28pt Artificer Adventurer

[ycheese123]

Making a quick post of my last build I played on HCL season 5.

Nothing revolutionary here; just a simple, fun, tough Arti.

NOTE: this build guide only goes up to level 20.

Harper Agent is 495 DDO Points or 310 Harper favor reward.
Warforged is 995 DDO Points or 400 total favor reward.

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Warforged. Lawful Good. 18 Artificer/ 2 Monk.

Artificer for crossbow stuff, repairs, trap skills, lock picking
Monk for evasion and 2 bonus feats
Warforged for better repairs, tanky racial tree, inherent immunities

28 Point Build

STR... 8
DEX... 14
CON... 16
INT... 16
WIS... 12
CHA... 6

All ability score raises go into INT.

Level Order

Art > Monk > Art > Monk > Art to cap.

Feats

1. Point Blank Shot
2. Toughness (monk bonus feat)
3. Rapid Shot
4. Precision (monk bonus feat)
6. Precise Shot
6. Quicken Spell (arti bonus feat)
9. Dodge
10. Extend Spell (arti bonus feat)
12. Improved Critical: Ranged
14. Empower Spell (arti bonus feat)
15. Mobility
18. Shot on the Run (arti bonus feat)
18. Toughness, or whatever. I like HP.

Enhancements

**only showing 74 of 80 points spent. Have fun with the last 6 AP.**

Warforged (20)
- Core 1: Improved Fortification %50
- Tier 1: Construct Hardiness II
- Tier 1: Mechanist III
- Tier 1: Construct Toughness
- Core 2: Warforged Constitution
- Tier 2: Construct Toughness
- Core 3: Improved Fortification %75
- Tier 3: Construct Toughness
- Tier 3: Memories... Spellcarved Soldier
- Tier 5: Construct Toughness
- Tier 5: Memories... Front Lines
- Tier 5: Warforged Resolve

Battle Engineer (35)
- Core 1: Battle Engineer
- Tier 1: Crossbow Training
- Tier 1: Field Engineer II
- Core 2: Infused Weapons
- Tier 2: Crossbow Training
- Tier 2: Ranged Wrack I
- Tier 2: Caustic Shot III
- Tier 2: Action Boost Power III
- Core 3: Infused Armor
- Tier 3: Crossbow Training
- Tier 3: INT
- Core 4: Infused Weapons
- Tier 4: INT
- Tier 4: Agility Engine III
- Tier 4: Endless Fusilade
- Tier 4: Crossbow Training
- Tier 5: Reconstructed Crossbow
- Tier 5: Unlock Potential
- Tier 5: Weapon Attachment
- Tier 5: Tactical Mobility

Harper Agent (15)
- Core 1: Agent of Good
- Tier 1: Harper Enchantment
- Tier 1: Traveler's Toughness III
- Tier 1: Strategic Combat I
- Tier 1: Awareness I
- Tier 2: Magical Endurance I
- Tier 2: Know the Angels I
- Tier 3: Highly Skilled II
- Tier 3: Strategic Combat II

Renegade Master Maker (4)
- Core 1: Renegade Defender
- Tier 1: Easily Fixed
- Tier 1: Toughness II




Enhancement Guide

Take Tier 1 Warforged and Renegade Master Maker stuff first.
Follow up With Harper and Battle Engineer Tier 1 stuff.
Work on Warforged Cores and Tier 3s, plus finish off Harper enhancements.
Dip into Battle Engineer while working on the stuff above to get Tier 2s.
Then Finish Battle Engineer and Warforged.
6 action points available at level 20 to spend anywhere.


Spells

1: Conjure Bolts, Repair Light, Resist Energy, Shield of Faith, Enchant Weapons, (empty)
2: Repair Mod, Reinforce Construct, Elemental Weapons, Lucky Cape, Prot. Elements, (empty)
3: Flame Turret, Adamantine, Repair Serious, Stone Skin, (empty)
4: Cold Iron, Repair Critical, Armor of Speed, Lightning Motes, (empty)
5: Prismatic Strike, Tenser's, Radiant Forcefield
6: Reconstruct, Deadly Weapons

Skills

Spot, Search, Repair, Disable Device, Open Lock, Balance, UMD, Jump.

Gear

These notes are for HCL but can be applicable to general play.

- Korthos Anger's Step boots for speed clicky.
- Farm/reroll Borderlands spider rare (Treewalker) for the Mantle of Gentle Descent and ingots.
- Use the inigots to trade for the Ethereal (ghost touch) crossbow and the rune arm from Morten Edgewright.
- Deathblock item. Bracers are a decent slot.
- Farm out the Bottle of Smoke trinket from Lost Gatekeepers. Or carry blur scrolls.
- Saltmarsh and Feywild have great low level (3-5) armor and other gear.
- The rune arm in Feywild or The Catacombs are good pickups.
- Duskbone ring from Feywild.
- Update trap gear.
- Voice of the Master from completing Delera's Graveyard.
- Ravenloft free weapon (Barovian). I like farming for the Macabre weapon too.
- Flightfoot Greaves (FoM boots) from Death House
- Phasecloak from A Raven at the Door.
- Keylock Ring from Death House.
- Insightful Fortification item.
- Repair Amp item.

[C-Dog]

...Lawful Good...

Lawful for Monk, check; why Good?