The only real 4E contribution I made that I give a damn about, this build made and broke campaigns, serving the roles of healer and defender simultaneously without sacrificing the effectiveness of either.
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Sainted Justice is a hybrid that leads and defends from the frontline. Clad in platemail, and armed with divine might and martial fury, she is a adept at both the role of defense and that of leading.
Sainted Justice does damage, but that isn't her primary aim. Rather, he punishes enemies for attacking her allies, and heals them when they are damaged. She enables them to make out of turn attacks, and is a vertable font of encounter based healing.
Sainted Justice has many options available to her, but the following five powers are the ones you'll use most.
Direct the Strike - This At-will is vital to Sainted Justice, especially during the opening rounds of combat. When there are many enemies on the board, and optimum position to mark them all leaves you non-adjacent to any of them, Direct the Strike ensures your turn never goes to waste. In addition, it is highly useful if your enemy outmaneuvers you, as you can just sit pretty and encourage your allies to attack in your place.
Enfeebling Strike - This at-will is your mainline option after your first level, and it will serve you well. Granting marked enemies a -2 penalty to attacks, it ensures they come to regret threatening your allies.
Divine Challenge - While the damage this does due to being a hybrid is lessened- it isn't *that* much lessened, and when used in conjunction with certain options, can be very potent.
Divine Sanction - While Challenge is single target, Divine Sanction comes in many forms, and Sainted Justice makes use of many of thems to ensure that most enemies on the board remain marked for the first two or three rounds of combat. At later levels when certain options open up, this enables her to enforce a sizable degree of control on enemies who violate her marks.
Inspiring Word - The core of her healing arsenal, Inspiring Word is a powerful option. While only available once per encounter through heroic, the availability of other options with similar functionality more than makes up for this lack. In addition, when the option to use it twice per encounter opens at paragon tier, and further options become viable thereafter, Inspiring Word becomes one of the more potent sources of healing available.
There are many equipment options available to a character throughout the course of their career. The following are ones central to the Saint's capability, and have proven valuable additions.
Benefactor Armor - This armor is available to chain, scale, and plate, and as an encounter power enables a healing power to add your charisma modifier to the HP healed. As a daily power, when you use a healing power one adjacent ally can spend a healing surge and regain your charisma modifier in extra HP
Gloves of the Healer - At first this option seems very potent, however notice that the game text of its property 'one target of your healing power can regain extra HP' means that if you target all your allies, only one of them gains the benefit. Still, between this effect and the daily item power, these gloves are a powerful addition to your equipment.
Healer's Brooch - Simple yet potent, this neck slot increases the amount of HP your healing powers returns.
Mace of Healing - Almost identical gametext to Healer's Brooch with one minor difference- the boost only functions on powers that heal your allies.
Shield of Deflection - Hey now, don't laugh. This common item may look lackluster, but has proven pretty potent all told. Granting resist all damage 2/5/10 at heroic/paragon/epic versus ranged and area attacks, this shield helps you stand in the middle of combat longer, without worrying about that pesky artillery you can't quite reach. Many enemies have ranged or area attacks, and this shield proves a vital always-on option to combat them.
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level 10
Tiefling, Warlord|Paladin
Warlord Leadership: Combat Leader (Hybrid)
Hybrid Warlord: Hybrid Warlord Fortitude
Hybrid Paladin: Hybrid Paladin Fortitude
Hybrid Talent: Paladin Armor Proficiency
Background: Auspicious Birth (Auspicious Birth Benefit)
FINAL ABILITY SCORES
Str 10, Con 13, Dex 8, Int 10, Wis 16, Cha 22.
STARTING ABILITY SCORES
Str 10, Con 11, Dex 8, Int 10, Wis 14, Cha 18.
AC: 28 Fort: 21 Reflex: 20 Will: 25
HP: 80 Surges: 9 Surge Value: 20
TRAINED SKILLS
Insight +13, Intimidate +16, Diplomacy +16
UNTRAINED SKILLS
Acrobatics, Arcana +5, Bluff +13, Dungeoneering +8, Endurance +2, Heal +8, History +5, Nature +8, Perception +8, Religion +5, Stealth +2, Streetwise +11, Thievery, Athletics +1
FEATS
Level 1: Hybrid Talent
Level 2: Wrath of the Crimson Legion
Level 4: Master at Arms
Level 6: Imperious Majesty
Level 8: Superior Will
Level 10: Improved Defenses
POWERS
Hybrid at-will 1: Virtuous Strike (retrained to Enfeebling Strike at Level 2)
Hybrid at-will 1: Direct the Strike
Hybrid encounter 1: Vengeance is Mine
Hybrid daily 1: Majestic Halo
Hybrid utility 2: Call of Challenge
Hybrid encounter 3: Valorous Smite
Hybrid daily 5: Stand the Fallen
Hybrid utility 6: Inspiring Reaction
Hybrid encounter 7: Benign Transposition
Hybrid daily 9: Warlord's Recovery
Hybrid utility 10: Winter's Arrival
ITEMS
Benefactor Layered Plate Armor +2, Shield of Deflection Heavy Shield (heroic tier), Mace of Healing +2, Healer's Brooch +2
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====== Created Using Wizards of the Coast D&D Character Builder ======
level 20
Tiefling, Warlord|Paladin, Hospitaler
Warlord Leadership: Combat Leader (Hybrid)
Hybrid Warlord: Hybrid Warlord Fortitude
Hybrid Paladin: Hybrid Paladin Fortitude
Hybrid Talent: Paladin Armor Proficiency
Background: Auspicious Birth (Auspicious Birth Benefit)
FINAL ABILITY SCORES
Str 11, Con 14, Dex 9, Int 11, Wis 19, Cha 25.
STARTING ABILITY SCORES
Str 10, Con 11, Dex 8, Int 10, Wis 14, Cha 18.
AC: 37 Fort: 30 Reflex: 28 Will: 34
HP: 133 Surges: 10 Surge Value: 33
TRAINED SKILLS
Insight +19, Intimidate +22, Diplomacy +22
UNTRAINED SKILLS
Acrobatics +5, Arcana +10, Bluff +19, Dungeoneering +14, Endurance +8, Heal +14, History +10, Nature +14, Perception +14, Religion +10, Stealth +7, Streetwise +17, Thievery +5, Athletics +6
FEATS
Level 1: Hybrid Talent
Level 2: Wrath of the Crimson Legion
Level 4: Master at Arms
Level 6: Imperious Majesty
Level 8: Superior Will
Level 10: Improved Defenses
Level 11: Combat Commander
Level 12: Fight On
Level 14: Honored Foe
Level 16: Hero's Poise
Level 18: Forceful Challenge
Level 20: Dispater's Iron Discipline
POWERS
Hybrid at-will 1: Virtuous Strike (retrained to Enfeebling Strike at Level 2)
Hybrid at-will 1: Direct the Strike
Hybrid encounter 1: Vengeance is Mine
Hybrid daily 1: Majestic Halo
Hybrid utility 2: Call of Challenge
Hybrid encounter 3: Valorous Smite
Hybrid daily 5: Stand the Fallen
Hybrid utility 6: Inspiring Reaction
Hybrid encounter 7: Benign Transposition
Hybrid daily 9: Warlord's Recovery
Hybrid utility 10: Winter's Arrival
Hybrid encounter 13: Bolstering Insight (replaces Benign Transposition)
Hybrid daily 15: Knight's Defiance (replaces Stand the Fallen)
Hybrid utility 16: Warlord's Banner
Hybrid encounter 17: Wrathful Smite (replaces Valorous Smite)
Hybrid daily 19: Deathguide's Sanction (replaces Majestic Halo)
ITEMS
Healer's Brooch +4, Benefactor Warplate Armor +4, Shield of Deflection Heavy Shield (paragon tier), Mace of Healing +4, Gloves of the Healer (paragon tier)
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[sblock=Epic Tier]====== Created Using Wizards of the Coast D&D Character Builder ======
level 30
Tiefling, Warlord|Paladin, Hospitaler, Saint
Warlord Leadership: Combat Leader (Hybrid)
Hybrid Warlord: Hybrid Warlord Fortitude
Hybrid Paladin: Hybrid Paladin Fortitude
Hybrid Talent: Paladin Armor Proficiency
Background: Auspicious Birth (Auspicious Birth Benefit)
FINAL ABILITY SCORES
Str 12, Con 15, Dex 10, Int 12, Wis 22, Cha 28.
STARTING ABILITY SCORES
Str 10, Con 11, Dex 8, Int 10, Wis 14, Cha 18.
AC: 47 Fort: 46 Reflex: 43 Will: 48
HP: 186 Surges: 17 Surge Value: 46
TRAINED SKILLS
Insight +26, Intimidate +31, Diplomacy +31
UNTRAINED SKILLS
Acrobatics +11, Arcana +16, Bluff +26, Dungeoneering +21, Endurance +13, Heal +21, History +16, Nature +21, Perception +21, Religion +16, Stealth +13, Streetwise +24, Thievery +11, Athletics +12
FEATS
Level 1: Hybrid Talent
Level 2: Wrath of the Crimson Legion
Level 4: Master at Arms
Level 6: Imperious Majesty
Level 8: Superior Will
Level 10: Improved Defenses
Level 11: Combat Commander
Level 12: Fight On
Level 14: Honored Foe
Level 16: Hero's Poise
Level 18: Forceful Challenge
Level 20: Dispater's Iron Discipline
Level 21: Weakening Challenge
Level 22: Supreme Inspiration
Level 24: Strength Through Challenge
Level 26: Divine Health
Level 28: Epic Fortitude
Level 30: Epic Reflexes
POWERS
Hybrid at-will 1: Virtuous Strike (retrained to Enfeebling Strike at Level 2)
Hybrid at-will 1: Direct the Strike
Hybrid encounter 1: Vengeance is Mine
Hybrid daily 1: Majestic Halo
Hybrid utility 2: Call of Challenge
Hybrid encounter 3: Valorous Smite
Hybrid daily 5: Stand the Fallen
Hybrid utility 6: Inspiring Reaction
Hybrid encounter 7: Benign Transposition
Hybrid daily 9: Warlord's Recovery
Hybrid utility 10: Winter's Arrival
Hybrid encounter 13: Bolstering Insight (replaces Benign Transposition)
Hybrid daily 15: Knight's Defiance (replaces Stand the Fallen)
Hybrid utility 16: Warlord's Banner
Hybrid encounter 17: Wrathful Smite (replaces Valorous Smite)
Hybrid daily 19: Deathguide's Sanction (replaces Majestic Halo)
Hybrid utility 22: Shared Valor
Hybrid encounter 23: Sublime Transposition (replaces Wrathful Smite)
Hybrid daily 25: Warlord's Resurgence (replaces Warlord's Recovery)
Hybrid encounter 27: Insightful Assault (replaces Vengeance is Mine)
Hybrid daily 29: World in Winter (replaces Knight's Defiance)
ITEMS
Benefactor Godplate Armor +6, Shield of Deflection Heavy Shield (epic tier), Spark Slippers (paragon tier), Gloves of the Healer (epic tier), Belt of Vim (paragon tier), Healer's Brooch +6, Mace of Healing +6, Ring of the Phoenix (epic tier), Ring of Tenacious Will (epic tier), Circlet of Indomitability (paragon tier)
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Inspiring Word, Two Targets - nova turn @ Level 30:
Inspiring Word - First Target: Surge + 8d6 heal + 21 + Saving Throw
Inspirign Word - Second Target: Surge + 6d6 heal + 21 + Saving Throw
Benefactor Armor - Daily - 1 Adjacent Ally: Surge + 21 heal + Saving Throw.
Used Items: Gloves of the Healer, Healer's Broach, Mace of Healing, Benefactor Armor's Encounter power, Benefactor's Armour Daily power.
Used Features: Saint level 21 feature- targets you grant a healing surge can make a saving throw.
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Sainted Justice
Build Concept
Build Concept
Sainted Justice is a hybrid that leads and defends from the frontline. Clad in platemail, and armed with divine might and martial fury, she is a adept at both the role of defense and that of leading.
Sainted Justice does damage, but that isn't her primary aim. Rather, he punishes enemies for attacking her allies, and heals them when they are damaged. She enables them to make out of turn attacks, and is a vertable font of encounter based healing.
Five Tools of the Saint
Sainted Justice has many options available to her, but the following five powers are the ones you'll use most.
Direct the Strike - This At-will is vital to Sainted Justice, especially during the opening rounds of combat. When there are many enemies on the board, and optimum position to mark them all leaves you non-adjacent to any of them, Direct the Strike ensures your turn never goes to waste. In addition, it is highly useful if your enemy outmaneuvers you, as you can just sit pretty and encourage your allies to attack in your place.
Enfeebling Strike - This at-will is your mainline option after your first level, and it will serve you well. Granting marked enemies a -2 penalty to attacks, it ensures they come to regret threatening your allies.
Divine Challenge - While the damage this does due to being a hybrid is lessened- it isn't *that* much lessened, and when used in conjunction with certain options, can be very potent.
Divine Sanction - While Challenge is single target, Divine Sanction comes in many forms, and Sainted Justice makes use of many of thems to ensure that most enemies on the board remain marked for the first two or three rounds of combat. At later levels when certain options open up, this enables her to enforce a sizable degree of control on enemies who violate her marks.
Inspiring Word - The core of her healing arsenal, Inspiring Word is a powerful option. While only available once per encounter through heroic, the availability of other options with similar functionality more than makes up for this lack. In addition, when the option to use it twice per encounter opens at paragon tier, and further options become viable thereafter, Inspiring Word becomes one of the more potent sources of healing available.
Divine Raiment of the Saint
There are many equipment options available to a character throughout the course of their career. The following are ones central to the Saint's capability, and have proven valuable additions.
Benefactor Armor - This armor is available to chain, scale, and plate, and as an encounter power enables a healing power to add your charisma modifier to the HP healed. As a daily power, when you use a healing power one adjacent ally can spend a healing surge and regain your charisma modifier in extra HP
Gloves of the Healer - At first this option seems very potent, however notice that the game text of its property 'one target of your healing power can regain extra HP' means that if you target all your allies, only one of them gains the benefit. Still, between this effect and the daily item power, these gloves are a powerful addition to your equipment.
Healer's Brooch - Simple yet potent, this neck slot increases the amount of HP your healing powers returns.
Mace of Healing - Almost identical gametext to Healer's Brooch with one minor difference- the boost only functions on powers that heal your allies.
Shield of Deflection - Hey now, don't laugh. This common item may look lackluster, but has proven pretty potent all told. Granting resist all damage 2/5/10 at heroic/paragon/epic versus ranged and area attacks, this shield helps you stand in the middle of combat longer, without worrying about that pesky artillery you can't quite reach. Many enemies have ranged or area attacks, and this shield proves a vital always-on option to combat them.
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====== Created Using Wizards of the Coast D&D Character Builder ======
level 10
Tiefling, Warlord|Paladin
Warlord Leadership: Combat Leader (Hybrid)
Hybrid Warlord: Hybrid Warlord Fortitude
Hybrid Paladin: Hybrid Paladin Fortitude
Hybrid Talent: Paladin Armor Proficiency
Background: Auspicious Birth (Auspicious Birth Benefit)
FINAL ABILITY SCORES
Str 10, Con 13, Dex 8, Int 10, Wis 16, Cha 22.
STARTING ABILITY SCORES
Str 10, Con 11, Dex 8, Int 10, Wis 14, Cha 18.
AC: 28 Fort: 21 Reflex: 20 Will: 25
HP: 80 Surges: 9 Surge Value: 20
TRAINED SKILLS
Insight +13, Intimidate +16, Diplomacy +16
UNTRAINED SKILLS
Acrobatics, Arcana +5, Bluff +13, Dungeoneering +8, Endurance +2, Heal +8, History +5, Nature +8, Perception +8, Religion +5, Stealth +2, Streetwise +11, Thievery, Athletics +1
FEATS
Level 1: Hybrid Talent
Level 2: Wrath of the Crimson Legion
Level 4: Master at Arms
Level 6: Imperious Majesty
Level 8: Superior Will
Level 10: Improved Defenses
POWERS
Hybrid at-will 1: Virtuous Strike (retrained to Enfeebling Strike at Level 2)
Hybrid at-will 1: Direct the Strike
Hybrid encounter 1: Vengeance is Mine
Hybrid daily 1: Majestic Halo
Hybrid utility 2: Call of Challenge
Hybrid encounter 3: Valorous Smite
Hybrid daily 5: Stand the Fallen
Hybrid utility 6: Inspiring Reaction
Hybrid encounter 7: Benign Transposition
Hybrid daily 9: Warlord's Recovery
Hybrid utility 10: Winter's Arrival
ITEMS
Benefactor Layered Plate Armor +2, Shield of Deflection Heavy Shield (heroic tier), Mace of Healing +2, Healer's Brooch +2
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[sblock=Paragon Tier]
====== Created Using Wizards of the Coast D&D Character Builder ======
level 20
Tiefling, Warlord|Paladin, Hospitaler
Warlord Leadership: Combat Leader (Hybrid)
Hybrid Warlord: Hybrid Warlord Fortitude
Hybrid Paladin: Hybrid Paladin Fortitude
Hybrid Talent: Paladin Armor Proficiency
Background: Auspicious Birth (Auspicious Birth Benefit)
FINAL ABILITY SCORES
Str 11, Con 14, Dex 9, Int 11, Wis 19, Cha 25.
STARTING ABILITY SCORES
Str 10, Con 11, Dex 8, Int 10, Wis 14, Cha 18.
AC: 37 Fort: 30 Reflex: 28 Will: 34
HP: 133 Surges: 10 Surge Value: 33
TRAINED SKILLS
Insight +19, Intimidate +22, Diplomacy +22
UNTRAINED SKILLS
Acrobatics +5, Arcana +10, Bluff +19, Dungeoneering +14, Endurance +8, Heal +14, History +10, Nature +14, Perception +14, Religion +10, Stealth +7, Streetwise +17, Thievery +5, Athletics +6
FEATS
Level 1: Hybrid Talent
Level 2: Wrath of the Crimson Legion
Level 4: Master at Arms
Level 6: Imperious Majesty
Level 8: Superior Will
Level 10: Improved Defenses
Level 11: Combat Commander
Level 12: Fight On
Level 14: Honored Foe
Level 16: Hero's Poise
Level 18: Forceful Challenge
Level 20: Dispater's Iron Discipline
POWERS
Hybrid at-will 1: Virtuous Strike (retrained to Enfeebling Strike at Level 2)
Hybrid at-will 1: Direct the Strike
Hybrid encounter 1: Vengeance is Mine
Hybrid daily 1: Majestic Halo
Hybrid utility 2: Call of Challenge
Hybrid encounter 3: Valorous Smite
Hybrid daily 5: Stand the Fallen
Hybrid utility 6: Inspiring Reaction
Hybrid encounter 7: Benign Transposition
Hybrid daily 9: Warlord's Recovery
Hybrid utility 10: Winter's Arrival
Hybrid encounter 13: Bolstering Insight (replaces Benign Transposition)
Hybrid daily 15: Knight's Defiance (replaces Stand the Fallen)
Hybrid utility 16: Warlord's Banner
Hybrid encounter 17: Wrathful Smite (replaces Valorous Smite)
Hybrid daily 19: Deathguide's Sanction (replaces Majestic Halo)
ITEMS
Healer's Brooch +4, Benefactor Warplate Armor +4, Shield of Deflection Heavy Shield (paragon tier), Mace of Healing +4, Gloves of the Healer (paragon tier)
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[sblock=Epic Tier]====== Created Using Wizards of the Coast D&D Character Builder ======
level 30
Tiefling, Warlord|Paladin, Hospitaler, Saint
Warlord Leadership: Combat Leader (Hybrid)
Hybrid Warlord: Hybrid Warlord Fortitude
Hybrid Paladin: Hybrid Paladin Fortitude
Hybrid Talent: Paladin Armor Proficiency
Background: Auspicious Birth (Auspicious Birth Benefit)
FINAL ABILITY SCORES
Str 12, Con 15, Dex 10, Int 12, Wis 22, Cha 28.
STARTING ABILITY SCORES
Str 10, Con 11, Dex 8, Int 10, Wis 14, Cha 18.
AC: 47 Fort: 46 Reflex: 43 Will: 48
HP: 186 Surges: 17 Surge Value: 46
TRAINED SKILLS
Insight +26, Intimidate +31, Diplomacy +31
UNTRAINED SKILLS
Acrobatics +11, Arcana +16, Bluff +26, Dungeoneering +21, Endurance +13, Heal +21, History +16, Nature +21, Perception +21, Religion +16, Stealth +13, Streetwise +24, Thievery +11, Athletics +12
FEATS
Level 1: Hybrid Talent
Level 2: Wrath of the Crimson Legion
Level 4: Master at Arms
Level 6: Imperious Majesty
Level 8: Superior Will
Level 10: Improved Defenses
Level 11: Combat Commander
Level 12: Fight On
Level 14: Honored Foe
Level 16: Hero's Poise
Level 18: Forceful Challenge
Level 20: Dispater's Iron Discipline
Level 21: Weakening Challenge
Level 22: Supreme Inspiration
Level 24: Strength Through Challenge
Level 26: Divine Health
Level 28: Epic Fortitude
Level 30: Epic Reflexes
POWERS
Hybrid at-will 1: Virtuous Strike (retrained to Enfeebling Strike at Level 2)
Hybrid at-will 1: Direct the Strike
Hybrid encounter 1: Vengeance is Mine
Hybrid daily 1: Majestic Halo
Hybrid utility 2: Call of Challenge
Hybrid encounter 3: Valorous Smite
Hybrid daily 5: Stand the Fallen
Hybrid utility 6: Inspiring Reaction
Hybrid encounter 7: Benign Transposition
Hybrid daily 9: Warlord's Recovery
Hybrid utility 10: Winter's Arrival
Hybrid encounter 13: Bolstering Insight (replaces Benign Transposition)
Hybrid daily 15: Knight's Defiance (replaces Stand the Fallen)
Hybrid utility 16: Warlord's Banner
Hybrid encounter 17: Wrathful Smite (replaces Valorous Smite)
Hybrid daily 19: Deathguide's Sanction (replaces Majestic Halo)
Hybrid utility 22: Shared Valor
Hybrid encounter 23: Sublime Transposition (replaces Wrathful Smite)
Hybrid daily 25: Warlord's Resurgence (replaces Warlord's Recovery)
Hybrid encounter 27: Insightful Assault (replaces Vengeance is Mine)
Hybrid daily 29: World in Winter (replaces Knight's Defiance)
ITEMS
Benefactor Godplate Armor +6, Shield of Deflection Heavy Shield (epic tier), Spark Slippers (paragon tier), Gloves of the Healer (epic tier), Belt of Vim (paragon tier), Healer's Brooch +6, Mace of Healing +6, Ring of the Phoenix (epic tier), Ring of Tenacious Will (epic tier), Circlet of Indomitability (paragon tier)
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Healing Numbers
Inspiring Word, Two Targets - nova turn @ Level 30:
Inspiring Word - First Target: Surge + 8d6 heal + 21 + Saving Throw
Inspirign Word - Second Target: Surge + 6d6 heal + 21 + Saving Throw
Benefactor Armor - Daily - 1 Adjacent Ally: Surge + 21 heal + Saving Throw.
Used Items: Gloves of the Healer, Healer's Broach, Mace of Healing, Benefactor Armor's Encounter power, Benefactor's Armour Daily power.
Used Features: Saint level 21 feature- targets you grant a healing surge can make a saving throw.
