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Caster cleric is not the best DPS caster build, but it is a "good enough" DPS build that if you want to go that route, you might as well go all-in. You will still have plenty of APs left to spend on Radiant Servant to be a pretty good healer. I wouldn't recommend a pure healbot / support...

It's unclear to me what you're trying to achieve because your build is kinda all over the map. You took Healing domain and went max WIS, but made Warpriest your primary tree. You took Onatar and have a few melee DPS feats, but not all that you would want; and Warpriest lacks a critical...

Isn't the main issue for kukri that they aren't Favored weapons unless you have the Cursed card? Or do you just ignore Favored weapon bonuses from Sacred Fist on this build?

https://ddowiki.com/page/Imbue If you're thinking outside the box without Swashbuckler or Vanguard, why not just pure wizard 20 Eldritch Knight? 10 dice from the core with +4 Dice when Eldritch Power procs. Drow can get +2 Imbue dice; other elves can grab Arcane Archer bonus dice. But...

It's been several weeks so OP has probably moved on with their life, but since this thread got bumped, I was thinking max-WIS druid 15 / monk 5 with T5 Henshin using quarterstaves. Maybe Trailblazer: do any of the staff-specific attacks work in bear form? They didn't used to, but I haven't...

If you have a fighter icon and zero rogue, Artificer, or Dark Hunter levels, why would anyone expect you to be a trapper?

You can always grab Evasion from Shadowdancer. Or go the opposite approach, load up on Heavy Armor feats and basically be a machine gun tank.

If you're skipping the usual Artificer 2 splash, why don't you splash cleric / FvS so you can take Divine Might?

STR, DEX, and CHA all apply to Warchanter freeze DCs. So what are the other benefits of each? STR pros: It Just Works, i.e., you don't need to spend any APs like you do for DEX or CHA. With Dragonlord 3, you get Might in Order (STR Battle Trance) which works with Precision; or you can go with...

Start with Artificer for trap skills and free Rapid Reload; take Artificer 2 when you have a Runearm worth equipping; Artificer 3 when you have enough APs to take Shatter Defenses; I'd use the final level to grab Improved Precise Shot, so it depends on when you hit BAB 11 + DEX 19.

For comparison's sake, I experimented with DEX-based SDK builds: bard 18 / rogue 2 vs bard 12 / fighter 6 / rogue 2. DEX covers most major requirements: AC, Reflex saves, to-hit / damage / Battle Trance, and DCs for both SDK chains and Warchanter freezes. The 18/2 split has "only" 15-20/x3...

What makes Swashbuckling with handaxe desirable is the critical range bonus from Swashbuckling stacks with critical multiplier bonus from another tree. But you're not going to get one of those from this particular split, in which case you might as well use kukri or dagger and toss in some...

Alchemist 16 / Artificer 4 is the obvious one. 41 Inquisitive / 23 Battle Engineer / 6 Vile Chemist / 6 Harper buys what you need, spread remaining APs to taste.

Then use a repeater or dual xbows. Great crossbows haven't been a competitive DPS option for a long time. A loooong time. Pretty much the only reason to use them is you're purely F2P and don't have Artificer nor Inquisitive.

The hideous wailing of some tortured soul desperate for the sweet release of death which never comes - yup, that's a bagpipe. Alternate approach: Keep the 12/8 split, dump CHA, invest in INT, take Know the Angles. Bro's not just some illiterate savage, after all!

In that case, why don't you do Bladeforged sorcerer 18 / paladin 2? 41 Inquisitive (capstone) / 7 Feydark (CHA to hit & dmg) / 8 KotC (Exalted Shot + 1 rank of Divine Might) / 11 racial (Recon SLA) / 21 Eldritch Knight (+8 Imbue dice)

So in terms of mechanical optimizations while sticking to the "bardbarian" theme, my recommendations are: Class split: barbarian 12 / bard 7 / <Dark Apostate | cleric | Favored Soul> 1 for Divine Might Stats: max STR > CHA > CON with enough DEX for Whirlwind Attack (do you really not have any...

Can it? Sure. Is it a good idea? Depends on your tolerance for self-inflicted challenges, I suppose. You could always go old-school with pure Artificer as a ranged / caster hybrid. Pretend your Runearm shots and TacDets are your BFGs. :cool:

Isn't the answer going to be "Inquisitive?" Maybe focus on adding as many AoE attacks as possible.

I've not seen Dungeon Soup before, so I went to Youtube to do some research on Barbarian Lad and - Okay (A) *** did I just watch and (B) if that guy is your definition of "Chaotic Good," I shudder to imagine what you think a Chaotic Neutral adventurer is like. Where do the bard levels come...