Magical Dwarven Scimitar Master (Fighter 8 / Wizard 25 / Weapon Master 7)

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This is today’s second dwarven fighter/wizard build. It picks weapon master as its third class.

Pros:

1. Four attacks per round
2. 25+ wizard levels for eventual immunity to Greater Dispelling
3. Can freely cast while wearing armor and using a shield (the three autostill feats)
4. Incredible critical hit chance and critical hit damage (10-20 x3)
5. Doesn’t generate attacks of opportunity from moving around in combat (Spring Attack)
6. +4AC vs. attacks of opportunity – valuable to have on a caster (Mobility)
7. Epic Warding & Epic Mage Armor

Cons:

1. No spell penetration feats
2. No Dev. Crit
3. Lowish AB of 40 – however, True Strike can help immensely
4. No UMD
5. No Evasion
6. Cross-classed Tumble

Why might I play this character: Sometimes the best defense is a good offense. If most of a character’s hits are x3 critical hits, he’s in good shape. Oh, this character is also (at max level) a wizard who is immune to Greater Dispelling, can cast while wearing armor and equipping a shield, has Epic Warding and Epic Mage Armor. It should be quite fun to see what this character is capable of.

Possible edit: This build could have two less fighter levels and two more wizard levels between levels 18 and 20. Making that change would mean removing one pre-epic feat and adding an epic feat instead (Wizard 26 bonus feat). It would lower the build’s attack rating by one (which is why I didn’t do it) but it would increase caster level (spell penetration) and spell durations. This build is more focused on weapon prowess (hence the choice of weapon master as its third class) so I focused on martial prowess instead of magical prowess.

Final note: I think the adventuring environment is always relevant in every build, and in my case, I build for Swordflight. There are annoying enemies with Greater Dispelling who make the 25 wizard levels really important in my view. Craft armor and craft weapon skills are quite valuable in Swordflight, which is why skill points are invested there. Search and Spot are sometimes used to find things that would otherwise be invisible, so I invested some left-over points into those skills.

Feel free to comment and let me know what you think of the build.

Fighter(8), Wizard(25), Weapon Master(7), Dwarf

STR: 16 (26)
DEX: 14
CON: 14
WIS: 8
INT: 16 (19)
CHA: 6

Dwarf: (Darkvision, Defensive Training vs. Giants, Stonecunning, Hardiness vs. Poison, Hardiness vs. Spells, Offensive Training vs. Goblinoids, Offensive Training vs. Orcs, Skill Affinity: Lore)
01: Fighter(1): Weapon Focus: Scimitar, Dodge
02: Wizard(1): {Scribe Scroll}
03: Wizard(2): Expertise
04: Wizard(3): STR+1, (STR=17)
05: Wizard(4)
06: Wizard(5): Mobility, Extend Spell
07: Fighter(2): Spring Attack
08: Fighter(3): STR+1, (STR=18)
09: Fighter(4): Whirlwind Attack, Weapon Specialization: Scimitar
10: Weapon Master(1): Weapon of Choice: Scimitar
11: Weapon Master(2)
12: Weapon Master(3): STR+1, Knockdown, (STR=19)
13: Weapon Master(4)
14: Weapon Master(5)
15: Weapon Master(6): Improved Critical: Scimitar
16: Weapon Master(7): STR+1, (STR=20)
17: Wizard(6)
18: Fighter(5): Still Spell
19: Fighter(6): Blind Fight
20: Fighter(7): STR+1, (STR=21)
21: Wizard(7): Epic Weapon Focus: Scimitar
22: Wizard(8)
23: Wizard(9)
24: Wizard(10): INT+1, Armor Skin, Great Intelligence I, (INT=18)
25: Wizard(11)
26: Wizard(12)
27: Wizard(13): Great Strength I, (STR=22)
28: Wizard(14): STR+1, (STR=23)
29: Wizard(15): Great Intelligence II, (INT=19)
30: Wizard(16): Epic Prowess
31: Wizard(17)
32: Wizard(18): STR+1, (STR=24)
33: Wizard(19): Automatic Still Spell I
34: Wizard(20): Automatic Still Spell II
35: Wizard(21)
36: Wizard(22): STR+1, Automatic Still Spell III, (STR=25)
37: Wizard(23): Epic Spell: Epic Warding
38: Wizard(24)
39: Wizard(25): Epic Spell: Epic Mage Armor
40: Fighter(8): STR+1, Epic Weapon Specialization: Scimitar, (STR=26)

Hitpoints: 330
Skillpoints: 231
Saving Throws (Fortitude/Will/Reflex): 21/18/21
Saving Throw bonuses: Spells: +11, Poison: +2
BAB: 27
AB (max, naked): 40 (melee), 30 (ranged)
AC (naked/mundane items only): 18/28
Spell Casting: Wizard(9)
Alignment Changes: 0

Concentration 43(45), Craft Armor 10(14), Craft Weapon 10(14), Disable Trap 1(5), Discipline 43(51), Intimidate 12(10), Open Lock 1(3), Search 6(10), Spellcraft 42(46), Spot 11(10), Tumble 20(22)

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

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