Build me a katana + trenchcoat guy

[hong]

So, how would you build a katana + trenchcoat guy in 4E? AKA, big sword/light armour. No books here, or I'd do it myself.

 

[Ginnel]

So, how would you build a katana + trenchcoat guy in 4E? AKA, big sword/light armour. No books here, or I'd do it myself.

Well that'd be a ranger with two weapon fighting, katana and waki-zashi
and leather armor, buda bing buda bang all done

well you may want him to pick up profiency in katana if its there I suppose but I see nothing wrong with long sword and short sword myself

 

[hong]

TWF is too easy. How would you do it if you wanted a Cloud-style daiklave?

 

[AZRogue]

I demand a Feat for Spiked Hair. DEMAND.

 

[Rechan]

Honestly?

I'd go Ranger. Then I'd beg my DM to let me use my single sword instead of two weapons (i.e. take two attacks with it, instead of using two weapons). Negotiate a penalty or something.

That way, you're a mobile dude who can put the hurt on one guy, or a lot of little guys, and you got your big scary weapon.

Otherwise, go Fighter, get Bastard sword, go two-handed weapon fighting, and just ignore armor.

 

[Antioch]

Big sword and light-to-no armor?

Trenchcoat is cloth armor (0 AC), but you can get it magic and at later levels made of feyweave and then starweave (better starting AC). Then, I would let you pick an arrangement of rogue/fighter powers so that you can emphasize heavy blade attacks and fast rogue utilities.
So, you can have Brute Strike and Tumble, for example.

 

[Ginnel]

TWF is too easy. How would you do it if you wanted a Cloud-style daiklave?

Easy, fighter with focusing on two handed stuff with high dexterity or intelligence, to off set his lack of plate, give him the heavy damage daily which does 3[W] and make him wield a greatsword or a katana/bastard sword depending on your tastes maybe multiclass a close burst power to represent a kinda ground slash thing

 

[Rechan]

Warlord. Go Inspirational. This way, you're not necessarily puttin' the hurt on the dude, but you look awesome when you do it.

 

[Talislan]

Isn't there a Paragon path called Kensei for the fighter? I'm sure I saw that in another thread somewhere. Thought that would be the way for the Cloud-esque western 'Samurai' detective?

 

[Xefas]

Well, Cloud could cast a lot of magic. Actually, he could cast *all* the magic available to PCs.

How about a Wizard with the Weapon Proficiency feat for Greatsword? His high Intelligence will give him a decent AC bonus in no armor (the wizard's armor of choice).

Then, you can mimic just how FF7 played: muscley guys with giant swords who sit in the back and spam their Bahamut Zero materia until everything dies.

Don't forget to reflavor the 1st level Scorching Burst power appropriately.