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Another Skies of Arcadia character!
« on: September 16, 2008, 01:07:32 PM »
I'm in the same Skies of Arcadia game that Andy James is, found here.  Even in Lands of Ice too. 


Here is the build.

Dragonborn Draconic Lesser Assimar

Sublime Way Marshall
//Rebalanced Paladin 20
Aggressive specialization, Wings

Feats:
1 - Army of Onem, Skill Focus: Diplomacy (marshal bonus), Reinforced Wings (from flaw), Heavyweight Wings (from flaw)
3 - Power Attack
4 - Leadership (marshal bonus)
6 - Improved Flight
7 - Divine Might (paladin bonus)
8 - White Raven Defensem (marshal bonus)
9 - Expanded Aura of Courage
12 - Awesome Smite, White Raven Generalm (marshal bonus)
14 - Divine Vigor (paladin bonus)
15 - Battle Blessing
16 - Tactician (marshal bonus)
18 - Consecrationp
20 - Warlordm (marshal bonus)

p from Rebalanced Paladin feat list
m from Sublime Way Marshal feat list


Maneuvers: 1 - Leading the Attack, Douse the Flames  2 - Crusader's Strike  4 - Battle Leader's Charge  5 - Retrain Crusader's Strike to Foehammer  6 - Revitalizing Strike  7 - Retrain Leading the Attack to White Raven Tactics  8 - Entangling Blade  9 - Retrain Douse the Flames for White Raven Strike  10 - Flanking Maneuver  11 - Retrain Foehammer to Radiant Charge  12 - Rallying Strike  13 - Retrain Battle Leader's Charge for War Leader's Charge  14 - Clarion Call  15 - Retrain Revitalizing Strike for Castigating Strike  16 - White Raven Hammer  17 - Retrain Flanking Maneuver for Swarming Assault  18 - Strike of Righteous Vitality  19 - Retrain War Leader's Charge for War Master's Charge  20 - Greater Divine Surge


Stances: 1 - Bolstering Voice  6 - Tactics of the Wolf  11 - Press the Advantage  16 - Immortal Fortitude


End maneuver list:  White Raven Tactics, White Raven Strike, Radiant Charge, Castigating Strike, Entangling Blade, Swarming Assault, Rallying Strike, Clarion Call, White Raven Hammer, Greater Divine Surge, Strike of Righteous Vitality, War Master's Charge



Improved Flight and Improved Speed are in there because there is a huge chance that they'll be worth the expenditure, especially since Improved Flight sets my maneuverability to Good, and that means I can hover.



Here is my cohort.

Human
Soulknife//Sublime Way Ranger 14/ Soulbow 1/ Shiba Protector 1/ Kensai 4

Starting Stats (including fate point bonii):
Str: 10
Dex: 19 (15 + 4)
Con: 12
Int: 13
Wis: 14
Cha: 8

1 - S//R - W.F. : Mind Blade (b), Wild Talent (b), Alertness, Sense Weakness (human), Iron Will (flaw), Combat Expertise (flaw)
2 - S//R - Point Blank Shot(b), Psionic Shot(bonus psionic)
3 - S//R - Precise Shot
4 - S//R
5 - S//R
6 - Soulbow - Zen Archery, Rapid Shot(bonus Soulbow)
7 - Shiba Protector
8 - Kensai
9 - Kensai - Manyshot
10 - Kensai
11 - Kensai
12 - S//R - Improved Rapid Shot, Greater Psionic Shot(bonus psionic), Lance of the Fates(bonus ranger)
13 - S//R
14 - S//R
15 - S//R - Improved Precise Shot, G.W.F. : Mind Blade (b)
16 - S//R - Mind Cleave(bonus psionic)
17 - S//R - Astral Shot(bonus ranger)
18 - S//R - Far Shot
19 - S//R
20 - S//R - Mind Empowerment(bonus psionic)

Gets with mind arrow: Wis to attack x2, wis to dmg x 2


Maneuvers: 1 - Star Shot, Sudden Leap, Achilles Heel  2 - Destiny Shot  3 - Riding the Winds  4 - Retrain Sudden Leap for Shadow Jaunt  5 - Shooting Star Arrow  12 - Retrain Destiny Shot for Destiny Surge  13 - Terror of the Vast Expanse  14 - Retrain Shadow Jaunt for Shadow Stride  15 - Stellar Concussion  16 - Retrain Shadow Stride for Shadow Blink  17 - Path of the Comet  18 - Retrain Shooting Star Arrow for Starfall  19 - Meteor Impact  20 - Retrain Star Shot for Meteor Call

Stances : 1 - Eyes to the Sky  4 - Blood in the Water  16 - Vision of the Stars

End list: Meteor Call, Destiny Surge, Achilles Heel, Shadow Blink, Riding the Winds, Terror of the Vast Expanse, Stellar Concussion, Path of the Comet, Starfall, Meteor Impact
« Last Edit: September 28, 2008, 10:48:03 PM by Nanshork »
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Re: Another Skies of Arcadia character!
« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2008, 04:49:41 PM »
It is nice.... you're going to be a humanoid light bulb with so much auras around you :P

Seriously.... it's good, except for the Marshall's terrible recovery mechanic.
Make good choices for your maneuvers and auras and go to town....

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Re: Another Skies of Arcadia character!
« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2008, 05:28:01 PM »
If you really do want to be an aura box, you could multiclass to Dragon Shaman and take the Dual Aura feat. If your DM runs multiclassing penalties, there's always Additional Favored Class. I love the idea of a character whose mere presence inspires his allies to victory.

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Re: Another Skies of Arcadia character!
« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2008, 06:07:09 PM »
I'll be taking the Army of One feat to help mitigate the recovery mechanic problems.

Also, I've looked at Dragon Shaman but I'm not really impressed with any of their auras.  Also, Dragon Magic states that I can take Draconic Auras instead of Major Auras, and that they'll count as Draconic Auras for purposes such as the Dual Draconic Aura feat.



Another question.  I'm considering taking the Leadership feat in the future, what would be a good cohort for this kind of character?
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Re: Another Skies of Arcadia character!
« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2008, 06:17:43 PM »
If you are going to lead an army, War Weaver or Tribal Chieftain (or was it Warchief? the one that grants Str bonuses to everyone in his "tribe") are good cohorts.

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Re: Another Skies of Arcadia character!
« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2008, 06:19:06 PM »
If you are going to lead an army, War Weaver or Tribal Chieftain (or was it Warchief? the one that grants Str bonuses to everyone in his "tribe") are good cohorts.

I'll check it out, but IIRC it's race oriented and causes subdual damage.  Hope I'm wrong, heh.

Edit:  I'll look at War Weaver though, that could work well with the Leadership feat and army I'm planning on having eventually.
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Re: Another Skies of Arcadia character!
« Reply #6 on: September 17, 2008, 02:15:07 AM »
I'm putting off picking a cohort until later, got a few levels to go.

Ok, here's a basic build stub, need help with the feats.
Draconic Human or Draconic Lesser Assimar
Sublime Way Marshall // Rebalanced Paladin 20

Feats:
1 - Army of Onem, Skill Focus: Diplomacy (marshal bonus), Adaptive Style (from flaw), White Raven Defense (from flaw)
3 - Convictionp
4 - Tacticianm (marshal bonus)
6 - Leadership
7 - Divine Might (paladin bonus)
8 - White Raven Generalm (marshal bonus)
9 - Warlordm
12 - Battle Blessing
14 - xxx (paladin bonus)
15 - Consecrationp
16 - xxx(marshal bonus)
18 - xxx
20 - xxx (marshal bonus)

p from Rebalanced Paladin feat list
m from Sublime Way Marshal feat list


Also, I can't decide on my Paladin specialization, not sure whether to go Agressive or Defensive.
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Re: Another Skies of Arcadia character!
« Reply #7 on: September 17, 2008, 02:26:09 AM »
Hmm... I would go for Mount. Nothing says "I hate you" like a dragon ripping your face off.

Extra Smite might be redundant since smiting is per encounter now, not per day.

For feats, Divine feats might be good. The later ones (Complete Champion??) are fairly strong.

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Re: Another Skies of Arcadia character!
« Reply #8 on: September 17, 2008, 02:52:19 AM »
Hmm... I would go for Mount. Nothing says "I hate you" like a dragon ripping your face off.

Extra Smite might be redundant since smiting is per encounter now, not per day.

For feats, Divine feats might be good. The later ones (Complete Champion??) are fairly strong.

Extra Smite is redundant, for some reason I thought the smite feats cost more than one smite attempt. 

Except I'm not sure just how useful a mount would be.  I'll post about it in the game thread.

I know that if I go offensive I'm going to take power attack and the awesome smite feat.  Defensive I'm not sure about.
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Re: Another Skies of Arcadia character!
« Reply #9 on: September 17, 2008, 10:02:49 PM »
If you are going to lead an army, War Weaver or Tribal Chieftain (or was it Warchief? the one that grants Str bonuses to everyone in his "tribe") are good cohorts.

I'll check it out, but IIRC it's race oriented and causes subdual damage.  Hope I'm wrong, heh.

Edit:  I'll look at War Weaver though, that could work well with the Leadership feat and army I'm planning on having eventually.

War-Weaver+Chain Spell=Massive Party Buffing.


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Re: Another Skies of Arcadia character!
« Reply #10 on: September 19, 2008, 02:21:32 AM »
Build has been edited.
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Re: Another Skies of Arcadia character!
« Reply #11 on: September 19, 2008, 09:38:17 PM »
Maneuver list is up.
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Re: Another Skies of Arcadia character!
« Reply #12 on: September 26, 2008, 06:48:58 AM »
Here is my cohort.

Human (maybe dragonborn)
Soulknife//Sublime Way Ranger 14/ Soulbow 1/ Shiba Protector 1/ Kensai 4

1 - S//R - W.F. : Mind Blade (b), Wild Talent (b), Alertness, Iron Will (flaw), Combat Expertise (flaw)
2 - S//R - Point Blank Shot(b), xxx(bonus psionic)
3 - S//R - Precise Shot
4 - S//R
5 - S//R
6 - Soulbow - Zen Archery, xxx(bonus Soulbow)
7 - Shiba Protector
8 - Kensai
9 - Kensai - xxx
10 - Kensai
11 - Kensai
12 - S//R - xxx, xxx(bonus psionic), xxx(bonus ranger)
13 - S//R
14 - S//R
15 - S//R - xxx, G.W.F. : Mind Blade (b)
16 - S//R - xxx(bonus psionic)
17 - S//R - xxx(bonus ranger)
18 - S//R - xxx
19 - S//R
20 - S//R - xxx(bonus psionic)

Gets with mind arrow: Wis to attack x2, wis to dmg x 2

Not sure which schools to go with, though I know I'm keeping Falling Star and that Stone Dragon is out.
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Re: Another Skies of Arcadia character!
« Reply #13 on: September 26, 2008, 06:53:04 AM »
Hmm... Is everybody going for cohorts?

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Re: Another Skies of Arcadia character!
« Reply #14 on: September 26, 2008, 04:45:34 PM »
Hmm... Is everybody going for cohorts?

I don't know, are you going for a cohort?  :P
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Re: Another Skies of Arcadia character!
« Reply #15 on: September 26, 2008, 10:28:14 PM »
Cohort has been updated and moved to the first post.  Also, Improved Flight and Improved speed have been declared as not as useful as I thought.  Ideas to replace them with?  I'm thinking Improved Cohort and Expanded Aura of Courage if I can get it approved to affect all Paladin auras.
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Re: Another Skies of Arcadia character!
« Reply #16 on: September 28, 2008, 03:31:20 AM »
Cohort is complete.
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