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<blockquote data-quote="FireLance" data-source="post: 2649751" data-attributes="member: 3424"><p>Another nice combo I've been thinking about is:</p><p></p><p>Bard 7/Pal 2/Sublime Chord 2/Eldritch Knight X adding to Sublime Chord spellcasting</p><p></p><p>You'll need Devoted Performer (Complete Adventurer) to pull this off, but you get to stack bard and paladin levels for the purpose of number of times you can use bardic music and the damage bonus from smiting evil. With a masterwork lute (Complete Adventurer), you inspire courage as an 8th-level bard. Add Song of the Heart (Eberron Campaign Setting) and the <em>inspirational boost</em> swift-action spell (Complete Adventurer), and you can get a +4 morale bonus to hit and damage with each use of Inspire Courage.</p><p></p><p>The great thing about this combo is that you end up with a BAB of +17 and the ability to cast a small number of 9th-level spells from the sor/wiz spell list. A Sublime Chord starts out with the ability to cast 5th-level spells and gets 9th-level spells at 9th level (2 levels of Sublime Chord plus 8 levels of Eldritch Knight).</p><p></p><p>This also nets you spellcasting in Mithril Full Plate if you take Battle Caster (Complete Arcane), and an arcane spellcaster level equal to character level with Practised Spellcaster (Complete Arcane). If you prefer to fight in light armor, you can take Snowflake Wardance (Frostburn) to add your Charisma bonus to attack rolls with a one-handed slashing weapon by spending one daily use of bardic music. Don't forget Arcane Strike (Complete Warrior) so that you can convert spells to attack and damage bonuses.</p><p></p><p>For maximum effectiveness, you should go into Eldritch Knight on the strength of your bard and paladin levels, then take a level of Sublime Chord (requires 13 ranks in 2 skills which you need to buy cross-class with your Eldritch Knight skill points) and carry on with Eldritch Knight from there, taking at most one more level in Sublime Chord.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FireLance, post: 2649751, member: 3424"] Another nice combo I've been thinking about is: Bard 7/Pal 2/Sublime Chord 2/Eldritch Knight X adding to Sublime Chord spellcasting You'll need Devoted Performer (Complete Adventurer) to pull this off, but you get to stack bard and paladin levels for the purpose of number of times you can use bardic music and the damage bonus from smiting evil. With a masterwork lute (Complete Adventurer), you inspire courage as an 8th-level bard. Add Song of the Heart (Eberron Campaign Setting) and the [I]inspirational boost[/I] swift-action spell (Complete Adventurer), and you can get a +4 morale bonus to hit and damage with each use of Inspire Courage. The great thing about this combo is that you end up with a BAB of +17 and the ability to cast a small number of 9th-level spells from the sor/wiz spell list. A Sublime Chord starts out with the ability to cast 5th-level spells and gets 9th-level spells at 9th level (2 levels of Sublime Chord plus 8 levels of Eldritch Knight). This also nets you spellcasting in Mithril Full Plate if you take Battle Caster (Complete Arcane), and an arcane spellcaster level equal to character level with Practised Spellcaster (Complete Arcane). If you prefer to fight in light armor, you can take Snowflake Wardance (Frostburn) to add your Charisma bonus to attack rolls with a one-handed slashing weapon by spending one daily use of bardic music. Don't forget Arcane Strike (Complete Warrior) so that you can convert spells to attack and damage bonuses. For maximum effectiveness, you should go into Eldritch Knight on the strength of your bard and paladin levels, then take a level of Sublime Chord (requires 13 ranks in 2 skills which you need to buy cross-class with your Eldritch Knight skill points) and carry on with Eldritch Knight from there, taking at most one more level in Sublime Chord. [/QUOTE]
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