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=== Further Optimization ===

There are a few alternate progressions for this build, and Whispers of the Otherworld is liable to get banned. You can replace it with Body Assemblage or even Path of Blood (which gives you vampire cohorts).

Also, if you can squeeze in Quicken Spell somewhere (maybe take off Heighten Spell-like Ability), you have a Blood Pool  of up to 11 that you fill off of your enemies' constitution scores, and for four points of that you can quicken a spell. Whether this works on your sphere abilities is up in the air, though. If it does, you want this.

Being able to re-assign things (attack rolls, AC, and hit points) to Charisma really helps with this build. Being a [[Mummy_(3.5e_Template)|Mummy]] instead of a Vampire costs you the Vampire Spawn and two points of Charisma (bringing you from having somewhere between fourteen and infinity minions down to twelve), but it does get you Charisma to HP. Also, you ''must'' be immune to fire. This can come from Petitioner immunities (Baator) or from the Fire sphere.

Fortification armor protects you from critical hits, which bypass your regeneration, so you might want to get that.

This build by no means stops being effective past level 8. Your vampire spawn do eventually expire, though, since they stay CR 5, but the undead from your feats keep up with you. As you level, you probably want to finish Conduit to get more spheres, and take more Necromantic Creation Feats, like Wrappings of the Ages. Some highlights: at level 13, you finish Conduit and get six levels of Sorcerer casting, stacking with the Vampire Paragon. You cast as a 9th level Sorcerer, which means that you can get some really nice backup spells like [[Curse of Crumbling Conviction (3.5e Spell)|Curse of Crumbling Conviction]]. Quicken Spell, if you don't already have it, would also be really nice too; even if it doesn't work on your spheres; you will be able to cast four quickened spells ''per combat''. Now you want to progress in something else.
Article Balance	Very High +
Author	IGTN +
Final Class Progression	Conduit of the Lower Planes 5/Vampire Paragon 3 +
Identifier	3.5e Optimized Character Build +
Race	Aasimar Vampire +
Rating	Undiscussed +
Summary	Fill the battlefield with disposable undead! Drain the blood of your enemies! Unleash the forces of death from all directions! +
Title	Undead Swarm +