This build is a testament to the power of caffeine fuelled idiocy:
A Jump Check that makes people fanatical.
Alright, here are a few ideas and a build that I shall work on a little later. But, for the moment, here it is:
This is a link to the
Jump record, from
Funny Slaughter’s list of CO Records.
It lists Jump as having a +366 bonus. This is excellently constructed. But, here is my idea:
Get a Fighter 1 / Druid 9, with a Strength of 14. We'll go with whatever race, but a 30' Base Move is a good place to start. We can certainly add in Prestige Classes, as well, but we
need Wild Shape.
At Level 1, take
Power Attack.
At level 3, take
Skill Focus (Jump)
At Level 6, take
Leap Attack (Complete Adventurer).
At Level 9, take
Cheetah’s Speed (Complete Divine).
If you're human, take
Run. Every little bit, well, is probably unnecessary.
Also, let's take the
Quick trait, from
Unearthed Arcana. This bit is optional, of course.
We should also grab 5 ranks in Tumble. Again, unnecessary, but we might as well.
Oh, and for fun, take the
Shadow Template (
Lords of Madness).
We won’t need any equipment or magic.
For now, let’s just use one of our
Wild Shape uses to get
Cheetah’s Speed, which makes our movement 50’. Excellent.
Quick adds another 10', making it 60' But then our
Shadow Template allows for 50% greater speed, so we’re zooming along at 90; Now,
Cheetah’s Speed lets us sprint as a cheetah, at ten times our normal speed (which is 900’
, as part of a charge. Now, since we are charging, we can Jump (since we have Leap Attack), and that means that our Jump check (which has a bonus based on speed of +4 for every 10’ beyond 30’
has a bonus of +(((900-30) /10) x +4) 348. For the sake of the maths, let’s say that we have 13 Ranks by this point, so the Jump check comes out at +361. Synergy from
Tumble gets us +363,
Skill Focus gets us +366, and Acrobatic gets us to +368, Strength gets us to +370, so this should allow us a new Jump Record, as far as I can see.
Now, let’s add in a little idiocy.
A Fighter 1 / Druid 9 / Exemplar 5 (
Complete Adventurer) in this build needs: Diplomacy 6 Ranks (Druids get Diplomacy as a class skill, so no problems there); Jump 13 Ranks: Yes, we can manage that; Skill Focus (any; let’s choose Jump), and those 5 ranks in tumble. A little cross-classing there. You can delete this bit if you wish.
At Exemplar 1, we choose
Skill Artistry in Jump. Then, at Level 5, we get
Persuasive Performance. Now we can use Jump as a Diplomacy check. So, we can now make a +370 Jump check using the idea above, and our chosen NPC (or crowd) is automatically turned into a
fanatic using the rules in the Epic Level Handbook.
Now, the performance "must be nonthreatening" and "requires at least one minute to perform":
Nonthreatening is fine, we can attack using a method specifically chosen to not harm something (just have your target be immune to your attack, have damage reduction, etc).
Interestingly, the
minute performance thing is easy: Since we can jump at any point in our charge, we simply jump at the last 5' of movement in our charge. By the rules of Jump (PHB, Pg 77), "if you run out of movement mid jump, your next action (either on this turn, or, if necessary, on your next turn) must be a move action to complete your jump."; since our base movement is only 90, it will take us 10 rounds (one minute) to land from our herculean leap. Yes, idiotic, I know. Yes, it breaks a lot of laws of physics.
But, from what I can see, this works. We run, jump, land a minute later amongst an adoring crowd who immediately turn fanatical to me. Like I said, a truly stupid concept. There is lots of polishing needed on this silly, silly build, obviously.
Thanks for any positive input.
C.
