I have this old, old 28 point toon I parked at lvl 9 (13 atm), way back when splashing 2 rogue on a cleric was a novel idea for me. He's Wis based, and the rest of his points are spread between Dex and Int. Yeah, I stat-dumped Con.    Did I mention this was the 2nd toon I ever rolled?

The challenge:

Since a lesser +20 is such an obvious win, I've ruled that would be cheating. I'm leaning towards also ruling out the free +0 heart, because I am perverse and like to suffer. (Bear in mind, that means in order for say, Warpriest's Righteous Weapons to produce an effect, I have to spend a feat to choose a god.  Yes. This toon is that old. The irony of a godless priest is, I think, what's keeping me entertained.)

With those gimp handicaps in place, who can make this toon viable? (Viable means, "takes less than eight years/half his mana pool to kill each mob.") I'll settle for reaching 20, but if someone manages to find a way for me to play this guy in epics that isn't like pulling teeth, I bow to you, for you are truly a master.

Cler 11/Rogue 2. Halfling.

Current feats are: Quicken, Empower, Maximize, Edit: Shield Mastery.

Skills: Oddly saved by the skill pass from the at-the-time noob choice to max Heal. Also, as a strange bit of ... luck? ... I threw points into Balance. The rest is split between Search and Disable.

+3 tomes

Resources are good, but not unlimited. I don't want to throw too much away on a flavor project.


I tried laser-priesting, and that has been okay (with a shout-out to the Holy Smite sla, the true workhorse of the whole tree). It's taken him to lvl 13, with 14 banked. I'm seeing the damage begin to flatten out, and that makes me worry the current salvage attempt will turn into a slog by lvls 15-16.

Feat-starved as he is, I have reservations about taking advantage of Rogue Mechanic, but with the limits I've set, I realize that might turn out to be a fair decision. I just don't want to bork it any further. 

spambot3000 wrote on Jun 27^th, 2015 at 9:00pm:

Yeah, yeah. Get it out of your system. Then help, if you can.

Rubbinns wrote on Jun 27^th, 2015 at 9:36pm:

I guess the old ways are still the best ways ... at least when stuck with old toons. 

I guess I was worried I was making things even harder for myself by not investing more in Rogue. Might've been worth using the recent free alignment change (currently LG), if synergy with Druid were helpful enough.

Good to know I'm not missing something obvious. Thanks.

I am truly sorry to hear about your old toon, I will call him/her "Nelly"

Nelly had a good run, never caused any problems and grazed silently in the fields on those warm summer days. Alas, Nelly has shown her age and there isn't much any of us can do to help alleviate her aches n pains.

I have to tell you my friend, its time to take Nelly out to the pasture and DO THE RIGHT THING.

palmer01 wrote on Jun 28^th, 2015 at 9:37am:

Alas, poor old Neller.


Meat-Head wrote on Jun 28^th, 2015 at 12:16pm:

Zing!

I just tried that ^ on an Iconic in a spare slot for a laugh. It got one. I particularly liked watching the Zombie form moths dancing around Amaunator's Brilliance and not burning.

kum-gulp wrote on Jul 8^th, 2015 at 2:59pm:


Every animation is hillarious in zombie form.

Especially when you type /dance2 and shout/sing "This is THRILLERRRRRR" in voice chat.