HP Dreadnought
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Not a bad build. . . . will go through a single tough opponent like a buzzsaw. . . great for 3E. . . not so great for 4E where its all about numbers though.
Irongorn, the Heavy Ranger (ranger/pit fighter)
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Zaruthustran
The tingling means it’s working!
daddystabz, I think Human is pretty strong simply due to Action Surge. I'm a big fan of action points because so many Paragon Paths give you interesting ways to spend them, or bonuses that last an entire round--so if you spend the action point at the beginning of the round (before your standard action attack) you can stretch that bonus.
Action Surge gives the +3 on attack when you spend an AP, meaning that whatever cool thing you're about to do (and action points only come out when it's dramatic) is that much more likely to hit.
But yes, the Razorclaw shifter (+2 to Str and Wis) is clearly a good choice for a wonderful melee ranger. Better than human? Assuming the human puts his bump into Str (effectively matching the +2 that Shifter gets), it breaks down like this:
Razorclaw shifter
+1 Will defense
+1 on bonus ranger powers (usually things like slide and push)
+1 on damage from Pit Fighter's bonus
Human
+1 Will (matches above)
+1 Reflex
+1 feat & skill
The hidden advantage is that the +2 gives an advantage in point buy; Irongorn the Shifter could spend 2 points instead of 5 points to get that 14 starting Wis. That's 3 points to spend elsewhere, like Con, or even bumping Str up to 19.
It's interesting. Probably better in the long run to go with Shifter, though if you were doing a oneshot for a low-level game the extra feat would be more impactful/fun.
Action Surge gives the +3 on attack when you spend an AP, meaning that whatever cool thing you're about to do (and action points only come out when it's dramatic) is that much more likely to hit.
But yes, the Razorclaw shifter (+2 to Str and Wis) is clearly a good choice for a wonderful melee ranger. Better than human? Assuming the human puts his bump into Str (effectively matching the +2 that Shifter gets), it breaks down like this:
Razorclaw shifter
+1 Will defense
+1 on bonus ranger powers (usually things like slide and push)
+1 on damage from Pit Fighter's bonus
Human
+1 Will (matches above)
+1 Reflex
+1 feat & skill
The hidden advantage is that the +2 gives an advantage in point buy; Irongorn the Shifter could spend 2 points instead of 5 points to get that 14 starting Wis. That's 3 points to spend elsewhere, like Con, or even bumping Str up to 19.
It's interesting. Probably better in the long run to go with Shifter, though if you were doing a oneshot for a low-level game the extra feat would be more impactful/fun.
Level 16: attack bonus: +8(level), weapon prof +3, stat bonus +6, flanking +2, warlord bonus +3 (tactical presence), action surge +3 (human), +4 magical weapon
Monster AC lowered by WisMod or WisMod+2 (lets say he only hits with one attack +3) (16wis)
To-hit = 8+3+6+2+3+3+4=29
Purple worm ac: 33, 30 after armor splinter.
Character needs 2 to hit. This gives a 51% chance of hitting the thing 13 times (0,95^13=0,51). The average damage was 22-40 or something? 31 average *13 = 403 average damage. Quite nice, but you have spent an encounter power, a daily and an action point. 10% of the time you actually only get two attacks. Which is a bit sad. On the other hand, you hit with 19 attacks 5% of the time too...
If you multiclass to warlock and take the utility power Dark One’s Own Luck (level 6 utility) you can reroll that one miss... Then you have got a 51% chance of hitting 26 times... Then the damage goes up to 806 damage.
Sadly, or not depending on your take, you can't multi-class twice. He's a ranger that mult-classed to fighter to get the Pit-Fighter prestige class.
Tellerve
It would appear to me you aren't starting with a typical 22 point buy character. Which is cool, if your DM allows, but maybe not for what you can achieve when that isn't the standard buildout of points.
Also you say you choose scale mail because of the lack of skill check AND movement penalties, however, dwarves don't take a movement penalty from armor or heavy loads.
Tellerve
Puggins
Explorer
The Ranger/Pit-Fighter combo is not broken. Blade cascade, on the other, hand, is completely beyond the pale. If you go to the optimization board on WotC you'll find Orcus-Killer, a Ranger/Shadow Assassin that kills Orcus in one round due to Blade cascade- it was hashed out about three days after release. Switch Blade Cascade to three attacks at 2[W]- it's going to have to be errated in some way.
