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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Magesmiley" data-source="post: 3259988" data-attributes="member: 26292">Well... if you take 12 levels of fighter, you still get 7 fighter feats to play with. I realize that you're after some divine levels as well though, so maybe 8 levels of fighter (5 fighter feats) and 4 other levels (cleric or something else) might work.I've done a few variations on this build here and there (as has one of the players in the game I DM for). Veering into Dwarven Defender can work with it as well (you'll have to use one of the roll with it feats for endurance and one of the fighter feats for dodge, but you'll pick updefensive stance, uncanny dodge, and an AC bonus, plus 3/- more DR when you go up a level). In general though, my observation is that straight fighter (possibly with the dwarven fighter racial substitution levels from RoS) works the best for this concept.Trust me - its worth it. Spend your gold mostly on AC boosting items (and possibly a CON booster). You become the uber meat shield that can take an incredible pounding and keep on walking. The DR will typically take 50% or more off the amount of damage you're getting hit with from attacks, effectively doubling your already high HP. I've got a 6th level version of this character in the game I'm DMing right now (started at 1st level) and only once has the character even gotten down to under 1/4 of his starting HP.I'll throw out a sample of what I'm talking about... take the melee attacks of an old black dragon (CR 16). Assuming it hits every time it will, on average, do 77 HP of damage to most characters in melee (bite 18, claws 11, wings 8.5, tail 20). A character with 12/- DR will take 14 HP of damage from the same fight. The dragon's breath weapon will do on average 27 HP of damage - the high HP of the character can suck this up too. A dragon might be a bit extreme of an example, however you can see the effect.</blockquote>

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