![]() ![]() You'll get some of the best results, however, with charging (Shock Trooper and Leap Attack), Attacks of Opportunity (Combat Reflexes, Robilar's Gambit, Evasive Reflexes), and/or tripping (Improved Trip and. Aside from that, there are loads of things you can do, so many it would be a bit pointless trying to list them all here. The fluff is a bit more paladin-y though.įor your feats, make sure you take Power Attack. Mechanically speaking, Crusader works just as well as Warblade it's a bit less of a versatile offensive threat and more of a "tank" class intended to keep offensive pressure off of your allies. and while you can multiclass or prestige class with a Warblade, there's absolutely nothing wrong with simply taking twenty levels in Warblade. Warblades are also very hard to mess up as long as you don't make a deliberate and informed effort when building one to make it bad, it'll probably turn out all right. Mechanics-wise, the Warblade is fighter-plus, with a great chassis and all sorts of high-powered melee abilities that have higher-than-linear scaling by level fluff-wise, a Warblade is a glory-seeker who wishes to test and improve their fighting prowess through combat with powerful opponents, which fits well with the little description you've given. You might be particularly interested in the Warblade. As such, the Tome of Battle classes will serve you well. However, if you want to build a non-casting melee character that can coexist with tier 1s, that means your goal falls squarely into tier 3. A melee character has orders of magnitude more choice in build creation. A spellcaster has a few different spellcasting progressions to pick from, and then a few ways to advance those that don't suck. ridiculously many ways to build a melee character. Preferably with bows, I'm wishing not to play a hulking hurler. Edit: I'm also open to ranged build help if melee is too difficult to do for high levels. Feats: There are so many feats, and clearly there are plenty that are better than others but there are still so many! I'm utterly lost on feats. Are there any prestige classes that actually help increase the 'tier' of a melee build or are they all lackluster. When I look for suggestion for melee build PrCs all I find is other base class suggestions. ![]() ![]() Prestige Classes: I can't find any that really help the melee builds. Cleric is a big fat maybe because I don't know enough about beyond 'buffer/support/control' and necromancer builds, and the guides I've seen get way into the spellcasting 'tier-1' zone. The dragonfire adept looks interesting (<3 dragons are life <3) but not completely the aim for the character. I don't doubt the pros to barbarian dips, but I'd prefer to avoid it. I'm not looking for barbarian builds and I find it hard to 'dip' into the class when the main point of this character is intending to be skill and training over poor anger management. I've read that crusader is a decent melee class to go with. I've read that going full fighter is a terrible idea, and that most builds just dip 2 level into fighter. Templates: LA buy-off is allowed, are there any templates worth taking to improve 'martial prowess.' Class build: I honestly have no idea where to begin with this. I also really like the aesthetic of a ordinary human against inhuman odds, but I'm open to other suggestions. Races: Probably going to go with human for the feat. Alternating sword-and-board (tower shield) and pole-arm/two-handed. Aiming to vanquish evil, subdue dragons, attain greatness and wealth that she never had before. Character Idea: Trained by a retired mercenary/adventurer, she set her goal to become a renowned adventurer and self-proclaimed knight. There aren't any details yet, but we've talked and all builds are on the table. Campaign: For a upcoming campaign a friend is running. I know it's impossible to keep in pace with Tier-1 classes but I'd like to at least keep relatively close/not useless or outdated. Intro: So, I have no idea how to build fighter-style characters and I need help. ![]()
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