Odd Idea (again)

[GrayOldDruid]

How do you think a Tempest Cleric would work out?
6 Ranger 10 Cleric
Dual wielding a Light Mace and a Morningstar.

stats (lvl 16 w/ raises and enhancements, no tomes, no items) :
str 17
dex 14
con 17
int 8
wis 20
chr 8

With a con and str tome, str, con, dex and wis items :
24
20
24
8
26
8

Saves 15/10/14 (unbuffed, no items)
BAB : 13/13/18/23 (unbuffed, no items)
( +1 weapon focus (bludgeoning), +7 str, +3 divine favor, +1 Ram's Might = 25/25/30/35 ; Divine Power = 28/28/33/38/38 )
Tempest adds another attack? at ?? A decent +5 on the weapon =

Divine Healing II

Recitation and Prayer

Freedom of Movement
Raise Dead
Slay Living
Restoration
Greater Command
Spell resistance
True Seeing

... Just wondering...

[krud]

I don't see why it couldn't work out.

But, why bludgeoning weapons? There are many better weapon choices for a dual-wielding character.

[Aspenor]

I don't see why it couldn't work out.

But, why bludgeoning weapons? There are many better weapon choices for a dual-wielding character.

and since 1 ranger level gives you all martial proficiencies....

maces....really??? what?!

[rimble]

But, why bludgeoning weapons? There are many better weapon choices for a dual-wielding character.

Don't half-ass weird your Tempest Cleric and use Rapiers! Go full-ass weird and use bludgeoning! I like it.

Really though, maybe Elf with Rapiers (maybe start out with Longswords and use the +1 ToHit Cleric Enhancement), 9 Cleric/6 Ranger/1 Monk. At least 15 Dex (I prefer 16) to get GTWF later.

[Impaqt]

Hmmm... THis could be interesting..... Kinda surprised I didnt punch one of these up already.... Maybe Drow... Rapier/SS enh + SS Enh for Offhand. Some Nice Puncturers, and a Couple Shroud Tier 3 Weapons and this could be pretty fun.

Unfortunatly, you'd have to wait till level cap to get a Blade Barrier..... That sucks... but a 11 Cleric/9 ranger (BB, Heal, Evasion) could be a lot of fun next cap increase.....

I'll work it up and Post in the Cleric forums later.

[Artierius]

I wrote one down on paper but never put it up....it doesn't look bad at all. However I was going 8 Cleric / 6 Ranger / 2 Monk..as the extra ranger levels don't give you as much as 2 monk. You still get evasion, better saves, 2 feats, and more AC from wisdom than barkskin going up.

Ofcourse, I did sacrifice my spell levels till later on but the final build was going to be 12 / 6 / 2 or 11 / x / x if I felt like being different in some areas.

[Valiance]

Check out my Avalanche build in the ranger forums. Same idea as here except for splashing 2 levels of monk for evasion and amazing AC (70+). Will still get a max'd blade barrier at cap. In addition you'll get a small stacking speed boost with air stance 1 for use with dual vorpal kama's.

Val

[GrayOldDruid]

Don't half-ass weird your Tempest Cleric and use Rapiers! Go full-ass weird and use bludgeoning! I like it.

Really though, maybe Elf with Rapiers (maybe start out with Longswords and use the +1 ToHit Cleric Enhancement), 9 Cleric/6 Ranger/1 Monk. At least 15 Dex (I prefer 16) to get GTWF later.

I'm a weirdo and I'm okay with that.

Okay, like most of my recent characters, I pulled some really cool maces and a morningstar I'd like to use... LOL. Also, I wanted to go for Maldroit of Bonebreaking - not many things have high dex stats in game, so would render most things motionless pretty quick, enabling auto-crits.

... and Normal is boring. Also... Rapiers?? On a more strength-build... seriously, I've seen and used rapiers in real life. They'd snap like twigs on any heavy combat, they poke and parry. You don't walk around in full plate carrying fairy-arse rapiers. Barbarian Rapier users... yeah... even his mom calls him Nancy. I know its a fantasy game, but seriously. Some people may have "Toons" who use whatever is mathematically 'the best', but I play with characters. I just can't bring myself to use rapiers. I don't do Lawful ("I'm an agent of chaos, and you know the thing about chaos? It’s fair"), so Monks and Paladins are just things I will never play. ( Even though I pulled some cool-concept hand wraps I'd like to see used ) Yes, I hold on to some RP ideals with a deathgrip. ROFLOL.

Plus, I would like to find a Maldroit of Weighted mace and take the Stunning Blow feat to have a little special effect. I have a +3 Impact (increased crit range) Silver morningstar of Weighted (3%) that I'd like to use. and a Seeker (+10) Heavy mace of Pure Good, oh and a couple banishing maces... ... and my current cleric, who I pretty much assumed couldn't hit the side of a barn with a semi, actually hits Shroud trogs with some impressive accuracy and damage when Dual wielding his Superior Potency VI Heavy Mace and a +5 Flaming Mace of Pure Good (for the pure good damage on the portals, he likes to help in between healing and casting prayer and recitation)

Also, EVERYBODY wants Rapiers and LOTS of people want/use Longswords or Scimitars. I figure I can get some pretty good bashing weapons for fairly cheap.

So, the Dex thing. +2 Tome to take care of that? So in January I can get GTWF? I already have a +1 str tome waiting on Mod 8 to actually build the character... yes, cause I want the NPE. LOL.

[Verdant_Force]

I'm a weirdo and I'm okay with that.

Okay, like most of my recent characters, I pulled some really cool maces and a morningstar I'd like to use... LOL. Also, I wanted to go for Maldroit of Bonebreaking - not many things have high dex stats in game, so would render most things motionless pretty quick, enabling auto-crits.

... and Normal is boring. Also... Rapiers?? On a more strength-build... seriously, I've seen and used rapiers in real life. They'd snap like twigs on any heavy combat, they poke and parry. You don't walk around in full plate carrying fairy-arse rapiers. Barbarian Rapier users... yeah... even his mom calls him Nancy. I know its a fantasy game, but seriously. Some people may have "Toons" who use whatever is mathematically 'the best', but I play with characters. I just can't bring myself to use rapiers. I don't do Lawful ("I'm an agent of chaos, and you know the thing about chaos? It’s fair"), so Monks and Paladins are just things I will never play. ( Even though I pulled some cool-concept hand wraps I'd like to see used ) Yes, I hold on to some RP ideals with a deathgrip. ROFLOL.

Plus, I would like to find a Maldroit of Weighted mace and take the Stunning Blow feat to have a little special effect. I have a +3 Impact (increased crit range) Silver morningstar of Weighted (3%) that I'd like to use. and a Seeker (+10) Heavy mace of Pure Good, oh and a couple banishing maces... ... and my current cleric, who I pretty much assumed couldn't hit the side of a barn with a semi, actually hits Shroud trogs with some impressive accuracy and damage when Dual wielding his Superior Potency VI Heavy Mace and a +5 Flaming Mace of Pure Good (for the pure good damage on the portals, he likes to help in between healing and casting prayer and recitation)

Also, EVERYBODY wants Rapiers and LOTS of people want/use Longswords or Scimitars. I figure I can get some pretty good bashing weapons for fairly cheap.

So, the Dex thing. +2 Tome to take care of that? So in January I can get GTWF? I already have a +1 str tome waiting on Mod 8 to actually build the character... yes, cause I want the NPE. LOL.

I like the way the weirdo thinks.

[Impaqt]

Heres what I came up with
http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php...61#post1831061

[krud]

ok, maces it is. It's not such a strange idea, I found a whole bunch of uber xbows for my cleric very cheap on the AH. They don't work so well at cap, but through the midlevels my cleric was pretty badass with his xbows. The tenderizer from the reaver would be right up your alley (+5 impact morningstar weighted 5%). Nobody seems to want it when it drops, so you can get one real easy.

Brings back memories of my old AD&D days when clerics could only use bludgeoning weapons.

[GrayOldDruid]

ok, maces it is. It's not such a strange idea, I found a whole bunch of uber xbows for my cleric very cheap on the AH. They don't work so well at cap, but through the midlevels my cleric was pretty badass with his xbows. The tenderizer from the reaver would be right up your alley (+5 impact morningstar weighted 5&#37. Nobody seems to want it when it drops, so you can get one real easy.

Brings back memories of my old AD&D days when clerics could only use bludgeoning weapons.

I suppose I'm fairly stuck in that mode as well... "A Cleric with a Sharp thing?? What the lleh??"


Waiting till Mod 8 to make anything new... maybe... okay, IF I can stand it.... I mean, I have three non-capped characters!! and Shroud Crafting... 24 Larges to collect.... okay, so just 6 Large Scales, but still....

[GrayOldDruid]

Woodsy is doing pretty dang good. Even dual wielding Maldroit of Bonebreaking and a maldroit of sneak attack, he kills the ogres and giants in Gianthold too quick to see the immobilization - at level 10.

Currently looking like :

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Woodsy Warpriest
Level 10 Chaotic Good Human Male
(6 Ranger \ 4 Cleric) 
Hit Points: 162
Spell Points: 334 
BAB: 9\9\14
Fortitude: 12
Reflex: 7
Will: 9

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
Abilities        Base Stats          Modified Stats
(32 Point)       (Level 1)             (Level 10)
Strength             17                    20  (+4 Str item)
Dexterity            13                    13
Constitution         14                    17 (+3 Con item)
Intelligence          8                     8
Wisdom               15                    17 (+3 Wis item)
Charisma              8                     8 (+3 Chr item)

Tomes Used
+1 Tome of Strength used at level 1
+2 Tome of Constitution used at level 1
+1 Tome of Wisdom used at level 1

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
                 Base Skills         Modified Skills
Skills           (Level 1)            (Level 10)
Balance               1                     2
Bluff                -1                    -1
Concentration         5                    14
Diplomacy            -1                     0
Disable Device       n/a                   n/a
Haggle                1                     5
Heal                  7                    11
Hide                  1                     1
Intimidate           -1                    -1
Jump                  8                    16
Listen                3                     3
Move Silently         1                     1
Open Lock             n/a                   n/a
Perform              n/a                   n/a
Repair               -1                    -1
Search                1                     1
Spot                  7                     7
Swim                  4                     5
Tumble                3                     6.5
Use Magic Device     n/a                   n/a

Level 1 (Ranger)
Feat: (Human Bonus) Dodge
Feat: (Favored Enemy) Favored Enemy: Undead
Feat: (Selected) Toughness
Enhancement: Ranger Favored Damage I
Enhancement: Ranger Favored Defense I


Level 2 (Cleric)
Enhancement: Follower of the Silver Flame
Enhancement: Human Improved Recovery I
Enhancement: Cleric Energy of the Zealot I


Level 3 (Ranger)
Feat: (Selected) Extend Spell
Enhancement: Racial Toughness I
Enhancement: Ranger Favored Resistance I
Enhancement: Cleric Life Magic I
Enhancement: Cleric Divine Vitality I
Enhancement: Cleric Extra Turning I


Level 4 (Cleric)
Ability Raise: CON
Enhancement: Cleric Wisdom I
Enhancement: Cleric Wand Mastery I


Level 5 (Ranger)
Enhancement: Human Adaptability Strength I


Level 6 (Cleric)
Feat: (Selected) Mobility
Enhancement: Human Improved Recovery II
Enhancement: Racial Toughness II
Enhancement: Cleric Divine Healing I


Level 7 (Ranger)
Enhancement: Cleric Prayer of Life I


Level 8 (Cleric)
Ability Raise: STR
Enhancement: Cleric Life Magic II
Enhancement: Cleric Extra Turning II


Level 9 (Ranger)
Feat: (Favored Enemy) Favored Enemy: Giant
Feat: (Selected) Spring Attack


Level 10 (Ranger)
Enhancement: Ranger Favored Attack I
Enhancement: Ranger Favored Damage II
Enhancement: Ranger Tempest I

Final look will be similar to below. The Character Planner didn't unlock Divine Might or Racial Toughness III for the build, but I think DDO will... not sure what the issue would be... so Enhancements might change and up the HP by 10 points. Minos Legens will probably be taken.... This is with NO LOOT at all... May pass him a +2 Chr tome to up the Turns/Divine Healing/DVs. Shroud crafting will up a good bit of the numbers.

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Woodsy Warpriest
Level 16 Chaotic Good Human Male
(6 Ranger \ 10 Cleric) 
Hit Points: 250
Spell Points: 607 
BAB: 13\13\18\23
Fortitude: 16
Reflex: 10
Will: 12

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
Abilities        Base Stats          Modified Stats
(32 Point)       (Level 1)             (Level 16)
Strength             17                    22 (28 with item)
Dexterity            13                    14 (20 with item)
Constitution         14                    18 (24 with item)
Intelligence          8                     8
Wisdom               15                    17 (22 with +5 item)
Charisma              8                     8 (? 16 with +2 tome and +6 item)

Tomes Used
+1 Tome of Strength used at level 1
+2 Tome of Constitution used at level 1
+1 Tome of Wisdom used at level 1

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
                 Base Skills         Modified Skills
Skills           (Level 1)            (Level 16)
Balance               1                     3
Bluff                -1                    -1
Concentration         5                    21
Diplomacy            -1                     0
Disable Device       n/a                   n/a
Haggle                1                     5
Heal                  7                    16
Hide                  1                     2
Intimidate           -1                    -1
Jump                  8                    17
Listen                3                     3
Move Silently         1                     2
Open Lock             n/a                   n/a
Perform              n/a                   n/a
Repair               -1                    -1
Search                1                     1
Spot                  7                     7
Swim                  4                     6
Tumble                3                     8
Use Magic Device     n/a                   n/a


Level 10 (Ranger)
Enhancement: Ranger Favored Attack I
Enhancement: Ranger Favored Damage II
Enhancement: Ranger Tempest I


Level 11 (Cleric)
Enhancement: Human Improved Recovery III


Level 12 (Cleric)
Ability Raise: STR
Feat: (Selected) Stunning Blow
Enhancement: Silver Flame Exorcism


Level 13 (Cleric)
Enhancement: Human Adaptability Constitution II


Level 14 (Cleric)
Enhancement: Cleric Spell Penetration I
Enhancement: Cleric Energy of the Zealot II


Level 15 (Cleric)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Critical: Bludgeoning Weapons
Enhancement: Cleric Divine Healing II
Enhancement: Cleric Extra Turning III


Level 16 (Cleric)
Ability Raise: STR
Enhancement: Ranger Dexterity I
Enhancement: Cleric Divine Vitality II

[Turial]

When I still had it my ranger/cleric who used maces was a lot of fun. MOB maces are pretty cheap and a quick way for a man or woman of the cloth to kill things, most mobs have about 10-18 dex.