Spell Resistance 24, Mythic Armor Boost +2
Epic Wooden Prayer Beeds: Healing Amplification 43, Wizardry 220, Physical Sheltering 27
Poison Resistance 38 Cloak of Insightful Poison Resistance 18 - End Reward From Memory Lapse

Video support (playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZKq5ShEu8BJP1J6_jJg7xbF (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZJrCEgXUjDwXSCaRr22MbkJ)

Leveling Up to 28

Level Up Stat: Strength
Feats: Perfect Two-Handed Fighting

No changes to enhancements

Plan for Upcoming Level
- Run Wheelon and Stormhorns to Complete Sagas
- Start Working on Level 30 Gear Set

Notable For New Level
- Since SSG was kind enough to provide us all with a free 50% sovereign XP Elixir, once I am able to cap my 3 martial destinies with saga xp (including elixir) I will consume the elixir, take all the saga xp and then start running my level 30 reaper quests with 6 hours left on the elixir. Since taking sagas doesn't take any time off the xp elixir clock I am effectively able to double-dip and use the elixir for both sagas and level 30 reaper questing. I will also turn in my small and medium eberron shards for elixirs once the sovereign potion runs out.

Reaper Update
Total reaper xp: 57,133

Always keep in mind that this plan is customizable. If you find reaper too difficult drop back to elite @ 4 levels over for heroic leveling. If you find elite @ 4 levels over too difficult drop back to 6 levels over for elite. You will get significant reaper experience at level 30 running R4 with a group so there is no need to worry about reaper progress if you find it too difficult. Another option is try a few easier quests on reaper each level and run the rest on elite.

DDO Point Update
100-favor run on 7 servers: 875
600-favor on Hardcore: 300
5400-favor on main server: 2,000
Menace of the Underdark Expansion Purchase: -99
The Shadowfell Conspiracy Purchase: -99
Shared Bank Purchase: -1121
Epic Destinies Purchase: -995
Warforged Purchase: -248
Grand Total: 613

Favor Earned This Level: 21 (5422 total)
DDO Points Earned This Level: 0

Crafting Update
Current Crafting Level: 98 (from character sheet)
Total Crafting XP: 6,938 (from character sheet)
Items Deconstructed: 1,393 (from character sheet)
Total Cannith Essences: 26,801

Note: All Crafting XP and Levels are from the tutorial and breaking down items for essences. I plan to start and record a crafting session soon where I will use my essences, success boosters from the crafting tutorial/house cannith favor and a Crafting XP potion from the crafting tutorial to significantly raise my crafting level. I will do this shortly before I Tr or whenever there is a crafting xp bonus days - whichever comes first. Here is some good information on cannith crafting: https://ddowiki.com/page/Cannith_Crafting

[Whitering]

Terrific thread and vids, thanks.

[FTPDDO]

The focus for this level was completing the eveningstar sagas, filling my destinies for the first time and capping three martial destinies to meet the prerequisite for Dire charge before taking level 29 and then 30. I spent this level in shadowdancer and grandmaster of flowers and earned over 1 million xp to fill destinies with most of my heroic and epic sagas.

Quests Ran:

Eveningstar
Friends in Low Places - Reaper 1 Skull
A Lesson in Deception - Reaper 1 Skull
Army of Shadow - Reaper 1 Skull
Thrill of the Hunt - Reaper 1 Skull
Through a Mirror Darkly - Reaper 1 Skull
The Tracker's Trap - Reaper 1 Skull
Lines of Supply - Reaper 1 Skull
Breaking the Ranks - Reaper 1 Skull
A Break in the Ice - Reaper 1 Skull
What Goes Up - Reaper 1 Skull

Harbor
Lords of Dust - Epic Hard (I needed a little more destiny xp after using my saga xp so I ran this for first-time EH bonus)

Notable items earned
Spot +3 tome from one of the eveningstar sagas
10x Legendary Statuette of the Gods - very rare item that lets me upgrade craftable slave lord items with a mythic bonus. It drops in stacks of 10 on elite.

Video support (playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZItB1M1-BEI6tyLE7Fhy6lL

Leveling Up to 29

Level Up Stat: None
Feats: Dire Charge

Leveling Up to 30

Level Up Stat: None
Feats: Blinding Speed, Scion of the Ethereal Plane

Note on level 30 feats: These aren't necessarily ideal feats for the build. I took these feats as a first-life build primarily to help with gear tetris and some of the weaknesses I've experienced - specifically trapping skills and defenses. Blinding speed gives me 32% movement speed and 15% attack speed and eliminates the need to find a gear with this ability. Scion of the Ethereal Plane gives me lesser displacement (25% concealment bonus to miss chance), +4 to all my skills, +6d6 sneak damage which should proc whenever an enemy is helpless (due to dire charge in some cases) and invisibility guard. Since I didn't get all the skill tomes I was hoping for and my trapping skills are borderline this seemed like the right feats for this life. There is a very short quest called "Hall of the Mark" which provides a free feat swap once per life if I end up getting gear that negates the need for one of these.

No changes to enhancements

Plan for Upcoming Level
- Complete a level 30 gear set even if it's not perfect
- Run level 30 reaper quests
- Run raids with the open easily distracted gaming community on Sarlona

Notable For New Level
- Since SSG was kind enough to provide us all with a free 50% sovereign XP Elixir I will use this once I complete gear and start running reaper quest. I originally was hoping to double up on this potion by taking saga xp and then running reapers, but I still need to spend significant time finding gear.

Reaper Update
Total reaper xp: 63,120

Always keep in mind that this plan is customizable. If you find reaper too difficult drop back to elite @ 4 levels over for heroic leveling. If you find elite @ 4 levels over too difficult drop back to 6 levels over for elite. You will get significant reaper experience at level 30 running R4 with a group so there is no need to worry about reaper progress if you find it too difficult. Another option is try a few easier quests on reaper each level and run the rest on elite.

DDO Point Update
100-favor run on 7 servers: 875
600-favor on Hardcore: 300
5400-favor on main server: 2,000
Menace of the Underdark Expansion Purchase: -99
The Shadowfell Conspiracy Purchase: -99
Shared Bank Purchase: -1121
Epic Destinies Purchase: -995
Warforged Purchase: -248
Grand Total: 613

Favor Earned This Level: 51 (5473 total)
DDO Points Earned This Level: 0

Crafting Update
Current Crafting Level: 100 (from character sheet)
Total Crafting XP: 7,353 (from character sheet)
Items Deconstructed: 1,476 (from character sheet)
Total Cannith Essences: 29,353

Note: All Crafting XP and Levels are from the tutorial and breaking down items for essences. I plan to start and record a crafting session soon where I will use my essences, success boosters from the crafting tutorial/house cannith favor and a Crafting XP potion from the crafting tutorial. If I happen to do this while a crafting xp bonus weekend is in place that would be ideal to stretch my essences further, but I will do this before tr'ing even if there isn't a bonus weekend.

[FTPDDO]

Once you hit 30 you have 2 choices. You can either immediately TR and start working on your favor (ddo points) and next life. Alternatively you can stay at cap and get some gear and run reaper quests for quick reaper xp.

Whether you are a solo player, run solely with 1 or more friends or regularly group with people you should find plenty of opportunities to find groups to run reaper quests and raids at level 30. The BIGGEST challenge of staying at 30 is that you are going to be much weaker compared to other players - most of which have tomes, past lifes and good gear already. These differences are more pronounced at level 30 than earlier levels. The main thing you can do to improve is find gear, but drops below Epic Elite are abysmal and without the gear running level 30 quests on EE is very challenging.

So you either need to find a group of friends to run with to farm gear, join groups from the lfm panel or solo quests on Epic Hard to find gear, but with a lower drop-rate. Be up front with groups that this is a first-life character and generally the community is super helpful and can empathize with the challenges of building up a first-life character. It's very likely people will even pass gear to help you if they don't need it.

So a few thoughts on quests to run to get gear for this build. Ideally getting the light armor, gloves and necklace listed below for a set bonus, but it's hard to get every item you want so you might have to compromise. You can check DDO wiki for more details on the items

Security Detail (COGS quest which means fewer named items and a more likely chance for it to drop)
Legendary Wildcard (light armor): +15, Fortification 214, Phsyical Sheltering 54, Healing Amp 85, Hit Points 81
Legendary Bronze Dragonscale Belt: Constitution 21, Healing Amp 85, Insightful False Life 40, Lifesealed 50

Blown Deadline (so many items that could fit into a gear set)
Legendary Hallowed Castigators: Devotion 214, Healing Lore 31, Insightful Sheltering 27 (Physical and Magical), Efficient metamagic empower healing II
Legendary Hammerfirst (gloves): Insightful Doublestrike 11, Cannith Crafting Infusion, Seeker 21, Insightful Deadly 8 (doesn't stack with divine might)
Legendary Collective Sight (Goggles): Ability bonus 21 (craftable), Insightful Ability 10 (craftable), Quality Resistance, Temperance of Belief (MRR bonus based on religious feats)
Legendary Celestial Sapphire Ring: Intelligence 21 (craftable), Improved Deception (helps with sneak damage), Dodge 21%, Profane Well Rounded 2 (+2 to all stats stacking)

House of Pain (really just the necklace for set bonus
Legendary Family Recruit Sigil (necklace): True Seeing, Armor Piercing 33%, Competence Deadly 17, Relentless Fury

A Sharn Welcome
Legendary Cloak of the City's Champion: Extra Smites, Parrying 10, Insightful Constitution 10, Quality Physical Sheltering 54

The Same Old Song
Legendary Celestial Ruby Ring: Strength 21 (craftable), Stunning 23, Accuracy 33, Ghostly

Death House
Legendary Keylock Ring: Disable Device 22, Open Lock 22, Search 22, Spot 22

Wrath of Earth
Legendary Softsole Slippers: Ghostly, Insightful Charisma 9

Slave Lords Crafting/Chain
Custom Crafted items to complete gear (helps with gear tetris) - you can run these on EH to make 1 or 2 items
Legendary Executioner's Helm: Insightful Deception 7, Relentless Fury, Seeker 17, Quality Combat Mastery 4 (stacks) - from Secret of the Slaver's Stockade

White Plume Mountain
Legendary Echo of Blackrazor (great sword): 7[2d6+4] base damage, keen (not helpful but it's part of reason base damage is higher), entropic 9, psychic ward *** Very low chance for it to drop- I would recommend instead ransacking on herioc to try and get the heroic version for next life). The free morninglord greatsword is solid for running level 30 quests.

Gear farming can take time and requires some patience/persistence. No one piece of gear is critical so don't get discouraged if you don't get an item you are looking for. The key is to make the best of what you get. Also if an item looks somewhat useful but isn't what you were trying to get - keep it until you have your final gear figured out. Other gear from these quests could fit into your gear as back-ups in case you don't get what you are looking for - and you will never get everything you are looking for on your first life.

[FTPDDO]

Unfortunately I didn't get all the items I wanted, but I am happy with the gear I have for running Reaper 4. Overall I am a little short of PRR and hit points for running R4s, but it's workable. Unfortunately I didn't manage to get the Legendary Part of the Family set bonus. Since I took 3x stabilizing and 1 caustic compound for my 4 heroic sharn sagas I was able to craft on my legendary sharn items which utilize the same mats. I took 2 mats for the hard run and banked the 2 heroic sagas until I knew what I needed for my legendary gear.

Here is what I ended up with:

Goggles: Legendary Colllective Sight: Strength 21 (crafted), Insightful Strength 10 (crafted), Quality Resistance 4, +18 quality MRR (1 per religious lore feat)
Helm: Legendary Executioner's Helm: Seeker 17, Deception 7, Quality Combat Mastery 4, Relentless Fury
Necklace: Slavelord crafted: Sheltering 45, Deadly 14, UMD 7, Quality Charisma 4
Trinket: Slavelord crafted: Charisma 17, Accuracy 28, Heal 22, Quality Constitution 4
Cloak: Legendary Cloak of the City's Champion: Extra Smites, Insightful Constitution 10, Parrying 10, Quality Physical Sheltering 13
Belt: Legendary Bronze Dragonscale Belt: Constitution 21, Competence Healing Amp 85, Insightful False Life 40, Life Sealed 50% (incudes deathblock)
Ring 1: Legendary Celestial Sapphire Ring: Intelligence 21 (crafted), Improved Deception, Dodge 21%, Profane Well Rounded (+2 profane bonus to all stats)
Gloves: Legendary Sunstone Gauntlets: Devotion 214, Healing Lore 31, Wizardry 440, Insightful Physical Sheltering 26
Boots: Legendary Softsole Slippers: Ghostly, Insighful Charisma 9
Ring 2: Legendary Keylock Ring: Disable Device 22, Search 22, Spot 22, Open Lock 22
Bracers: Quality Strength 5 (Crafted), Insightful Seeker 10, Shatter 23, Stunning 23, Mythic +3 bonus
Armor: Legendary Wildcard: Physical Sheltering 54, Fortification 214, False Life 81, Competence Healing Amp

So overall not exactly what I was looking for but workable for a Reaper 4 skull run. Notably missing is armor piercing, true seeing and insightful trapping skills. I do have a swap pair of gloves with insightful disable device +9. I do not have a speed item or lesser displacement, but have those with my blinding speed and scion of the ethereal plane feats. Scion of the Ethereal Plane also gives me +4 to all my skills.

Since I don't have True-seeing, but now have a solid UMD (Use Magic Device) I am scrolling True Seeing as part of my self-buffing which lasts for 11 minutes. I also now scroll shield instead of using clickies since my gloves have a wizardry item. However, I do want to find a longer-lasting shield clicky before I TR.

I am running with a first-life assassin and an accomplished player running an alchemist life, but with sub-part level 30 gear. We don't have crowd control which we normally have for our reaper runs so some quests will be more difficult. I feel confident I can make a significant contribution to the group. The fastest way to improve my character is by earning reaper points which is comparatively faster and more impactful than most past lifes. So even though I am a little under-powered this life it's a great step to take to build character power.

So far I ran 12 level 30+ quests on R4 (full Ravenloft chain). I died 4 times total jn 12 quests and my Dire Charge and Holy Retribution were both impactful even in level 30 quests on R4. This is a little better than my expectations, but I wouldn't want to run above R4 until I gain some more power. I will most likely use this gear set gain next life rather than re-farming for gear.

[Ghop15]

Awesome. I still have a ways to catch up. My Ranger/Rogue is at level 10 right now. Haven't had as much time to play as I would like so progress has been slow. Anyway, right now I'm grinding favor on my alt account so I can get the shadowfell conspiracy for 99points before it expires on Aug31.

[FTPDDO]

Awesome. I still have a ways to catch up. My Ranger/Rogue is at level 10 right now. Haven't had as much time to play as I would like so progress has been slow. Anyway, right now I'm grinding favor on my alt account so I can get the shadowfell conspiracy for 99points before it expires on Aug31.

Sounds great. The absolute quickest way to do this is run for 5 favor on 4 servers (3 korthos quests on normal) for 200 points which is enough for both expansions. Ideally make hardcore one of those servers since access is only available for a short time and resets each season if FTP have access in the future. You get 50 DDO points for reaching 5 favor for the first time on each server.

[carsonfball]

Level 6 Gladewatch Outpost Defense - difficult protect NPC mission for new players with many reaper spawns - won't be run on reaper so will be run as part of level 30 favor clean-up N/H/E

You can lead the person you protect around the back side of the building (turn left once you leave it) and park her there. She is safe from attacks and you don't have to worry about her.

[FTPDDO]

You can lead the person you protect around the back side of the building (turn left once you leave it) and park her there. She is safe from attacks and you don't have to worry about her.

Agreed and that is what I did for favor clean-up. My primary concern was the high # of reapers and champions that spawn with all the mobs - the protect part isn't so bad if we bring her to the back and use social skills to keep her there, but I think it's a good quest for a first-life character to skip on reaper.

[Ghop15]

So I was having some fun with the ranger tempest, but found that R1 was a bit too hard even being four levels above the base quest level. Seeing as you have taken this build to level 30, I'm going to follow your build to the letter. My VIP has expired now, so I'm going to be following the quest order you suggest exactly as well. However, I have gear farmed from my previous characters that will make the start a little easier (tokens for horse, Book of Spirits, Red Fens Gear.) Since I have access to 32 point builds I followed the stat distribution for the character you laid out in your lesser reincarnation video and put the extra four points into wisdom. Also, since I unlocked the ability to start off at level 4 I'm taking advantage of that as well.

I don't have the Sharn Expansion yet, but I'm going to pick it up when Black Friday comes around.

I just have one question, what do I do for light armor? I've run the Three Barrel Cove for the Kobald Admiral Armor twice now, but never got it to drop before ransack kicks in. Should I browse the auction house and purchase what I can find there? Do I turn end rewards based on class off and hope light armor drops randomly?

[FTPDDO]

I just have one question, what do I do for light armor? I've run the Three Barrel Cove for the Kobald Admiral Armor twice now, but never got it to drop before ransack kicks in. Should I browse the auction house and purchase what I can find there? Do I turn end rewards based on class off and hope light armor drops randomly?

The main thing I like about the Kobold Admiral's uniform is the 6 damage reduction from piercing and slashing - it really helps at lower levels. If the armor didn't drop for me I would have used the following:

- Spearbane bracers which gives you 4 damage reduction from piercing. Then at 7 switch to ring of the mire which gives you 6 damage reduction from piercing.
- Furor's Hide cloak (from garrison's missing pack) which gives you 4 damage reduction from slashing.

both of these are easy to get - Furor's hide you can even get for plat from the auction house - the drop rate on it is much higher than the Kobold's Admiral uniform. Also I have an extra cloak on Sarlona if you need it.

Then you can use random armor that gives other useful abilities.

Since you are on Sarlona let me know when you get to 30 - you are welcome to join us for a reaper run if you don't already have a group to run with.

On a side note once you get to 250 cannith crafting levels you can craft a minimum level 1 armor with invulnerability on it that gives you 5 damage reduction from all physical damage - better than the kobold armor, but that will take a few lifes.

[Ghop15]

Thank you so much. It will honestly probably take me a while to get to 30 since I am not the fastest player, but I will let you know how I am progressing. Right now I am trying to farm Protective Gloves but have only had one drop so far. Keep getting Runic gloves or Arcane gloves. Once I hit ransack I will have to go back to it later on to farm some more.

[FTPDDO]

Thank you so much. It will honestly probably take me a while to get to 30 since I am not the fastest player, but I will let you know how I am progressing. Right now I am trying to farm Protective Gloves but have only had one drop so far. Keep getting Runic gloves or Arcane gloves. Once I hit ransack I will have to go back to it later on to farm some more.

The good news on that chest is there is no ransack. Also, if you don't rescue the person you can recall and reset the quest without going back to Korthos village. It's never fun farming for items, but this is a useful one for sure.

I had the same issue on hardcore - it wouldn't drop for me.

[Ghop15]

The good news on that chest is there is no ransack. Also, if you don't rescue the person you can recall and reset the quest without going back to Korthos village. It's never fun farming for items, but this is a useful one for sure.

I had the same issue on hardcore - it wouldn't drop for me.

Awesome, did not know that. I got four protective gloves after running maaany times. I'm going to try for the Kobald Admiral Uniform on this character , even though it didn't show up on my other two characters. One final try.

[Ghop15]

Woo hoo. Third run is the charm. Got the Kobald Admiral's Uniform. Sweet.

[Diefree]

What level do you make an effort to keep wisdom up for spells? I am level 6 and bought a cloak of wisdom to use cure wounds spell to use with empower spell. I don't have near your health or spell points somehow. I haven't had any major walls yet though.

This build kinda reminds me of a pathfinder class called inquisitor.

[FTPDDO]

What level do you make an effort to keep wisdom up for spells? I am level 6 and bought a cloak of wisdom to use cure wounds spell to use with empower spell. I don't have near your health or spell points somehow. I haven't had any major walls yet though.

This build kinda reminds me of a pathfinder class called inquisitor.

I'll see if I can do a breakout of my spell points and hit points at level 6 in the next few days. I didn't really have to worry about wisdom at that level because I started with 10 and received 2 from ship buffs for a total of 12 which is enough wisdom until I get my 1750 favor and can respec with 32 point build.

At level 6 I didn't really have anything special although a 10 hit point blue augment did drop in one of the videos - not sure the level. If you don't have ship buffs that could be part of the difference. The important buffs are fairly low level so you should be able to find a guild that already has these buffs or will earn the buffs shortly. What server are you on?

I was very dependent on my hireling for heals at that level. Also, be sure to get cure serious wounds potion from the guild potion vendor in House K. Many of the cleric hirelings at that level also have divine vitality which you can use to recharge your spell points.


Woo hoo. Third run is the charm. Got the Kobald Admiral's Uniform. Sweet.
Gratz!

[Diefree]

I'll see if I can do a breakout of my spell points and hit points at level 6 in the next few days. I didn't really have to worry about wisdom at that level because I started with 10 and received 2 from ship buffs for a total of 12 which is enough wisdom until I get my 1750 favor and can respec with 32 point build.

At level 6 I didn't really have anything special although a 10 hit point blue augment did drop in one of the videos - not sure the level. If you don't have ship buffs that could be part of the difference. The important buffs are fairly low level so you should be able to find a guild that already has these buffs or will earn the buffs shortly. What server are you on?

I was very dependent on my hireling for heals at that level. Also, be sure to get cure serious wounds potion from the guild potion vendor in House K. Many of the cleric hirelings at that level also have divine vitality which you can use to recharge your spell points.


Cannith. I need tp join a guild, haven't done that yet.

[FTPDDO]

I don't have near your health or spell points somehow.. Here is a break-down:

Constitution
Starting: 14
Item: 2
Ship Buff (Old Sully's Grog Cellar guild Level 17): 2
Total = 18

Heroic Durability (auto-granted to all characters at level 1): 30
Improved Heroic Durability (auto-granted to all characters at level 5, 10 and 15): 5
Paladin Levels (10x4): 40
Rogue Levels (6x2): 12
Ship Buff (Hag's Apothocary Guild level 45): 20
Constitution Bonus: (4 x 6 levels): 24
Hit Point Item (Rugged Belt): 5
Profane Hit Point Item (Marguerite's Necklace): 7
Sacred Defender Points (1 x 6): 6
Total Hit Points Outside Reaper: 149

Reaper Bonuses:
Reaper Defense 1: 10
Points Spent on Grim Barricade Tree (1x8): 8

Total Hit Points In Reaper: 168

Oddly I was only showing 145 hit points at the beginning of level 6 so something is not stacking properly.

By the end of level 6 I earned 2 reaper points as I repeated all the level 1 and 2 quests. I also upgraded my con item to a +3. One of my points in grim barricade was also spent on a point of constitution bringing my constitution to 20 inside reaper.

So inside reaper my hit points went up another 8 for the 2 points spent and another 6 for the extra constitution bringing my total hit points to 182 inside reaper.

For spell points this is what I had:

Magical Training (level 3 feat): 80
Ship Buff (Arcane Sanctum Guild Level 28): 25
4 Paladin Levels: 20
Total: 125

On top of this ship buffs add alot of power at lower levels that you are missing out on so I highly recommend you find a guild. Check out the guild area on the Cannith Server forum and consider posting a request to join a guild in the main Cannith forum.

[Diefree]

So I messed up I went to high above reaper for borderlands. I bought the Underdark expansion with lesser tome of learning so I'll prob just skip ahead.

[FTPDDO]

I just want to drop a quick thank you to the wonderful people on Sarlona I had the privilege to run with this life. I ran most of my heroic life solo, but during epic levels I mostly grouped up with others.

A special thanks to Kronovere and Shylie who ran most of the level 30 reapers with me on R4. We usually do our reaper runs at higher skulls and with a more balanced party, The main reason we weren't balanced is because I often take on the crowd control role, but was running a more suitable first-life build instead. I appreciate them being willing to lower the skull level and run without the proper roles. They are outstanding players and even better people.

I also joined several raids/groups and want to thank the following Sarlona guilds which invited me to or allowed me to join their public raids or challenges:

- Guardians of House Cannith (my guild - we ran many raids with just the 3 of us)
- Beauty The Beast
- The Wuflepack
- High Lords of Malkier
- Black Blood
- Dirty Old Men
- SwordCoat
- Scars of the Moon

I didn't get to join the Easily Distracted gaming community due mostly to scheduling issues this life, but they provide raiding to the whole community regardless of guild which I really appreciate and thank them for. I look forward to running with them next life.

And of course I want to thank SSG for providing the free quest coupon and expansion discounts - a very unexpected, but appreciated gesture. I also appreciated the opportunity to participate in hardcore season III to earn my reaper cloak and a few extra DDO points. This was also highly appreciated and was very fun!

I hope many people trying out the game decide to subscribe or upgrade to premium if they can afford it. If you can't afford it - don't worry - you can enjoy this game for free!

I will be posting a summary of all the things earned this life simply by playing the game and having fun in another thread shortly.

[FTPDDO]

Before you reincarnate it's a great time to consider upgrading from free-to-play.

First and most importantly, you can fully experience and enjoy the game for free if you can't afford to make any purchases. However, if you can afford to make some upgrades and support the game that would be great. Making any purchase will permanently upgrade you to premium which provides 2 additional character slots, removes the low-level platinum limits and sets your limit to a little over 4 million, allows 50 auctions at a time instead of 1, and provides you with monster manual volume I which allows you to earn points and experience. It also grants access to the astral shard auction house and at some point astral shards will drop for you with a silver dice roll so that you can start selling items.

Based on your budget there are many options to choose from:

Low-Budget Options (All of these unlock premium permanently)

OPTION 1:Cheapest Option: $7.99 600 DDO points purchase (700 points during double bonus points sale)

OPTION 2: Best Option: The Dungeon and Dragons Online Starter Pack from the DDO Market for $9.99 which includes:

A level 3 permanent cleric hireling with divine vitality. Every 5 minutes you can summon her to restore your spell points and then dismiss her.
5 3-hour 30% Experience Elixirs per server.
250 DDO Points


With this starter pack option you will get the hireling and experience on your main server and hardcore and then can eventually transfer the items to your main server to get double rewards effectively. Hardcore season 3 allows access to non-VIPS, but it's uncertain if this will be the case in the future.

OPTION 3: 1 Month VIP Subscription: $14.99 and includes 500 points (as part of the 500 points per month perk)

Allows you to open on elite/reaper your 2nd life for the next 30 days.
10% VIP Experience Bonus for 30 Days


Medium-Budget Options (All of these unlock premium permanently)

OPTION 1: Purchase the newest expansion from the DDO Market - currently Feywild which will be available in a few weeks (expected to be around $40)

New expansions are generally not available for DDO points for 3-6 months after release. So this is the only way to enjoy an expansion pack when it's first released. At the time of this posting, a feywild expansion is expected to be released in the DDO Market within a few weeks.
The expansion packs generally include races, iconics and or enhancement trees that aren't available in the DDO for quite some time
Expansions often come with perks not available in the DDO Store
I don't recommend this for newer or casual players because the recent raid design is tilted towards experienced power gamers with powerful characters even on Normal difficulty. It is difficult to find the "Too Hot To Handle" raid for example and random pick-up groups often fail this raid. If you are in a raiding guild you should look at this, otherwise I wouldn't make a cash purchase for this expansion.


OPTION 2: Best Option: $59.99 6300 Point Purchase (8850 points during double bonus points sale)

This will allow you to purchase the Ravenloft and Sharn expansions for 4990 points
This gives you points towards the purchase of 3995 10th anniversary of free to play launch bundle which includes a supreme +8 tome, shared bank space upgrade and a true heart of blood (20 tokens of the twelve). If you buy while there is a double points special it covers 3860 of the 3995 point cost. At the time of this posting a double bonus point sale is active for 2 more days.


Higher-Budget Options (All of these unlock premium permanently)

I won't list options here as people with higher budgets might want to buy multiple things. First and foremost if you plan to play this game for 15 hours per week and have the budget, VIP is a very good deal. In addition to gaining full access to hardcore you can open on elite, gain a 10% VIP bonus for XP and gain access to most races and classes.

The higher tier expansions often include perks increasing character power and convenience items such as teleport clickies to go right to the expansion area.

The $199.99 DDO point purchase option provides the most points per $ spent. If you have the budget for this option it will allow you to purchase the 10th anniversary of free to play launch bundle which includes a supreme +8 tome, shared bank space upgrade and a true heart of blood (20 tokens of the twelve). In addition you can buy races/classes/iconics as they go on sale and purchase convenience items such as additional inventory space, additional bank space and better storage bags.

[FTPDDO]

At level 30 I mostly ran quests on Reaper 4 Skull and some raids with 2 friends. I also joined a few public raids and ran a few quests for final favor-clean-up. I earned over 300,000 reaper xp at level 30.

Video Support: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxyXkmjORZKWmRFOMN4ah_3k1M2VXXeX

I earned all favor rewards currently available in the game except the falconry tree due mostly to logistical issues. Earning the Falconry tree requires completion of the twilight forge pre-raid which we know how to complete, but interest level in that pack is very low among my friends and a few others will need this pre-raid shortly. Since I am not in a hurry to get the falconry tree we decided to postpone running this pre-raid until a few other people were ready to run it - possibly next life for me. The pre-raid can be solo'd with some builds, but not this build since hirelings are not allowed.

DDO Point Update
100-favor run on 7 servers: 875
2300-favor on Hardcore: 925
6300-favor on main server: 2,325
Menace of the Underdark Expansion Purchase: -99
The Shadowfell Conspiracy Purchase: -99
Shared Bank Purchase: -1121
Epic Destinies Purchase: -995
Warforged Purchase: -248
Grand Total: 1.563 Available Points

Permanent Account Unlocks Earned (DDO Points)

Menace of the Underdark Expansion
The Shadowfell Conspiracy Expansion
Shared Bank Access
Epic Destinies
Warforged


Permanent Server Unlocks Earned on Sarlona

Drow Race
32-Point Build
Favored Soul Class
Veteran Status II (Ability to start new characters at level 7)
Artificer Class


Permanent Character Unlocked Earned on This Character

Vistani Enhancement Tree
Inquisitive Enhancement Tree
Harper Agent Enhancement Tree


Key Items Earned Permanently on This Character

Key to Eveningstar (teleport clicky to Eveningstar)
Small Augment Bag
Large Ingredient Bag
Large Gem Bag
Large Collectable Bag
+5 Constitution Tome
+2 Intelligence Tome
Lesser and Greater Harper Pins
Death Walker' Cloak III (For Earning 10 reaper points on the hardcore server)


With my current DDO point balance I will easily earn one more expansion next life.

Reaper Status Update
372,285 Reaper XP
19 Reaper Points

From a pace perspective, this would mean running R1 while heroic leveling and R4 at level 30 would earn you reaper wings (75 points) in roughly 15 lifes.

Crafting Update
Crafting XP: 142,142
Crafting Level: 219
Essences Earned This Life: Just Under 40,000
Essences Used to Level-Up Crafting: Approximately 35,000
Collectables Earned
Tier 1

Rare: 54
Uncommon: 233
Common: 783

Tier 2

Rare: 98
Uncommon: 377
Common: 1350

Tier 3

Rare: 62
Uncommon: 179
Common: 889

Tier 4

Rare: 12
Uncommon: 47
Common: 122

Tier 5

Rare: 12
Uncommon: 60
Common: 173

Tier 6

Rare: 8
Uncommon: 32
Common: 141


Tier 1-3 are much higher because even in higher level quests "bag drops" tend to be lower-level collectables. I also earned 11 small eberron dragonshard fragments which can be converted into purified eberron dragonshards for crafting.

From a resource scarcity perspective, essences are relatively easy to get if you break down items for essences. Most Collectables and purified eberron dragonshards are harder to obtain so you should use these judiciously.

Raiding: 320 Threads of Fate earned

[FTPDDO]

Overall I was very happy with how the build worked out. The only major change I made to the build which I previously updated in my posts is that I will take Sovereign Host for the deity at level 3 this life. The primary reason for this is my major nemesis this life was plague reaper and Sovereign Host gives me Unyielding Sovereignty at level 8 (level 6 paladin) which restores me to full health completely ignoring the plague reaper debuff if I have it. this will be a huge boost to my self-healing in reaper mode.

I will continue to run 4 levels over on R1 one more life to see how much unyielding sentinel helps and then starting with life #3 I will run 2 levels over on R1 and move up to R3 starting at level 12.

For the next several lifes I plan to double up on epic past lifes. In other words I plan to run to 30, epic TR back to 20 and run to 30 again before running my level 30 R4 quests. This will help me build up power a little quicker. I am able to do this now that I accumulated so many heart seeds from the R4 run at level 30.

Life 2 starting stats (reflects 34 point build)

Class: Rogue
Race: Human
Feats: Two-Handed Fighting, Insightful Reflexes
Starting Stats: 34 Point Build

Str: 16
Dex: 8
Con: 14
Int: 14
Wis: 14
Cha: 14

Skill Points

Class Skills (1 point per rank)
Balance: 4
Bluff: 4
Disable Device: 4
Haggle: 4
Jump: 4
Open Lock: 4
Search: 4
Spot: 4
Tumble: 2
Use Magic Device: 4

Cross-Class Skills (1 point per 1/2 rank)
Concentration: 2 (4)
Heal: 1 (2)

One interesting note. I TR'd with just under 20k platinum to see what would happen. I didn't lose my platinum - but I was unable to add to it. So it appears you can rollover your platinum, but you won't be able to earn anything until you reach a higher level. DDOwiki indicates that when you TR your platinum is capped at 1250, but this is not what I experienced. I kept my platinum.

I had a blast and really appreciate the encouraging words posted on the youtube videos and in this thread. Over the next several months I will replace any videos that had issues (a few were accidently recorded with no sound). I will also add videos for any quests/raids I missed - most notably some quests in the high teens. Kronovere, Shylie and I are going to start running Riding the Storm out on Legendary Normal with the 3 of us. I will post those videos once we have it down a little better. It's a bit of a challenging raid to do with 3, but should get easier once the expansion is released as player power at level cap will go up.

DDO Purchase Priorities:
Mists of Ravenloft Expansion
Masterminds of Sharn Expansion
10th Anniversary of Free-To-Play Launch Bundle
Monster Manual I and II

This will take approximately 6 lifes.

[Diefree]

Thank you for making this. I bought an expansion so I'm leveling faster but just following on elite. I'm currently 8 and having a smooth run.

[Ghop15]

With this Crystal Cove event on now, I want to try and farm this Treasure Hunter's Spyglass (https://ddowiki.com/page/Treasure_of_Crystal_Cove) for the bonuses to Search, Spot, and Disable Device. Never done the event before but I think I'm getting the gist of it. Level 7 so going to do the Kobald Assault on Reaper 1 with a grog to farm doubloons and Treasure Map Pieces.

[FTPDDO]

With this Crystal Cove event on now, I want to try and farm this Treasure Hunter's Spyglass (https://ddowiki.com/page/Treasure_of_Crystal_Cove) for the bonuses to Search, Spot, and Disable Device. Never done the event before but I think I'm getting the gist of it. Level 7 so going to do the Kobald Assault on Reaper 1 with a grog to farm doubloons and Treasure Map Pieces.

Great suggestion! Yes this is probably the best item available to the build.


Thank you for making this. I bought an expansion so I'm leveling faster but just following on elite. I'm currently 8 and having a smooth run.

Fantastic - glad it's working out. The plague reapers are especially difficult enemies although I am finding the unyielding sovereignty is helping alot on life #2 as quick way to fill up my hp in an emergency. I may have over-emphasized reaper and people should definitely drop down to elite if they are finding reaper un-fun. Joining a reaper group at level 30 will get you way more reaper xp than you will get at heroic.

[Ghop15]

So, during the crystal cove event I got the Treasure Hunter's spyglass for Level's 8,12, and 16. That is pretty handy so far.

When the Night Revels was on, I spent all my time farming ingredients so I could get Crystallized Eternity due to it being immune to damage from oozes and rust monsters. I managed to get versions of the weapon for all levels from 4 to 28. I also decided to farm the Spectral Daggers at all levels, just in case I wanted to do a pure rogue in a future life.

With Night Revels over I'm back to advancing my character again. I'm doing things a little different from your guide though. I've been doing quests on normal and hard that match my character's level. So now I am level 8, I will be doing all quests on Normal and Hard that are level 8 (exception being Slave Lords with that being normal.) My reason for doing this is for a bit of challenge so I'm not bored and to get Mysterious Remnants when killing champions on hard.

I'm also going to follow your guides advice to do Ruins of Thernal at Level 8 on normal as well. Will maybe try it on hard too if I am feeling brave.

[FTPDDO]

So, during the crystal cove event I got the Treasure Hunter's spyglass for Level's 8,12, and 16. That is pretty handy so far.

When the Night Revels was on, I spent all my time farming ingredients so I could get Crystallized Eternity due to it being immune to damage from oozes and rust monsters. I managed to get versions of the weapon for all levels from 4 to 28. I also decided to farm the Spectral Daggers at all levels, just in case I wanted to do a pure rogue in a future life.

With Night Revels over I'm back to advancing my character again. I'm doing things a little different from your guide though. I've been doing quests on normal and hard that match my character's level. So now I am level 8, I will be doing all quests on Normal and Hard that are level 8 (exception being Slave Lords with that being normal.) My reason for doing this is for a bit of challenge so I'm not bored and to get Mysterious Remnants when killing champions on hard.

I'm also going to follow your guides advice to do Ruins of Thernal at Level 8 on normal as well. Will maybe try it on hard too if I am feeling brave.

Great point on Crystallized Eternity! In retrospect I should have suggested running life 1 on normal, life 2 on hard, life 3 and elite and life 4 on reaper. Those first lifes go alot quicker without worrying about favor and the extra experience prepares people for reaper better.

Also, the best plan is the plan that works for you - appreciate you sharing your throughts!

[Rev0]

This woulda have been a Great Post if u made it ALOT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! easier to find ur stuff.....Like posting ur Feats at the top instead of trying to find them in each level thread

[C-Dog]

The following quests were run at level 5:

Korthos
...

Keep on the Borderlands
...

The Harbor
Normal + Hard
At Character Level 5, you're running the Intro (Level 1) quests, and Level 2 on Hard? If this is for "new players", you should mention either that this is "late", or that your build is simply not very strong (and I have to doubt that latter).

Most lowbie quests can be solo'd w/ a hire on Elite at base level +2, so Korthos no later than 3 (and 1 & 2 are usually no problem), and Harbor 2's at character level 3-4.

[FTPDDO]

This woulda have been a Great Post if u made it ALOT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! easier to find ur stuff.....Like posting ur Feats at the top instead of trying to find them in each level thread

Hi, thank you for the feedback. My goal was to make a guide by level, but this is a good idea. I will work on consolidating some of the build into the first post as a reference.

[FTPDDO]

At Character Level 5, you're running the Intro (Level 1) quests, and Level 2 on Hard? If this is for "new players", you should mention either that this is "late", or that your build is simply not very strong (and I have to doubt that latter).

Most lowbie quests can be solo'd w/ a hire on Elite at base level +2, so Korthos no later than 3 (and 1 & 2 are usually no problem), and Harbor 2's at character level 3-4.

Hello,

This project was done on a brand new free-to-play account with no $ spent. As a result I had to run all quests normal + hard before running elite. Additionally I was trying to earn a +5 stat tome with 5000 favor so there was no benefit from bravery bonus as it isn't factored into rxp and I was always capped before finishing the all the quests I wanted to complete.

My plan was to run quests on reaper 4 over the level as it's the sweet spot for entry into reaper and since I was only using gear I earned on this character or bought from the plat AH with plat I earned on this character. The extra 2 levels was a tremendous benefit as I was generally undergeared for the level. The idea is that in the long run it's better to run reaper 4 over vs. elite 2 over and then at some point you can move to 2 levels over the level. The difference in rxp is about 3% vs. running 2 levels above since bravery bonus isn't factored into rxp. Quests that didn't have reaper available or scaled a bit harder were run on elite instead.

[Ghop15]

At Character Level 5, you're running the Intro (Level 1) quests, and Level 2 on Hard? If this is for "new players", you should mention either that this is "late", or that your build is simply not very strong (and I have to doubt that latter).

Most lowbie quests can be solo'd w/ a hire on Elite at base level +2, so Korthos no later than 3 (and 1 & 2 are usually no problem), and Harbor 2's at character level 3-4.

If you have VIP than you can very easily do these quests on Elite at base level +2 with this build.

But this build does work. I've been comfortable doing quests on Reaper at base level +4 (some at base level +3), which is way better than I was doing with other builds I tried. Just got my fifth reaper point at Level 9 and doing great so far.

[Ghop15]

So, once I got to Level 10 I decided to do the Ravenloft quests on normal and hard. From one of my previous characters before running this build I ran this Level 10 quests on Reaper with a Tiefling alchemist who was kind enough to pass the loot to me since it was my first life. He gave me Flightfoot Greaves (https://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Flightfoot_Greaves), Mist Laden Vestment (https://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Mist-laden_Vestment), and Lore Fueled Packbanner (https://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Lore-Fueled_Packbanner).

I decided to farm Into the Mists and Death House on Elite, since there is a better chance of finding named items on those difficulties. And I hit the jackpot. My gear at level 10 is as follows.

Goggles: Prudent Goggles of Accuracy (Wisdom+4, Accuracy+6, Level 5 random loot)
Head: Memories of Charity (https://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Memories_of_Charity)
Necklace: Platinum Prayer Beads (https://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Platinum_Prayer_Beads)
Armor: Mist-laden Vestment (https://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Mist-laden_Vestment)
Bracers: Lore Fueled Packbanner (https://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Lore-Fueled_Packbanner)
Gloves: Gloves of the Claw (https://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Gloves_of_the_Claw)
Belt: Vistani Fighter's Sash (https://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Vistani_Fighter%27s_Sash)
Cloak: Mantle of Fury (https://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Mantle_of_Fury)
Rings: Keylock Ring (https://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Keylock_Ring) and Ring of the Mire (https://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Ring_of_the_Mire)
Trinket: Treasure Hunter's Spyglass (https://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Treasure_Hunter%27s_Spyglass_(level_8)) (DDO Wiki is inaccurate on skill bonuses)
Weapon: Barovian Greatsword

I also got a Dawn's Herald-Charm (https://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Dawn%27s_Herald-Charm) but I am saving that for when I get some other Ravenloft items. Since I have 5 Ardent of the Mists items I get the set bonus too. I also inserted Topazs of Resistance 15 in the gear to bump up my resistances.

My power has gone through the roof. I was able to do Level 7 quests on Reaper Difficulty. Right now I am just finishing the Level 10 quests on Hard and then I am going to take Level 11.

[Coffey]

This great guide was totally buried.

[Kiyro]

I like the guide so far, but why take THF then go for a deity for Long Swords? Does bastard sword count as a long sword now or something?

[C-Dog]

... why take THF then go for a deity for Long Swords? Does bastard sword count as a long sword now or something?
The biggest reason is simple - there is no deity for Bastard Sword*.


(* in the religions currently available in DDO. See also: https://ddowiki.com/page/Deities#Faer.C3.BBn.27s_Churches )

In DDO, when you choose a Deity for a build, after any Racial/Alignment/etc restrictions, there are 3 considerations (in rough order) -


1) Domains (only if a Cleric)
2) Deity-based Feats (https://ddowiki.com/page/Paladin#Deity_Based_Feats)
3) Role Playing

So (in this case) you have to wink at strict Role Playing considerations, take something that does help the build, and call it "good enough".

[unbongwah]

I like the guide so far, but why take THF then go for a deity for Long Swords? Does bastard sword count as a long sword now or something?This build uses greatswords thanks to Holy Combatant (tier-3 KotC): "You gain Greatsword as a Favored Weapon."

[Kiyro]

Thanks. Sorry if it was a dumb question. Still getting used to how complex builds are.

[FTPDDO]

I like the guide so far, but why take THF then go for a deity for Long Swords? Does bastard sword count as a long sword now or something?

The primary benefit of that diety is unyielding sovereignty. Plague reaper is one of the toughest enemies during heroic leveling and unyielding sovereignty effectively gives you one free pass. Using it bypasses the plague reaper healing penalty. Even if you run below reaper level it's useful to have the ability to heal to full when you are in trouble, but in reaper mode against plague reaper it can really bail you out of trouble.

And Unbongwah is spot-on as usual. I use great swords thanks to Holy Combatant for my primary weapon rather than long swords.


This build uses greatswords thanks to Holy Combatant (tier-3 KotC): "You gain Greatsword as a Favored Weapon."


Thanks. Sorry if it was a dumb question. Still getting used to how complex builds are.

It's as great question - I should have explained the reasoning better.

[Icetech3]

So, decided to come back due to the promo, looking for a pally build, Is this still viable for a newbie player?

Or can someone recommend something better for a newb? thanks much!

[FTPDDO]

So, decided to come back due to the promo, looking for a pally build, Is this still viable for a newbie player?

Or can someone recommend something better for a newb? thanks much!

Yes this still works the same way except with U51 coming out in early November epics should be easier and less complex for a new player/character.

[Arguin]

Yes this still works the same way except with U51 coming out in early November epics should be easier and less complex for a new player/character.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to approach U51 epics with this build? I'm still trying to decipher the changes and figuring out where to put points.

[ShaymusBane]

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to approach U51 epics with this build? I'm still trying to decipher the changes and figuring out where to put points.

Necro-thread response...but I would love an updated 'epic destiny' suggestion that followed from this build/post/thread! :)

[Abax11]

As a relatively new player i really appreciate the great effort you put on this full explained guide. It wasn't my first char but is the first one i reached level cap and can have some fun in epics/legendary as a solo player and while is not the same without the coupon for the free quests you can still do almost all the things included in the guide and learn a lot about the game (i also owned sharn and trove with the december discounts that really helps a lot because of the few free quests on mid epics).

I know i'm responding a necro thread but i think it still can help a lot of new players like it did to me :)

For epic destinies atm i'm playing with Divine Crusader, Legendary Dreadnought (mostly because of Dire Charge) and a few point on Unyielding Sentinel for selfhealing with Renewal and a few extra points on spot and while i'm sure there are better setups out there i'm feeling pretty confortable (again, as a solo player). Isn't too expensive to reset the trees and experiments a bit anyway.

[Gaiden101]

I'm coming back to the game after a several year hiatus. I played a paladin in a static back then and had a lot of fun so coming back I decided to roll another one. I was looking for current builds and saw this one. I realize this is a necro post and was wondering if this is still a viable build?

[unbongwah]

I'm coming back to the game after a several year hiatus. I played a paladin in a static back then and had a lot of fun so coming back I decided to roll another one. I was looking for current builds and saw this one. I realize this is a necro post and was wondering if this is still a viable build?
Should be fine. It's probably actually a bit better than it used to be, due to the U57 changes (https://ddowiki.com/page/Update_57_Release_Notes):

+25% Competence bonus to HPs added to tier-5 Knight of the Chalice.
+3 Imbue dice for 8 APs into Assassin tree to make Slayer of Evil's light damage a bit better. Or if you're not using a Favored weapon, you can use Assassin's Poisoned Coating imbue instead.


You've also got a new build option instead of rogue 2: a Dark Hunter (https://ddowiki.com/page/Dark_Hunter) splash, probably paired with fighter 1 later.

Pros: full BAB so you don't have to delay your ITHF/GTHF feat progression.
Cons: loses Evasion, Toxin Affinity, UMD as a class skill.

[Gaiden101]

Should be fine. It's probably actually a bit better than it used to be, due to the U57 changes (https://ddowiki.com/page/Update_57_Release_Notes):

+25% Competence bonus to HPs added to tier-5 Knight of the Chalice.
+3 Imbue dice for 8 APs into Assassin tree to make Slayer of Evil's light damage a bit better. Or if you're not using a Favored weapon, you can use Assassin's Poisoned Coating imbue instead.


You've also got a new build option instead of rogue 2: a Dark Hunter (https://ddowiki.com/page/Dark_Hunter) splash, probably paired with fighter 1 later.

Pros: full BAB so you don't have to delay your ITHF/GTHF feat progression.
Cons: loses Evasion, Toxin Affinity, UMD as a class skill.


Awesome thanks for the info. Now to figure out why I can't get the sound to play through my headset