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Boulder
Dwarf Warden(Earthstrenght)/Warlord/Earthfast Brigadier/Legendary General

Ability scores:

STR 18 -> 26
CON 16 -> 24
DEX 10 -> 12
INT 10 -> 12
WIS 13 -> 15
CHA 8 -> 10

Background: Raised among the mountains(+2 Endurance).

Trained skills: Athletics, Dungeoneering, Endurance, Heal, Nature

Feats:

1 - Dwarven Weapon Training
2 - Sudden Roots
4 - Revitalizing Font of Life
6 - Crushing Earthstrenght
8 - Thougness
10 - Student of Battle

11 – Weapon Expertise
12 – Dwarven Durability
14 – Hammer Rhythm
16 – Ehnanced Font of Life
18 – Armor Specialization (Hide)
20 – Paragon Defenses (retrained to Robust Defenses at level 21)

21 – Enduring Font
22 – Epic Recovery
24 – Stonehearth Warrior
26 – Bludgeon Mastery
28 – Primal Resurgence
30 – Epic Resurgence

Level 30 powers:

At-will Evocations: Warden's Fury, Warden's Grasp, Thorn Strike, Weight of Earth.

Encounter Evocations: Screaming Wind Strike, Nature's Ally, Eager Vine Strike, Earthfast Assault, Mountain Lion Step (Utility), Earthstride (Utility), Cleansing Earth (Utility), Press the Advantage (Utility).

Daily Evocations: Form of Spring Renewal, Form of the Blood Wolf, Form of the Charging Boar, Stonechannel Strike, Inspiring Word, Bear's Endurance (Utility), Wellspring of Life (Utility), Legendary Exploits (Utility).

Statistics:

HP: 24(CON)+17(Starting)+203(Level)+15(Thoughness)= 259
Healing Surges: 18 Surge Value: 65(base)+7(Dwarven Durability)= 72

Second Wind: 72*2(cloak of the walking wounded)= 144 - 167 while bloodied (+23 from Earthfast Recovery)

AC: 25(10+Half Level)+11(Any Elderhide +6 Armor)+1(Hide Armor Specialization)+2(Heavy Shield)+7(CON)= 46
FORT: 25(10+Half Level)+6(Cloak of the Walking Wounded +6)+2(Robust Defenses)+1(Warden)+8(STR)= 42
REF: 25(10+Half Level)+6(Cloak of the Walking Wounded +6)+2(Robust Defenses)+2(Heavy Shield)+1(DEX)= 36
WILL: 25(10+Half Level)+6(Cloak of the Walking Wounded +6)+2(Robust Defenses)+1(Warden)+2(WIS)= 36

To Hit Bonus: 15(Half Level)+3(Weapon Expertise)+2(Proficiency)+6(Any Craghammer+6)+8(STR)= 34

Tactics:

Very solid defender (minor controller) and a terrific secondary healer/leader. The only mandatory item is the Cloak of the Walking Wounded.

Second Wind Benefits:
Whenever Boulder uses second wind (as a minor action) he gains: 144 hp (or 167 if bloodied), +2 to all defenses, +7 AC and Damage until the end of the next turn and an ally within 20 squares can spend an healing surge.
Whenever a bloodied ally within 5 squares uses second wind he regains 23 more hp.
Has 2 second winds per encounter, and has a daily that let him and all his allies recover second wind.

Saving Throws Benefits:
Boulder make 2 saving throws with a +1 bonus at the start of each turn and if at least one is successful he gains a +2 to all the other saving throws.

AP Benefits:
When Boulder spend an action point he and each ally within 5 squares make a saving throw.
Any ally can spend an action point from Boulder's reserve, breaking the once per encounter rule.

Defender Benefits:
Beside the obvious, each time an enemy miss Boulder he can choose one ally as a free action. That ally gains a +7 bonus to damage rolls until the end of his next turn.
While Boulder is alive (has more than 0 hit points) his allies can't fall uncontious (they still need to make death saving throws, tho).

Llarish wrote:

Great character, was looking at something like that myself, but decided to start working on a Warden with MC in Bbn. It is on the drawing board at the table ATM.

The one thing that I have been looking at the Warden and worrying about is why are the bad guys bothering to stick with you. I don't do all the calculations on DPR and such that other people do, but from all reports on various Defenders that I read the -2 Mark isn't enough to keep the mobs on a Defender unless they are a truly credible threat. It would look to me like a lot of guys might avoid you and take the OAs when they attack your friend. Just wondering about actual play experience on it.

I know that fear was making me look at a 2 hander which made my AC and Reflex hurt, and possibly a reach weapon to try and make sure that I kept stuff on me.

Thanks for any thoughts or insights.

Llarish

The damage of the Warden in general is certanly less than that of a fighter (then again, even some strikers have less damage than a well built fighter ) but you got three things going for you: good "controller" moves, Nature's Wrath and the Sudden Roots heroic tier talent.

Here is an example of what happened in one of our weekly sections a few days ago (Boulder is level 4 at the moment):

a group of five zombies (some strange, fast moving zombies; think 28 days later) emerges from a grain field and try to attack our group (most of 'em attacked Boulder and the nearby barbarian).
Boulder got in the fray and shifted to be adjacent to four out of five enemies, used Thorn Strike to pull the last one and marked them all.
Since that was a though fight (and probably the last of the day too, but that's metagaming :cool he popped the daily he was reserving for special occasions: Form of Winter's Wrath (minor action).
Now we have: 5 marked enemies who treat all terrain adjacent to Boulder in close burst 2 as difficult (cannot shift), if they move away they get whacked with a slowing opportunity attack, and if they attack someone else (with the usual -2) they take 1[W] more and grant combat advantage to everyone. Though luck uh?

It's hard being more defendery than that, even without some crazy damage.
Besides, I've been careful not to bump my defenses too high, gotta give 'em the illusion they can win :D