Recent content by Bill Muench

Personally, I'm a big fan of druid/ninja. Super-sneaky, great spell-list, useful companion, great skills, synergistic abilities, etc. And very thematic in the "forest ninja" vein. Only real downside is a moderate BAB.

Personally, I think a monk/dervish with Versatile Unarmed Strike would be pretty sweet...

Yep, greater bestow curse is one of my favorites. For effect I tend to do a DMM Quickened GBC, and then punch the guy. When you knock out a storm giant with one punch, it tends to intimidate people. :D

Hey bernaise, Just wanted to see if you got the email I sent you last week. Thanks! Bill

Hey guys, I also just moved up to Waikoloa Village about a month ago, from upstate NY. My schedule is so erratic at this point that I can't commit to any particular date or time, but I'd be interested in keeping in touch with all of you and maybe getting together in the future. Let me know what...

Hey Fenux, Good luck! I moved here a few months ago (I'm up in Waikoloa) and didn't get any responses to my posts. I'm not looking for a game right now, but post again when it gets closer to July. And good luck! Bill

Yeah. Heck, my Clr17 has gotten to CL 30 on rare occasions. All it takes is Core + Complete and a bard ally/cohort. Base CL 17 Orange Ioun Stone +1 Karma Bead +4 Divine Spell Power +4 Bard ally casts Hymn of Praise (CV p152), adds +2 Bard ally casts Harmonic Chorus (CV p150), adds +2 = CL 30...

I'm not sure why you think that the dervish isn't playable. First off, Dervish has good Will saves. Mine has a Will save of +15, so he's not worried about charm/hold/dominate any more than your average fighter type (and probably less, since he usually has a pro evil or magic circle vs. evil on...

Okay, that's the funniest thing I've read in a long time.

Yep. A minor cloak of displacement is a very, very good investment also. Mine has paid off in spades. Still no DR for my thug other than stoneskin, and I don't see that changing. But I also don't seem to really need it, so I'm good with that. Touching on Caliban's comment about not facing it by...

If you qualify for it and if it meets your character's concept, I don't think there is a single "fighter" class better than Dervish. Here's a quick breakdown of why: Easy (and useful) requirements to enter Good Ref and Will saves 4 skill points a level Dervish AC bonus over time Great class...

I concur. The Clr17 who has about AC 65 w/ items would only have AC 21 w/o (+8 from full plate, +2 from heavy shield, and +1 from Dex). The Dervish who can get up to 76 would have AC 46 (+5 mithral breastplate, +2 Dex, +3 Dervish, +19 Improved Combat Expertise, +7 Fighting Defensively w/...

I second the Belt of Endurance, especially for clerics (which I realize doesn't apply here). It's a bargain at 10k, especially if your DM lets you upgrade the enhancement bonus to Con. Other options include taking a level of Loremaster for the Secret of Inner Fortitude (+2 to Fort saves, stacks...

I'm extrapolating up to 20th, since my highest level guys are 16th and 17th, but... my cleric is currently about AC 65 and I don't see that really changing at 20th unless new material is released. My dervish's AC would go up by a few points due to the Dervish AC bonus and Improved Combat...

So I just got around to starting this storyhour yesterday. Just got to the end. All I can say is... Awesome.