Reasonable Build for Aluvian Darkstar?

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• tgx Member Posts: 40

  March 2018

  I like how you've planned this out. I have no idea if this is a good or bad build. Or what improvements it could benefit from.
  
  You could make this character in PGCC. You can find it here: https://neverwintervault.org/project/nwn1/module/pretty-good-character-creator-customizer-pgc3-powered-igipe
  
  You could modify your build however you want, and test things out in the testing zone. I'm not sure if they scale up to epic levels.
  
  But, there could be other modules that have a assault-type onslaught you could go up against. I saw this one the other day: https://neverwintervault.org/project/nwn1/module/battleground-ii
  
  Seems pretty nifty. What you could try is going it solo. I haven't tried it, but apparently enemy forces build up over time. You could wait and wait and wait and see what it's like to take on 100 of them (or something). Or you could just go in and spawn creatures that are on the same level as you are (with a lvl 40 character). Post results, OK? Or epic struggles, of you dying and dying again?

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• Jidokwon Member Posts: 395

  March 2018

  @tgx: Thank you for the feedback and suggestions. I was using the Pretty Good Character Creator Customizer for the build to make sure it was legit. I'll try the Battleground with the newer build.
  
  I'm pretty happy with the build above, but I've never really played a caster and I wanted to try focusing more on her spell casting. I'm posting the changes here.
  
  1 WIZ: Combat Casting
  2 WIZ
  3 WIZ: Point Blank Shot
  4 WIZ: +1 INT (17)
  5 WIZ: Extend Spell
  6 WIZ: Weapon Focus: Longbow
  7 WIZ
  8 WIZ: +1 INT (18)
  9 WIZ: Rapid Shot
  10 WIZ: Spell Penetration
  11 WIZ
  12 WIZ: +1 INT (19); Iron Will
  
  She'll be pretty close to finishing SoU at this point and the build is pretty much the same as above. The only change that I've made is taking the Extend Spell feat. I'm planning to take this one pretty early, as it should be pretty useful throughout the campaigns. More so than the spell penetration feats, I think, as she should be pretty strong spell caster in her early and mid levels. Again, I don't know much about playing spell casters, though, so this is all theory for me, so any feedback would be appreciated.
  
  13 AA
  14 AA
  15 WIZ: Improved Critical: Longbow
  16 WIZ: +1 INT (20)
  17 WIZ: Greater Spell Penetration
  18 WIZ: Alertness
  19 WIZ
  20 WIZ: +1 DEX (17)
  
  More wizard and less arcane archer this time around. She has access to her ninth level spells by twentieth level now, too. She's ready to add the harper scout class.
  
  21 HS: Epic Weapon Focus: Longbow; Great Dexterity I (18)
  22 HS
  23 HS
  24 AA: +1 DEX (19); Great Dexterity II (20)
  25 WIZ
  26 WIZ: Epic Spell Penetration
  27 WIZ: Great Dexterity III (21)
  
  Again, she'll finish HotU pretty close here. Though she's less of an archer than the build above here, she should be a far better wizard, I think, just from having more spells alone. I'm pretty confidant now that her offensive spell casting should be decent throughout the campaigns and that was what I was most worried about. Her bat familiar, Thamat, is a real beast now, too heh.
  
  28 AA: +1 DEX (22)
  29 AA
  30 AA: Great Dexterity IV (23)
  31 AA
  32 AA: +1 DEX (24)
  33 HS: Great Dexterity V (25)
  34 WIZ
  35 AA
  36 WIZ: +1 DEX (26); Great Dexterity VI (27); Improved Combat Casting
  37 HS: Great Dexterity VII (28)
  38 WIZ
  39 WIZ: Great Dexterity VII (29)
  40 AA: +1 DEX (30)
  
  25th Wizard/10th Arcane Archer/5th Harper Scout. This is going to be the build that I test in the Battleground, but I'm sure to tweak the final one. At a glance here, she doesn't look to have gained any extra spells really from her 27th level build. Also, her Attack Bonus drops from 46, 41, 36 to 39, 34, 29. I really don't have much experience at max level, but I'm pretty lazy and would probably be using her more as an archer than a spell caster for the average trash mob. Is that going to be too low of an Attack Bonus for the typical use of an archer?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• Jidokwon Member Posts: 395

  March 2018

  I could use some feedback from anyone familiar with epic level spell casting (non pvp). I'm considering taking extend spell, empower spell, spell penetration, and greater spell penetration by twentieth level. If I do it this way, that would leave me room for one epic level spell casting feat. It'd likely come down to Improved Spell Casting vs Epic Spell Penetration. If I do the build this way, she'd be a 23rd wizard with twenty intelligence and 27 base AC. She's not going to be a front liner, but there are certainly going to be times where she'll be taking hits, possibly with minimal buffs. The other option that I'm considering is dropping extend or empower spell before twentieth level, then taking both Improved Spell Casting and Epic Spell Penetration. Extend spell would be nice for her to have, but it's not critical by any means. I'm also not sure if her epic level spell casting will be strong enough to justify taking empower spell. As a 23rd wizard with twenty intelligence, will her offensive spells be bouncing most of the time or should they land decently on the average encounter? Again, any feedback is greatly appreciated.

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