The Sauron build

[Lalangamena]

have you ever thought it would be cool to be Sauron?
wearing plate armors, immortal, holding huge two handed weapons, all that living wither when you pass near, cleaving your foes, and then just point your finger on them and they die?

well, you came to the right place

the philosophy of this build is to be pale master with high int, high spell penetration, high necromancy and enchantment. so when you are in group your enchant DC will hold up to group expectations and your insta kills will not fail.
and have enough melee power to kill bosses and not be useless when you are out of spell points or solo.

disclaimer: right now on my "real build" i don't have the harper tree yet, so i don't have access to strategic combat and yet my melee damage is nice when i use appropriate weapons (admantite, light effect, slashing effect, deadly, etc)
if this build was already posted, i apologize but i haven't found it in my search.
I never use tensers transformation, but i do have some "divine power" clickies.

pros:
proper necro and enchant DC, self healing, OK melee damage, all the self buffs and CC suport that melee want but don't have, single stat build (int), able to fight beholders.

cons:
no SLAs, not the top evocation damage due to lack of meta-magics.

requirements:
second life. (extra build points)
drow 30 points (higher starting int and arcane fluidity)
harper tree.
strength +2 tome. of course any other tome is good.

Level 20 True Neutral Drow Male
(20 Wizard)
Hit Points: 160
Spell Points: 1399

BAB: 10/10/15/20
Fortitude: 8
Reflex: 15
Will: 13


Abilities Base Stats Modified Stats
(30 Point) (Level 1) (Level 20)
Strength 11 13
Dexterity 10 10
Constitution 12 12
Intelligence 20 29
Wisdom 10 10
Charisma 13 13

Tomes Used
+2 Tome of Strength used at level 1

all abilities into intelligence.


Skills:
Concentration ,Heal , ,Spellcraft, Jump, Use Magic Device,
Tumble 1 point to be on positive to block and roll

Feats:
wizard feats (5): spell focus necro, spell focus enchant, heighten spell, quicken spell, maximize
regular feats (7):insightfull reflex, spell penetration, greater spell penetration, greater spell focus necro, power attack (need str 13 hence the tome), cleave, imp critical (need bab 8 so only at level 18)

if the past life is wizard, then take wizard past life at level 3, push everything up, and don't take greater spell focus necro. ( take it on epic levels)

Level 1 (Wizard)
Feat: (Selected) Insightful Reflexes
Feat: (Wizard Bonus) Quicken Spell
Feat: (Past Life) Past Life: best: wizard --> favored soul--> bard--> anything else.
Level 2 (Wizard)
Level 3 (Wizard)
Feat: (Selected) Spell Penetration
Level 4 (Wizard)
Level 5 (Wizard)
Feat: (Wizard Bonus) Spell Focus: Necromancy
Level 6 (Wizard)
Feat: (Selected) Greater Spell Penetration
Level 7 (Wizard)
Level 8 (Wizard)
Level 9 (Wizard)
Feat: (Selected) Power Attack
Level 10 (Wizard)
Feat: (Wizard Bonus) Heighten Spell
Level 11 (Wizard)
Level 12 (Wizard)
Feat: (Selected) Cleave
Level 13 (Wizard)
Level 14 (Wizard)
Level 15 (Wizard)
Feat: (Selected) Greater Spell Focus: Necromancy
Feat: (Wizard Bonus) Spell Focus: Enchantment
Level 16 (Wizard)
Level 17 (Wizard)
Level 18 (Wizard)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Critical: Slashing Weapons
Level 19 (Wizard)
Level 20 (Wizard)
Feat: (Wizard Bonus) Maximize Spell

Enhancements:
Enhancement: Drow - Spell Resistance (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Drow - Drow Intellligence (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Drow - Arcane Fluidity (Rank 2)

Enhancement: Pale Master (Wiz) - Dark Reaping (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Pale Master (Wiz) - Shroud of the Zombie (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Pale Master (Wiz) - Shroud of the Vampire (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Pale Master (Wiz) - Shroud of the Wraith (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Pale Master (Wiz) - Shroud of the Lich (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Pale Master (Wiz) - Master of Death (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Pale Master (Wiz) - Spell Critical: Negative Energy I (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Pale Master (Wiz) - Skeletal Knight (Rank 3)
Enhancement: Pale Master (Wiz) - Negative Energy Conduit (Rank 3)
Enhancement: Pale Master (Wiz) - Spell Critical: Negative Energy II (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Pale Master (Wiz) - Corpsecrafter (Rank 3)
Enhancement: Pale Master (Wiz) - Bone Armor (Rank 1) --> this one is just a filler for missing point to take necro capstone "master of death".
Enhancement: Pale Master (Wiz) - Spell Critical: Negative Energy III (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Pale Master (Wiz) - Eternal Servitude (Rank 3)
Enhancement: Pale Master (Wiz) - Intelligence (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Pale Master (Wiz) - Spell Critical: Negative Energy IV (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Pale Master (Wiz) - Dark Furor (Rank 3)
Enhancement: Pale Master (Wiz) - Intelligence (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Pale Master (Wiz) - Necromantic Focus (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Pale Master (Wiz) - Improved Shrouding (Rank 1)

Enhancement: Eldritch Knight (Wiz) - Eldritch Strike (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Eldritch Knight (Wiz) - Spellsword: Acid (Rank 1) --> acid damage is better than cold/fire/elecric as less enemies immune to it and you get -5% ASF .
Enhancement: Eldritch Knight (Wiz) - Improved Mage Armor (Rank 3)
Enhancement: Eldritch Knight (Wiz) - Toughness (Rank 3)
Enhancement: Eldritch Knight (Wiz) - Improved Shield (Rank 3)
Enhancement: Eldritch Knight (Wiz) - Light Armor Proficiency (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Eldritch Knight (Wiz) - Martial Training (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Eldritch Knight (Wiz) - Arcane Barrier (Rank 3)
Enhancement: Eldritch Knight (Wiz) - Intelligence (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Eldritch Knight (Wiz) - Medium Armor Proficiency (Rank 1)

Enhancement: Harper Agent - Agent of Good (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Harper Agent - Intelligence (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Harper Agent - Harper Enchantment (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Harper Agent - Strategic Combat I (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Harper Agent - Versatile Adept (Rank 3) or Magical endurance (Rank 3) or Harper leadership (Rank 3) --> up to you.
Enhancement: Harper Agent - Strategic Combat II (Rank 1)


the enhancements priority:
max out necro tree first, around level 12 you can get necromantic focus and improved shrouding which is what you are aiming for.
then get martial training and light armor in the eldrich tree
then get the harper tree for strategic combat 1+2.
after that, continue filling the trees, get arcane fluidity just before you get medium armor prof.

this build, can wear all light and medium armors, which also means mithril plates like cavalry plate etc. (25% arcane failure reduction)
with plate armor, concealment and death aura heals, this is a very survivable build.
at low levels before you reach martial training, just use masters touch spell.
the harper tree is important due to strategic combat 1+2, the int bonus to hit and damage is very very good on this build.

spells:
regular spell list for pale master, blur/displacement helps a lot.

strategy:
death aura always on, disco ball+ acid fog, and cleave + eldrich strike everything inside while your instakills on CD. your skeletal pet runing around finishing stuff.

[Feal]

The idea is great!!! I like it, i may give a try to this on next TR