King of the Jacks (12 bard/6 warlock/ 2 rogue)

[john0]

Hey all, recently I returned to DDO and decided to be creative with my Bard. The concept was to create a bard that was great all rounder particularly for the team and so I tried out a warlock dip. To my surprise it worked out quite well

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Jack Jibbers
Level 30 Chaotic Good Purple Dragon Knight Male
(2 Rogue \ 12 Bard \ 6 Warlock \ 10 Epic) 
Hit Points: 350
Spell Points: 868 
BAB: 14\14\19\24
Fortitude: 14
Reflex: 16
Will: 21

                  Starting            Ending          Feat/Enhancement
Abilities        Base Stats         Base Stats         Modified Stats
(36 Point)       (Level 1)          (Level 30)           (Level 30)
Strength              8                  8                    8
Dexterity            16                 16                   16
Constitution         16                 16                   16
Intelligence          8                  8                    8
Wisdom                8                  8                    8
Charisma             18                 26                   26

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
                 Base Skills         Modified Skills
Skills           (Level 1)            (Level 30)
Balance               4                    33
Bluff                 4                    25
Concentration         0                    18
Diplomacy             0                    18
Disable Device        3                    12
Haggle                2                    20
Heal                  2                    11
Hide                  2                    15
Intimidate            2                    20
Jump                  1                    10
Listen                2                    11
Move Silently         1                    14
Open Lock             1                    14
Perform               n/a                  38
Repair                0                     9
Search                0                     9
Spellcraft            0                     9
Spot                  0                     9
Swim                  0                     9
Tumble                n/a                  n/a
Use Magic Device      n/a                  n/a

Level 1 (Rogue)
Feat: (Human Bonus) Force of Personality
Feat: (Past Life) Past Life: Fighter
Feat: (Past Life) Past Life: Fighter
Feat: (Past Life) Past Life: Fighter
Feat: (Selected) Single Weapon Fighting


Level 2 (Rogue)


Level 3 (Bard)
Feat: (Selected) Precision


Level 4 (Bard)
Ability Raise: CHA


Level 5 (Bard)


Level 6 (Bard)
Feat: (Selected) Shield Mastery


Level 7 (Bard)


Level 8 (Bard)
Ability Raise: CHA


Level 9 (Bard)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Single Weapon Fighting


Level 10 (Bard)


Level 11 (Bard)


Level 12 (Bard)
Ability Raise: CHA
Feat: (Selected) Improved Critical: Piercing Weapons


Level 13 (Bard)


Level 14 (Bard)


Level 15 (Warlock)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Shield Mastery


Level 16 (Warlock)
Ability Raise: CHA


Level 17 (Warlock)


Level 18 (Warlock)
Feat: (Selected) Greater Single Weapon Fighting


Level 19 (Warlock)


Level 20 (Warlock)
Ability Raise: CHA


Level 21 (Epic)
Feat: (Selected) Epic: Overwhelming Critical


Level 22 (Epic)


Level 23 (Epic)


Level 24 (Epic)
Ability Raise: CHA
Feat: (Selected) Epic: Great Charisma


Level 25 (Epic)


Level 26 (Epic)
Feat: (Epic Destiny) Primal Sphere: Perfect Two Weapon Fighting


Level 27 (Epic)
Feat: (Selected) Epic: Blinding Speed


Level 28 (Epic)
Ability Raise: CHA
Feat: (Epic Destiny) Martial Sphere: Perfect Single Weapon Fighting


Level 29 (Epic)
Feat: (Epic Destiny) Martial Sphere: Dire Charge


Level 30 (Epic)
Feat: (Selected) Maximize Spell
Feat: (Legendary) Scion of Arborea

So the basic breakdown for the build (these are the essentials):

** Epic Defensive Fighting is NOT used because of the Eldritch stance ( cannot use both). While it is a hp% loss I have adapted to it and the no "touch range" is a pretty good trade off.

1. PDK shortsword user using the "Cormyrean Knight Training" from PDK racial tree - This gives CHA as your main stat for to-hit and to-dmg and a +DC boost to your Ice stuns
2. Temp hp stack aura from Enlightened Spirit tree "Brilliance" + Warchanter 4th core "Fighting Spirit" + Tainted Scholar "Feigned Health" = 300 temp hp boost
3. Ice freeze with dc 110+ - be sure to take "Taint the Blood" from the Soul Eater tree as this essentially gives you +4dc to your ice freeze attacks
4. Good heals - Positive spell power with maximize sits around 1k, 3 healing spells + cocoon. You also have a free quicken + extend (No +SP cost) from Fatesinger ED
5. Warlock 6th level gives you special pact, pick FEY as this gives you Dark Delirium - "That enemy is dazed and cannot act for 20 seconds. There is no saving throw. Each time this enemy is damaged, there's a 10% chance they break free." This is a very useful tool for CCing reapers or high threat targets safely from a ranged distance.


Enchancement Tree

Note that I had an extra 4 racial points, but anyone can attain the essential stuff, I recommend dropping the speed aura boost in Warchanter if you are on a 80 point build



Epic Destiny

Personal preference but I think after the rework Fatesinger is in a excellent spot for bards. note that I didn't take the bound fate + grim fate combo but its a very good choice especially for higher end group content such as raids.



Temp hp


Char sheet



Gear Layout

Helm - Legendary Executioner Helm
Neck - The Family Blessing
Trinket - Legendary Corroded Iron Figurine
Cloak - Legendary Cloak of the City's Champion
Belt - Legendary Silverthread Belt
Ring1 - Legendary Celestial Ruby Ring
Ring2 - Legendary Five Rings (17 Con/ 28 Armor Piercing/ Tendon Slice/4 Quality Con)
Glove - Legendary Hammerfist
Boot - Legendary Sunken Slippers
Bracer - Legendary Hallowed Castigators
Armor - Legendary Wildcard
Goggle - Legendary Collective Sight (21 Cha/ 11 Insightful Cha)
Weapon - Timeshard
Shield - Legendary Crabshell Buckler


More to come

R4 Lost at Seas

[Xandez]

nice, as always

Could you post a rough breakdown of the (positive) spell power please?

Also, how about Scion of the Feywild?

[john0]

nice, as always

Could you post a rough breakdown of the (positive) spell power please?

Also, how about Scion of the Feywild?

I’ve changed slightly to 13 bard 6 warlock 1 fighter but pos sp are all similar. I’m not exact on every part breakdown but I can say I had around


40 heal skill (with a diamond of heal +15)

202 equipment from belt

140 enhancement from ruby devotion

77 insightful boots

38 quality boots

20 from scion aborea

50 from fatesinger cores

18 from first harmonic cord

30 from warchanter (obstiance and high spirits)

12 from reaper

Rest must just be from base and epic levels auto add.

Then on top of that I run maximize and intensify so that’s another 225 pos sp
Then for some extra uptime I have potion of superior ardor for 25sp and warlock TS core 1 for another 25sp
So if with everything it’s like 1.1k pos sp.


As for scion choice feywild is a decent choice, i have used it in the past before. If you got good sonic spellpower, using fatesigner, combining other sonic things like resonant arms and reverberation filigree sonic dmg proc etc then it does add up. However the DC stuff is pretty useless for a melee bard and while 20hamp is better then nothing it’s not a must.

So if you can justify that your toon is able to dish out more damage via the sonic route compared to the 20 raw melee power boost then go for it.

My view on feywild was that even when using all that setup my pure sonic dmg was about 35% (being generous) with the rest being 5% from sneak dmg and 60% from pure melee power/weapon. Since reaper lowers dmg output, the higher skulls I went the less noticeable my sonic dmg was. Also don’t forget some mobs may be immune to sonic, some have resistance etc so it may not be 100% accurate dmg.

[AleCSannder]

Hey Bro =D
did you think you run this on
THF?

[john0]

Hey Bro =D
did you think you run this on
THF?

im assuming you are asking if you can use THF for this build?

You can go THF but there are two main issues

1. You miss out on a +1 crit multiplier bonus
2. No CHA to Dmg/Hit

Without these 2 things you are gimping yourself out quite a bit in terms of damage output, however that is not to say that you cannot use this build as a THF, and perhaps with the upcoming feywild universal tree there could be a CHA to hit/dmg.

Ive made a THF warchanter on a seperate post if you want to check out further https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...THF-warchanter