d12 druid staff fighter--any way to do cool things with it?

[brehobit]

So one of the new druid builds does d12 damage with a staff. There is a feat that can make the staff a double weapon and another that can make it a reach weapon. Any ideas about how to make this an effective combination? Best I have is a half-elf druid doing a dual strike once an encounter for fairly good damage with reach.

Anyone got a better idea? It seems like there should be a cool build in there somewhere.

 

[renau1g]

Well there's the ol' Half-Elf, Diletante Twin Strike and in Paragon grab that feat to use it at will and the other feat to change what stat the diletante keys off of, but you're throwing 4 feats at it to get a Twin Strike, d12, reach atwill power on a controller... not sure it's worth it.

 

[Reaper Steve]

A player in my group has a Dwarf Druid with Staff Expertise: d12 at Reach 1 paired with a Bear that gives +2 to Defenses and does d12+7 (Dex+Con) on its own attack isn't cool enough for you? How about when they use Combine Attack? How about when they pair up with a Dwarf Knight and his defender aura?

From what I've seen, a Druid of Summer with Staff Expertise kicks a ridiculous amount of butt.

 

[brehobit]

A player in my group has a Dwarf Druid with Staff Expertise: d12 at Reach 1 paired with a Bear that gives +2 to Defenses and does d12+7 (Dex+Con) on its own attack isn't cool enough for you? How about when they use Combine Attack? How about when they pair up with a Dwarf Knight and his defender aura?

From what I've seen, a Druid of Summer with Staff Expertise kicks a ridiculous amount of butt.

I've no doubt about that. I just was looking for somehow managing to dual strike it (or the equivalent).

 

[DracoSuave]

I've no doubt about that. I just was looking for somehow managing to dual strike it (or the equivalent).

Versatile Expertise? It's the only way to get an at-will from another class involved with an essentials class.

Staff Expertise, Staff Fighting, Two-Weapon Fighting, Weapon Focus Staff, Versatile Master, and you've got two feats left for whatever.