Man at arms/Fighter

[Kiran]

Hey guys!

New to server/game, just hit level 7 as a Man at arms and ventured a bit into the fighter tree out of curiousity, but not exactly sure what I am doing as the builder does not have the correct man at arms skills listed.

I am hoping to go tanktastic with a big shield, lots of armour and perhaps do a little bit of damage to hold the monsters with me.

Essentially I am unsure what feats I need to go for, currently they are all a bit random, let me list them so far..

Heavy armour op
Great Fortitude
Warhammer spec
tower shield Prof
Toughness
Shield bash (Realised after picking this one not so good for me atm.. but might be better later? Dont know..)

My stats are

16 str
10 dex
19 con
12 int
8 wis
8 char

So yeah, some kind a build around this in mind would be great, or just a general idea what I should go for or do.

[Thorsson]

You took Tower Shield Prof when you get it for free with Fighter? Might be time to cash in that XP and start again.

To fail to plan is to plan to fail.

[Invoker]

MAA 30 isn't such a bad idea though... http://bgtscc.wikia.com/wiki/Man-at-Arms

In fact, it kind of is. You would be unnecessarily weak in the damage and saves department. A small Pal or BG dip solves both. Cross-classing fighter adds damage but has little synergy with charisma.

[Kiran]

Thanks for the comments guys.

So basically what I am doing now is thinking scrap what I have, start again using the half xp thing, same character as I have been roleplaying mainly on him, but make a small class change, thinking Cleric/Fighter instead, so he is still the same guy, front guy fighter and not much else changed really.

I am currently looking at builds for a sort of cleric/fighter type but very new to this, any advice or suggestions on previous builds I could look at and come up with my own thing? Not sure what to go for really overall and love some expert knowledge so I dont make the same mistake again

[Daamien]

Hey! Here's a build I'd been tinkering with that fits what you were at first looking for.
Keep in mind, I'm far from an expert builder, but this did well in testing.

http://nwn2db.com/build/?232234

!2 MaA/12 Ftr/6 Divine Champion

-Good AC, decent damage, makes effective use of shield bash.
-Extra skill points to play with
-You could always do away with a bit of Str in favor of Con if you want more HP.


Be sure to read the build notes, as the NWNDB has different classes and feats than BG.

I will leave the cleric stuff to those who are better qualified to help you.