Pure PDK Spellsinger For Cormyr! Max buffs

[Silverhilt]

This is a For Cormyr! Bard, no not the server: The Racial Ability from Purple Dragon Knight!

It is really, imo, the best partybuff ever, although short duration and only once per rest it is like having an extra Epic Moment! Other than bringing "Best Buffs", the build can also Crowd Control very well with both Evocation and Enchantment and Heal quite good (Im really loving the Shout heals!) I was doing the build as a Stormsinger, thinking I only lost Soothing Song and the Swashbuckler tree, which I dont use, but actually Stormsingers take a huge hit to the Bardic Ballad (aura). It can work as Stormsinger, but for Max Buffs choose real Bard
+1 Heart to remove Fighter lvl in order to get Spellsinger capstone.

Fully buffed for DC in reaper (143DC). Miss only Major Cha curse and Reaper Ring enchantment

Bardic Ballad (aura):

Inspire Courage:

+1 atk +1 dmg +3 usp lvl1
+1 atk +1 dmg +0 usp lvl8 Soothing Song
+1 atk +1 dmg +3 usp lvl8
+1 atk +1 dmg +3 usp lvl14
+1 atk +1 dmg +3 usp lvl20

+0 atk +1 dmg +0 usp Weapon Training (WC core)
+2 atk +1 dmg +0 usp Song of Heroism (WC core) also 2 saves, Immunity to Fear
+0 atk +1 dmg +0 usp Fighting Spirit (WC core)

+3 atk +0 dmg +0 usp Inspired Bravery (T1 WC)

+0 atk +0 dmg +9 usp Ballad Melody: Recklessness (T4 WC) also 6% doublestrike/-shot

+1 atk +1 dmg +3 usp Splendid Cacophony Filigree, 4 piece (2nd Arte swap)

+1 atk +1 dmg +3 usp Perfected Salt-Pearl Ring

+3 atk +3 dmg +0 usp Great Ballads of War (T4 Fatesinger) also +3 atk +3 dmg +0 usp self
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+15 atk +13 dmg +27 usp total also have Sharp Note (T2 SS) for +3 dmg when using Fascinate
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Inspire Greatness:

+20 temp hp +3 prr +10 heal amp

+00 temp hp +6 prr +00 heal amp Ballad Melody: Ironskin also DR 6

+00 temp hp +3 prr +00 heal amp Weaverwisp Melody

220 temp hp +0 prr +00 heal amp Fighting Spirit (WC core)
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220 temp hp +12 prr +10 heal amp @lvl34 with 110 charisma
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Inspire Transcendance:

+1 DC, +1 Tactics, +3 Spell Resistance

Bardic Inspiration (song):

• Inspire Competence* : +8 skills
• Inspire Heroics* : +5 ac +5 dodge +5 saves
• Spell Song Trance : +1 dc +10% spell discount
• Song of Arcane Might : +1 caster lvl
• Frolic : Freedom of Movement
• Arcane Aid : +3 spell penetration
• Sustaining Song : Heal over time /repair/negative
• Inspire Excellence : +2 ability scores

Songs marked with * benefit from Improved Bardic Music Feat

Old info but should still be accurate

Illusion: 102
Necromancy: 98
Conjuration: 101
Enchantment: 117
Evocation: 123

BoGW: 127
Consecration: 125
Cut the Strings: 121
Frozen Fury: 133

Above are my DCs with only ship buffs.

Enhancements:

I advise to actually skip, Victory Song the lvl18 WC core, because for the time being it suppresses Insp Transcendance buff. When fixed, remove one Kingly Recovery to get it

Destinies:

The level increase gave more points for Primal Avatar

Reaper Trees:

Spells:

Feats:
01 Empower Healing Spell, Quicken
03 PL: Wizard
06 Heighten
09 PL: Bard
12 Improved Bardic Music
15 Spell Focus: Evocation
18 Greater Spell Focus: Evocation
21 Inspire Excellence
22 Lasting Inspiration
24 Burst of Glacial Wrath
25 Epic Spell Power: Positive
27 Epic Spell Focus: Evocation
28 Toughness
30 Epic Toughness or Arcane Insight
30 Scion of Celestia
31 Spell Specialty: Enchantment
33 Embolden
34 Leg Toughness

Skills:

Spellpower: /chance /multiplier
Positive: 734 /53% /46%
Sonic: 750 /54% /21%
Universal: 344 /16% /15%

Gear Set:
Weapons: Reflection of the Artblade / Leg Alchemical Shortsword
Armor: Leg Medium Armor of the Artblade
Goggles: Leg Glasses of the Studious Mage
Helm: Leg Helm of the Crownblade (w/Reaper stats)
Neck: Dracolich's Eye
Trinket: Bauble of Draconic Resistance
Cloak: Page Regalia: Unsanctioned Arcana
Belt: Leg Belt of Bold Brilliance
Ring: Leg Band of Seasons' Warding
Gloves: Leg Gloves of the Resilient
Boots: Leg Greaves of Seasons' Warding
Ring: Perfected Salt-Pearl Ring or Perfected Salt-Pearl Ring
Bracers: Bracers of the Battlerager
Quiver: Quiver of Alacrity

(Augment sets)
Legendary Bulwark +10%HP
Esoterica +3DC
Touch of Power +25USP
Tough Shields +30PRR

(Filigree)
+2 Cha x4, Eye x4, Otto x4 & Splendid x2 (with primary Artefact)
+2 Cha x4, Eye x3, Otto x3 & Splendid x4 (Artefact swap for bossfights)


Starting Stats and the first few levels
18 Charisma 18 Constitution 12 Intelligence. First you start with a Fighter level, which you would want to remove. Level up to 15 with 14 Bard levels and make sure you pick Standard Bard with True Neutral alignment. When you are ready you can do a Lesser Reincarnation with a +1 Heart to become pure Bard. Depending on how many racial points you have, you can fill race tree for For Cormyr! Then take the song buffs from Spellsinger up to T4 and start to work on the Warchanter tree.

Thx for reading!

Maetrim's v2 Build File
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P.S: Could this work without the Paslives?
Eventhough, I am nearly maxed out with pastlives, I still think this can work even as a firstlifer! You have to choose between Spellsinger Capstone or Warchanter T5s. If we say, we go, for max buffs again, Id take the For Cormyr (19pts), WC T5 6% dmg (33pts) and that leaves 28 points for good Spellsinger Song buffs. Or you could focus on the healing with Spellsinger Capstone: For Cormyr(19), SS Cap(41) and that leaves 20 for some Warchanter stuff. It takes 21pts to get the temp HP aura, so if you only have the base 80 try to get a hold of a +1 racial tome somehow. Your DCs will be lower and youll lack a lot of Spell Penetration from PLs. Your For Cormyr wont be as strong due to lack of charisma, but It'll be worthwhile still and you also will have lower HP, but the builds foundation is still intact, and you could see if it is something for you... Support isnt for everyone, but I think its fun to make your teammates stronger, keep mobs CCed and Helpless to maximize party dmg, while keeping people healed and generally ensure smooth runs! Remember to get a hold of Rose Colored goggles next time there is Birthday event! Id love to hear from you if you try the build or have any questions!
Link to build on old forums

 

[Bjond]

WC T5 6% dmg (33pts) and that leaves 28 points for

Interesting build. Back when you were on Cannith with Mesmerita, it was always great having your bard along on raids. Grats on the completionist!

On WC T5: I usually prefer running spellsong vigor, but as we move away from marathon raids, the 6% is looking more interesting. It's usually MUCH better for blaster builds. It's poorly worded for physical. It does not increase melee+ranged damage by 6%; it just increases the damage bonus by 6% (no effect on sneaks, procs, imbues, etc). You can see the effect on your char sheet. But, it's still an increase and if you're not in danger of running out of SP (eg. solo tank on KT), it beats SS Vigor.

Not really a fan of SS Capstone either. The Heal spell is too slow to cast and well beyond overkill in magnitude. Kinda nice to power through the self-heal penalty in higher skulls, but rarely worth casting on others.

I hope any new players reading your post aren't turned off by the completionist part of the build. Bards like this can absolutely make an amazing contribution in a high skull quest group as a brand new 1st lifer with a little judicious AP trimming.

BTW, curious if you considered trying to find a way to wedge TIME-STOP into the build? It's the most amazing raid-buff ever for DPS-push raids. I've been trying to find a nice way to include it in builds, but Magus just has so much dead AP other than that. ; ;

 

[Silverhilt]

BTW, curious if you considered trying to find a way to wedge TIME-STOP into the build? It's the most amazing raid-buff ever for DPS-push raids. I've been trying to find a nice way to include it in builds, but Magus just has so much dead AP other than that. ; ;

I make due with Turn of the Tide because I find that ED better suits my build. Thanks for you comment!

 

[Eleazzar]

How in the sam hell did you get your CHA to 122?

 

[Silverhilt]

I had a breakdown in the old thread, maybe I can link it later when it is out of maintainance... Since then I upgraded my +12 aug to a +14 so it is 2 higher now!

 

[Darkwolfer2002]

Replace Toughness options with Shield Mastery as the styles now grant more HP than toughness?

 

[Silverhilt]

That is not a bad idea Darkwolfer

 

[unbongwah]

I had a breakdown in the old thread, maybe I can link it later when it is out of maintainance.

The old forum is still accessible, but you have to manually change the URLs from forums.ddo.com to forums-old.ddo.com. Also the display is buggered, at least on my browsers. But it's still there!

https://forums-old.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/501208-Pure-PDK-Spellsinger-For-Cormyr!-Max-buffs

 

[Silverhilt]

The old forum is still accessible, but you have to manually change the URLs from forums.ddo.com to forums-old.ddo.com. Also the display is buggered, at least on my browsers. But it's still there!

Thanks unbongwah! Managed to find my calc:

Charisma:
18 Starting
08 Tome
07 Lvl up
12 Augment
06 Insightful
03 Quality
09 Enhancement
13 Sentience
03 Racial lives
03 Flamecleansed
02 Ship
02 Completionist
02 Racial Completionist
02 Litany
02 Festive
02 Reaper Helm
02 Alch off-hander
01 Exeptional
01 Reaper core
02 Fatesinger
02 Primal Avatar
102 Unbuffed Charisma
04 Reaper
02 Song
02 Everlasting
02 Yugo
03 Cha Boost
115 in screenshot - In addition to this I had:
01 Lvl 32
01 Exeptional Dino (+2)
01 Alchemical potion (+3)
04 Abishai Destroyer buff
122 in screenshot

Constitution:
18 Starting
08 Tome
13 Item
06 Insightful
03 Quality
01 Enhancement
01 Sentience
02 Racial lives
03 Wild Fortitude augments
02 Ship
02 Completionist
02 Racial Completionist
02 Litany
02 Festive
02 Reaper Helm
01 Exeptional
01 Reaper core
01 Fatesinger
70 Unbuffed Constitution
04 Reaper
02 Song
02 Everlasting
02 Yugo
80 in screenshot

 

[Bjond]

I make due with Turn of the Tide because I find that ED better suits my build. Thanks for you comment!

Yeah. Every build I try to wedge Time-Stop into ends up making that exact same choice; Magus just has too much dead AP enroute to TS.

 

[NomadDog]

Replace Toughness options with Shield Mastery as the styles now grant more HP than toughness?

Okay, please forgive my ignorance, but why take Shield mastery over Toughness? Shield mastery now gives HP on top of bonuses when wielding a shield?

 

[Silverhilt]

Okay, please forgive my ignorance, but why take Shield mastery over Toughness? Shield mastery now gives HP on top of bonuses when wielding a shield?

Yes, kind of. It is a "combat feat" that gets a 25%, HP from class levels, increase from Heroic Durability. It works even without a shield, but if using a shield you get the benefits of Shield Mastery. I dont personally use it, I only recommend if you cannot take PL: Wizard. (At least that is how I think it works )

 

[NomadDog]

Yes, kind of. It is a "combat feat" that gets a 25%, HP from class levels, increase from Heroic Durability. It works even without a shield, but if using a shield you get the benefits of Shield Mastery. I dont personally use it, I only recommend if you cannot take PL: Wizard. (At least that is how I think it works )

Okay, this now finally makes sense to meet. Thank you!

 

[Silverhilt]

Added a new pic of my main Artifact as I upgraded it with reaper DC! This was some time ago, but didn't edit until now. Also updated skills with new U60 favor rewards.

 

[Silverhilt]

I trimmed some points in Fatesinger and Divine Crusader to fit in Ever Green from Primal Avatar for the temp spell points. But I think it suppresses my Runic Revitalization augment. I emptied half my sp bar on ship and got Cocoon and Ever Green to proc several times, but not once did Runic go off 8(

 

[Silverhilt]

Did some updates to OP, tree pics and header. I thought about updating gear, but with the level increase I might wait and see. And I could curse the gear I already have Also included a guild raid video...

 

[Zvdegor]

Have you thought aboth the Machrotechnic ED tree as an option for Epic Mage Armor + T5 MT for extra AC/Attack Speed/Saves/Imbue Dice???

Can it be done with your build?

 

[Silverhilt]

Have you thought aboth the Machrotechnic ED tree as an option for Epic Mage Armor + T5 MT for extra AC/Attack Speed/Saves/Imbue Dice???

Can it be done with your build?

I dont think it will work for me... My EDs are tailored to my playstyle, with Evergreen and stunning Consecrations and full Fatesinger tree for T5 goodies. I would not give any of those up I think, but thanks for suggestion!

 

[Silverhilt]

New forum, old build! Yay... I still think this is the ultimate buff bard and I want to keep the info available on the new forums!

Hello everyone, I bring you Mesmerita as she stands going into the Isle of Dread expansion. I just got Racial Completionist on her so stats are a bit up and Ive made my perfect AP layout! She is meant to be a super crowd control character with massive buffs and great healing! 19 points in PDK tree for For Cormyr! buff, its the best partybuff ever! (for me, its a +60% dps increase, bit lower for those real DPSers) You can control your hitpoints with Rose Colored goggles and have your party go to town! Very fun indeed! Single target Freeze for those mobs hard to CC and my Consecration also stuns... Every raidgroup needs a build like this!

Fully boosted for DC in reaper. (141DC Burst of Glacial Wrath!)

Unbuffed

Mesmerita Buffs!



Above are my DCs with only ship buffs.

Enhancements:

I advise to actually skip, Victory song the lvl18 WC core, because for the time being it suppresses Insp Transcendance buff. When fixed, ditch the Kingly Recovery

Destinies:

I chose to go with the Primal Avatar Mantle, for the added Cocoons! It seems to work of any buff spells too, not just healing - But its random, but nice

Reaper Trees:

Spells:

Feats:
01 Empower Healing Spell, Quicken
03 PL: Wizard (or Shield Mastery)
06 Heighten
09 PL: Bard (or Force of Personality)
12 Improved Bardic Music
15 Spell Focus: Evocation
18 Greater Spell Focus: Evocation
21 Inspire Excellence
22 Lasting Inspiration
24 Burst of Glacial Wrath
25 Tactician
27 Arcane Insight
28 Epic Spell Power: Positive
30 Epic Spell Focus: Evocation
30 Scion of Celestia
31 Spell Specialty: Enchantment

Skills:
Balance(18), Bluff(23), Concentration(23), Diplomacy(23), Heal(11), Intimidate(11), Jump(23), Perform(23), Spot(11), Tumble(1), UMD(23)

Bluff: 124 (ditched my +19 aug)
Diplomacy: 151
Intimidate: 132
Perform: 153

Spellpower: /chance /multiplier
Positive: 649 /54 /40
Sonic: 657 /49 /15

Gear Set:
Weapons: Dinosaur Bone Shortsword / Leg Alchemical Shortsword (Devotion Charisma Resistance)
Armor: Leg Blessed Vestments
Goggles: Attunements Gaze (+3con)
Helm: Leg Unbreakable Stormreach Guardians Helm (with reaper stats)
Neck: Leg Winter Court Necklace
Trinket: Icon of the Bitterwind
Cloak: Leg Hallowed Trail
Belt: Leg Black Satin Waist (+3con)
Ring: Leg Nocturne Ring
Gloves: Gloryborne Gloves (+3con)
Boots: Leg Deepsnow Boots
Ring: Perfected Salt-Pearl Ring or Perfected Salt-Pearl Ring
Bracers: Leg Hallowed Castigators
Quiver: Quiver of Alacrity

(Augment sets)

Starting Stats and the first few levels
18 Charisma 18 Constitution 12 Intelligence. First few AP goes into Spellsinger tree for soundblast SLA. At lvl3 you get songs and should work towards single target Freeze from Warchanter. Once aquired, head back into Spelllsinger tree to improve your songs. Try to take the Warchanter cores as they become available, and take medium armor profficiency at lvl15 for Blessed Vestments. Generally, you want to take the next cure spell as you level up, and for skills, keep Perform and the social skills maxed. The build focuses on Evocation with Enchantment a 2nd option. That is because you can lower mob saves with Hypnotism and Crushing Despair. It requires a +1 Heart to remove the fighter level and you start as lvl15, but it pays off to visit lower level quests for favor rewards. Mainly hitpoints but also all the skills I take pretty much.

Thx for reading!

P.S: Could this work without the Paslives?
Eventhough, I am nealy maxed out with pastlives, I still think this can work even as a firstlifer! You have to choose between Spellsinger Capstone or Warchanter T5s. If we say, we go, for max buffs again, Id take the For Cormyr (19pts), WC T5 6% dmg (33pts) and that leaves 28 points for good Spellsinger Song buffs. Or you could focus on the healing with Spellsinger Capstone: For Cormyr(19), SS Cap(41) and that leaves 20 for some Warchanter stuff. It takes 21pts to get the temp HP aura, so if you only have the base 80 try to get a hold of a +1 racial tome somehow. Your DCs will be lower and youll lack a lot of Spell Penetration from PLs. Your For Cormyr wont be as strong due to lack of charisma, but It'll be worthwhile still and you also will have lower HP, but the builds foundation is still intact, and you could see if it is something for you... Support isnt for everyone, but I think its fun to make your teammates stronger, keep mobs CCed and Helpless to maximize party dmg, while keeping people healed and generally ensure smooth runs! Remember to get a hold of Rose Colored goggles next time there is Birthday event! Id love to hear from you if you try the build or have any questions!
Link to build on old forums

Archiving this version. I just got Racial Completionist again and farmed out a new gearset, from Myth Drannor, during last loot bonus weekend. And with the lvl increase it is time to update build post again I am lvl25 atm, but aim to cap tomorrow and start to move augments and filigrees over. I still need 3 items from raid, for the Undeath upgrades, but have some placeholder items for now. Curious myself too, where she will land, but it should be an increase in charisma, dc and heals, without giving too much, if anything, up really... Stay tuned!

 

[Silverhilt]

Oops! I just realized that Stormsinger looses alot of Aura buffs compared to real Bard. I was doing the build as Stormsinger bc I wanted the PL when TRing out, but I just cannot live with the decrease to my buffs So I think I will TR out of it again and get the last storm PL and do the build again...
I still want to give you a lvl34 update, but I will take the time to fix my issue. And that gives me more time to work on gear, started to curse my items so I am refarming bits here and there.