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I have built a character for this months Lair Assault (No spoilers please) and the main thing I know is that it will be 20 rounds long and very hard. With that in mind I figured most of my attacks would be at wills so with some advice from other members of this forum I came up with this.

The idea is Divine Bolts as a RBA, Rapid Shot hopefully with at least 2 enemies within 10 feet of each other, and my GM has confirmed that as long as I target each enemy in the Rapid Shot area with 1 bolt the second bolt can target any enemy within the range of 10. Accuracy is an issue even with the Goggles since with the -2 penalty from RS the bolts are +13 vs Ref 1d6 +13 damage.

Thoughts?


====== Created Using Wizards of the Coast D&D Character Builder ======
Splitter, level 8
Wood Elf, Invoker/Ranger
Covenant Manifestation Option: Manifestation of Wrath
Hybrid Invoker Option: Hybrid Invoker Fortitude
Hybrid Ranger Option: Hybrid Ranger Fortitude
Associate: Trained Displacer Beast
Auspicious Birth (Auspicious Birth Benefit)
Theme: Fey Beast Tamer
 
FINAL ABILITY SCORES
STR 10, CON 10, DEX 18, INT 11, WIS 22, CHA 8
 
STARTING ABILITY SCORES
STR 10, CON 10, DEX 14, INT 11, WIS 18, CHA 8
 
 
AC: 24 Fort: 18 Ref: 21 Will: 22
HP: 61 Surges: 6 Surge Value: 15
 
TRAINED SKILLS
Insight +16, Nature +18, Perception +18, Stealth +13
 
UNTRAINED SKILLS
Acrobatics +7, Arcana +4, Athletics +3, Bluff +3, Diplomacy +3, Dungeoneering +10, Endurance +3, Heal +10, History +4, Intimidate +3, Religion +4, Streetwise +3, Thievery +7
 
POWERS
Basic Attack: Melee Basic Attack
Basic Attack: Ranged Basic Attack
Hunter's Quarry  Power: Hunter's Quarry
Ranger Attack: Rapid Shot
Invoker Attack 1: Divine Bolts
Ranger Attack 1: Fox's Cunning
Invoker Attack 1: Brilliant Beacon
Invoker Attack 1: Thunder of Judgment
Ranger Utility 2: Invigorating Stride
Ranger Attack 5: Spitting-Cobra Stance
Invoker Utility 6: Demand Justice
Invoker Attack 7: Rain of Blood
 
FEATS
Level 1: Power of Skill
Level 2: Staff Expertise
Level 4: Archery Mastery
Level 6: Superior Implement Training (Accurate staff)
Level 8: Mark of Storm
 
ITEMS
Accurate staff of Ruin +2 x1
Bracers of the Perfect Shot (heroic tier) x1
Eagle Eye Goggles (heroic tier) x1
Rhythm Blade Widow's knife +1 x1
Siberys Shard of the Mage (heroic tier)
Cloak of Distortion +2 x1
Adventurer's Kit
Awakening Hide Armor +2 x1
====== End ======

Feb 1, 2012 -- 3:42PM, Nirafelos wrote:

I guess my only real question is what's the reasoning behind maintaining such a high level of dexterity for a build that doesn't use it for anything? 

If you thought about CON secondary and made the call that you prefer init (without battlewise), AC, and reflex over surges, Fort, and Riders, awesome. It's worth making that decision consciously, though. If you were on the front line, it would be a no-brainier, but casters can hide in the back some of the time. 

I'd say having the Initiative is the big important thing for this build and there's not enough room for Battlewise. At higher levels it would make more sense.

I've also wondered at seeing this build if it might be more fun to play in a controller role with Clever Shot instead of Rapid Shot. Both way seem pretty valid.

I'd use CON secondary, you don't really need dex for anything.  Nice build!

If you're using sense threat, dex does nothing for your init.  It's up to you of course, but with going con you could even switch from auspicious birth, lose 6 hp, and grab a perception bg for +2 initiative. 

Furthermore, the covenant riders for both thunder of judgment and rain of blood are fantastic. A melee monster pushed 1 square away from its target and dazed is ****ed if it can't charge something. +CON to hit for allies is worth sometimes aiming rain of blood more at your team than team monster.

Edit: losing 6 hp is a pretty big non-issue. It's only half a surge....which you gain two more of by going con.

I didn't mean dex added to sense threat, I meant since I was being elf anyway and was stuck with +2 to dex I could maximmize it. Another option would be to go with a Con/Wis race.