So I have been like this child on christmas everytime I aquired enough XP to level I scurred to my class trainer and leveled up. Excited for my new feats and skills sometimes a boost to me Primary Attribute but most importantly that number next to my Portrait went up by one. Gawk at my might as I have just advanced in level!
Recently I had been listening to DDOCast and specifically #320 where he talks about Tips for TRing and effective leveling. I have heard people talk about this but have never really put it to practice. Holding levels? What why would you do that? I can hardly resist the temptation to advance just one more level. While a majority of the time, I still want to run quests that, prior to me leveling, were At-level quests now they are not and I take a hit to XP and Don’t get to apply that Bravery Bonus. Still I want to complete the quest because it has very good XP per minute or its just one of those Quests I really enjoy playing. Had I just held that level I would have recieved the full XP and my BB for a much larger XP gain.
I would like to reiterate that I am fairly new to this game and in no way a master of the art of DDOing. I had asked my friend, who has been less that helpful in some aspects but very helpful in others. I had no Idea how much XP you could save and was worried I would be wasting or losing potential XP. This is an exciting concept, while I have not yet employed it on Pugsneeze this life, I will make an effort to “Bank” a level at every opertunity and work on getting a massive BB by the time I hit 20. As I had Said before Pugsneeze will be a Barbarian in his next life. I am not 100% sure if I will be working on getting a greensteel weapon this life, most likely I will be to Excited to get him TR’d that I will only have time for running the Shroud enough to make my Bracers. I’ll have a post on the potential build in just a bit as I have been working on this for a little while. I would like to have evasion on him but I just dont forsee that happening without losing spells, While now with this greensteel bracer I can give up Blur on my Bard levels for another spell. I still would like at a minimum 11 Barb levels for Greater Rage or what ever it is called.
And now for my build. Let me know if you think it is viable, I do realize I am probably sacraficing alot of DPS for Survivability and Self-Healing.
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Pugsneeze
Level 20 Chaotic Neutral Human Male
(12 Barbarian \ 8 Bard)
Hit Points: 332
Spell Points: 276
BAB: 18\18\23\28\28
Fortitude: 14
Reflex: 13
Will: 10
Starting Feat/Enhancement
Abilities Base Stats Modified Stats
(36 Point) (Level 1) (Level 20)
Strength 16 24
Dexterity 14 17
Constitution 16 18
Intelligence 12 17
Wisdom 8 10
Charisma 14 16
Tomes Used
+1 Tome of Strength used at level 3
+1 Tome of Dexterity used at level 3
+1 Tome of Constitution used at level 3
+1 Tome of Intelligence used at level 3
+1 Tome of Wisdom used at level 3
+1 Tome of Charisma used at level 3
+2 Tome of Strength used at level 7
+2 Tome of Dexterity used at level 7
+2 Tome of Constitution used at level 7
+2 Tome of Intelligence used at level 7
+2 Tome of Wisdom used at level 7
+2 Tome of Charisma used at level 7
+3 Tome of Strength used at level 11
+3 Tome of Dexterity used at level 11
+3 Tome of Intelligence used at level 11
+4 Tome of Intelligence used at level 15
+5 Tome of Intelligence used at level 19
Starting Feat/Enhancement
Base Skills Modified Skills
Skills (Level 1) (Level 20)
Balance 6 26
Bluff 2 3
Concentration 3 4
Diplomacy 2 3
Disable Device n/a n/a
Haggle 6 8
Heal -1 0
Hide 2 3
Intimidate 4 22
Jump 7 30
Listen -1 0
Move Silently 2 3
Open Lock n/a n/a
Perform 6 18
Repair 1 3
Search 1 3
Spellcraft 1 3
Spot 1 8
Swim 6 30
Tumble 3 4
Use Magic Device 6 26
Level 1 (Bard)
Feat: (Human Bonus) Dodge
Feat: (Past Life) Past Life: Monk
Feat: (Past Life) Past Life: Monk
Feat: (Past Life) Past Life: Paladin
Feat: (Selected) Power Attack
Enhancement: Warchanter (Brd) - Skaldic Rage (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Warchanter (Brd) - Enchant Weapon (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Warchanter (Brd) - Rough and Ready (Rank 1)
Level 2 (Barbarian)
Enhancement: Warchanter (Brd) - The Poetic Edda (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Warchanter (Brd) - The Poetic Edda (Rank 2)
Enhancement: Warchanter (Brd) - Rough and Ready (Rank 2)
Enhancement: Warchanter (Brd) - Rough and Ready (Rank 3)
Level 3 (Bard)
Feat: (Selected) Cleave
Enhancement: Warchanter (Brd) - The Poetic Edda (Rank 3)
Level 4 (Bard)
Ability Raise: STR
Enhancement: Warchanter (Brd) - Fighting Spirit (Rank 1)
Level 5 (Bard)
Level 6 (Barbarian)
Feat: (Selected) Great Cleave
Level 7 (Barbarian)
Level 8 (Bard)
Ability Raise: STR
Level 9 (Barbarian)
Feat: (Selected) Two Handed Fighting
Level 10 (Bard)
Enhancement: Warchanter (Brd) - Song of Heroism (Rank 1)
Level 11 (Bard)
Level 12 (Bard)
Ability Raise: STR
Feat: (Selected) Improved Critical: Slashing Weapons
Level 13 (Barbarian)
Enhancement: Ravager (Bar) - Furious Rage (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Ravager (Bar) - Do You Like Pain? (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Ravager (Bar) - Do You Like Pain? (Rank 2)
Enhancement: Ravager (Bar) - Do You Like Pain? (Rank 3)
Enhancement: Ravager (Bar) - Barbarian Power Attack (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Ravager (Bar) - Barbarian Power Attack (Rank 2)
Level 14 (Barbarian)
Enhancement: Ravager (Bar) - Barbarian Power Attack (Rank 3)
Enhancement: Ravager (Bar) - Hardy Rage (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Ravager (Bar) - Hardy Rage (Rank 2)
Enhancement: Ravager (Bar) - Hardy Rage (Rank 3)
Level 15 (Barbarian)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Two Handed Fighting
Enhancement: Ravager (Bar) - Pain Touch (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Ravager (Bar) - Demoralizing Success (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Ravager (Bar) - I Like Pain (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Ravager (Bar) - I Like Pain (Rank 2)
Level 16 (Barbarian)
Ability Raise: STR
Enhancement: Ravager (Bar) - I Like Pain (Rank 3)
Enhancement: Ravager (Bar) - Cruel Cut (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Ravager (Bar) - Slaughter (Rank 1)
Level 17 (Barbarian)
Enhancement: Ravager (Bar) - Slaughter (Rank 2)
Enhancement: Ravager (Bar) - Slaughter (Rank 3)
Level 18 (Barbarian)
Feat: (Selected) Mobility
Enhancement: Ravager (Bar) - Cruel Cut (Rank 2)
Enhancement: Ravager (Bar) - Festering Wound (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Ravager (Bar) - I Hit Back! (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Ravager (Bar) - Dismember (Rank 1)
Level 19 (Barbarian)
Enhancement: Ravager (Bar) - Festering Wound (Rank 2)
Enhancement: Ravager (Bar) - I Hit Back! (Rank 2)
Enhancement: Ravager (Bar) - I Hit Back! (Rank 3)
Enhancement: Ravager (Bar) - Dismember (Rank 2)
Level 20 (Barbarian)
Ability Raise: STR
Enhancement: Frenzied Berserker (Bar) - Die Hard (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Frenzied Berserker (Bar) - Toughness (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Frenzied Berserker (Bar) - Frenzy (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Frenzied Berserker (Bar) - Extra Rage (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Frenzied Berserker (Bar) - Extra Rage (Rank 2)
Enhancement: Frenzied Berserker (Bar) - Extra Rage (Rank 3)
Enhancement: Frenzied Berserker (Bar) - Power Rage (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Frenzied Berserker (Bar) - Power Rage (Rank 2)
Enhancement: Frenzied Berserker (Bar) - Power Rage (Rank 3)
Enhancement: Frenzied Berserker (Bar) - Blood Tribute (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Frenzied Berserker (Bar) - Blood Tribute (Rank 2)
Enhancement: Frenzied Berserker (Bar) - Blood Tribute (Rank 3)
Enhancement: Frenzied Berserker (Bar) - Sprint Boost (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Frenzied Berserker (Bar) - Sprint Boost (Rank 2)
Enhancement: Frenzied Berserker (Bar) - Sprint Boost (Rank 3)
Enhancement: Frenzied Berserker (Bar) - Blood Trail (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Frenzied Berserker (Bar) - Blood Trail (Rank 2)
Enhancement: Frenzied Berserker (Bar) - Blood Trail (Rank 3)
Enhancement: Frenzied Berserker (Bar) - Supreme Cleave (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Frenzied Berserker (Bar) - Supreme Cleave (Rank 2)
Enhancement: Frenzied Berserker (Bar) - Supreme Cleave (Rank 3)
Enhancement: Frenzied Berserker (Bar) - Wade In (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Frenzied Berserker (Bar) - Wade In (Rank 2)
Enhancement: Frenzied Berserker (Bar) - Wade In (Rank 3)
Enhancement: Ravager (Bar) - Pain Touch (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Ravager (Bar) - Cruel Cut (Rank 3)
Enhancement: Ravager (Bar) - Aura of Fear (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Ravager (Bar) - Festering Wound (Rank 3)
Enhancement: Ravager (Bar) - Dismember (Rank 3)
Enhancement: Ravager (Bar) - Critical Rage (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Ravager (Bar) - Critical Rage (Rank 2)