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    Default Adventures in Theorycrafting: Champions of Silvanus

    So for those who missed it, Update 33 has added a bunch of new deity options for both Eberron and Forgotten Realms races. You can read about them in the Release notes; but this thread will be focusing on Silvanus, due to its level deity 6 feat:
    Blessing of Silvanus: You are a devoted follower of Silvanus, and your faith has been rewarded. Toggling this on gives you Blessing of Silvanus: You gain +4 Natural Armor bonus to AC, and Mauls you wield gain +2 to their Critical Threat Range. This stacks with other sources.
    (emphasis mine)

    If it truly stacks with everything, then mauls become a veeery interesting 2H weapon again. For pally 14+ or MCed Kensei, mauls become 16-20/x4 weapons in Crusader or Dreadnought; drow maul is 14-20/x4, making it an excellent option for an EPL farming build.

    Unfortunately, Silvanus is restricted to "all Forgotten Realms characters who are not Morninglords;" i.e., PDK, SDK, or Deep Gnome. Which effectively means it a P2P-only deity.

    The most obvious build is PDK pure paladin - so obvious I'm not even gonna bother with a build. Just take your favorite THF pally build like the Sacred Knight and tweak it for PDK using mauls (Imp Crit Blunt); don't forget to take Pulverizer in LD if you use it as your primary ED.

    So let's get started with our first build:
    Code:
    Champion of Silvanus (LD)
    12/8 Favored Soul/Fighter
    True Neutral Purple Dragon Knight
    
    
    Level Order
    
    1. Fighter         6. Favored Soul   11. Fighter        16. Favored Soul
    2. Favored Soul    7. Fighter        12. Favored Soul   17. Favored Soul
    3. Fighter         8. Favored Soul   13. Fighter        18. Favored Soul
    4. Favored Soul    9. Fighter        14. Favored Soul   19. Favored Soul
    5. Fighter        10. Favored Soul   15. Fighter        20. Favored Soul
    
    
    Stats
                   28pt     32pt     Tome     Level Up
                   ----     ----     ----     --------
    Strength        16       16                4: STR
    Dexterity        8        8                8: STR
    Constitution    14       16               12: STR
    Intelligence    10       10       +2      16: STR
    Wisdom           8        8               20: STR
    Charisma        16       16               24: STR
                                              28: STR
    
    Skills
             Fi Fv Fi Fv Fi Fv Fi Fv Fi Fv Fi Fv Fi Fv Fi Fv Fv Fv Fv Fv
              1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
             ------------------------------------------------------------
    Heal         3     3     3     2     2     2     2     2     2     2  23
    Spellcr   2                    2     2  1  2  1  2  1  2  2  2  2  2  23
    UMD       2     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     11
    Balance   1     ½     ½     1     1                                    4
    Tumble    1                                                            1
             ------------------------------------------------------------
             12  3  3  3  3  3  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4
    
    
    Feats
    
     1        : Cleave
     1 PDK    : Two Handed Fighting
     1 Fighter: Power Attack
     2 Deity  : Follower of: Silvanus
     3        : Stunning Blow
     3 Fighter: Weapon Focus: Bludgeoning
     6        : Great Cleave
     6 Deity  : Child of: Silvanus
     7 Fighter: Weapon Specialization: Bludgeoning
     9        : Improved Critical: Bludgeoning
    10 FavSoul: Energy Resistance: Electricity
    11 Fighter: Improved Two Handed Fighting
    12        : Quicken Spell
    12 Deity  : Blessing of Silvanus
    15        : Greater Two Handed Fighting
    15 Fighter: Greater Weapon Focus: Bludgeoning
    18        : Empower Healing Spell
    18 FavSoul: Energy Resistance: Fire
    20 Deity  : Beloved of: Silvanus
    21 Epic   : Overwhelming Critical
    24 Epic   : Bulwark of Defense OR Tactical Combatant
    26 Destiny: Perfect Two Handed Fighting
    27 Epic   : Blinding Speed
    28 Destiny: Perfect Two Weapon Fighting OR Elusive Target
    29 Destiny: Dire Charge OR Deific Warding
    30 Epic   : Epic Damage Reduction
    30 Legend : Scion of: Plane of Fire
    
    
    Spells
    
    Favored Soul
    
    
    1. <Any>, <Any>, <Any>, <Any>
    2. <Any>, <Any>, <Any>, <Any>
    3. <Any>, <Any>, <Any>, <Any>
    4. Cure Critical Wounds, Death Ward, Freedom of Movement
    5. Protection from Elements, Stalwart Pact
    6. Heal
    Enhancements (80 AP) Kensei (33 AP)
    • Kensei Focus: Picks and Hammers, Spiritual Bond, Strike with No Thought
      1. Extra Action Boost III, Weapon Group Specialization, Haste Boost III
      2. Weapon Group Specialization, Ascetic Training: Conditioning I
      3. Weapon Group Specialization, Shattering Strike III
      4. Weapon Group Specialization, Strike at the Heart, Opportunity Attack, Liquid Courage
      5. Weapon Master, One with the Blade, Keen Edge
    Stalwart Defender (24 AP)
    • Toughness, Stalwart Defense
      1. Durable Defense III, Stalwart Defensive Mastery III
      2. Resilient Defense III, Armor Expertise III, Instinctive Defense I
      3. Tenacious Defense III, Strength
      4. Swift Defense, Strong Defense III
    Warpriest (22 AP)
    • Smite Foe, Resilience of Battle, Sanctuary
      1. Divine Might III, Righteous Weapons
      2. Smite Weakness, Wall of Steel III, Righteous Weapons, Inflame III
      3. Righteous Weapons
      4. Ameliorating Strike
    Purple Dragon Knight (1 AP)
    • Damage Boost
    Destiny (24 AP) Legendary Dreadnought
    1. Legendary Tactics III, Extra Action Boost III, Strength
    2. Momentum Swing III, Imp. Power Attack
    3. Lay Waste
    4. Anvil of Thunder
    5. Advancing Blows, Devastating Critical
    6. Master's Blitz, Pulverizer
    Twists of Fate (35 fate points)
    1. Sense Weakness (Tier 4 Fury)
    2. Grim Precision (Tier 3 Shadowdancer)
    3. Hail of Blows (Tier 2 Flowers)
    4. Rejuvenation Cocoon (Tier 1 Primal)
    5. Endless Faith (Tier 1 Exalted)
    Builder isn't updated yet for U33, so I added the Silvanus feats manually.

    Goal is a kind of "super-paladin:" i.e., self-sufficient melee DPS toon which isn't too dependent on gear or outside buffs (thus suitable for a first-lifer). I'm not sure, but I think this build will out-DPS a pure paladin (more Melee Power, higher base dmg); while also gaining Ameliorating Strike and Heal spell for additional healing (plus other useful buffs, ofc). Main downside is poor Reflex saves w/out Divine Grace. Also thought about picking up Shield of Condemnation as well, but that means losing either Ameliorating Strike or T4 Stalwart D. (Swift + Strong Defense).

    I'm sure Axel will be updating his battlecleric soon; so let me present this one as an alternative.
    Code:
    Radiant Champion of Silvanus
    13/6/1 Cleric/Fighter/Barbarian
    Chaotic Good Purple Dragon Knight
    
    
    Level Order
    
    1. Fighter         6. Cleric         11. Fighter        16. Cleric
    2. Cleric          7. Fighter        12. Cleric         17. Cleric
    3. Barbarian       8. Cleric         13. Fighter        18. Cleric
    4. Cleric          9. Fighter        14. Cleric         19. Cleric
    5. Fighter        10. Cleric         15. Cleric         20. Cleric
    
    
    Stats
                   28pt     32pt     Tome     Level Up
                   ----     ----     ----     --------
    Strength        16       16                4: STR
    Dexterity        8        8                8: STR
    Constitution    14       16               12: STR
    Intelligence    10       10       +2      16: STR
    Wisdom           8        8               20: STR
    Charisma        16       16               24: STR
                                              28: STR
    
    Skills
              F  C  B  C  F  C  F  C  F  C  F  C  F  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
              1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
             ------------------------------------------------------------
    Heal         3     3     3     2     2     2     2     2     2     2  23
    Spellcr                     1  2  1  2  1  2     2  2  2  2  2  2  2  23
    UMD       2     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     11
    Balance   2     1                             1                        4
    Jump      2     1     1                                                4
    Tumble    1                                                            1
             ------------------------------------------------------------
             12  3  5  3  3  3  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4
    
    
    Feats
    
     1        : Cleave
     1 PDK    : Two Handed Fighting
     1 Fighter: Power Attack
     2 Deity  : Follower of: Silvanus
     3        : Empower Healing Spell
     5 Fighter: Great Cleave
     6        : Maximize Spell
     9        : Improved Two Handed Fighting
     9 Fighter: Improved Critical: Bludgeoning
    12        : Empower Spell
    12 Deity  : Blessing of Silvanus
    13 Fighter: Greater Two Handed Fighting
    15        : Quicken Spell
    18        : Heavy Armor Combatant OR Stunning Blow
    21 Epic   : Overwhelming Critical
    24 Epic   : Intensify Spell OR Wellspring of Power
    26 Destiny: Perfect Two Handed Fighting
    27 Epic   : Epic Damage Reduction
    28 Destiny: Perfect Two Weapon Fighting OR Elusive Target OR Epic Spell Power: Positive
    29 Destiny: Arcane Warrior OR Deific Warding OR Dire Charge
    30 Epic   : Blinding Speed
    30 Legend : Scion of: Plane of Fire
    
    
    Enhancements (80 AP)
    
    Radiant Servant (32 AP)
    
    
    • Healing Domain, Pacifism, Positive Energy Burst, Improved Empower Healing
      1. Extra Turning III, Wand Mastery III, Altruism III
      2. Improved Turning I
      3. Intense Healing III, Unyielding Sovereignty
      4. Endless Turning I, Incredible Healing III
      5. Positive Energy Aura
    Kensei (22 AP)
    • Kensei Focus: Picks and Hammers, Spiritual Bond, Strike with No Thought
      1. Extra Action Boost III, Weapon Group Specialization, Haste Boost III
      2. Ascetic Training: Conditioning III
      3. Shattering Strike I, Strength
      4. Opportunity Attack
    Stalwart Defender (13 AP)
    • Toughness, Stalwart Defense
      1. Item Defense I, Durable Defense III
      2. Resilient Defense III, Instinctive Defense I
      3. Tenacious Defense III
    Warpriest (8 AP)
    • Smite Foe
      1. Divine Might III, Toughness I
      2. Wall of Steel III
    Ravager (4 AP)
    • Furious Rage
      1. Barbarian Power Attack III
    Purple Dragon Knight (1 AP)
    • Damage Boost
    Destiny (24 AP) Divine Crusader
    1. Endless Turning III, Interrogation, Purge the Wicked
    2. Consecration III, Flames of Purity I
    3. Sacred Ground, Empyrean Magic, Blessed Blades
    4. No Regret, Crusade
    5. Castigation, Celestial Champion
    6. Strike Down
    Twists of Fate (35 fate points)
    1. Sense Weakness (Tier 4 Fury)
    2. Grim Precision (Tier 3 Shadowdancer)
    3. Momentum Swing (Tier 2 Dreadnought)
    4. Rejuvenation Cocoon (Tier 1 Primal)
    5. Extra Action Boost (Tier 1 Dreadnought)
    Compared to Axel's build, I trade pally lvls for ftr: right now T4 Kensei is better than T4 KotC, IMO, thanks largely to Opportunity Atk (+20 Melee Power while active); and ftr 6 gains access to Strike w/No Thought so mauls become x4. Downside is I lose lvl 8 spells like MCCW and Mass DW. Since this build is AP-constrained, I took a barb splash for +10% run speed to make up for not taking Swift Defense; it also let me take barb Power Atk from Ravager for +6 dmg, which helps offset not having more Kensei bonuses.

    I went with Crusader largely for the CL bonuses. If I'm adding right, caster level for aura will be 13 cleric lvls + 3 Intense Healing + 5 Crusader lvls = 21 / 3 = 7 HPs per tick. I'm sure someone will tell me if I'm adding wrong...
    Last edited by unbongwah; 10-21-2016 at 04:02 PM.
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    Kensei: This is just a modified version of ED37's Kensei Warpriest adapted for Silvanus.
    Code:
    Silvanus Kensei Warpriest
    12/7/1 Fighter/Cleric/Barbarian
    True Neutral Purple Dragon Knight
    
    
    Level Order
    
    1. Fighter         6. Cleric         11. Fighter        16. Barbarian
    2. Cleric          7. Fighter        12. Cleric         17. Fighter
    3. Fighter         8. Cleric         13. Fighter        18. Fighter
    4. Cleric          9. Fighter        14. Cleric         19. Fighter
    5. Fighter        10. Cleric         15. Fighter        20. Fighter
    
    
    Stats
                   28pt     32pt     Level Up
                   ----     ----     --------
    Strength        16       16       4: STR
    Dexterity        8        8       8: STR
    Constitution    14       16      12: STR
    Intelligence    10       10      16: STR
    Wisdom           8        8      20: STR
    Charisma        16       16      24: STR
                                     28: STR
    
    Skills
              F  C  F  C  F  C  F  C  F  C  F  C  F  C  F  B  F  F  F  F
              1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
             ------------------------------------------------------------
    Heal         3     3     3     2     2     2     2     2  ½  1½ ½  1½ 23
    UMD       2     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     11
    Balance   2     ½     ½     ½  ½  ½  ½  ½  ½  ½  ½                     7
    Jump      1                                         1                  2
    Swim      1                                            1               2
    Tumble    1                                                            1
             ------------------------------------------------------------
             12  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  5  3  3  3  3
    
    
    Feats
    
     1        : Cleave
     1 PDK    : Two Handed Fighting
     1 Fighter: Power Attack
     2 Deity  : Follower of: Silvanus
     3        : Stunning Blow
     3 Fighter: Weapon Focus: Slashing
     6        : Great Cleave
     7 Fighter: Improved Two Handed Fighting
     9        : Improved Critical: Bludgeoning
    11 Fighter: Weapon Specialization: Slashing
    12        : Empower Healing Spell
    12 Deity  : Blessing of Silvanus
    15        : Quicken Spell OR Improved Sunder
    15 Fighter: Greater Weapon Focus: Slashing
    18        : Greater Two Handed Fighting
    18 Fighter: Heavy Armor Master
    20 Fighter: Tactical Mastery
    21 Epic   : Overwhelming Critical
    24 Epic   : Bulwark of Defense OR Heavy Armor Combatant
    26 Destiny: Perfect Two Handed Fighting
    27 Epic   : Epic Damage Reduction
    28 Destiny: Perfect Two Weapon Fighting OR Elusive Target
    29 Destiny: Dire Charge OR Deific Warding
    30 Epic   : Blinding Speed
    30 Legend : Scion of: Arborea OR Plane of Earth
    
    
    Enhancements (80 AP)
    
    Kensei (34 AP)
    
    
    • Kensei Focus: Picks and Hammers, Spiritual Bond, Strike with No Thought, Power Surge
      1. Extra Action Boost III, Weapon Group Specialization, Haste Boost III
      2. Weapon Group Specialization
      3. Weapon Group Specialization, Shattering Strike II, Strength
      4. Opportunity Attack, Weapon Group Specialization, Liquid Courage, Strike at the Heart
      5. Weapon Master, One with the Blade, Keen Edge
    Warpriest (22 AP)
    • Smite Foe, Resilience of Battle, Sanctuary
      1. Divine Might III, Righteous Weapons
      2. Smite Weakness, Wall of Steel III, Inflame III, Inflame: Saving Throws I
      3. Inflame: Energy Absorption III
      4. Ameliorating Strike
    Stalwart Defender (13 AP)
    • Toughness, Stalwart Defense
      1. Item Defense I, Durable Defense III
      2. Resilient Defense III, Instinctive Defense I
      3. Tenacious Defense III
    Purple Dragon Knight (6 AP)
    • Damage Boost
      1. Improved Recovery, Don't Count Me Out III
    Ravager (4 AP)
    • Furious Rage
      1. Barbarian Power Attack III
    Frenzied Berserker (1 AP)
    • Die Hard
    Leveling Guide
    1. Ken0 Kensei Focus: Picks and Hammers; Ken1 Weapon Group Specialization; Ken1 Haste Boost I
    2. Ken1 Haste Boost II, III; Ken1 Extra Action Boost I
    3. Ken1 Extra Action Boost II, III
    4. Ken2 Weapon Group Specialization; War0 Smite Foe; War1 Divine Might I
    5. War1 Divine Might II, III; War1 Righteous Weapons
    6. War0 Resilience of Battle; War2 Wall of Steel I, II, III
    7. War2 Inflame I, II, III
    8. War2 Smite Weakness; War3 Inflame: Energy Absorption I, II, III
    9. War2 Inflame: Saving Throws I; Ken0 Spiritual Bond; Ken3 Strength
    10. Ken3 Shattering Strike I; PDK0 Damage Boost; PDK1 Improved Recovery
    11. Ken0 Strike with No Thought; Ken3 Weapon Group Specialization
    12. Ken4 Opportunity Attack; Ken4 Strike at the Heart
    13. Ken4 Liquid Courage; Ken3 Shattering Strike II; (Bank 2 AP)
    14. (Bank 6 AP)
    15. Ken4 Weapon Group Specialization; Ken5 Weapon Master; Ken5 One with the Blade; Ken5 Keen Edge; War0 Sanctuary; War4 Ameliorating Strike; SD0 Toughness; SD1 Item Defense I
    16. SD1 Durable Defense I, II, III; SD0 Stalwart Defense
    17. SD2 Resilient Defense I, II, III; SD2 Instinctive Defense I
    18. SD3 Tenacious Defense I, II, III; Rav0 Furious Rage
    19. Rav1 Barbarian Power Attack I, II, III; FB0 Die Hard
    20. Ken0 Power Surge; PDK1 Don't Count Me Out I, II, III
    Barb splash for +10% runspeed and access to tier-1 Enhancements like barb Power Atk (+6 dmg). I spent my last few APs at random - Die Hard? Don't Count Me Out? sure, whatever - so feel free to do whatever you want with them. [FYI, if you wanna be super-fast, barb Fast Movement stacks with Swift Defense if you can free at least 8 APs elsewhere to put into SD.]

    This would also make a decent Mabar farmer with either a Mournlode maul or crafted undead beater, particularly if you can also add Armor Piercing somewhere.

    Ravager: This build reverses the level split between ftr and barb: barb 12 / cleric 7 / ftr 1.
    Code:
    PDK Silvanus Ravager
    12/7/1 Barbarian/Cleric/Fighter
    True Neutral Purple Dragon Knight
    
    
    Level Order
    
    1. Fighter         6. Cleric         11. Barbarian      16. Barbarian
    2. Cleric          7. Barbarian      12. Cleric         17. Barbarian
    3. Barbarian       8. Cleric         13. Barbarian      18. Barbarian
    4. Cleric          9. Barbarian      14. Cleric         19. Barbarian
    5. Barbarian      10. Cleric         15. Barbarian      20. Barbarian
    
    
    Stats
                   28pt     32pt     Level Up
                   ----     ----     --------
    Strength        16       16       4: STR
    Dexterity        8        8       8: STR
    Constitution    14       16      12: STR
    Intelligence    10       10      16: STR
    Wisdom           8        8      20: STR
    Charisma        16       16      24: STR
                                     28: STR
    
    Skills
              F  C  B  C  B  C  B  C  B  C  B  C  B  C  B  B  B  B  B  B
              1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
             ------------------------------------------------------------
    Heal      1  3     3     2     2     2     2     2     2     2     2  23
    Spellcr   2     1½    1½ 11111  1½ ½  1½ ½  1½ ½  22
    UMD       2     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     11
    Tumble    1                                                            1
             ------------------------------------------------------------
             12  3  5  3  5  3  5  3  5  3  5  3  5  3  5  5  5  5  5  5
    
    
    Feats
    
     1        : Power Attack
     1 PDK    : Cleave
     1 Fighter: Two Handed Fighting
     2 Deity  : Follower of: Silvanus
     3        : Stunning Blow
     6        : Great Cleave
     9        : Improved Critical: Bludgeoning
    12        : Improved Two Handed Fighting
    12 Deity  : Blessing of Silvanus
    15        : Greater Two Handed Fighting
    18        : Improved Sunder
    21 Epic   : Overwhelming Critical
    24 Epic   : Weapon Focus: Bludgeoning OR Improved Critical: Slashing
    26 Destiny: Perfect Two Handed Fighting
    27 Epic   : Epic Damage Reduction
    28 Destiny: Perfect Two Weapon Fighting OR Elusive Target
    29 Destiny: Dire Charge OR Deific Warding
    30 Epic   : Blinding Speed
    30 Legend : Scion of: Plane of Earth
    
    
    Enhancements (80 AP)
    
    Ravager (36 AP)
    
    
    • Furious Rage, Pain Touch, Demoralizing Success, Pain Touch II
      1. Do You Like Pain? III, Barbarian Power Attack III, Hardy Rage III
      2. I Like Pain III, Cruel Cut III, Melee Power Boost III
      3. Festering Wound III, Strength
      4. Dismember III
      5. Blood Strength, Critical Rage II
    Warpriest (22 AP)
    • Smite Foe, Resilience of Battle, Sanctuary
      1. Divine Might III, Righteous Weapons
      2. Smite Weakness, Wall of Steel III, Righteous Weapons, Inflame III
      3. Righteous Weapons
      4. Ameliorating Strike
    Frenzied Berserker (21 AP)
    • Die Hard, Frenzied Toughness, Frenzy, Frenzied Toughness II
      1. Power Rage II
      2. Angry Arms III, Extra Action Boost III, Sprint Boost I
      3. Mad Munitions III, Supreme Cleave III
    Purple Dragon Knight (1 AP)
    • Damage Boost
    Leveling Guide
    1. (Bank 4 AP)
    2. (Bank 8 AP)
    3. Rav0 Furious Rage; Rav1 Barbarian Power Attack I, II, III; Rav1 Do You Like Pain? I, II, III; Rav1 Hardy Rage I, II, III; FB0 Die Hard
    4. FB1 Power Rage I, II; (Bank 1 AP)
    5. Rav2 I Like Pain I, II, III; Rav2 Cruel Cut I, II
    6. Rav2 Cruel Cut III; Rav2 Melee Power Boost I, II, III
    7. Rav0 Pain Touch; Rav3 Festering Wound I, II, III
    8. Rav3 Strength; FB0 Frenzied Toughness; FB2 Extra Action Boost I
    9. FB2 Extra Action Boost II, III; FB2 Sprint Boost I; FB3 Supreme Cleave I
    10. FB3 Supreme Cleave II, III; Rav4 Dismember I, II
    11. Rav4 Dismember III; PDK0 Damage Boost; PDK1 Improved Recovery
    12. (Bank 4 AP)
    13. Rav0 Demoralizing Success; Rav4 I Hit Back! I; Rav5 Blood Strength; Rav5 Critical Rage I, II
    14. Rav5 Uncanny Balance; FB0 Frenzy; War0 Smite Foe
    15. War1 Divine Might I, II, III
    16. War1 Righteous Weapons; War0 Resilience of Battle; War2 Smite Weakness
    17. War2 Wall of Steel I, II, III; War0 Sanctuary
    18. War2 Righteous Weapons; War3 Righteous Weapons
    19. Reset Purple Dragon Knight
      • Warpriest
        1. (none)
        2. Inflame III
        3. (none)
        4. Ameliorating Strike
      • Purple Dragon Knight: Damage Boost
      • Frenzied Berserker
        1. (none)
        2. Angry Arms I
    20. Reset Ravager
      • Frenzied Berserker: Frenzied Toughness II
        1. (none)
        2. Angry Arms III
        3. Mad Munitions III
      • Ravager: Furious Rage, Pain Touch, Demoralizing Success, Pain Touch II
        1. Do You Like Pain? III, Barbarian Power Attack III, Hardy Rage III
        2. I Like Pain III, Cruel Cut III, Melee Power Boost III
        3. Festering Wound III, Strength
        4. Dismember III
        5. Blood Strength, Critical Rage II
    Destiny (24 AP) Legendary Dreadnought
    1. Legendary Tactics III, Extra Action Boost II
    2. Momentum Swing III, Imp. Power Attack
    3. Lay Waste, Haste Boost III
    4. Anvil of Thunder
    5. Advancing Blows, Devastating Critical
    6. Master's Blitz, Pulverizer
    Twists of Fate (30 fate points)
    1. Sense Weakness (Tier 4 Fury)
    2. Grim Precision (Tier 3 Shadowdancer)
    3. Hail of Blows (Tier 2 Flowers)
    4. Primal Scream (Tier 1 Fury)
    The Kensei version has 16-18/x4 19-20/x6 crits while the Ravager version is 15-18/x3 19-20/x5; so the Kensei comes ahead in total crits. Pretty sure the Kensei is way ahead on tactics DCs too, depending on how many feats you take. But the Ravager gets extra free healing from Blood Strength and an extra AoE (Supreme Cleave). You can ditch Warpriest enhancements if you'd rather invest more in FB or OS.

    Leveling Enhancements is confusing due to multiple resets, but the key break points:
    • At lvl 15, start with 38 APs Ravager (Blood STR+Uncanny Balance+Crit Rage) / 14 APs FB (Frenzy + Supreme Cleave) / 3 APs PDK (Dmg Boost + Imp Recovery) / 4 APs WP (Div Might)
    • For lvls 16-19, do what you want with your APs; you can see I invested them into OS for extra defenses and Ear Smash
    • At lvl 20, respec Enhancements into final form (T5 Ravager + Ameliorating Strike + Frenzied Toughness + Dmg Boost)
    Last edited by unbongwah; 10-28-2016 at 02:11 PM.
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    Hey Unbongwah thinking of rolling a 12 fighter/6 fvs/2 ... in heavy armor. What would you recommend for enhancement split and class for the last 2 lvls?

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    Quote Originally Posted by darknoobslayer View Post
    Hey Unbongwah thinking of rolling a 12 fighter/6 fvs/2 ... in heavy armor. What would you recommend for enhancement split and class for the last 2 lvls?
    Going 14 fighter gets you Heavy Armor Champion which is +12 PRR and MRR.

    I have a 14/6 Fighter FVS and it works real well. Can take some hits and dish it out too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by darknoobslayer View Post
    Hey Unbongwah thinking of rolling a 12 fighter/6 fvs/2 ... in heavy armor. What would you recommend for enhancement split and class for the last 2 lvls?
    Apart from Loromir's suggestion of HAC, other options:
    • FvS 8 for lvl 4 spell slot (Death Ward or FoM)
    • barb splash for +10% runspeed; ftr 12 / cleric 7 / barb 1 is a good combo, IMO [EDIT: added to 2nd post]
    • pal 2 for Div Grace (+8 to saves beats a poke in the eye, at any rate)
    • A druid splash for Ram's Might if you don't mind the no-metal-armor restriction (i.e., use dragonplate anyway) and to pretend you're a Forest Master
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    Added two builds to second post: one is ftr 12 / cleric 7 / barb 1 based on ED37's Kensei Warpriest; the other is barb 12 / cleric 7 / ftr 1 (Ravager / FB / Warpriest hybrid).
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    Thank you Loromir and Unbongwah for the feedback. The 12 fighter/7 cleric/1 barb split looks pretty solid I think I might run with that. I notice you don't take a good death or deadly strike from kensei they not worth it?
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    6Barb/6FS/8Ftr means 14-20/x4 on a normal Maul and I guess 12-20/x4 on Drow?

    I don't really understand what gets doubled and what doesn't with crit range (anyone enlighten me?) and the tooltip does some pretty strange things when you toggle on and off Blessing of Silvanus and come in and out of rage (at times showing 17-20 crit on a normal crit range maul with nothing but improved crit bludgeoning running).

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