Sex Appeal Build 2.0 (Get ready for MOD 5!)

[hazur]

Greetings,

I have been hinting around here and there about the power of splashing a cleric level onto your bard, but now, I shall unleash the power of Sex Appeal 2.0.

The Sex Appeal "build" isn't even so much a build, as a bard state of mind. If you made a bard to be selfish, you should not read further. If you made a bard to help others, you should try this out. You want people to want you. You want people to stare. You want people to LOVE you. You want to SURPRISE people with your awesomeness. You are pure sex appeal.

This build is designed to do as much to help the group as possible without sacrificing a well-rounded stance.

This character is to be a Drow! (The sexiest race.)

This character should end up as a 13 Bard/1 Cleric.

Behold, my general starting stats for most of my Drow bards:

Str: 16 (Yay you can hit the broad side of a barn!)
Dex: 16 (You can still shoot a bow fairly decent!)
Con: 8 (Wow, you're a squishy.)
Int: 10 (Not too bright.)
Wis: 8 (Yea, we don't really need this.)
Cha: 18 (Woohoo, lots of sex appeal!)

You're going to put all your level ups into CHA. No questions there.

Level 1:
You're going with BARD here. I would pick up Cure Light Wounds, and the Mental Toughness feat.

Level 2:
Bard yet again, I think you get another spell, I would go with charm person.

Level 3:
CLERIC! And you get a feat, lets see, Extra Turns sounds good, lets get those DVs flowing! Pick up the DIVINE VITALITY and EXTRA TURNING enhancements and you are set to go with 4+3+4+1=12 DVs. You get to pick up Remove Fear (suggested) and another level 1 cleric spell slot for free.

Levels 4-14: BARD! You're looking at the bread and butter spells for bards, mostly as many buffs as you can grab: Blur, Displacement, Haste, Cure Moderate Wounds, Cure Serious Wounds, Good Hope, Greater Heroism, Disco Ball, Mass Suggestion, etc. For enhancements you want to go with MT/IMT, Extend Spell, Empower Healing, SF: UMD, Extra Turning, etc. All stat increases to Charisma! You also definitely want to pick up SPELLSINGER.


Now what the heck does this bard do anyway?

Well, most would say this bard is healing spec'd. Personally, I say its GROUP oriented. This bard does its best to help everyone in the party with their problems. You are the glue that holds the party together.

Some points:

You will have a large spell point pool from the extra 100+ cleric SP.
Your buffs help the entire party be a more devastating force in combat.
Between Fascinate and the high level CC spells, you set the pace.
As of MOD 5 you should be able to get 18+ DVs, or 300+ SP for the party.
You get a couple of free spell slots, cheesy but semi-helpful.
With your mid-range strength and dexterity, you can still wade into combat.
You will have burst healing ability, which is clutch in a lot of situations.


As of MOD 5 your entire Charisma Modifier will be added to your amount of Turn Undeads (DVs). This will allow (easily) for 10+3+4+1=18 DVs with the feat and the enhancement, or 13 without the feat and the enhancement. Even with the smaller amount, you are still looking at 200+ SP. This combined with the 100 or so you get from the cleric level on your own SP bar blows the sorcerer level concept out of the water. This is as far as grouping is concerned however, if you're selfish, you need not apply.

For more information and strategies on this build, refer to the original Sex Appeal Build thread. This is basically designed under the constraints of that build, only adding in the cleric level for the DVs and whatnot.

Regards,
Booser

[geezee]

Correct me if Im wrong, but dont you get more SPs from talking cleric at lvl 1?

[Freeman]

Correct me if Im wrong, but dont you get more SPs from talking cleric at lvl 1?

No, you get the same amount no matter when you take the first level of cleric.

But don't listen to Hazur, he doesn't know what he's talking about. Otherwise, he'd know that humans are the sexiest race

[Frodo_Lives]

With a wisdom that low I didn't think you could even cast cleric spells. Also that will make one heck of a squishy bard with such a low Con. I'd pull Str back to 14 and bump Con and Wis to at least 10.

This build seems to be a casting type of bard and I don't think losing +1 to Str will hurt it all that much. Heck I'd rather have a 12 Str or even 10 and go almost completely caster style and take advantage of the natural bonus to Dex (weapon finesse?) and Con.

[Quartzite]

A +3 Wis item is pretty easy to get. In fact you can buy them off the AH by level 7. So basically I'd leave the Cleric level until then.

For a caster build I'd feel comfortable taking 14 Str, too. Especially if it meant shoring up Con. But I'm a Con junky. It just becomes so much more effective at later levels. Every 2 Con gives 14 HP at 14th, after all. A bit of an improvement over the 2 HP/ 2 Con at level 2.

[Impaqt]

15 STR and 16 Dex make no sense for a Support Build.... Either way, your not hitting Much inthe High levels with a 3/4 BAB Build thats been splashed with another 3/4 BAB Build..... THat nets you a 9 BAB.. +6 STR or Dex gets you to +15 You'll be struggling to get you to hit up around +25 which is the Minimum you need to be efective at end game in batle.

8 CON is a death Sentence.... You simly wont survice if you take a couple hits. Fasinate i s an important tool if you intend to be a support build..

Run up to Fasinate.. Get clocked once.. Dead bard.. No Facinated Mobs........

Drop STR to 10, Put a couple more Points in DEX and the rest in CON.... Stick to Ranged attacks, Pick up Precision as a feat if you have room.