ddoplayer064 wrote on Jun 11
th, 2011 at 11:42pm:
The only thing I can see is why the high chr? I'd seriously lower this, and raise str and maybe con. The only thing that chr is giving you is sp's, which shouldn't really be a problem.
I understand this point, and it was a major hold-up for me as well for quite some time before I decided to throw caution to the wind and go as-is. I look at it this way: Bards are PRIMARILY buffers and party support...via songs and spells (and in this case Aura as well)...and to that end I decided that between 1-3 extra To Hit drop on a non-primary-aggro-melee-toon (i.e. not a Fighter, Paladin or Barbarian) in order to make all of those better at their primary DPS role was worth it. Others may certainly disagree, and I'm all for adjusting the build to one's own flavor. Certainly, the 1-3 To Hit (yes, and Damage) per swing is nothing to sneeze at, but I'll still be hitting at end-game without issue after I'm all geared up, buffed and ready, so I felt the higher Charisma for the Spell Points was worth it for me.
Also, you're going to hate non-extended haste/rage/blur/displace, so taking extend a bit earlier may be a bit better.
Yah, I started wondering about that as well, and switched the WF:Slashing and Extend around
Over-all, I like it, and was thinking of doing something similar, but not sure how it would work out on a 28 point build.
As hard a time as I had making this work on a 32-point, I'm not sure it could be done to my satisfaction in a 28-point build, but I'll give it a look-see
Responses in
Blue, and great points all around so far, thanks!
This toon has been a BLAST to run up to level. I'm currently at level 11, and won't be too far from 12 now that the Desert and Gianthold are the vacation destinations for this folk-faith musician.
The only draw-back, for me, is that I usually spend much more time making sure there are no quests left unturned at lower levels rather than zerg upwards (some part for favor some part OCD LOL), but I'll just deal with it.
I'm still considering TR-ing this character into the same build...won't really help me except for build points and the +2 to Enchantment saves and such, but we'll see. Still mulling it over.