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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Llamas Notsheep" data-source="post: 4905081" data-attributes="member: 69006">I've been gone from my game for a while due to some incredibly busy RL stuff (bar exam, wedding, and honeymoon, to be exact).  I find now that the party has made level 11 and divine power has come out.  My DM is letting me rebuild my character to account for the various options available.  I adjusted my attributes to get power attack at 11, picked up just a couple of the new powers, and shifted feats around a bit.  Below is the build I'm looking at.First, a note on a house-ruled feat my DM is allowing: Divine Empowerment, basically a divine version of Arcane Admixture.  I'm using it to add radiant to Overwhelming Strike here (and OS is a basic attack, thanks to Power of Skill).====== Created Using Wizards of the Coast D&D Character Builder ======Shadar Cain, level 11Deva, Avenger, Student of CaiphonAvenger's Censure: Censure of RetributionPact Initiate: Pact Initiate (star pact)FINAL ABILITY SCORESStr 15, Con 11, Dex 9, Int 19, Wis 21, Cha 14.STARTING ABILITY SCORESStr 14, Con 10, Dex 8, Int 14, Wis 16, Cha 13.AC: 27 Fort: 21 Reflex: 24 Will: 24HP: 85 Surges: 7 Surge Value: 22TRAINED SKILLSReligion +17, Athletics +13, Perception +18, Intimidate +13, Arcana +15UNTRAINED SKILLSAcrobatics +4, Bluff +7, Diplomacy +7, Dungeoneering +10, Endurance +8, Heal +10, History +11, Insight +10, Nature +10, Stealth +4, Streetwise +7, Thievery +4FEATSLevel 1: Armor Proficiency (Leather)Level 2: Weapon Proficiency (Fullblade)Level 4: Righteous Rage of TempusLevel 6: Power of SkillLevel 8: Divine Empowerment [Houserule - adds radiant to overwhelming strike]Level 10: Pact InitiateLevel 11: Power AttackPOWERSAvenger at-will 1: Bond of RetributionAvenger at-will 1: Overwhelming StrikeAvenger encounter 1: Avenging EchoAvenger daily 1: Temple of LightAvenger utility 2: Refocus EnmityAvenger encounter 3: Deadly StrideAvenger daily 5: Menacing PresenceAvenger utility 6: Oath of the Relentless HunterAvenger encounter 7: Splinter the FormationAvenger daily 9: Enduring StrikeAvenger utility 10: Leading StepITEMSBattle Harness Drowmesh +3, Adventurer's Kit, Bloodclaw Fullblade +3, Symbol of Victory +2, Iron Armbands of Power (heroic tier), Boots of the Fencing Master (heroic tier), Cannith Goggles (heroic tier), Amulet of Protection +1, Belt of Vigor (heroic tier), Scabbard of Sacred Might (heroic tier), Strikebacks (heroic tier), Alchemist's Fire (level 1) (5), Cloak of Survival +3====== Copy to Clipboard and Press the Import Button on the Summary Tab ======I've got a couple of new toys, I find.  I'm pretty confident with my equipment and whatnot, as I'll be getting a bloodiron fullblade at the first opportunity.I'm a little concerned about feats, though.  Anyone want to give some input?  I dropped toughness to pick up Divine Empowerment, and I lost 1AC when I dropped 2 int to bump my str up for Power Attack.  I probably won't be grabbing toughness or Improved AOF for a while.  Here's what I'm looking at for the coming levels:Upcoming feats:12) Devastating Critical14) Starfire Womb16) Toughness18) Improved Armor of Faith20) Reserve Maneuver, maybe?For those not familiar with the basic build idea, Student of Caiphon gets a crit range of 18-20 with radiant and fear attacks.  With the double roll the avenger gets, that means about a 28% crit rate.  Temple of Light and the Scabbard of Sacred Might allow me to make my few non-radiant attacks radiant.  With bloodiron I'll be doing a massive 4d12 + 6d10 crit damage more than 1/4 of the time.  It's not nearly as absurdly powerful as a half elf avenger/daggermaster using twin strike, but it's a nice offensive build that maintains a lot of the flavor and versatility of the avenger.Anyone have any input?</blockquote>

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