Competition! Crunch THIS Character!

[Jeph]

Competition time!

Anyone who likes may enter, multiple times if they like. After I have at least 20 entries, maybe 30 or more, I'll choose the 10 that are, IMHO and strongly influenced by YHO, the most combat compitent, and then put them up for a public vote. Entries that are too similar to something that someone else has already done will not get chosen!

Characters must be submitted within 2 weeks. After that, I'll start a new voting thread, with my 10 faves as the candidates. Be sure to post large amounts of propoganda for your character!

The Mission: Create a character with the following criteria:

• a total of 9 character levels.
• PHB, DMG, MM, Splatbooks, Psionics Handbook, and Oriental Adventures are the only allowed resources.
• All races in the PHB and OA are allowed, except for Hengeyokai.
• No Monster Characters!
• Out of the 9 levels, your character must have at least 2 levels of Psion and 2 levels of Druid, and at least three classes total.
• Characters have 1 score at 18, one at 16, one at 14; one at 8, one at 6, one at 4: 18, 16, 14, 8, 6, 4.
•You've got 7,000 GP to toss around.
• Explain why your character rocks in combat, and how you bended the rules to your iron will, in at least 100 words. If you use Iajutsu Focus as part of this explanation, down the tube you go.

The most combat savvy and original character shall win!

 

[CRGreathouse]

Character, male half-elf Brd1/Drd2/Psi2/Sor1/Wiz1: CR 6; ECL 7; Medium-size Humanoid (elf); HD 4d4+1d6+2d8+14; hp 36; Init +4; Spd 20 ft; AC 17 (+7 half-plate); Melee light hammer -12 (1d4-3/x3); SA spells; SQ animal companion, bardic knowledge, bardic music, half-elven traits, summon familiar; AL NE; SV Fort +5, Ref +6, Will +8; Str 4, Dex 18, Con 14, Int 16, Wis 6, Cha 8.
Equipment: half-plate, tower shield, punching dagger, 600 cows.

The character cannot cast bard or sorcerer spells due to Cha, and has a 90% arcane failure chance with wizard spells. The character cannot use druid spells or abilities due to the weapon choice (not to mention the Wis). The character loses his Dex bonus to AC as a result of the armor.

The character's BAB is +2, but the Strength penalty, nonproficiency penalty, and armor check penalty reduce the attack bonus to the point that the character can hit a grey ooze (Dex 1, no natural armor) only 20% of the time, dealing 1 point per hit.

This character was created exclusively from the PH and PsiH.

*However*, the character does have a workable, albeit limited, combat stratagy. He sends his herd at any potential threat, trampling the foe with ~420 tons of bovines!

Word count: 125

Will my entry win by default? Edit: I'm confused. Is the character level 7 or 9? You mention both...

 

[Kerrwyn]

Character, male half-elf Brd1/Drd2/Psi2/Sor1/Wiz1: CR 6; ECL 7; Medium-size Humanoid (elf); HD 4d4+1d6+2d8+14; hp 36; Init +4; Spd 20 ft; AC 17 (+7 half-plate); Melee light hammer -12 (1d4-3/x3); SA spells; SQ animal companion, bardic knowledge, bardic music, half-elven traits, summon familiar; AL NE; SV Fort +5, Ref +6, Will +8; Str 4, Dex 18, Con 14, Int 16, Wis 6, Cha 8.
Equipment: half-plate, tower shield, punching dagger, 600 cows.

The character cannot cast bard or sorcerer spells due to Cha, and has a 90% arcane failure chance with wizard spells. The character cannot use druid spells or abilities due to the weapon choice (not to mention the Wis). The character loses his Dex bonus to AC as a result of the armor.

The character's BAB is +2, but the Strength penalty, nonproficiency penalty, and armor check penalty reduce the attack bonus to the point that the character can hit a grey ooze (Dex 1, no natural armor) only 20% of the time, dealing 1 point per hit.

This character was created exclusively from the PH and PsiH.

*However*, the character does have a workable, albeit limited, combat stratagy. He sends his herd at any potential threat, trampling the foe with ~420 tons of bovines!

Word count: 125

Will my entry win by default? Edit: I'm confused. Is the character level 7 or 9? You mention both...

Got my vote. Nothing beats trampling your enemies in the dust with a frickin' herd of cows.

 

[niteshade6]

Not the easiest set of classes to do something worse, but I had to try........So let's try the kung fu fighting black bear.

Human Druid 5/Psion 2/Monk 1/ Sorceror 1

Wisdom 18, Con 16, Cha 14, Dex 8, Int 6, Str 4

Wisdom upped to 20 with level

Equipment-Bead of Karma and nothing else

Feats: Intertial armor, dodge, power dodge, weapon focus unarmed, improved initiative

Note doge and power dodge can only be used in black bear form

Bead of Karma ups the power of 2 greater magic fangs and a bark skin, and we assume a shield spell is up.

AC=10+4 natural+1 dex+2 dodge+5 wisdom+ 4 armor+ 7 shield=33

With a flurry, attacks would be

+10/+10/+10/+2 for d6+7/d6+7/d6+7 and d6+2

Not amazing, but certainly alot more vicious then you'd expect from somebody with a 4 strength and no fighter classes

 

[Darklone]

Character, male half-elf Brd1/Drd2/Psi2/Sor1/Wiz1:
Equipment: half-plate, tower shield, punching dagger, 600 cows.
...
*However*, the character does have a workable, albeit limited, combat stratagy. He sends his herd at any potential threat, trampling the foe with ~420 tons of bovines!

Word count: 125

Will my entry win by default? Edit: I'm confused. Is the character level 7 or 9? You mention both...

I like that tactic to boost bovines with bard song . What about one level cleric for bless and bane??

 

[Hypersmurf]

Got my vote. Nothing beats trampling your enemies in the dust with a frickin' herd of cows.

Unless they're Awakened Sorcerer cows being raised for implantation on your Slaad Farm.

-Hyp.

 

[Darklone]

Hmm, cool, could we build a Slaad farming lvl9 char ?

 

[Jeph]

Edited to make it clear that there are 9 character levels total. More ranks in Handle Animal, CRGreathouse!

Niteshade: Do you mean Psionic Dodge? Never heard of Power Dodge . . .

 

[Kae'Yoss]

Character, male half-elf Brd1/Drd2/Psi2/Sor1/Wiz1: CR 6; ECL 7; Medium-size Humanoid (elf); HD 4d4+1d6+2d8+14; hp 36; Init +4; Spd 20 ft; AC 17 (+7 half-plate); Melee light hammer -12 (1d4-3/x3); SA spells; SQ animal companion, bardic knowledge, bardic music, half-elven traits, summon familiar; AL NE; SV Fort +5, Ref +6, Will +8; Str 4, Dex 18, Con 14, Int 16, Wis 6, Cha 8.
Equipment: half-plate, tower shield, punching dagger, 600 cows.

The character cannot cast bard or sorcerer spells due to Cha, and has a 90% arcane failure chance with wizard spells. The character cannot use druid spells or abilities due to the weapon choice (not to mention the Wis). The character loses his Dex bonus to AC as a result of the armor.

The character's BAB is +2, but the Strength penalty, nonproficiency penalty, and armor check penalty reduce the attack bonus to the point that the character can hit a grey ooze (Dex 1, no natural armor) only 20% of the time, dealing 1 point per hit.

This character was created exclusively from the PH and PsiH.

*However*, the character does have a workable, albeit limited, combat stratagy. He sends his herd at any potential threat, trampling the foe with ~420 tons of bovines!

Word count: 125

Will my entry win by default? Edit: I'm confused. Is the character level 7 or 9? You mention both...

Got my vote, too.

You know, we're going to have a fun campaign, and I might even use that one!

 

[Jeph]

Any other contestants?