Need some ideas for a powerful evil fighter type

[NewJeffCT]

Your build did give me an idea.
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Contemplating a changeling rogue2/hexblade3/warshaper3/blackguard2/soul eater5 build, and need a cheap template to make the changeling a non-humanoid so it can qualify for soul eater. And suggestions?

soul eater sounds promising - Book of Vile Darkness?

I'll need to look up the details on that one.

 

[NewJeffCT]

If you like to use Half-Fiend Human, how about Rogue 2/Fighter 4/Hexblade 3/Blackguard 3 (12th-level, CR 15)? He can add his CHA bonus twice for saves against spells and spell-like abilities and has both Evasion and Mettle. He has SR 22, too.

Give him descent Dex & Cha but make him basically a Str warrior type. Give him light armor and some reach weapon. Give him Hover feat (MM),　Improved Flight feat (MM) or Pectoral of Maneuverability (Draconomicon) and now he can hover. Keep him flying and let him attack with reach. At level 12 he can take Divine Might and it will give him extra melee damages.

Just curious - how does he get to use his CHA bonus twice?

 

[StreamOfTheSky]

Just curious - how does he get to use his CHA bonus twice?

Blackguards gets Cha to saves just as a Paladin does, and Hexblade has "Arcane Resistance" to get Cha to saves against spells and spell-likes, so you'd get the bonus from Cha twice with that build. Hexblade also gives Mettle, sort of like Evasion for fortitude and Will saves (nothing on save for half or partial effects), and the 2 levels in rogue gives evasion, so if your PC's casters use a lot of spells with save for half or partial, this guy would be VERY tough to harm for them.

 

[Runestar]

And you can throw in paladin of slaughter/tyranny for another cha mod to saves...

 

[NewJeffCT]

Blackguards gets Cha to saves just as a Paladin does, and Hexblade has "Arcane Resistance" to get Cha to saves against spells and spell-likes, so you'd get the bonus from Cha twice with that build. Hexblade also gives Mettle, sort of like Evasion for fortitude and Will saves (nothing on save for half or partial effects), and the 2 levels in rogue gives evasion, so if your PC's casters use a lot of spells with save for half or partial, this guy would be VERY tough to harm for them.

Thanks - I put that build into Heroforge and his saves were excellent and came up with +13 Will save as the worst of the bunch...

 

[NewJeffCT]

Your build did give me an idea.
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Contemplating a changeling rogue2/hexblade3/warshaper3/blackguard2/soul eater5 build, and need a cheap template to make the changeling a non-humanoid so it can qualify for soul eater. And suggestions?

Looks terrific, but when I plugged it into Heroforge, it looks like a book-keeping nightmare. I already had a few problems in a recent big encounter against two level 12 baddies in forgetting a couple of abilities/items they had - and one was a straight human cleric, while the other was a straight drow duskblade.

I can imagine forgetting several of this guy's abilities, but I do like that he's immune to crits and has amazing saves.

 

[Thanael]

For a twist you could use Avinash the CR 15 nightmare blackguard from RPG Superstar 2008

 

[NewJeffCT]

For a twist you could use Avinash the CR 15 nightmare blackguard from RPG Superstar 2008

That's an interesting take, since I was thinking of using a nightmare steed for this bad guy's mount...

 

[NewJeffCT]

If you like to use Half-Fiend Human, how about Rogue 2/Fighter 4/Hexblade 3/Blackguard 3 (12th-level, CR 15)? He can add his CHA bonus twice for saves against spells and spell-like abilities and has both Evasion and Mettle. He has SR 22, too.

Give him descent Dex & Cha but make him basically a Str warrior type. Give him light armor and some reach weapon. Give him Hover feat (MM),　Improved Flight feat (MM) or Pectoral of Maneuverability (Draconomicon) and now he can hover. Keep him flying and let him attack with reach. At level 12 he can take Divine Might and it will give him extra melee damages.

I couldn't find a "pectoral of maneuverability" - or anything similar - in the Draconomicon. I even googled it and couldn't find it.

 

[Shin Okada]

I couldn't find a "pectoral of maneuverability" - or anything similar - in the Draconomicon. I even googled it and couldn't find it.

It is in P.83, within "DRAGON MAGIC ITEMS" entry.