Mobile Glaive (3.5e Optimized Character Build)

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Introduction

Quickly move around the battlemap to hit your enemies for massive damage while locking them down.

References

• Unearthed Arcana
• Complete Adventurer
• Complete Scoundrel
• Complete Arcane
• Tome of Battle
• Races of the Dragon
• Fiendish Codex II
• Complete Champion
• Magic of Incarnum
• Dragon Magic

Game Rule Components

Skill Tricks

• Collector of Stories (for use with Knowledge Devotion)

Invocations

• Eldritch Glaive (9)
• See the Unseen (10)
• Entropic Warding (13)
• Hellrime Blast (15)
• Flee the Scene (17)
• Voidsense (19)
• Vitriolic Blast (20)

Progression

Starting Ability Scores (Before Racial Adjustments): (Assuming 32 Point Buy) 17 14 15 10 8 11

Race (Templates): Arctic Kobold

ECL	Class/HD/LA	Base Attack Bonus	Saving Throws			Feats	Class Features	Special
			Fort	Ref	Will
1st	Scout 1	+0	+0	+2	+0	Insightful, Martial Study: Crusader's Strike, Stand Still	+2 Move Silently checks, Skirmish +1d6, Trapfinding
2nd	Scout 2	+1	+0	+3	+0	Power Attack	Battle Fortitude +1, Uncanny Dodge
3rd	Demon Bloodline 1	+1	+0	+3	+0	Combat Reflexes	Strength +1
4th	Scout 3	+2	+1	+3	+1		Fast Movement +10, Resistance to Electricity 5, Skirmish +1d6/+1 AC, Trackless Step
5th	Ranger 1	+3	+3	+5	+1	Track	Demon Affinity +2, Favored Enemy (Arcane), Wild Empathy
6th	Demon Bloodline 2	+3	+3	+5	+1	Improved Skirmish	Smite Good 1/day
7th	Scout 4	+4	+3	+6	+1	Swift Hunter	+2 Hide checks, Skirmish +2d6/+1 AC
8th	Cleric 1	+4	+5	+6	+3	Knowledge Devotion, Law Devotion, Travel Devotion	Resistance to Acid 5, Turn Undead
9th	Warlock 1	+4	+5	+6	+5	Practiced Spellcaster: Warlock	Constitution +1, Eldritch Blast 1d6
10th	Unseen Seer 1	+4	+5	+6	+7		+2 Saves vs. Poison, Skirmish +3d6/+1 AC
11th	Unseen Seer 2	+4	+5	+6	+8	Silent Spell	Advanced Learning, Demon Affinity +4, Eldritch Blast 2d6
12th	Demon Bloodline 3	+4	+5	+6	+8	Martial Stance: Thicket of Blades	Resistance to Fire 5
13th	Unseen Seer 3	+5	+6	+7	+8		+2 Intimidate checks, Divination Spell Power +1
14th	Unseen Seer 4	+6	+6	+7	+9	Cleave	Eldritch Blast 3d6 Skirmish +4d6/+1 AC
15th	Unseen Seer 5	+7	+6	+7	+9	Shape Soulmeld: Strongheart Vest	Advanced Learning, Charisma +1, Guarded Mind
16th	Hellfire Warlock 1	+8	+6	+7	+11		Divination Spell Power +1, Eldritch Blast 4d6, Hellfire Blast 8d6, Resistance to Cold 5	Potential is fully realized
17th	Hellfire Warlock 2	+9	+6	+7	+12		Demon Affinity +6, Hellfire Blast 10d6
18th	Hellfire Warlock 3	+9	+7	+8	+12	Quicken Spell-Like Ability	+1 Natural Armor, Eldritch Blast 5d6, Hellfire Blast 12d6
19th	Unseen Seer 6	+10	+8	+9	+13		+2 Spot checks, Divination Spell Power +2
20th	Unseen Seer 7	+11	+8	+9	+13		Damage Reduction 5/Good, Eldritch Blast 6d6, Skirmish +5d6/+1 AC

At level 20: Scout 4 / Ranger 1 / Cleric 1 / Warlock 1 / Hellfire Warlock 3 / Unseen Seer 7 / Major Bloodline 3

Items of Note

• Skirmisher Boots (Magic Item Compendium) allow you to add extra skirmish damage, as well as get an extra attack after skirmishing twice per day.
• A Nightstick (Libris Mortis) or a Reliquary Holy Symbol (Magic Item Compendium) will give you extra turn attempts with which to fuel your domain devotions
• Greater Chausable of Fell Power for more damage

Highlights

• Pick up a first-level spell with the Draconic Rite of Passage (such as Nerveskitter)
• Caster level of 24 for Warlock
• Assumed stats at level 20:
  • Strength: 17 (Base) - 2 (Racial) + 1 (Bloodline) + 5 (Level) + 6 (Item) + 5 (Tome) = 32 (+11
  • Damage: 6d6 (Base Eldritch Blast) + 2d6 (Greater Chausable of Fell Power) + 5d6 (Skirmish) + 2d6 (Improved Skirmish) + 22 (Power Attack) + 16 (Strength) + 12d6 (Hellfire Warlock) = 27d6 + 38 x3
    • Total damage per attack comes out to 122.5 (on average). Should all attacks hit (and they probably will, being touch attacks), that's 367.5 damage (735 with Quicken Spell-like Ability)

Combat Sequence

• Activate Travel Devotion on one round, Law Devotion on another
• Keep moving and dealing damage with full attacks using Travel Devotion to move as a swift action
• Easily lock enemies down using Stand Still with Thicket of Blades

Further Optimization

• Pick up a wand of Divine Favor and Divine Power to boost your attack and damage

Limitations

• Creatures immune to skirmish will reduce overall damage considerably

DM Counters

• Defenses apart from AC (illusions, concealment, etc)
• Teleporting foes

Variants

• Take the Titan Bloodline instead of the Demon Bloodline
• If you're not worried about Spell Resistance, pick up Chilling Tentacles or another invocation instead of Vitriolic Blast

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