Yeah, I also guessed it was a typo - I just couldn't guess what the real thing was.
@Dave: I have no problem with you trying it out since that's what you were aiming for. We can judge then if it's unbalanced - the numbers seem to indicate it might be.
If you decide to drop it later, Combat Reflexes + Robilar can still be good to deal more damage and/or dissuade enemies from attacking you.
Level-wise, there's always Slayer. You already have the prereqs (Track) I think.
edit: you could even make whatever-the-type-of-the-Minotaur-that-killed-Owain Owain's favored enemy.
Maybe I should shut up we should start and worry about it later. Fil ?
I started to work on raising my Fort and Will saves and perhaps lower my attacks just a bit (the current numbers don't account for GMW).
The more I think about it the more I'm leaning towards dropping Stormguard. The only issue is whether I lose 2 levels of Ranger for Eternal Blade, and thereby lose 2 feats. If I leave Practiced Manifester/EK (Schism) for later (I'm not sure I have the pp to maintain frequent use of Schism, and use of the powers manifested while schismed) - then what I can do is:
- Greater TWF
- Combat Reflexes
- Robilar's Gambit
- Double-Hit
Then make the legacy item defensive in nature - miss chances, invisibility, etc - to help cover the Robilar's penalties. I'd quite like Spectral Skirmisher in there (if it stacks with Robilar's I would get
four attacks whenever I'm invisible and someone attacks me), and Bonus Essentia (since I only have 2 points of it).
And I do quite like the idea of Owain being uber-vengeful in his fighting style, and just going berzerk whenever anyone comes at him
Whether that's more balanced than Stormguard might be debatable tho!
My bite attack is pretty poor - I can't use Dex for it. I was mostly intending to use it for Stormguard Touch Attacks even when the rest of them were slashing properly, unless I had already accrued significant to-hit bonuses.
So, on the one hand, in order to make the attack worth a damn I really need the GMF - and an extra worthwhile attack potentially translates into a lot of damage due to how much bonus damage I have - but on the other hand, it's not as intrinsic to my build as Talman's or Sherman's natural attacks.
I wouldn't bother with the Ankh tbh. It's expensive and costs a spell slot to use. If there's a cheaper way to do it then I'm happy to get the buff, but I don't regard it as worth breaking the bank for.
Here's an idea - instead of the variant Sapphire Hierarch, how about you use a Divine Soulcaster? Then use Arcane Investment (now divine investment) to bump up the CL of GMF each morning?
Or a casting of Harmonious Chorus (Bard 2, SC) each morning from Meriabo?