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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pax" data-source="post: 661666" data-attributes="member: 6875">If you want to go in a different direction than the "swish, yer dead" mega-damage-dealing fighter, try a Duellist (T&B).Nonepic, I can get an AC -- all with off-the-shelf items, the majority of it purely core rules -- of 80-some-odd.With epic ... well, my books aren't to hand ATM, but I bet I could manage to come close to, if not OVER, AC 100.Sure, sure, you may not deal bucketsful of damage.  But nothing much will ever HIT you, either.  "If you have to ask, the answer is NO."  Heh.The trick is, Duellist (10), and Expertise.  Suck -5 to hit, gain +5 to AC ... which triggers a +10 dodge bonus form the Duellist class (7th level ability, gain dodge bonus equal to Duellist class levels when fighting defensively).Add in Twin Sword style, Dodge, make the off-weapon a +5 Defending weapon and suck it for max AC; every AC-boosting type you can get (Amulet of Natural Armor, check; Bracers of Defense (+8), check; Gloves of Dexterity, check; HEadband of Intellect, check).High Dexterity and High Intelligence are the rule (Duellists get their INT mod added to their DEX mod for AC purposes, if they are unarmored -- hence the Bracers).  Book/Tome 'em both, prior to items you should be able (with a 17 and a 16 to start) to manage 19's from level advancement to 20, then +5 for the books for 24's.  Add in +12 from items, and you have 36's.  That's a +13 modifier for each ... +13 Initiative (aside form feats and such), and +26 AC.26 for attributes, 15 for defensive fighting, 2 for Twin Sword, 5 for the defending weapon, 8 (at least) for the bracers, 5 from the Amulet, 1 from Dodge ... we're already at a +62 AC modifier, for an AC of 72.And that's just off the top of my head; even epic characters and monsters would actually ave to WORK to hit an AC of 70+ ...Get yourself hasted (+4 more AC and more movement/attacks), and milk every other AC bonus item you can find (or bribee your GM into approving, in the case of custom items).Top it all off with a Cloak of Major Displacement, so even in the rare event a hit DOES connect, there's a 50% chance it DOESN'T, after all.  Heh!If you can manage it, Fighter (10) / Duellist (10) ... then levels of Epic Duellist, -or- levels of Rogue.  I suggest the Epic Duellist, as it should manage to increase both AC (fighting defensively), and damage (Precise Strike, another 1d6 every 3 to 5 levels), at least against stuff vulnerable to crits.</blockquote>

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