TinydooOoOoom Halfling Kensai

[EinarMal]

Ok, so thought of this as some kind of cool fighter build with Kensai, taking advantage of the one big fighter perk, all the feats.

TinydooOoOoom Mal
(Halfling Male Fighter 12/Paladin 6/Rogue 2)

Stats:
Str 15 (34=15 +5 Levels +3 Tome +3 Enh. +6 Item +2 Rage)
Dex 16 (26=16 +3 Tome +1 Enh. +6 Item)
Con 12 (22=12 +2 Tome +6 Item +2 Rage)
Int 12 (14=12 +2 Tome)
Wis 8 (16=8 +2 Tome +6 Item)
Cha 13 (24=13 +3 Tome +2 Enh. +6 Item)

Level Progression:
1-Rogue
2 thru 5-Paladin
6-Rogue
7 thru 18-Fighter
19 thru 20-Paladin

Skills:
UMD - Max
(Less than max)
Open Lock
Jump
Balance
Intimidate

Feats:
1-Least Mark of Healing
3-Toughness
6-Lesser Mark of Healing
7-(FB)TWF
8-(FB)ITWF
9-Greater Mark of Healing
10-(FB)IC Piercing
12-Empower Healing
12-(FB)GTWF
14-(FB)Weapon Focus Piercing
15-Weapon Spec Piercing
16-(FB)Greater Weapon Focus Piercing
18-Greater Weapon Spec Piercing
18-(FB)Power Attack

HP:
192(Levels) +20(Heroic) +10(Draconic) +30(GFL) +120(Con) +22(Helm) +22(Tough) +30(Enh.) +45(GS)=491

SP:
25(6Pal) +45(Wis) +300(GS)=370

Enhancements:
Fighter Strength III
Fighter Toughness III
Fighter Haste Boost III
Fighter Attack Boost III
Fighter Critical Accuracy III
Fighter Kensai I
Fighter Kensai Two Handed Mastery I
Fighter Kensai II
Fighter Kensai Two Handed Mastery II
Rogue Dex I
Rogue Sneak Attack Training I
Paladin Charisma II
Paladin Devotion II
Paladin Divine Might I
Paladin Resistance of Good I
Halfling Extra Dragonmark IV
Halfling Cunning III
Halfling Guile III

To Hit:
BAB 19
Str 12
Weapon 5
GH 4
Haste 1
Focus 2
Kensai 2
Divine Favor 2
TWF -2
Power Attack -5
+40 (44 w/ Power Surge)

Damage:
Str 12
PA 5
Weapon 5
Kensai 2
Spec 4
Sneak 12.5
Divine Might 2
Divine Favor 2
+44.5/38.5 (+48.5/40.5 Power Surge)

Saves (Fort/Reflex/Will):
Base: 13/9/6
Attributes: 6/8/3
Resistance: 5/5/5
Head: 2/2/2
Greater Hero: 4/4/4
Halfling: 1/1/1
Paladin Aura: 2/2/2
Divine Grace: 7/7/7
Total: 40/38/30

You also of course with empower healing + devotion II + dragon marks would be very good at self healing.

[Noctus]

- The build will have excellent self healing and hit reliably.
- Feat distribution is fine.
- Good defence through high Saves, Evasion and nice AC.


In conclusion:
Much greater survivability and flexibility by only giving up a tiny bit of DPS compared to a pure Fighter.




P.S.
You should really invest into Intimidate. While you wont be able to tank all raid bosses on elite, you will have a good enough Intimidate to gather trashmobs on you, away from more squishy pure DPS-builds.

[EinarMal]

- The build will have excellent self healing and hit reliably.
- Feat distribution is fine.
- Good defence through high Saves, Evasion and nice AC.


In conclusion:
Much greater survivability and flexibility by only giving up a tiny bit of DPS compared to a pure Fighter.




P.S.
You should really invest into Intimidate. While you wont be able to tank all raid bosses on elite, you will have a good enough Intimidate to gather trashmobs on you, away from more squishy pure DPS-builds.

Yeah I could probably get in some intimidate, I am not sure if I can max it skill points will be tight keeping up UMD. It would probably still be worthwhile as you say for many mobs.

I thought it turned out really well, it was in response to people mentioning in a thread about the death of all non 18/2 builds. So, I thought I would see if I could come up with something that would be comparable.

I think it compares favorably to any Fighter 18-20 build. The Paladin 6 adds in a nice +2 to hit and +4 to damage which offsets the loss of Kensai III pretty well. I still lose the critical multiplier. I could also pick up tier I of any Paladin prestige class, at this point I did not add that in. To me the tier I of at least knight of the chalice wasn't worth the AP cost compared to dropping halfling sneak enhancements.

So really I gain over something like Halfling Fighter 18/Rogue 2
-Much much better saves
-Better AC when needed
-+1 to hit and +3 damage per swing (Divine Favor/Might vs. Kensai III)
-Better dragonmarks by a lot with Devoton II and Empower Healing

Lose:
-+1 Critical multiplier

I think that is a pretty good trade. I am not saying it's strictly "better" but to me the DPS trade off make sense (personally I think I win). A lot of people focus solely on DPS though so probably would disagree.

[Ryss]

I don't know how this build would stack up in the game but on paper it makes me drool. Me not knowing part isn't a flame or anything, I really don't know.

Great work.

[Balkas]

Looks good

You should definitely invest in Divine Sacrifice I.

[EinarMal]

Looks good

You should definitely invest in Divine Sacrifice I.

Yeah I thought about that, I was having great difficulty fitting in all the stuff that would work out well. Kensai currently burns a lot of AP unfortunately.

I could probably sacrifice some saves and drop the charisma enhancements, it would only cost me 1 save on everything and they are already quite high. I may not end up really needing the toughness enhancements either but I am kind of thinking that I will end up needing those hit points.

The good thing is I could certainly play with the two I would probably try that. A lot also depends if I want another clicky to hit besides divine favor, divine might, haste boost, and power surge. There are already going to be a lot of short buffs to keep track of without adding another clicky attack!

[Balkas]

That's part of the *fun* of playing a Paladin .

It's worth it though, trust me.

Just throw it in slot 1 of your skill bar and hit it every 3 seconds.

Also you can time it so it hits on both swings; double the fun .

[EinarMal]

That's part of the *fun* of playing a Paladin .

It's worth it though, trust me.

Just throw it in slot 1 of your skill bar and hit it every 3 seconds.

Also you can time it so it hits on both swings; double the fun .

It definitely is worth it, I am currently level 8 on this build and I like it a lot. With dragonmarks and lay on hands I can keep myself healed well.

The smites and sacrifices also are really nice burst DPS.

[Carpone]

/cast necro thread

Assuming you've capped this character, what changes were made along the way from the OP? Was is still fun to play past 8th level?