Character Concept

[freebiewitz]

The way the warforged Slam attack is described its more like a tackle.
Besides when is gets modified by the feat it become electrical damage.
Thus I can just poke em with my shield and BAM! Mind you I still take damage but not as much as the enemy.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

The way the warforged Slam attack is described its more like a tackle.
Besides when is gets modified by the feat it become electrical damage.
Thus I can just poke em with my shield and BAM! Mind you I still take damage but not as much as the enemy.

The slam definition I quoted is much broader...which works in your favor.

If your DM ruled that a Warforged's Slam attack was some kind of tackle, he may not let you do that with your arms weighed down with Tower Shields.

In addition, you can't just "poke 'em with (a) shield" when the shield in question is a Tower Shield- that's basically the definition of a Shield Bash.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

To continue on a different tack...isn't there a PrCl devoted to shielding others?

If not, here are some PrCls that add some fun to this build:

Kensai
Master Thrower
Spellsword

 

[freebiewitz]

Nah I meen 'Litterelly' poking them. Just as a joke if anything. Otherwise I'll just crash into the enemy head first. In general I don't want to attack, just tank. Here are his level 1 stats before racial modifiers.

STR:15
DEX:13
CON:18
Wis:16
INT:12
CHA:11

Also at level one he's getting adamantium plating and Improved toughness. (I think thats a fighter feat...... if not I'll just replace it.)

So I'm not thinking of attacking at all, I just liked the shocking fist feat. (Which doesn't specify what you use to 'slam')

 

[Wolv0rine]

Well, you're standing there all (presumably) firm-stanced with your arms out to the sides to defend your friends. If an enemy comes within AoO range, the most obvious form of attack (since you don't want to kick them - bad balance, you don't want to try to swat them - your arms are too heavy with tower shields, and you probably don't want to charge them head first - that would suggest you're moving from your protective stance) would be the time-honored Clothesline Maneuver. Enemies come close, swivel the hips and *Bam!*.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Well...given what he is and what he'd look like, perhaps that move should be rechristened the "Don Quixote Maneuver."

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Just a thought...

Have you run this PC yet?

If you take levels in a spellcasting class- Duskblade, Stalwart Sorcerer, Warmage, Battle Sorcerer and Beguiler spring to mind- you can take levels in a PrCl (Suel Archanomach, Spellsword, and others) that will let you channel arcane spell power through your shields, touch attacks, or the like.

(Duskblade starts off by letting you do so, of course.)

And, of course, there are Feats like Arcane Strike or even Spellfire that let you do something like that as well.