Killer Aura - 17 druid/2 monk/1 fighter DPS build

[pelaaja]

As you walk by a lone corridor, you notice an aura eminating from a distance. You feel your sweat on your forehead, feeling the huge heat coming from that aura. And as you walk closer, you notice a creature inside a fire sphere. The creature looks at you, but doesn't act aggressively against you. You do notice a lot of corpses laying on the floor, burning from the aura. You feel also a minor quake shaking beneath your feet. In a blink of an eye, the creature disappears. As you walk to the place where the creature was, you notice that the corpses also had a very big fractions on their heads, bones sitcking out of the skin. It seems the creature used also some kind of a blunt weapon to kill these monsters... And effectively, too.

Goals for this build:
- Self-Sufficiency
- Good saves with evasion
- Good DPS
- Fine spell damage
- Qstaff using mostly, but others can be used thanks to Fighter lvl if not in GMoF ED

17 druid/2 monk/1 fighter Half-Orc
Lawful Neutral
32-point build

18 STR (+ level-ups)
12 DEX
14 CON
8 INT ( eat +2 INT tome ASAP )
16 WIS
6 CHA

If 34-point build, put 2 points into DEX, or INT. If 36-point build, put 2 points into both DEX and INT.

Feats:

Toughness (Monk class feat)
Power Attack
Cleave
THF line (THF taken as monk class feat and GTHF takes as fighter class feat)
Improved Critical: Bludgeoning
Enpower Healing
Maximize
Quicken
( Epic feats: Greater Cleave and Overwhelming Critical )

Skills:

Max out Intimidate, Concentration and UMD. Add 1 point into Tumble at start (put 3 points into UMD) After eaten the +2 tome (or if TR with 10 INT, start), add always 1 point into Balance. If both TR with 10 INT and +2 tome eaten, your call.

Your enhancements are very short, but try to get almost all DPS related enhancements like STR, Power Attack and Aptitude enhancements with also the prestige Season's Herald.

Epic Destiny:
Mostly I've been thinking of Legendary Dreadnaught or GrandMaster of Flowers. Feel free to experiment.

(My own thought is that while using Qstaff, I'd twist Running with Wind or Walking with Waves, Hail of Blows and Dance of Flowers, but be in Legendary Dreadnaught and pick at least Momentum and Lay Waste. )

Below is an example:

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Level 20 Lawful Neutral Half-Orc Male
(1 Fighter \ 2 Monk \ 17 Druid) 
Hit Points: 299
Spell Points: 1158 
BAB: 14\14\19\24
Fortitude: 17
Reflex: 9
Will: 16

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
Abilities        Base Stats          Modified Stats
(32 Point)       (Level 1)             (Level 20)
Strength             18                    27
Dexterity            12                    12
Constitution         14                    14
Intelligence          8                    10
Wisdom               16                    16
Charisma              6                     6

Tomes Used
+2 Tome of Intelligence used at level 7

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
                 Base Skills         Modified Skills
Skills           (Level 1)            (Level 20)
Balance               1                     8
Bluff                -2                    -2
Concentration         6                    25
Diplomacy            -2                    -2
Disable Device       n/a                    n/a
Haggle               -2                    -2
Heal                  3                     3
Hide                  1                     1
Intimidate            0                    18
Jump                  4                     8
Listen                3                     3
Move Silently         1                     1
Open Lock             n/a                   n/a
Perform              n/a                   n/a
Repair               -1                     0
Search               -1                     0
Spot                  3                     3
Swim                  4                     8
Tumble                2                     2
Use Magic Device     -0.5                   9

Level 1 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Power Attack
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Toughness


Level 2 (Druid)


Level 3 (Druid)
Feat: (Selected) Empower Healing Spell
Feat: (Druid Wild Shape) Wild Shape: Bear


Level 4 (Druid)


Level 5 (Druid)


Level 6 (Druid)
Feat: (Selected) Cleave
Feat: (Druid Wild Shape) Wild Shape: Wolf


Level 7 (Monk)
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Two Handed Fighting


Level 8 (Druid)


Level 9 (Druid)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Two Handed Fighting


Level 10 (Druid)
Feat: (Druid Wild Shape) Wild Shape: Winter Wolf


Level 11 (Druid)


Level 12 (Druid)
Feat: (Selected) Quicken Spell


Level 13 (Druid)
Feat: (Druid Wild Shape) Wild Shape: Dire Bear


Level 14 (Druid)


Level 15 (Druid)
Feat: (Selected) Maximize Spell
Feat: (Druid Wild Shape) Wild Shape: Fire Elemental


Level 16 (Druid)


Level 17 (Druid)


Level 18 (Fighter)
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Greater Two Handed Fighting
Feat: (Selected) Improved Critical: Bludgeoning Weapons


Level 19 (Druid)


Level 20 (Druid)
Feat: (Druid Wild Shape) Wild Shape: Water Elemental
Enhancement: Druid Beastial Nature I
Enhancement: Druid Beastial Nature II
Enhancement: Druid Beastial Nature III
Enhancement: Druid Crown of Summer
Enhancement: Druid Season's Herald I
Enhancement: Druid Season's Herald II
Enhancement: Druid Spring's Resurgence
Enhancement: Druid Winter's Heart
Enhancement: Orcish Melee Damage I
Enhancement: Orcish Melee Damage II
Enhancement: Orcish Power Attack I
Enhancement: Orcish Power Attack II
Enhancement: Orcish Strength I
Enhancement: Orcish Strength II
Enhancement: Orcish Great Weapon Aptitude I
Enhancement: Orcish Great Weapon Aptitude II
Enhancement: Orcish Great Weapon Aptitude III
Enhancement: Way of the Patient Tortoise I
Enhancement: Racial Toughness I
Enhancement: Racial Toughness II
Enhancement: Druid Energy of the Locus I
Enhancement: Druid Energy of the Locus II
Enhancement: Druid Energy of the Locus III
Enhancement: Druid Eminence of Hoarfrost I
Enhancement: Druid Eminence of Hoarfrost II
Enhancement: Druid Eminence of Hoarfrost III
Enhancement: Druid Eminence of the Sun I
Enhancement: Druid Eminence of the Sun II
Enhancement: Druid Eminence of the Sun III
Enhancement: Druid Eminence of Life I
Enhancement: Druid Eminence of Life II
Enhancement: Druid Eminence of Life III
Enhancement: Druid Eminence of Life IV
Enhancement: Druid Strength I
Enhancement: Druid Strength II
Enhancement: Druid Toughness I
Enhancement: Druid Toughness II
Enhancement: Druid Toughness III

Suggestions and feedback appreciated

[wax_on_wax_off]

Without the +15% attack speed from acrobat II I don't see this as being good DPS. TWF'ing 18 Druid/2 monk all the way IMO. 17 Druid leaves you without a crucial level 9 spell too.

If you want a qstaff build I can suggest:
13 Druid (NW or SH)/6 rogue/1 barbarian
13 Rogue/7 Druid (fatal harrier)

Or any number of other combinations really.

[pelaaja]

Without the +15% attack speed from acrobat II I don't see this as being good DPS. TWF'ing 18 Druid/2 monk all the way IMO. 17 Druid leaves you without a crucial level 9 spell too.

You might not see it being a good DPS. If you think that, you can always just go with a GSword or GAxe thanks to the fighter level. Heck, you can just also go with a leather armor and forget that you have monk lvls. For me though, the DPS is fine with my +3 metalline Qstaff of Lacerating at lvl 16 (15 druid/1 monk though). and if you think the Qstaff isn't good, just go to an animal form with a Scimi and shield wielded and pick Nature's Warrior.

May I ask what "crucial" spell? There's Mass Regenerate and Anger of the Noonday Sun. Others, well... Storm of Vengeance could be fine, I guess...

Note: I'm not a min-maxer. I go what I like. Sure there is that 13 rogue/7 druid build, but it loses great spells provided by Druid. And besides, if I wanted to be a druid/monk with TWF, I'd pick rather Helf and put DEX to 15 and drop STR to 14. And even then, it's not what I want to do with this build.

[wax_on_wax_off]

You might not see it being a good DPS. If you think that, you can always just go with a GSword or GAxe thanks to the fighter level. Heck, you can just also go with a leather armor and forget that you have monk lvls. For me though, the DPS is fine with my +3 metalline Qstaff of Lacerating at lvl 16 (15 druid/1 monk though). and if you think the Qstaff isn't good, just go to an animal form with a Scimi and shield wielded and pick Nature's Warrior.

May I ask what "crucial" spell? There's Mass Regenerate and Anger of the Noonday Sun. Others, well... Storm of Vengeance could be fine, I guess...

Note: I'm not a min-maxer. I go what I like. Sure there is that 13 rogue/7 druid build, but it loses great spells provided by Druid. And besides, if I wanted to be a druid/monk with TWF, I'd pick rather Helf and put DEX to 15 and drop STR to 14. And even then, it's not what I want to do with this build.

Yes Storm of Vengeance exactly. It's a really great spell. Not to mention how preferable it would be to be able to swap between water and fire as appropriate and have both of the spells available.

I wasn't stating an opinion on the DPS of quarterstaves, it's not what I think, it's a fact. I wouldn't be too enamoured with other THF'ing weapons either unless you have an eSoS good to go.

But yeah, play what you like, just be aware of its shortcomings.

[pelaaja]

Yes Storm of Vengeance exactly. It's a really great spell. Not to mention how preferable it would be to be able to swap between water and fire as appropriate and have both of the spells available.

I wasn't stating an opinion on the DPS of quarterstaves, it's not what I think, it's a fact. I wouldn't be too enamoured with other THF'ing weapons either unless you have an eSoS good to go.

But yeah, play what you like, just be aware of its shortcomings.

I doubt I have enough DC to make it effective. Oh well, I can always leave Mass Regenerate when I solo things, and pick Storm of Vengeance. However, I have hard time with enhancements to boost electric damage then.

And mostly I'm still in Fire Elemental form because of Body of the Sun and FW. However, I do have prepared Greater Creeping Cold, Ice Storm and Sleet Storm when I change to Water form. I do though find lvl 9 spell for water elementals a bit not that appealing compared to Fire elementals.

Do note though that Sireth is a Qstaff. And also that Dance of Flowers does work with Qstaff if you're centered (Tested myself). And with Hail of Blows + Running with Wind + Wind stance, you have a quite ok doublestrike chance (8,5% chance).

[unbongwah]

16 WIS

Why so much base WIS? You don't have Stunning Fist and you're not a DC-based caster, AFAICT; the extra AC & Will saves don't seem worth the 10 stat pts you spent here.

13 Druid (NW or SH)/6 rogue/1 barbarian

Why barb instead of monk (extra feat, Wind stance + GMoF twists for extra doublestrike)? Just for the run speed & +1 PA? For that matter, does druid 13 add anything other than lvl 7 spells?

[pelaaja]

Why so much base WIS? You don't have Stunning Fist and you're not a DC-based caster, AFAICT; the extra AC & Will saves don't seem worth the 10 stat pts you spent here.

Although I'm not a DC caster, the extra WIS does help that you will see still quite often failed throws on Body of the Sun. Of course, if you don't want to use any DC-based spells, you can go for 20 STR and 12 WIS.