My DM has announced that we are going to be trying out something new; we're going to play a campaign in Greyhawk, starting at 20th level. The only catch is that everyone is a dwarf. The books he has allowed are the PHB, PHBII, the complete series, Tome of Battle, and the Spell Compendium. He has also allowed us to use a third-party sourcebook he found a while back: "Hammer and Helm; a Guidebook to Dwarves." For stats, he's given us a fairly high end array, that of two 18s, two 16s, and two 14s, plus 5 points from levels. Retraining feats is allowed.
What I want is a character that wears heavy armor and wields a tower shield. Here is the build as I've figured:
This build uses the Ironbound Prestige class from Hammer and Helm. It allows a character to make better use of his armor, as well as allowing him to use two shields and gain the benefit from both.
http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Ironbound_%283.5e_Prestige_Class%29LG Dwarf Knight 11/Ironbound 8/Dwarven Defender 1 (Am considering replacing Dwarven Defender with one level of Crusader)
AC: 65, with an option of +1 Dodge and up to +18 Combat Expertise
The high AC is because this character uses two tower shields, each with their own Shield Block bonuses, mithril mountain plate, and as many AC boosting items as he can find.
HP: a nice even 330. (12+11d12 [Knight and DDf] +8d10 [IrB] +200 [con] +3 [Toughness]
Saves: with Cloak of resistance +5, Fort 26, Reflex +13, Will +26
Stats: Str 34, Dex 18, Con 30, Int 16, Wis 14, Cha 20
Weapons: Unarmed Strike, made +5 through a permanent Greater Magic Fang. +35 to hit, 3d6 +17.
Feats: Combat Expertise, Diehard, Dodge, Endurance, Exotic Armor Proficiency (Dwarven Plate Armor), Improved Natural Attack (Unarmed Strike), Improved Unarmed Strike, Martial Study (Foehammer), Combat Reflexes, Martial Stance (Thicket of Blades), Stand Still, Steadfast Determination, Superior Unarmed Strike, Toughness. (NOTE: Martial Study, Martial Stance, Combat Reflexes, and Toughness were all retrained from the 4 Exotic Armor Proficiencies granted by the Ironbound Class. Stand Still was retrained from the Mounted Combat feat granted by the Knight class.)
Equipment:
Combat gear + Master Stone Dragon Belt Of Giant Strength +6, Scholar Crown of the White Raven, Amulet of Natural Armor+5/Con+6, Gloves of Dexterity +4, Ring of protection +5, Ring of Feather Fall, Cloak of Resistance +5/Charisma +6, Boots of Springing and Striding, +5 Mithril Dwarven Plate, two +5 mithril tower shields, Manual of Str +5, Manual of Con +4.
Any thoughts?