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Nicolai Withander
Master of Realmslore
Denmark
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 Posted - 02 Mar 2012 : 20:28:40
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Any ideas for a fighter(tank)? High hit points! High AC!
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Lord Karsus
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 02 Mar 2012 : 21:19:06
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-Personally, unless you are using some kind of modified system that implements martial powers (maneuvers from Tome of Battle/4e Fighters), I'd just go with a Barbarian or Paladin. Especially if you're playing Pathfinder, where you get more feats. Bonus feats are nice, but when you look at it, especially in the context of the type of character, the Barbarian/Paladin gives you as much or more HP, just as good fighting abilities, and extra class abilities that are useful. The Barbarian can't get armor without sacrificing abilities, so that class might have to rely on secondary magical items to crank up the AC more, but, other than that...
-Fighters are just very eh as presented in the 3e/Pathfinder books. |
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Diffan
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 02 Mar 2012 : 21:31:27
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Edition?
What level?
Any requirements/restrictions?
Going from 3E, I believe one of the highest AC/HP guys was a Dwarven Ranger 1/ Fighter X/ Deepwarden 10. The Deepwarden is a PrC that's specifically designed for Dwarves, featured in the Races of Stone book. One of the deepwarden's special abilities is allowing him to add his Constitution modifier instead of Dexterity modifier for applying effects to AC. This, of course, isn't subject to the usual Max Dexterity ceiling for Armors, so he could be wearing Full-Plate and add his full Con-modifier (say...+5 for exampel) to his AC. This would also add to his Touch and Flat-footed ACs as well. Add in things like Heavy Shield specialization, (+1 to AC with selected shield), Rings of Protections, Amulet of Natural Armor, and of course a solid enchantment bonus to AC and shield and your looking at mid-30's by 10th, 12th level. Taking feats like Dauntless (Player's Guide to Faerun) and Toughness easily increase your HP. There are also rings that help with that too. |
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Nicolai Withander
Master of Realmslore
Denmark
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Posted - 03 Mar 2012 : 00:54:38
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I was i a hurry when I wrote it. Its 3.x ed
Basically I have made a shield dwarf, who is level 4. I have given him the following feats: Weapon Focus: Warhammer, Dodge, Armor Specialization: Heavy and Combat Expertise.
I was thinking of giving him the Dwarven Ironclad prestige class from Ultimate Prestige Classes vol. II
The whole generel idea is to create someone that just wont go down. in simple terms... a tank! Or protection warrior(wow)!
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 03 Mar 2012 : 01:25:21
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Any Khadoran warjack would make a great tank. 
That YouTube video featuring the Khadoran Colossal has me thinking otherwise.  |
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Galuf the Dwarf
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 03 Mar 2012 : 03:49:06
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| What about the Dwarven Defender PrC? That's featured in the 3.5 edition DMG, so it should be easy to locate. |
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Diffan
Great Reader
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Posted - 03 Mar 2012 : 04:01:27
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quote:
Originally posted by Nicolai Withander
I was i a hurry when I wrote it. Its 3.x ed
Basically I have made a shield dwarf, who is level 4. I have given him the following feats: Weapon Focus: Warhammer, Dodge, Armor Specialization: Heavy and Combat Expertise.
I was thinking of giving him the Dwarven Ironclad prestige class from Ultimate Prestige Classes vol. II
The whole generel idea is to create someone that just wont go down. in simple terms... a tank! Or protection warrior(wow)!
If you want someone that doesn't go down, then Crusader is the way to go. It's a 20 level base class from the Tome of Battle with one HUGE distinguishing feature: Delayed Damage Pool (or DDP). This ability 'soaks' up so much damage per round and doesn't go through until the end of your turn. It also fuels attack and damage rolls, making you hit harder when you take damage. The Crusader also have a Stance that says basically says "When you make an attack, you regain or heal X amount of Hit Points". So basically you have on that stance (which is always active) and you take say....11 damage. Your DDP soaks up 5 of that (meaning you only take 6) and that 5 is in your pool. On your turn, you make an attack and hit, thus healing 2 hit points (or removing 2 points from your pool). Really, it's like having a consistant varying DR/. Even some Crusader maneuvers allows you to re-gain hit points, thus expanding more on your DDP.
In addition, the class can use heavy armor, heavy shields, d10 Hit Die, and 4 + Int. modifier skill points. At later levels they gain Smite (which targets an alignment that opposes yours) and a feature that allows you to re-roll saves if you fail. And you can still go into the Dwarven Defender or Deepstone Sentinel PrC if you enjoy playing dwarves. If you want to play another race, then the Defender of Sealtiel (Book of Exalted Deeds) is also a great PrC that has a love of defender-esque abilities. |
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