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11 months ago ::
Jul 13, 2012 - 7:54PM
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Hello everyone, I just though to make an Ice themed character, not talking just the frost / wintertouched combo but more along the lines of an actual character who focuses on ice. Such as an Ice wizard / mage for example. I know there are many powers and such that could fill that description, feats, so I was wondering if anyone had ever tried to make a build focused on it ?
If not, then what feats, race, class, powers would you all recommend ? I'm dabbling right now with a deva evocation mage. Would Genasi be the more optimized race for something like this ? I can't think of any race that has straight support for an Ice build, and no where near the kind that tieflings give to pyromancers for example...
Anyway any help is appreciated.
"Non nobis Domine Sed nomini tuo da gloriam" "I wish for death not because I want to die, but because I seek the war eternal"
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11 months ago ::
Jul 13, 2012 - 8:25PM
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Well since you're a wizard, mc with swordmage would get ya Malec-Keth Janissary. You get 1d4 elemental damage of your choice on all your attacks. Best way to get cold powers without having to get a frost implement. Since you're a wizard you can still get enlarge spell feat to boost your bursts and blasts. Even arcane admixture a favorite spell with thunder for a bigger bang with resounding thunder. Have you looked at Arcane Fire feat? It grant 5 vuln cold if you hit the target with an arcane fire spell. Well pick plenty of fire spells, use Malec-Keth for cold and enjoy arcane fire.
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11 months ago ::
Jul 13, 2012 - 9:20PM
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Classes ice themed
Wizard
Water Sha'ir
Frozen land Barbarian
Water Elementalist
Fey Pact Hexblade I think would theme the best
Races ice themed
Shade (??)
Genasi
Goliath
Cold Breath Dragonborn I think would work best
Sounds fun! Let us know where you go with this.
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11 months ago ::
Jul 13, 2012 - 9:38PM
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My character for LA3 fit this. It was a Cleric|Warden with form of winter's herald and solkara's grasp from the primordial adept theme.
The U6 from that theme is perfect for what you're trying to do... 3 giant icicles spring out of the ground.
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11 months ago ::
Jul 13, 2012 - 9:46PM
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the thing is, I'd rather not take fire powers in order to get the cold aspect i'm looking for. the 1d4 elemental could be interesting. I'll think about that.
@da_duke
So far I think a wizard is what caught my eye the most, though I'm looking into the fey pact hexblade.
For races, the dragon born might have cold minor, enabling a nova, it does not however have INT so my main stat would get no support from the race. I'll have to look into it though because the gains could outweigh that loss.
Thanks a lot for your posts !
"Non nobis Domine Sed nomini tuo da gloriam" "I wish for death not because I want to die, but because I seek the war eternal"
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11 months ago ::
Jul 13, 2012 - 10:14PM
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Eladrin Winterkin Heritage Swordmage|X (Fey or Elemental Pact works well, as does Artificer, Wizard, or Shaman)
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11 months ago ::
Jul 13, 2012 - 10:45PM
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Dragonborn dragonsoul sorc. MC or hybrid martial, Honorable Blade PP, use a superior dagger impliment/weapon, or AIP up heavy/light blades. You get to add frost to any damage type and keywords you get, whilst still preserving those effects. It lets you loot EVERYTHING good from sorc (flame-spiral anyone?), keep the keywords, and add cold to it as well. Basically you can benefit from two kinds of optimization at once (say, fire and frost). Reflavor to taste.
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11 months ago ::
Jul 14, 2012 - 1:48AM
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you can build a pretty straightforward ice sorcerer with decent powers and the really good blizzard mage PP, i'd go with dragonborn dragon mage with frost breath, you can even get rod as implements and use the rod that makes all your damage the type of your breath
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11 months ago ::
Jul 14, 2012 - 6:59AM
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anyone have a suggestion on how to reliably give cold vulnerability in heroic ? I know that Arcane Fire has been suggested as a means to do this but is there anything else ?
Also feats that I've found to be of interest:
Wintertouched, lasting Frost, arcane fire, burning blizzard (to be replaced by Icy heart in paragon since i don't think they stack), enlarge spell, destructive wizardry, dual implement spellcaster.
If I decide that this is more of a fun build I could add a number of feats that are more RP and utility related like Frozen Soul for example.
A note should be said that if I do decide to go with a fire/cold build a tiefling is probably a good idea right ? The feat support I would imagine to be quite powerful. Though Genasi is always an option among others.
As for class there's a surprising amount of synergy nowadays with this concept. I'm currently building various versions and builds to see what interests me the most.
Keep it coming guys and gals and thanks again !
"Non nobis Domine Sed nomini tuo da gloriam" "I wish for death not because I want to die, but because I seek the war eternal"
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11 months ago ::
Jul 14, 2012 - 9:41AM
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Uh Lasting frost is one target per turn now. Not bad but sorta last feat to take.
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