Melee Character with Combat Focus & some Shield/Charge Feats

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Melee Character with Combat Focus & some Shield/Charge Feats

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Hello,
I have an odd idea for a "knight" build, and wanted a Character that has bit of Wisdom to his fighting repertoire—the Combat Focus feat line—though...its just-above-average wisdom! lol.

But also interested in Charging, Shield Bashing, putting some synergy between the MaA Class feats, and also trying to make a build that doesn't completely suck eggs, because of general lack of UMD/magic. You may notice that I'm a fan of a lot of "clicking," and thus, we have a build with a lot of attack options (my poor Hot Bars....).

http://nwn2db.com/build/?242386

Power Attack/Cleave are not necessary, but would anything make more sense? Instead of the Weapon Focuses, I could go Epic Specializations (for a paltry extra 4 dmg).

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Re: Melee Character with Combat Focus & some Shield/Charge F

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Last time i tried the combat focus feat line, combat focus had an awfully long cooldown :!:
Back then i considered that feat line a waste of 4 feats, especially as
Combat Awareness - While Combat Focus is activated, you can view the HP of all enemies within 30 feet
only shows the hitpoints at the moment you activate CF and not during all its active turns.
Ohh and i'll bet Combat Strike does not add anything to your shield bash :(
(Challenge does not add anything to bash too :( :( )
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Re: Melee Character with Combat Focus & some Shield/Charge F

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Yes, Combat Focus has a 3.5 minute cooldown. Comparing to EW, or Knockdown or anything else, that is like a frickin' ETERNITY!!!

Also, Combat Awareness is cool, but useless. We already can see a red bar of HP levels on the mobs' avatar icon.

Combat Focus would be much, much more valuable if it granted +2 to ALL SAVES. +4 with all 4 Combat Feats. Then, the trade off of 14 rounds of Combat Focus for a 3.5 minute cooldown might be balanced to the many other combat Feats, recently added to BGTSCC.

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Re: Melee Character with Combat Focus & some Shield/Charge F

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Steve wrote:......might be balanced to the many other combat Feats, recently added to BGTSCC.
Don't worry - most of them are useless too. :roll:
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