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Vlad Antlerkov
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Do you have Matt Stairs in your house?
Mar 1999
time: 23:27
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Out of boredom, here's my plan (the first thirty levels) for my next Folderol character, Nameless (shamelessly ripped from Jet Li's character in Hero). The idea is a katana strength-based dual-wielder. Why katanas? Because they look cool, and you don't see many people wielding two of them. 
Nameless
LN human male
Starting stats:
STR 16
DEX 15
CON 14
WIS 08
INT 14
CHA 08
All stat boosts go to strength.
1) Fighter @1, Weapon Proficiency (Exotic), Weapon Focus (Katana), Power Attack
2) Fighter @2, Dodge
3) Fighter @3, Mobility
4) Fighter @4, Weapon Specialization (Katana)
6) Fighter @6, Expertise, Spring Attack
8) Fighter @8, Whirlwind Attack
9) WM @1, Cleave
12) WM @4, Improved Critical (Katana)
15) WM @7, Two-Weapon Fighting
16) Fighter @9
17) Fighter @10, Ambidexterity
18) Fighter @11, Improved Two-Weapon Fighting
19) Fighter @12, Great Cleave
21) Fighter @14, Epic Weapon Focus (Katana), Great Strength 1 (STR 22)
23) Fighter @16, Epic Weapon Specialization (Katana)
24) Fighter @17, Great Strength II (STR 24)
25) Fighter @18, Overwhelming Critical (Katana)
27) Fighter @20, [Knockdown], [Improved Knockdown]
29) Fighter @22, Devastating Critical (Katana)
30) Fighter @23, [Armor Skin]
Anything that I have in brackets is not critical to the build, but I figure would be nice to have.  As you can see, due to the ridiculous number of feats needed for both WM and dual-wielding, there isn't much room for choice until you get into epic levels.
Whether I get the patience to actually go through with this build is another matter. The only character that I've ever taken into epic levels is Reidmar the Mediocre, and the only one that I've ever taken even past level 10 without ant-farming is Iskander. Both are retired, so to speak.
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Vlad Antlerkov
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Do you have Matt Stairs in your house?
Mar 1999
time: 23:27
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One problem I just realized. I don't know where to find katanas for sale.  They aren't in the Gypsy Camp, Hawkmoon, or Southrun. That still leaves Gnoma (won't be able to get there solo for a while), Hidden Vale (ditto), Dwar Proper (ditto, and they aren't likely to have katanas), the Formian Hive (like that, only more so)... and I think the Eastorlings as well; I haven't been there yet at all. So long as I can get my hands on one before I start taking WM levels, I'll be okay. (The cost of a nonmagical katana won't be an issue, as the mid-second-level Nameless has about 6000 gold at the moment.  )
Thinking some more about post-DevCrit development... I don't see the need for more than 26 Strength, as I feel that I can get enough above that through +STR items and Ant's/Bear's Strength potion chugging. Realistically, it's only helpful for critical-immunes (seeing as if I land a critical hit, the sucker is as good as dead). If I kept up adding to strength, I could fit in another 2 Great Strength feats, ending up at 30... or I could take +Constitution and Great Constitution feats after level 32, ending with 18 Constitution. Works better for tanking that way, IMHO. (Of course, HP doesn't matter if you can just end the fight before the enemy can inflict significant damage and you have a bunch of Nobuzz Potions in your inventory, which is why I'm not fully committing to increasing Constitution.)
Skills: Nameless will of course have the requisite 4 Intimidate, and will probably max Discipline and Heal. Beyond that, maybe 25-30 Lore ranks to help with brewing, and 11 Search to get a 95% success rate for foraging. (Figuring that I'll always fail on a roll of a 1, and need to just get a 15 to succeed... 2 (base roll)+2 (Int)+11 (Search ranks)=15. I'll also figure out a way to fit in Spellcraft (why the heck not, works out to +4 saves against spells if I go all-out) or Tumble (+4 AC). In the end, something like this:
(215 skill points available)
43 Discipline
4 Intimidate (cc, 8+43=51)
30 Lore (30+51=81)
11 Search (cc, 22+81=103)
20 Spellcraft (cc, 40+103=143)
20 Tumble (cc, 40+143=183)
32 Heal (32+183=215)
Nameless's AC will never be as high as Reidmar's, mainly because he won't have a shield once he starts dual-wielding. Because of that, I'm almost tempted to take Improved Expertise sometime.
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28-03-2005 21:57
ACK!
I approve very much of the dedicated route to Dev Crit 
To be honest, I'm surprised you missed them. But maybe that's because you were too busy bragging to the other players. 
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