Elusive Dervish (Fighter 10 / Weapon Master 19 / Rogue 11)

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I’ve been trying to figure out the best way to build a melee Double Axe user. Here is one attempt utilizing fighter, weapon master and rogue.

Note that all my builds are made with the Swordflight environment in mind. In Swordflight, it’s possible to find a leather armor with Improved Evasion and Hide in Plain Sight. It’s restricted to assassins but that’s what UMD is for after all. This build aims to use that armor.

There is a lot of freedom with skill points. I have a pretty tight schedule set up until level 33 but you can adjust as you wish based on which skills you want to use. In Swordflight, craft armor and craft weapon are both very useful and I tend to add as much as I need to get critical weapon/armor upgrades.

In early levels, stealth can be used to quietly survey battlefields before engaging, perhaps to sneak up to a magic user and target him first, before he can buff up. With a starting dex of 15, Cat’s Grace and perhaps some dex-boosting item, armors with lower penalties to stealth abilities can be used to enable more successful sneaking. With a higher starting dex, utilizing ranged weapons, especially throwing weapons that are automatically mighty, becomes quite attractive as well as a precursor to melee combat.

Weapon master enables a comfortable dual-wielding AB of 46, great for landing knockdowns and critical hits, etc. In a pinch, Expertise can be turned on, especially at higher levels, for extra protection when needed.

Against an enemy melee fighter, crippling strike sneak attacks will devastate the opponent’s main stat, weakening his AB and damage, effectively making us harder to hit.

I hope you like this build.

Peace!

Fighter(10), Weapon Master(19), Rogue(11), Human

STR: 16 (32)
DEX: 15
CON: 14
WIS: 8
INT: 14
CHA: 8

Human: (Quick to Master)
01: Rogue(1): Two-Weapon Fighting, Ambidexterity
02: Fighter(1): Weapon Proficiency Exotic
03: Fighter(2): Expertise, Weapon Focus: Double Axe
04: Fighter(3): STR+1, (STR=17)
05: Fighter(4): Weapon Specialization: Double Axe
06: Fighter(5): Dodge
07: Rogue(2): {Evasion}
08: Fighter(6): STR+1, Mobility, (STR=18)
09: Fighter(7): Spring Attack
10: Fighter(8): Whirlwind Attack
11: Weapon Master(1): Weapon of Choice: Double Axe
12: Weapon Master(2): STR+1, Improved Two-Weapon Fighting, (STR=19)
13: Rogue(3): {Uncanny Dodge I}
14: Weapon Master(3)
15: Weapon Master(4): Improved Critical: Double Axe
16: Weapon Master(5): STR+1, (STR=20)
17: Weapon Master(6)
18: Rogue(4): Knockdown
19: Weapon Master(7)
20: Fighter(9): STR+1, (STR=21)
21: Weapon Master(8): Blind Fight
22: Weapon Master(9)
23: Rogue(5)
24: Weapon Master(10): STR+1, Great Strength I, (STR=23)
25: Weapon Master(11)
26: Weapon Master(12)
27: Weapon Master(13): Great Strength II, Armor Skin, (STR=24)
28: Rogue(6): STR+1, (STR=25)
29: Weapon Master(14)
30: Weapon Master(15): Great Strength III, (STR=26)
31: Weapon Master(16): Epic Weapon Focus: Double Axe
32: Fighter(10): STR+1, Epic Weapon Specialization: Double Axe, (STR=27)
33: Rogue(7): Great Strength IV, (STR=28)
34: Rogue(8)
35: Weapon Master(17)
36: Rogue(9): STR+1, Great Strength V, (STR=30)
37: Rogue(10): Crippling Strike
38: Weapon Master(18)
39: Weapon Master(19): Great Strength VI, Epic Prowess, (STR=31)
40: Rogue(11): STR+1, (STR=32)

Hitpoints: 436
Skillpoints: 299
Saving Throws (Fortitude/Will/Reflex): 21/15/24
Saving Throw bonuses: Traps: +2
BAB: 29
AB (max, naked): 48 (melee), 32 (ranged)
AC (naked/mundane items only): 22/32
Spell Casting:
Alignment Changes: 0

Craft Armor 3(5), Craft Weapon 3(5), Disable Trap 4(6), Discipline 42(53), Hide 43(45), Intimidate 4(3), Move Silently 43(45), Open Lock 4(6), Pick Pocket 1(3), Search 4(6), Spot 43(42), Tumble 40(42), UMD 41(40), remaining skillpoints 24

01: Craft Armor(3), Craft Weapon(3), Disable Trap(4), Hide(4), Intimidate(4), Move Silently(4), Open Lock(4), Pick Pocket(1), Search(4), Spot(4), Tumble(4), UMD(4), Save(1),
02: Discipline(5), Save(1),
03: Discipline(1), Save(5),
04: Discipline(1), Save(9),
05: Discipline(1), Save(13),
06: Discipline(1), Save(17),
07: Hide(5), Move Silently(5), Spot(6), Tumble(6), UMD(6),
08: Discipline(2), Save(3),
09: Discipline(1), Save(7),
10: Discipline(1), Save(11),
11: Discipline(1), Spot(4), Save(11),
12: Discipline(1), Spot(1), Save(14),
13: Hide(6), Move Silently(6), Spot(1), Tumble(6), UMD(6),
14: Discipline(2), Spot(1), Save(2),
15: Discipline(1), Spot(1), Save(5),
16: Discipline(1), Spot(1), Save(8),
17: Discipline(1), Spot(1), Save(11),
18: Hide(6), Move Silently(6), Tumble(5), UMD(5),
19: Discipline(2), Spot(2), Save(1),
20: Discipline(1), Save(5),
21: Discipline(1), Spot(2), Save(7),
22: Discipline(1), Spot(1), Save(10),
23: Hide(5), Move Silently(5), Spot(1), Tumble(5), UMD(5),
24: Discipline(2), Spot(1), Save(2),
25: Discipline(1), Spot(1), Save(5),
26: Discipline(1), Spot(1), Save(8),
27: Discipline(1), Spot(1), Save(11),
28: Hide(5), Move Silently(5), Spot(1), Tumble(5), UMD(5), Save(1),
29: Discipline(2), Spot(1), Save(3),
30: Discipline(1), Spot(1), Save(6),
31: Discipline(1), Spot(1), Save(9),
32: Discipline(1), Save(13),
33: Hide(5), Move Silently(5), Spot(2), Tumble(5), UMD(5), Save(2),
34: Hide(1), Move Silently(1), Spot(1), UMD(1), Save(9),
35: Discipline(3), Spot(1), Save(10),
36: Hide(2), Move Silently(2), Spot(1), UMD(2), Save(14),
37: Hide(1), Move Silently(1), Spot(1), Tumble(4), UMD(1), Save(17),
38: Discipline(3), Spot(1), Save(18),
39: Discipline(1), Spot(1), Save(21),
40: Hide(3), Move Silently(3), Spot(1), UMD(1), Save(24),

 

 

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