Looking for advice: simple multi attacking fighter-type

[AbdulAlhazred]

One last option DOES exist, whirling barbarian from primal power. You can get a load of attacks with that, both at-will and encounter. Pretty crazy. I haven't played one, so I'm not exactly sure about the build details, its been a while, but I don't think it is overly complex.

 

[kerbarian]

Thanks, folks - Knight it is. Amusingly, a halfling knight with a craghammer that's bigger than she is!

For a halfling knight, the Talenta Weapon Training feat could be good. It would let her use a Talenta sharrash with +2 damage -- it works out to the same average damage as the craghammer but with a +3 proficiency bonus. Small Warrior's Defense is quite nice, too.

A +2 weapon would also help with damage. If she's not using her 6th-level item slot for it, she could get one from the Noble theme.

 

[Quickleaf]

Thanks, folks - Knight it is. Amusingly, a halfling knight with a craghammer that's bigger than she is!

One odd thing... I'm not sure the CB is taking Melee Training into account. At 5th (starting level), she has a melee basic of 1d10 + 4, a +1 weapon, and a CON of 20... I suppose that's 1 (weapon) + 1 (class) + (5/2), but it seems pretty dreadful.

Cleave is tasty though. 5 damage, there you are.

Actually if you hit with a least two attacks in one round using cleave you've dealt more damage than a strength buffed knight would.

Oh if you're using magic items she'll want bracers of mighty striking (+2 damage with melee basic attacks).

 

[UngeheuerLich]

20 con is maybe a bit too much... as you still need str for the punsihment if you miss, and if str is higher than con/2 it is still your damage bonus...

also i am not sure if the craghammer is a great weapon for the small knight, a one handed hammer seems like a better idea if you look at the knight´s abilities...

 

[Tony Vargas]

1) "A guardsman", AKA fighter or similar background;
2) Relatively simple to play;
3) Can attack groups of bad guys.

The best thing would be an Essentials-esque melee character with blast 2 or close burst 1 at-wills. I haven't found anything like that.

There is, indeed, no such thing.

1) Tempest fighter. Encounter burst 1 and at-wills that target two monsters are good. Marking mechanic is a little fiddly; she really doesn't want to remember rules.

Marking is only as fiddly as remembering who you swung at last round. Not too big a deal.

For a straightforward fighter build, just take: Threatening Rush (at will, marks all enemies adjacent to the target, useable w/charge) and Cleave (attack one, hit a second if you hit, good for mowing through minions), then pick Close Burst 1 encounters and dailies as available (the fighter has a fair number). Particularly fun things to look forward to: Come & Get It, Rain of Steel, Thicket of Blades.

The Tempest /is/ a bit fiddly, though, in that it's powers are a lot of move-attack-move-attack, dancing about sorts of things. A greatweapon fighter with the above powers hits hard and hits often, I've seen players with a preference for 'simple to play' characters have a lot of fun with that kind of build.

Oh, and a dragonborn fighter can mark with his breatweapon...

Is there something that I'm missing? Is there a melee Essentials class that gives you at-will burst 1 capability?

Certainly. They're just not melee 'guardsmen' types, they're ranged Controlers: the Hunter and the Mage.

 

[I'm A Banana]

Certainly. They're just not melee 'guardsmen' types, they're ranged Controlers: the Hunter and the Mage.

Hilariously, I could see an Invoker being a 'guardsman' type. "STOP IN THE NAME OF THE LAW", but actually invested with the divine authority to magically make them stop in the name of the law....hahahaha.

 

[Klaus]

Hilariously, I could see an Invoker being a 'guardsman' type. "STOP IN THE NAME OF THE LAW", but actually invested with the divine authority to magically make them stop in the name of the law....hahahaha.

Why am I envisioning Judge Dredd as an invoker now?