my first attempt at favored soul build

[Bolo_Grubb]

please advise or simply rip it apart and call me stupid. Just please explain why I am stupid

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Sycraft 
Level 20 Lawful Good Human Male
(20 Favored Soul) 
Hit Points: 342
Spell Points: 2375 
BAB: 15\15\20\25\25
Fortitude: 16
Reflex: 12
Will: 22

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
Abilities        Base Stats          Modified Stats
(32 Point)       (Level 1)             (Level 20)
Strength             14                    16
Dexterity             8                    10
Constitution         16                    18
Intelligence          8                    10
Wisdom                8                    10
Charisma             18                    30

Tomes Used
+1 Tome of Strength used at level 3
+1 Tome of Dexterity used at level 3
+1 Tome of Constitution used at level 3
+1 Tome of Intelligence used at level 3
+1 Tome of Wisdom used at level 3
+1 Tome of Charisma used at level 3
+2 Tome of Strength used at level 7
+2 Tome of Dexterity used at level 7
+2 Tome of Constitution used at level 7
+2 Tome of Intelligence used at level 7
+2 Tome of Wisdom used at level 7
+2 Tome of Charisma used at level 7

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
                 Base Skills         Modified Skills
Skills           (Level 1)            (Level 20)
Balance               1                    11
Bluff                 4                    10
Concentration         7                    31
Diplomacy             4                    12
Disable Device       n/a                    n/a
Haggle                4                    17
Heal                 -1                     2
Hide                 -1                     0
Intimidate            4                    10
Jump                  2                     4
Listen               -1                     0
Move Silently        -1                     0
Open Lock            n/a                    n/a
Perform               n/a                  n/a
Repair               -1                     0
Search               -1                     0
Spot                 -1                     0
Swim                  2                     3
Tumble               n/a                    n/a
Use Magic Device      n/a                  n/a

Level 1 (Favored Soul)
Feat: (Human Bonus) Empower Healing Spell
Feat: (Selected) Extend Spell
Feat: (Diety) Favored by the Sovereign Host


Level 2 (Favored Soul)


Level 3 (Favored Soul)
Feat: (Selected) Mental Toughness


Level 4 (Favored Soul)


Level 5 (Favored Soul)
Feat: (Favored Soul Bonus) Energy Resistance: Fire


Level 6 (Favored Soul)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Mental Toughness


Level 7 (Favored Soul)


Level 8 (Favored Soul)


Level 9 (Favored Soul)
Feat: (Selected) Heavy Armor Proficiency


Level 10 (Favored Soul)
Feat: (Favored Soul Bonus) Energy Resistance: Acid


Level 11 (Favored Soul)


Level 12 (Favored Soul)
Feat: (Selected) Toughness


Level 13 (Favored Soul)


Level 14 (Favored Soul)


Level 15 (Favored Soul)
Feat: (Favored Soul Bonus) Energy Resistance: Electricity
Feat: (Selected) Force of Personality


Level 16 (Favored Soul)


Level 17 (Favored Soul)


Level 18 (Favored Soul)
Feat: (Selected) Weapon Focus: Slashing Weapons


Level 19 (Favored Soul)


Level 20 (Favored Soul)
Enhancement: Favored Soul Ascendancy: Sovereign Host
Enhancement: Unyielding Sovereignty
Enhancement: Favored Soul Longsword Specialization I
Enhancement: Favored Soul Longsword Specialization II
Enhancement: Human Adaptability Charisma I
Enhancement: Human Improved Recovery I
Enhancement: Human Improved Recovery II
Enhancement: Human Versatility I
Enhancement: Human Versatility II
Enhancement: Human Versatility III
Enhancement: Human Versatility IV
Enhancement: Racial Toughness I
Enhancement: Racial Toughness II
Enhancement: Favored Soul Concentration I
Enhancement: Favored Soul Concentration II
Enhancement: Favored Soul Concentration III
Enhancement: Favored Soul Concentration IV
Enhancement: Favored Soul Jump I
Enhancement: Favored Soul Prayer of Life I
Enhancement: Favored Soul Prayer of Life II
Enhancement: Favored Soul Life Magic I
Enhancement: Favored Soul Life Magic II
Enhancement: Favored Soul Life Magic III
Enhancement: Favored Soul Life Magic IV
Enhancement: Favored Soul Energy of the Scion I
Enhancement: Favored Soul Energy of the Scion II
Enhancement: Favored Soul Energy of the Scion III
Enhancement: Favored Soul Energy of the Scion IV
Enhancement: Favored Soul Charisma I
Enhancement: Favored Soul Charisma II
Enhancement: Favored Soul Toughness I
Enhancement: Favored Soul Toughness II
Enhancement: Favored Soul Toughness III
Enhancement: Favored Soul Toughness IV

I picture playing this as mostly a heal bot but sword capable. I know I did not choose any spells in the builder but I am pretty sure I would take all heal and buff spells.

What do you think?

[nicro]

Start with this build and customize it to your own taste. You'll enjoy the toon more if you don't limit yourself to healing.

[clanqui]

The evoker is a little specialized but it's a great place to start. No matter what you should absolutely 100% aim for a build that can heal and either melee or cast offensively effectively. Melee builds take a little more work and lose more healing effectiveness, caster builds really give up nothing except for some piddly spell points. So with that in mind...

Charisma is almost a dump stat. You want enough to be able to cast your level 9 spells, and that's it. Personally I would aim to be able to cast naked, so that means 12-14, but if you dont mind being bound to a cha item you can actually go even lower. The extra spell points are so negligible they aren't even worth considering.

Mental toughnesses are a waste of a feat. It's an extra 110 sp on a build that is going to have 2500+.

Heavy armor proficiency will be useless on this build. By the time you get it, you will have about two levels before everything will be hitting you almost automatically anyhow.

Force of personality: see my comment on charisma. also, FvS have high will saves and self buffs against the most common will save spells.

Weapon focus is always useless, but especially so on a build that can't fight effectively. Which you can't with a medium strength, no PA, and no THF or TWF feats,

There are three main paths that people take, caster, THF and TWF.

Basic concepts: mandatory features are

Caster: Max wisdom, quicken spell, empower spell, and probably maximize and extend.

THF: Lord of blades, WF, max str, power attack and at least some of the THF feats.

TWF: high enough dex for TWF feats (usually 15-16), good strength, TWF feats.

[BracchusBridgeburner]

not sure if you want the THF feats even for a WF LotB build. I'm hearing a lot mor epeople saying Maximize/quicken are too useful in raids even for a melee FvS to give up and you can add IC+PA for melee which leaves room for 3 more which you'd prob want toughness and extend plus one more.

[clanqui]

not sure if you want the THF feats even for a WF LotB build. I'm hearing a lot mor epeople saying Maximize/quicken are too useful in raids even for a melee FvS to give up and you can add IC+PA for melee which leaves room for 3 more which you'd prob want toughness and extend plus one more.

IMO you want at least the first so you can take the first WF two handed enhancement. You should still have room in your build. IC is optional depending on gear.

[BracchusBridgeburner]

I decided to go with Melkor's build and skipped the THF line of feats since they don't really shine unless you can pick up all 3 feats. Mel doesn't have IC because he swapped it once he got Min II weapon. He reported an almost imperceptable loss of melee dps but was able to pick up the following feats with gave him more raiding benefits:

quicken
emp
emp heal
max
extend
toughness
PA

I went more of a highly soloable build that also teams very well just for levelling:

adm body
extend
toughness
quicken
IC: slashing
max
PA

I find it too hard to be convinced that THF provides a substantial dps gain to merit swapping any of those out. Perhaps once I eventually get a Mineral II weapon I can drop IC for THF but from everything I've read so far IC is a better gain than just taking the first THF feat even with WF enhancements. I'm at the point now where "burst" weapons are becoming more available as well...

[clanqui]

Adm body is pretty swappable later, even if it is godmode at low level. And extend is optional, but useful. And IC is gear dependent, if you have the min II, then you don't need it, otherwise it's a very big boost to dps.

No matter what though, at minimum there is room for one once you swap out ad body.

[Bart_D]

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There are three main paths that people take, caster, THF and TWF.
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TWF: high enough dex for TWF feats (usually 15-16), good strength, TWF feats.

Can a drow TWF'ing with rapiers do worthwile damage at high levels? Say, starting with strength 16 and boosting it every time?

[Arctigis]

I went more of a highly soloable build that also teams very well just for levelling:

adm body
extend
toughness
quicken
IC: slashing
max
PA

I converged on exactly the same feat selection. Currently L15 so just missing Toughness off that list.
Works pretty well, extended, maximised BB are still killers even with a relatively low Wis score.