half orc ranger rogue ...good 3rd class option

[garzan123]

I would like to take advantage of the horc str with rogue n ranger..would like to be able to do traps n such..not have to worry bout maybe getting them..plus do some nice dps..qstaff 2weapon or 2hander..would like to be able to do nice rabge..well..either ranged toon or melee is up to builders..i am vip..have all races..some decent gear in bank..no past lives..32pnt build..1 +2 int tome..half orc is the race I would like..please give me a hand..cant find any new builds in the forums..thank you the wise toon builders of ddo

[mna]

I would like to take advantage of the horc str with rogue n ranger..would like to be able to do traps n such..not have to worry bout maybe getting them..plus do some nice dps..qstaff 2weapon or 2hander..would like to be able to do nice rabge..well..either ranged toon or melee is up to builders..i am vip..have all races..some decent gear in bank..no past lives..32pnt build..1 +2 int tome..half orc is the race I would like..please give me a hand..cant find any new builds in the forums..thank you the wise toon builders of ddo

Well. A 32-pt Ranger/Rogue should be doable in any race, including half-orc. (28-pt half-orc without that +2 Int tome might be a bit less fun to play, but...)

EllisDee37's build (here) could be a good starting point. I don't have the planner available right now but I believe you should be able to push Int to 14 despite the racial -2 if you're 32pt, without major problems. And Int 14 (and +2 tome at 7) should get you plenty of skill points and a decent stat bonus too, for traps.


I'd consider possibly taking the dragonmark too even if EllisDee37's notes on nonhumans recommend against it, everyone likes a chestblesser ;-) and the +Search is always nice for a trapper. Oh and possibly put points into Intimidate instead of Open Lock and some others (Heal?) to power your Knock SLA? Not sure how that'd work out... anyway, my suggestion would be basically that build, dropping one of Dragonmark, khopesh proficiency, Sap, or even Toughness, depending on what gear you have available. (Possibly even drop a second one of those for Point Blank Shot if you prefer ranged.)




A quarterstaff build is of course quite possible as well, and would get the racial two-handed benefits. In at least that case, I think you'll want to have less ranger and more rogue levels - certainly no more than 12 ranger, possibly 6 for "free" Manyshot or even just 1 or 2... maybe 13 rogue / 6 ranger / 1 fighter?

[garzan123]

Well. A 32-pt Ranger/Rogue should be doable in any race, including half-orc. (28-pt half-orc without that +2 Int tome might be a bit less fun to play, but...)EllisDee37's build (here) could be a good starting point. I don't have the planner available right now but I believe you should be able to push Int to 14 despite the racial -2 if you're 32pt, without major problems. And Int 14 (and +2 tome at 7) should get you plenty of skill points and a decent stat bonus too, for traps. I'd consider possibly taking the dragonmark too even if EllisDee37's notes on nonhumans recommend against it, everyone likes a chestblesser ;-) and the +Search is always nice for a trapper. Oh and possibly put points into Intimidate instead of Open Lock and some others (Heal?) to power your Knock SLA? Not sure how that'd work out... anyway, my suggestion would be basically that build, dropping one of Dragonmark, khopesh proficiency, Sap, or even Toughness, depending on what gear you have available. (Possibly even drop a second one of those for Point Blank Shot if you prefer ranged.)A quarterstaff build is of course quite possible as well, and would get the racial two-handed benefits. In at least that case, I think you'll want to have less ranger and more rogue levels - certainly no more than 12 ranger, possibly 6 for "free" Manyshot or even just 1 or 2... maybe 13 rogue / 6 ranger / 1 fighter?

thank you very much for the help..its kind of funny when u think about intimidate..cuz no one wants monsters to attack em..stay away from me..but as a hp n ac type guy I get it...loli didn't know it help with knock sla..still trying to figure out all the ins n outs of ddo..been playing 15 months..i would think I would know more..lol

[mna]

thank you very much for the help..its kind of funny when u think about intimidate..cuz no one wants monsters to attack em..stay away from me..but as a hp n ac type guy I get it...loli didn't know it help with knock sla..still trying to figure out all the ins n outs of ddo..been playing 15 months..i would think I would know more..lol

Well, it only works that way if the knock is from dragonmark and you're a half-orc, AND you've put ... looks like minimum 8... APs into it. See http://ddowiki.com/page/Half-Orc -> enhancements -> tier 2 -> Lock Bash.