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The Thinktank => Min/Max It! => : stranglebat December 17, 2010, 07:19:35 AM

: General Grievous in 3.5
: stranglebat December 17, 2010, 07:19:35 AM
I was looking at making a General Grievous build with a psionic or arcanist Thrikeen with some levels in dervish, but the main class i wanted to take was Renegade Mastermaker. I had 3 questions
1. Would the +1 caster level for Renegade mastermaker(RMM) advance psionics or would it be an adaption
2. Thri keen is monsterous Humanoid im not sure if that means it counts for the Humanoid pre req of RMM
3. Has anyone made a similar build? basically what i was looking for in the end was making the character 4 weapon fight with dervish dance with a wand sheath with wraithstrike, probably power attack and battlejump involved to make use of their +30 jump check.

Edit: changed title to prevent confusion, sorry Ed :(
: Re: General Grievous
: dark_samuari December 17, 2010, 07:36:15 AM
Here is a build I did years ago, so take it with a grain of salt.

Male Bone-Creature Thri-Keen, 2nd-level Racial/ 2nd-Level Monk/2nd-Level Ranger/10th-Level Dervish   
Size/Type: Medium Undead
Hit Dice: 6d12, 10d12 (146 hp)
Initiative: +11
Speed: 55 ft. (11 squares)
Armor Class: 25 (+armor, +9 Dex, +5 natural, +3 AC bonus), 19 touch, 18 flat-footed 
Base Attack/Grapple: +15/+17
Attack: Scimitar +25 melee (1d6+2/15-20) or 4 Claws +25 melee (1d4+2/x2)
Full Attack: Scimitar +25/+20/+15 melee (1d6+2/15-20) or 4 Claws +25/+20/+15 melee (1d4+2/x2)
Full Attack (Multi-Weapon): 4 Scimitars +23/+23/+23/+23/+20/+17/+17/+17/+17/+15/+13/+13/+13/+13 melee (1d6+2/15-20)
Full Attack (Multi-Weapon + A Thousand Cuts): 4 Scimitar +23/+23/+23/+23/+23/+23/+23/+23/+20/+20/+17/+17/+17/+17/+17/+17/+17/+17/+15/+15/+13/+13/+13/+13/+13/+13/+13/+13 melee (1d6+2/15-20)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Poison (Injury; Fort DC 9; initial damage 1d6 Dex, secondary damage paralysis for 2d6 minutes; 1/day), Flurry of Blows (-2), Unarmed Strike, Favored Enemy (Elves +2), Dervish Dance (5/day, 9 rounds, +5 to attack/damage), Dance of Death, A Thousand Cuts     
Special Qualities: Darkvision (60ft.), Wild Empathy, Movement Mastery, Slashling Blades, Elaborate Parry,   
Resistances: Immunity to Sleep Effects, Evasion, Undead Traits, Immunity to Cold, Take ½ damage from Slashing and Piercing weapons,     
Saves: Fort +6, Ref +25, Will +13
Abilities: Str 14, Dex 28, Con --, Int 14, Wis 10, Cha 6
Skills: Balance +30, Hide +19 (+23 in Arid or Desert settings), Jump +62, Listen +8, Move Silently +18, Perform (Dance) +16, Spot +4, Tumble +31
Feats: Deflect Arrows [TK], Combat Expertise [1st], Improved Unarmed Strike [Mnk], Dodge [Mnk], Weapon Focus (Scimitar) [3rd], Mobility [Mnk], Track [Rng], Multi-Weapon Fighting [Rng], Weapon Finesse [6th], Spring Attack [Dv], Improved Critical (Scimitar) [9th], Improved Multi-Weapon Fighting [12th], Greater Multi-Weapon Fighting [15th]
Languages: Common, Thri-Keen
LA: +1
Challenge Rating: 17

So with that said, there are some different ways one can go about this sort of build. Initially a Warblade focusing on Tiger Claw maneuvers looks very good but perhaps a better approach is if you can break down what you exactly want to do & how you want to do it?
: Re: General Grievous
: AndyJames December 17, 2010, 07:37:23 AM
I was looking at making a General Grievous build with a psionic or arcanist Thrikeen with some levels in dervish, but the main class i wanted to take was Renegade Mastermaker. I had 3 questions
1. Would the +1 caster level for Renegade mastermaker(RMM) advance psionics or would it be an adaption
2. Thri keen is monsterous Humanoid im not sure if that means it counts for the Humanoid pre req of RMM
3. Has anyone made a similar build? basically what i was looking for in the end was making the character 4 weapon fight with dervish dance with a wand sheath with wraithstrike, probably power attack and battlejump involved to make use of their +30 jump check.
1. It is an adaptation.
2. It doesn't. MH and H are two completely different things as far as DnD is concerned.
3. A PsyWar Thri-kreen will do most of that.
: Re: General Grievous
: Littha December 17, 2010, 07:38:05 AM
I was looking at making a General Grievous build with a psionic or arcanist Thrikeen with some levels in dervish, but the main class i wanted to take was Renegade Mastermaker. I had 3 questions
1. Would the +1 caster level for Renegade mastermaker(RMM) advance psionics or would it be an adaption
2. Thri keen is monsterous Humanoid im not sure if that means it counts for the Humanoid pre req of RMM
3. Has anyone made a similar build? basically what i was looking for in the end was making the character 4 weapon fight with dervish dance with a wand sheath with wraithstrike, probably power attack and battlejump involved to make use of their +30 jump check.

1. It would be an adaption
2. No, it won't count.
3. No idea


Generally you want to post questions like this in the "Ask a simple question" thread.

Edit: Damn ninjas  :ninja
: Re: General Grievous
: Ed-Zero December 18, 2010, 05:04:06 AM
At first I thought this was a SWSE thread :/ Kinda misleading but still good