10th level character

[Vander]

I need to make up a character for gaming nite in a couple of days. Party consists of 10th thru 12th level characters.

Party consists of:
Dwarf Fighter who likes to stay out of danger, despite his 32 AC, and throw his Dwarven Thrower; LG Human Cleric of Pelor (the moral compass of the group); Human Ranger/Lasher (modeled after Indiana Jones--don't ask), who also stays out of melee; Neutral Rogue (roleplayed very well, i might add); and a human Wizard, who occasionally casts magic missle, etc. to prove usefulness.

The party does not work well together, and everyone seems to be just trying to stay alive (we are going through RttToEE!).

We seem to need a hack and slash type Fighter. Someone who will engage the enemy in melee. We have seen the hard way what can happen if no one engages in melee, and everyone is running around hysterically. It gives the enemy time to do lots of nasty things.

I have a 12th level human Bard who I can bring in, but I don't think that will do much to help the party composition. I am debating on making up a pre-gen character, perhaps an ECL monster type of Ranger, Druid, etc. Centaur Ranger, Satyr Ranger or Druid? (Guess I'm just on a Fey kick...)

Any opinions on what would work well? I usually play unusual type characters, so nothing is out of bounds. Thanks for the help.

 

[gfunk]

Well if you need a melee death machine, try this combo:

Fighter 4/Sorcerer 1/Dragon Disciple 5

You will be Large Size with 10' reach, not to mention ~+12 Str, +6 Con

You can do some serious damage up-close. Take True Strike as one of your first level spells, and you can use it while power attacking to the maximum.

Scary...

 

[Privateer]

I get the feeling that this thread will turn into a debate about the Dragon Disciple. Run while your sanity is intact!

For melee, look at the Smackdown threads. Something in there is bound to still be effective at 10th/12th level, whatever you said I have a horrible memory

Makes dividing up my swag harder. Arrr.