Community

Warlock_Knight wrote:

I just need to come up with a decent build at least for level 1 so I can get a foundation for this guy, cuz we all know he's got a lot of potential :P

Ok, go human and start with Str 10, Con 14, Dex 13, Int 8, Wis 14, Cha 18. You'll have a solid attack with decent hitpoints, a good enough wisdom for some healing, and dexterity to qualify for Astral Fire. Have your starting feats be Melee Training (Charisma) (so you can make opportunity attacks and the like) and Weapon Proficiency (Fullblade) (so you can start with a high damaging weapon).

Take the two charisma based at wills and whichever strength based at will for the human bonus; it doesn't matter which.

Take Pact Initiate (Star Pact) at 2nd and Astral Fire at 4th. A +1 Sunblade is a 4th level item, so you should be able to get one by that point so that all your weapon powers are radiant; most of your implement powers will be radiant anyway. You'll have to do without an implement for any warlock powers you pick up until you can get a +2 Star of Corellon. I don't know that I really recommend doing any power swapping anyway, but you'll want the implement for your paragon path powers and for 1/encounter dire radiance catch 22; mark a melee opponent then attack with dire radiance. They can ignore you, take -2 to hit someone else, and take your divine challenge damage, or they can move up to attack you and take damage from dire radiance.

Feats to consider when rounding out your heroic selections: Starfire womb (which, since most powers will be radiant, will give you a save almost every time you deal damage with a power), Action Surge, Weapon Expertise, Implement Expertise, Durable, and Toughness. I'd probably go with Starfire Womb and the two expertises, but if you want to be tougher durable and toughness are the way to go. You could also pick up Arcane Implement Proficiency to make your sword your warlock implement; that and a Sun Disk of Pelor as your holy symbol will insure EVERY attack is radiant.

At 11th level, take Student of Caiphon as your paragon path all your radiant attacks get crit range 18-20. In paragon, pick up feats you missed in heroic and Plate Specialization. Your fullblade is already High Crit, but Devestating Critical can make your already common crits worse; it may not be worth it since you'll have a lot of implement attacks, though. In epic level you'll want Font of Radiance, which is a huge boost to your crits.

That's not fully fleshed out but it gets you into paragon where the radiant fun really starts.

Warlock_Knight wrote:

About those holy symbols and such you mentioned...don't I have to Worship a deity to use his symbols? My WK is going to be evil, or unaligned at the least; and probably worshipping Telos, who I'll have to draft up a portfolio for...

I'm fairly certain you do, actually; I can't double check my books at the moment, and the compendium doesn't mention it, but I remember the books saying that you do need to worship the appropriate deity to use each of the symbols I mentioned.

I don't know anything about Telos; if his portfolio includes anything to do with sun/stars/light, you may be able to convince your DM to let you use an implement equivalent to a Sun Disk. If his portfolio includes arcane magic at all, you may be able to convince your DM to let you use an implement equivalent to a Star of Corellon.

If neither of those are options, you'll definitely need to take Arcane Implement Proficiency (Heavy Blades) at some point if you want to use Dire Radiance and your PP powers. It's not an immediate priority, but you'll probably want it by 6th level if you want to use the Dire Radiance catch 22 and right before paragon otherwise. You also need to decide whether to take Implement Expertise (Heavy Blades) along with Weapon Expertise (Heavy Blades) and Implement Expertise (Holy Symbols); I wouldn't say it's worth it until after 15th level, and may never be worth it.

There are some symbols with a radiant theme, but none leap out at me as "must have." This is a pretty good list of equipment that helps paladins: http://forums.gleemax.com/showpost.php? … stcount=10 . If you check the holy symbol section, it has some good options. The Symbol of Dire Fate looks like a good fit thematically and has a nice power (bonus to hit and critical damage against your mark), but you should read the descriptions of the others.