Eldritch Paladin of Candlekeep Pal(4),Sor(6),EK(10),ASC(10)
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[edit] Description
Sorcerer 6 / Paladin 4 / Eldritch Knight 10 / Arcane Scholar of Candlekeep 10
This is one of the most common and basic power builds out there. It is primarily a Sorcerer with near full caster level (29), and reasonable BAB 22 (with a 5th attack) for melee. Later on, the full autostill feat series lets it cast Sorcerer spells in heavy armor and shield, and lets it cast Stone Body/Iron Body on itself for a large bunch of immunities, including stunning, blindness, electrical damage and critical hits. It can hit better than an Iron Sorcerer or Obsidian Sorcerer, but sacrifices some defenses in the process (approximately +7/6 BAB at the cost of -7/4 AC compared to the Iron and Obsidian Sorcerers respectively). It gains +1 DC but, -1 Caster level.
This uses martial weapon proficiency from Paladin to qualify for Eldritch Knight, and in turn, Skill focus Concentration from Eldritch Knight to qualify for Arcane Scholar. This feat saving combination means that, unlike some of my other builds, you cannot substitute Paladin for Blackguard.
[edit] Character Creation
Race: Aasimar
Alignment: Lawful Good
Stats
| Base Values | Racial Modifiers | Final Values | |
| Str | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Dex | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Con | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Int | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Wis | 8 | 10 | 10 |
| Cha | 16 | 18 | 26 |
All Level up Attribute points go to Charisma.
BAB: 4 + 3 + 10 + 5 = 22
Spell DC:
+1 Spellcasting Prodigy +8 Cha Bonus +3 Level 29 caster ---- 12
+4 (if using Nymph Cloak +8) ---- 16
AC with Epic Gear:
10 base +10 Heavy shield +8 +10 bracers of armor 10 +8 Mithril full plate +8 Cloak of Protection +8 +5 Natural Armor Amulet +5 +3 Boots of the Hardiness +3 +3 Dex bonus (with +8 Dex equipment) ---- 57
+ 12 Divine Shield (with +8 Cha equipment) ---- 69
(You can also gain a relative +10, if you debuff your Enemy with Bigby's Interposing Hand)
Notes:
- This only has 3 skill points per level. The 2 must have skills are Concentration and Spellcraft. This leaves you 1 skill of your choice. You can pick a Convo skill for campaigns, or Heal for PWs.
- If you feel you need more skill points, you can lower Dex by 2 to 12, and put 2 more points to Int to 14. However, this does not have very useful class skills to put those skill points in.
[edit] Overview
Feats
Character Feats
3. Able Learner
6. Power Attack
9. Divine Shield (must take on Paladin 4)
12. Practiced Spellcaster: Sorcerer
15. Empower Spell
18. Skill Focus: Spellcraft
21. Great Charisma
23. Still Spell
25. Automatic: Still Spell: 0-3
27. Automatic: Still Spell: 4-6
29. Automatic: Still Spell: 7-9
Notes:
- Divine Shield is good for staying alive while you flush out your spells, and is almost a requirement for squishy Sorcerers.
- Note that in the NWN2 OC, there are 0 ASF Eldritch knight chain shirt (from Deekin), and 0 ASF mithril heavy shield available. If you want, you can use those rather than the still spell and 3x Autostill feats. You can instead take more Great Cha feats, to boost Spells per day, Spell DC, saving throw bonus and Divine shield. You may also take an Epic Spell or 2 with these spare feats.
[edit] Character Progression
There are 2 possible build progressions you can assume with the EPoCK. The first emphasizes the Warrior aspect first and the Caster Aspect later, while the other does it the other way round.
[edit] Warrior First Progression
| Spellcraft | Heal or Diplomacy | |||||||
| Concentration | ||||||||
| CL | Class | Feat | Bonus/Class Feats | Attributes | ||||
| 1 | Sorcerer 01 | Spellcasting Prodigy | Familiar | 4 | 4 | |||
| 2 | Paladin 01 | Smite Evil x1 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| 3 | Paladin 02 | Able Learner | Divine Grace | 1 | 1 | |||
| 4 | Paladin 03 | Aura of courage, Divine health | 1 | 3 | 1 | +1 Cha | ||
| 5 | Sorcerer 02 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 6 | Sorcerer 03 | Power Attack | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 7 | Sorcerer 04 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 8 | Sorcerer 05 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +1 Cha | |||
| 9 | Paladin 04 | Divine Shield | Turn Undead | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10 | Sorcerer 06 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 11 | Eldritch Knight 01 | Combat casting, Skill Focus Concentration | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 12 | Eldritch Knight 02 | Practiced Spellcaster: Sorcerer | 1 | 1 | 1 | +1 Cha | ||
| 13 | Eldritch Knight 03 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 14 | Eldritch Knight 04 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 15 | Eldritch Knight 05 | Empower Spell | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 16 | Eldritch Knight 06 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +1 Cha | |||
| 17 | Eldritch Knight 07 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 18 | Eldritch Knight 08 | Skill Focus: Spellcraft | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 19 | Eldritch Knight 09 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 20 | Eldritch Knight 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +1 Cha | |||
| 21 | ASoCK 01 | Great Charisma | Maximize Spell | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 22 | ASoCK 02 | Spell Knowledge +1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 23 | ASoCK 03 | Still Spell | Improved Empower Spell | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 24 | ASoCK 04 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +1 Cha | |||
| 25 | ASoCK 05 | Automatic: Still Spell: 0-3 | Quicken Spell | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 26 | ASoCK 06 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 27 | ASoCK 07 | Automatic: Still Spell: 4-6 | Improved Maximize Spell | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 28 | ASoCK 08 | Spell Knowledge +2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +1 Cha | ||
| 29 | ASoCK 09 | Automatic: Still Spell: 7-9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 30 | ASoCK 10 | Improved Quicken Spell | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
[edit] Caster First Progression
| Spellcraft | Heal or Diplomacy | |||||||
| Concentration | ||||||||
| CL | Class | Feat | Bonus/Class Feats | Attributes | ||||
| 1 | Sorcerer 01 | Spellcasting Prodigy | Familiar | 4 | 4 | |||
| 2 | Paladin 01 | Smite Evil x1 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| 3 | Sorcerer 02 | Able Learner | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 4 | Sorcerer 03 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 Cha | |||
| 5 | Sorcerer 04 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 6 | Sorcerer 05 | Empower Spell | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 7 | Sorcerer 06 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 8 | Eldritch Knight 01 | Combat casting, Skill Focus Concentration | 1 | 1 | 1 | +1 Cha | ||
| 9 | Eldritch Knight 02 | Skill Focus: Spellcraft | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 10 | ASoCK 01 | Maximize Spell | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 11 | ASoCK 02 | Spell Knowledge +1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 12 | ASoCK 03 | Practiced Spellcaster: Sorcerer | Improved Empower Spell | 1 | 1 | 1 | +1 Cha | |
| 13 | ASoCK 04 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 14 | ASoCK 05 | Quicken Spell | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 15 | ASoCK 06 | Still Spell | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 16 | ASoCK 07 | Improved Maximize Spell | 1 | 1 | 1 | +1 Cha | ||
| 17 | ASoCK 08 | Spell Knowledge +2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 18 | ASoCK 09 | Power Attack | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 19 | ASoCK 10 | Improved Quicken Spell | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 20 | Eldritch Knight 03 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +1 Cha | |||
| 21 | Paladin 02 | Great Charisma | Divine Grace | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 22 | Paladin 03 | Aura of courage, Divine health | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 23 | Paladin 04 | Divine Shield | Turn Undead | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 24 | Eldritch Knight 04 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +1 Cha | |||
| 25 | Eldritch Knight 05 | Automatic: Still Spell: 0-3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 26 | Eldritch Knight 06 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 27 | Eldritch Knight 07 | Automatic: Still Spell: 4-6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 28 | Eldritch Knight 08 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +1 Cha | |||
| 29 | Eldritch Knight 09 | Automatic: Still Spell: 7-9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 30 | Eldritch Knight 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
