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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cignus_pfaccari" data-source="post: 5703910" data-attributes="member: 14557">Had a thought about action economy, that if a character had the ability to take a lot of Immediate action attacks, that would increase damage output considerably, since one could then use At-Wills or even basic attacks on one's standard actions to keep up the output.  Looking around, the Insightful Warlord seems to be the most obvious build for this, and, well, I already have a warlord in our Dark Sun game, so that seemed like a good match.So, chose Goliath for my race, due to the Str/Wis combo, and I always had a soft spot for them from 3.5 (being the only "Races of..." race that actually stuck).  The bard and warlock are more social-skillsy, but a party can always use more Perception (and I took Detective so I could get Perception and Insight in-class).  I'd actually kind of prefer a minotaur, but those are much less common in Dark Sun, and I just got done playing one.Also, Goliath allows me to take Goliath Greatweapon Prowess, which encourages martial weapon use.  I'll be making a lot more low-[W] attacks, so it'll be just easier and save a feat.  Needing a reach weapon (as the party is melee-heavy), I can use a Longspear, which in turn encourages Spear Expertise, which in turn encourages charging...which actually, now that I thought about it, is a perfectly good way to spend my turn's standard action, assuming we're not in tunnels, especially using a Vanguard spear and the Horned Helm, that turns into 2d8+1d6+15 on a charge hit.I considered a Gouge, and in fact if this were going to be a slayer or barbarian that's what I'd go with, but Reach is more important to me than having higher damage.Thoughts?  Anything that I'm obviously missing?  Help pimp this thought experiment-warlord!====== Created Using Wizards of the Coast D&D Character Builder ======Thotham, level 12Goliath, Warlord (Marshal), White RavenBuild: Insightful WarlordWarlord Option: Combat LeaderCommanding Presence Option: Insightful PresenceDark SunDetective (Detective Benefit) FINAL ABILITY SCORESSTR 21, CON 12, DEX 9, INT 15, WIS 20, CHA 11 STARTING ABILITY SCORESSTR 16, CON 11, DEX 8, INT 14, WIS 15, CHA 10  AC: 19** Fort: 25 Ref: 24 Will: 26HP: 79 Surges: 8 Surge Value: 19 TRAINED SKILLSAthletics +17, Endurance +11, Insight +17, Perception +17 UNTRAINED SKILLSAcrobatics +4, Arcana +8, Bluff +6, Diplomacy +6, Dungeoneering +11, Heal +11, History +8, Intimidate +6, Nature +13, Religion +8, Stealth +4, Streetwise +6, Thievery +4 POWERSBasic Attack: Melee Basic AttackBasic Attack: Ranged Basic AttackGoliath Racial Power: Stone's EnduranceWarlord Feature: Inspiring WordWild Talent Cantrip: Thought ProjectionWarlord Attack 1: Direct the StrikeWarlord Attack 1: Intuitive StrikeWarlord Attack 1: Powerful WarningWarlord Attack 1: Leader's InstinctsWarlord Utility 2: Cunning AdjustmentWarlord Attack 3: No Gambit Is WastedWarlord Attack 5: Exemplar of ActionWarlord Utility 6: Reassuring GestureWarlord Attack 7: Fierce ReplyWarlord Attack 9: Force of FellowshipWarlord Utility 10: Defensive RallyWhite Raven Attack 11: Inspirational AssaultWhite Raven Utility 12: Order from Chaos FEATSLevel 1: Goliath Greatweapon ProwessLevel 2: Lend StrengthLevel 4: Spear ExpertiseLevel 6: Inspirational AttackerLevel 8: Lightning ReflexesLevel 10: Lend MightLevel 11: Fight OnLevel 12: Agile Opportunist ITEMSVeteran's Stonemail Armor +3 x1Amulet of Protection +3 x1Vanguard Longspear +3 x1Horned Helm (heroic tier) x1Iron Armbands of Power (heroic tier) x1====== End ======** - I'm almost positive the character builder's broken IRT calculating AC.  I know chainmail sucks, but that's ridiculous.Brad</blockquote>

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