First TR WC Fighter

[MagicalDad]

So, currently I have a Human Virtuoso bard that I plan to TR, and in all honestly I had a lot of help with her as she's been my first toon. I really like playing bards, and I like the songs and CC, but after about about lvl 14/15 my little bard is fairly...useless, to put it lightly. I loved being able to dance and mass suggest and hold things, but now things either don't dance or break away easily or are wailed/FOD/Destruction'd/ect in 2 seconds so in many ways I have become a haste/rage clicky who play songs and hands out GH/Displacement/blur/ect from time to time. I really enjoy raids, though, and I wish I were a bit more useful the second time around for the higher levels.

So, the idea for this character was that I still wanted to be mostly support, and definitely still majorly bard (12 lvls min). I really like the warchanter songs for buffing, and I'd be able to hit things for more than my pathetic amount of damage. I'm not asking to lead the kill count by any means, I just want to have more than 2-3 kills per quest. I threw in fighter for strength/toughness/extra feats and then a little rogue for evasion/skill points. I thought it'd be nice to have search/Disable device higher and have a separate set of gear so that if the party was rogueless I could potentially step in there (obviously not a replacement, but a patch for non-elite quests). I've kept my UMD for knock and heal wands and res scrolls, ect. Just trying to find the right balance of a DPS support.

So, again, I've researched things but this is my first time drawing up a toon from scratch. I do have some errors, and some blanks now that I'd like help filling. For example, I'm unsure of what to do with several of my abundant feats. I don't know if my search/disable bases are good enough to be worth anything and I know that my jump is far too high (and would like to know what the optimal cap is for that). I'm wondering if my concentration should also be so high as I will primarily be buffing beforehand and only healing in battle when absolutely necessary (no CC in this bard besides fascinate). I will most likely get the +2 all tome, but at the moment there are only listed the tomes I think I NEED to complete this build (though +2 str/con never hurt anyone). For adjustments, assume decent (but not super rare) equipment.

So, definitely any advice is welcome, esp if you find other problematic errors. I have plenty of time before I TR, but wanted to get an idea so I could start crafting my GS for her.

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Level 20 True Neutral Human Female
(4 Fighter \ 2 Rogue \ 14 Bard) 
Hit Points: 298
Spell Points: 589 
BAB: 15\15\20\25\25
Fortitude: 11
Reflex: 17
Will: 9

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
Abilities        Base Stats          Modified Stats
(34 Point)       (Level 1)             (Level 20)
Strength             16                    22
Dexterity            15                    18
Constitution         15                    16
Intelligence         12                    14
Wisdom                8                     8
Charisma             12                    16

Tomes Used
+2 Tome of Dexterity used at level 7
+2 Tome of Intelligence used at level 7
+2 Tome of Charisma used at level 7

                  Starting            Ending          Feat/Enhancement
                 Base Skills        Base Skills        Modified Skills
Skills           (Level 1)          (Level 20)          (Level 20)
Balance               6                 25                   25
Bluff                 1                  3                    3
Concentration         4                 21                   21
Diplomacy             1                  3                    3
Disable Device        5                 20                   21
Haggle                5                  7                    7
Heal                 -1                 -1                   -1
Hide                  2                  4                    4
Intimidate            3                  5                    9
Jump                  7                 25                   25
Listen               -1                 -1                   -1
Move Silently         2                  4                    4
Open Lock             6                  8                    8
Perform               n/a               27                   27
Repair                2                  3                    3
Search                5                 24                   25
Spot                  3                  3                    3
Swim                  3                  6                    6
Tumble                3                  5                    5
Use Magic Device      5                 27                   27

Level 1 (Rogue)
Feat: (Past Life) Past Life: Bard
Feat: (Selected) Power Attack
Feat: (Human Bonus) Toughness


Level 2 (Fighter)
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Two Weapon Fighting
Enhancement: Fighter Haste Boost I


Level 3 (Bard)
Feat: (Selected) Weapon Focus: Slashing Weapons
Spell (1): Focusing Chant
Enhancement: Bard Inspired Bravery I
Enhancement: Fighter Toughness I


Level 4 (Bard)
Ability Raise: STR
Spell (1): Detect Secret Doors
Enhancement: Bard Inspired Damage I
Enhancement: Bard Lingering Song I
Enhancement: Human Versatility I
Enhancement: Bard Charisma I


Level 5 (Bard)
Spell (1): Expeditious Retreat
Enhancement: Bard Inspired Attack I
Enhancement: Racial Toughness I
Enhancement: Bard Energy of the Music I


Level 6 (Bard)
Feat: (Selected) Extend Spell
Spell (2): Blur
Spell (2): Rage


Level 7 (Bard)
Spell (1): Remove Fear
Spell (2): Heroism


Level 8 (Bard)
Ability Raise: STR
Enhancement: Bard Extra Song I
Enhancement: Bard Inspired Bravery II
Enhancement: Bard Lingering Song II
Enhancement: Bard Warchanter I
Enhancement: Human Adaptability Charisma I
Enhancement: Racial Toughness II
Enhancement: Improved Disable Device I
Enhancement: Improved Search I
Enhancement: Bard Wand and Scroll Mastery I


Level 9 (Rogue)
Feat: (Selected) Mental Toughness
Enhancement: Rogue Dexterity I


Level 10 (Fighter)
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Improved Two Weapon Fighting
Enhancement: Bard Energy of the Music II
Enhancement: Fighter Strength I


Level 11 (Bard)
Spell (2): Cure Moderate Wounds
Spell (3): Displacement
Spell (3): Haste
Enhancement: Bard Inspired Damage II


Level 12 (Bard)
Ability Raise: STR
Feat: (Selected) HELP
Spell (3): Good Hope
Enhancement: Bard Inspired Attack II


Level 13 (Bard)
Enhancement: Bard Inspired Bravery III
Enhancement: Human Greater Adaptability Constitution I
Enhancement: Bard Wand and Scroll Mastery II


Level 14 (Bard)
Spell (3): Cure Serious Wounds
Spell (4): Dimension Door
Spell (4): Freedom of Movement
Enhancement: Bard Lingering Song III


Level 15 (Bard)
Feat: (Selected) HELP
Spell (4): Cure Critical Wounds


Level 16 (Bard)
Ability Raise: STR
Enhancement: Bard Inspired Damage III
Enhancement: Bard Warchanter II


Level 17 (Fighter)


Level 18 (Bard)
Feat: (Selected) HELP
Spell (4): Break Enchantment
Spell (5): Greater Heroism
Spell (5): Shadow Walk
Enhancement: Bard Inspired Attack III


Level 19 (Fighter)
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Improved Critical: Slashing Weapons
Enhancement: Fighter Haste Boost II
Enhancement: Fighter Toughness II


Level 20 (Bard)
Ability Raise: STR
Spell (5): Greater Dispel Magic/Whatever
Enhancement: Bard Extra Song II
Enhancement: Bard Lingering Song IV
Enhancement: Human Versatility II
Enhancement: Bard Wand and Scroll Mastery III

2 AP left to use. Also dunno how to move things around to maximize those. I could potentially not take the second extra song (as I don't know how many songs I will have at the end) to free up more, but don't know whether to put it into more HV or Wands/Scrolls or something else entirely.

Thanks so much for replies in advance!

[Bardicus]

My final TR for my bard will also be a 14/4/2 WC due to feat requirements.

TWF, iTWF, gTWF, PA, WF:Slash, Extend, iCrit:Slash, Toughness, Khopesh, PL: Paladin

I'd strongly suggest you forget Mental Toughness. You won't have level 6 mass heals and even if you did most heals would come from scrolls anyway. The SP simply isn't worth a feat.

EWP: Khopesh is perhaps the best dps increase you have access to in a feat. OTWF is also a feat that can be beneficial on bards who can struggle with to-hit in endgame content. Since you don't have access to PL: Paladin and have chosen to go with a Human (which also provides an extra feat) I'd suggest if you're going to 14/4/2 to take:

TWF, iTWF, gTWF, PA, WF:Slash, Extend, iCrit:Slash, Toughness, Khopesh, Weapon Specialization: Slash, OTWF

Otherwise you might consider going 15/3 rogue/2 fighter and dropping WSS:Slash for another 1d6 sneak attack damage via rogue level 3 OR 16/2/2 to pick up level 6 spells.