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<blockquote data-quote="Willie the Duck" data-source="post: 8654281" data-attributes="member: 6799660">It is really tempting to always go hexblade for bladelocks. If it were either the SAD factor or the med armor+shield/all weapons, it would be a tough decision. As it stands it's a solid always-go-to. Undead Patron has lots of flavor potential for this character, however (maybe a hexblood hexblade at some point, but not now). It also has some nice abilities which do make for a good martial character -- temp HP, fear effects, some extra damage dice, and being able to make damage necrotic; plus some nice expansions to the spell list for both combat and OOC utility (the wizard stranglehold on utility spells rolls on unabated, but it is nice to see at least the other arcane classes nibbling around the edges). EB builds are more easy than optimal, IMO. The damage threshold is good, not great. Consistency and all that. It's also boring as can be. This character just has to be competitive in the damage, be able to stay up while the front line, and contribute decently in and out of combat. Nothing fancy, it's not a game with massive optimizers or anything (the wizard-rogues highest stat is charisma, for instance).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie the Duck, post: 8654281, member: 6799660"] It is really tempting to always go hexblade for bladelocks. If it were either the SAD factor or the med armor+shield/all weapons, it would be a tough decision. As it stands it's a solid always-go-to. Undead Patron has lots of flavor potential for this character, however (maybe a hexblood hexblade at some point, but not now). It also has some nice abilities which do make for a good martial character -- temp HP, fear effects, some extra damage dice, and being able to make damage necrotic; plus some nice expansions to the spell list for both combat and OOC utility (the wizard stranglehold on utility spells rolls on unabated, but it is nice to see at least the other arcane classes nibbling around the edges). EB builds are more easy than optimal, IMO. The damage threshold is [I]good[/I], not great. Consistency and all that. It's also boring as can be. This character just has to be competitive in the damage, be able to stay up while the front line, and contribute decently in and out of combat. Nothing fancy, it's not a game with massive optimizers or anything (the wizard-rogues highest stat is charisma, for instance). [/QUOTE]

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