How fast to build four level 30 characters?

[SlyFlourish]

As an exercise to the setup ease of the new edition, how fast do you think it takes to build four level 30 characters?

I was toying with the idea of building a five-encounter mini super dungeon for the Throne of Orcus which has four level 30 players against Orcus and his closest friends.

First off, though, I'd need some pre-gen PCs. So how best is it to go about building four level 30 PCs? Has anyone tried this yet? Any quick ways to select feats and powers? I see the charts in the DMG and they seem pretty good. My biggest time sink would be typing up the ten or so powers of the PCs.

Has anyone else tried this?

 

[SlyFlourish]

Orcus adventure

Well, I haven't written up the characters for this yet, but I have the Orcus encounters all set:

Throne of Orcus

The Doorway to the Thrall of Orcus
- Runescribed Dracolich

The Audience Hall
- Marilith
- 2x Level 26 Hezrou (+6 defenses, +48 hitpoints, +3 damage)

The Dead Pits: Halls of Orcus's Undead and Demons
- Level 28 Lich (+4 defenses, +36 hitpoints, +2 damage)
- 4x Abyssal Ghoul Myrmidons, Level 27 (+4 defenses, +2 damage)
- 4x Lich Vesiges

The Inner Door Guards
- Deathknights (27th level, +2 defenses, +16 hitpoints, +1 damage)

The Council of Orcus: Skill Challenge
Goal: Get Dorsain and the Balor angry at eachother
Skill Complexity 4/2
Bluff: moderate: convince one side or the other that you're secretly working for the other.
Intimidate: hard: Show that you're a true threat to Orcus
Acrobatics: hard: dance around the room getting the bad guys to destroy the ghouls accidently.
History: moderate: use your vast knowledge of abyssal history against one or the other.
Perception: moderate: use information from their facial and body language against them.

Success: The pit fiend and Dorsain destroy their abyssal ghouls. Dorsain and the pit fiend will not assist eachother during the fight.

Failure: The party must battle 8 abyssal ghouls along with the pit fiend and Dorsain. The pit fiend and Dorsain will combine their might against the party.

The Council of Orcus: Battle
- Dorsain the Ghoul King (elite)
- Balor
- 8x Abyssal Ghoul Myrmidons (can be destroyed in the Skill Challenge)

Final Battle: Orcus

 

[Crothian]

I'd come back to this question in 3 months when people are much more familiar with the game.

 

[Corsair]

When 3.0 came out, our group threw together a bunch of level 20 characters fairly quickly. Unlike later in the lifespan of a game, your options are much more limited. Also, the level of ignorance actually lets you speed up the choices to some degree because you're picking things based on "coolness" without actually being able to seriously judge effectiveness.