I need help settingt my evil desert-based TWF fighter who will become a dervish. His unmodifed stats are Str 16; Dex 16; Con 18; Int 15; Wis 14; Cha 14. So I change my Con and Dex score around so I can get more out of TWF? I am also going to take the Winged Template starting out so I can have wings.
I need help settingt my evil desert-based TWF fighter who will become a dervish. His unmodifed stats are Str 16; Dex 16; Con 18; Int 15; Wis 14; Cha 14. So I change my Con and Dex score around so I can get more out of TWF? I am also going to take the Winged Template starting out so I can have wings.
Say the mantra with me now:
What level are you starting? What books are allowed? What's your team? Are there any houserules?
Sorry for emphasis, but this is kind of important information for us to keep working on.
Here's my observations. 1) Your ability scores are incredible (in the literal sense). 2) Read the Dervish Handbook. 3) Consider the Tome of Battle; Desert Wind is a perfect match for you (it's an entire desert-themed combat school that has a solid movement focus in it). People remember it for its fire attacks, but it does more than that. Splash in Tiger Claw (which works well for TWF synergy) and you're golden even without aiming for Dervish.
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I need help settingt my evil desert-based TWF fighter who will become a dervish. His unmodifed stats are Str 16; Dex 16; Con 18; Int 15; Wis 14; Cha 14. So I change my Con and Dex score around so I can get more out of TWF? I am also going to take the Winged Template starting out so I can have wings.
Say the mantra with me now:
What level are you starting? What books are allowed? What's your team? Are there any houserules?
Sorry for emphasis, but this is kind of important information for us to keep working on.
Here's my observations. 1) Your ability scores are incredible (in the literal sense). 2) Read the Dervish Handbook. 3) Consider the Tome of Battle; Desert Wind is a perfect match for you (it's an entire desert-themed combat school that has a solid movement focus in it). People remember it for its fire attacks, but it does more than that. Splash in Tiger Claw (which works well for TWF synergy) and you're golden even without aiming for Dervish.
I am starting at first level. All of the books are allowed. My team is that of all 1st level characters. They are a Barbarian, Cleric of Hextor, Rogue, and a WarBlade. There are no houserules. The Winged Template gives me a +2 Dex?
The winged template uses up two levels, so you can't have it on a 1st-level character. Dragonborn (Races of the Dragon) or raptoran (Races of the Wild) would give you wings without using up levels. With those, you gain the ability to fly gradually.
I need help settingt my evil desert-based TWF fighter who will become a dervish. His unmodifed stats are Str 16; Dex 16; Con 18; Int 15; Wis 14; Cha 14. So I change my Con and Dex score around so I can get more out of TWF? I am also going to take the Winged Template starting out so I can have wings.
Reading the bolded text now makes me think it sounds like someone using the Desert Wind maneuvers in ToB. Other then that I start thinking Scout (CAdv) perhaps with some Ranger thrown in before hitting the Dervish class.
As for the rest of it your DEX is already very high especially when you also have the STR to go along with it to turn you into a superhero. Your character is starting out with TWO Characters worth of stats (ePB 56) and I'd be treating him as if he had a +2 LA just based on those. The Winged Template also inlcudes LA with it under the RAW which would cause your first level character to be viewed as a higher level character under many metagame rules.
You may need DEX 19 to get Greater TWF but the question you'd then need to ask yourself is it really worth spending the feat to occasionally get one additional off-hand attack at a -10 penalty?
Out of curiosity - with both Dex and Str that high, why hasn't anyone suggested Revenant Blade yet?
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Swordsage, or Warblade base, forget Devish if you want anyone on this forum to comment any further in a way that will help you. With stats that high consider Revenant Blade (you gotta be an elf, boo) or just go with Swordsage (focus on Desert wind for burning people to death goodness, er evilness) and get Shadow Blade to make use of both Str and Dex for damage, for that matter dip Swashbuckler and get Int to damage, grab some Blood Claw Master (Savage isn't evil but evil can be savage) to round out your offhand damage.
For feats keep in mind the following, Two Weapon Fighting (Get improved from gloves of the balanced hand), Shadow Blade (Dex to Damage), Combat Reflexes (Get additional attacks when people are dumb). There are a pile of other options but those are solidly some of the best for two weapon fighting.
If you did have something against ToB a swift ambusher/hunter would probably do great properly set up for a desert environment and the damage dice would be amazing for the lack of a 2h
