Just testing some things out.
Slartibardfast
Bard 6 (Arcane Duelist)
Race: Human
25 points:
10->17 (13)
10->14 (5)
10->14 (5)
10->12 (2)
Str: 14
Dex: 22 (17 + 2 human + 1 level bonus + 2 Belt of Dex)
Con: 12
Int: 10
Wis: 10
Cha: 14
Feats:
H1 Weapon Finesse: Rapier
B1 Arcane Strike
L1 Power Attack
B2 Combat Casting
L3 Furious Focus
L5 Weapon Focus: Rapier
B6 Disruptive
Traits:
Killer (+2 damage on crit)
Heirloom Weapon (+1 hit)
Gear: (16000)
Belt of Dexterity +2 (4000)
Heirloom Rapier +1, Keen (8000)
Leather +2 (4000)
To Hit (assuming within 30ft):
+4 BAB
+6 Dex
+1 Weapon Focus
+1 magical rapier
+1 heirloom rapier
+2 Inspire Courage (competence)
+2 Heroism (morale)
= 17
Damage:
+3 str (using rapier 2-handed)
+1 magical rapier
+2 Inspire Courage (competence)
+6 power attack
+2 Arcane Strike
= 14 (+2 on crit)
Math vs AC 20:
+17 [1d6+14]: .60(17.5) + .30(.90(37) + .10(17.5)) = 21.015 DPR
This build could technically be cheesed slightly more, substituting a belt of strength and using cat's grace to buff dex, accounting for summoned creatures, but this is more realistic than dedicating every 2nd level spell slot to buffs. While the total DPR is lacking, this build does buff the whole party with +2/+2, and there's something to be said for the consistency of hitting 90% of the time (and critting 27%).
AC: 20 = 10 + 6 dex + 4 armor
AC could be increased by sacrificing DPR, using a shield instead of the rapier 2-handed, taking combat expertise and/or dodge (or just going the full mobility/spring-attack route since you only get one attack anyway), spending that 4000gp on a deflection item instead of stat buffing, etc. Still, for the utility, it seems like druid is a better choice. It's an interesting build/concept anyway. It may scale up better once it gets the second attack and can toss in some burst-enchants on the rapier, but that's outside of E6.
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There is something wrong with the idea of using weapon finesse and a weapon 2-handed, it pass the "common sense" sniff test but it's not against the rules as far as I can see.
ReplyDeleteI think your DPR calculation may be wrong, since you'd have a +15 to hit instead of a +17 to hit if you are power attacking.
It's certainly an interesting build. You rarely see a bard get tweaked to do melee damage.
Furious Focus eliminates the power attack penalty on the first attack of the round...which is every attack for this Bard.
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