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Sokolsky
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Favored Power Attack

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I'm contemplating a character with 10 levels of Frenzied Berserker and at least 10 levels of Ranger, with at least three favored enemies and three times Favored Power Attack. That leaves me with 10 levels and some feats, which I would like to somehow put to use improving the AC. I've got a few questions about a build like this.
  • What to do with those feats and levels to get a decent AC?
  • What creature types are most common, and thus best as Favored Enemies?
  • 3 types of favored enemies are of course not enough to cover the entire server - what percentage could I possibly cover with the right picks?
I thought about going Ranger 20 / Frenzied Berserker 10, but that'd give me a 24CL, which means a lot of dispels.
I thought about going Ranger 25 / Frenzied Berserker 5, but those last 5 levels of FB would give +12 damage with Favored Power Attack, which seems like a big loss.
I thought about Ranger 10 / Frenzied Berserker 10 / Divine Champion 10, but I don't know how to make good use of those feats.
I thought about Ranger 10 / Frenzied Berserker 10 / Ghost-Faced Killer 10, because that'd give me the a way to get out of problems, but no extra AC.

I'm open for all kinds of ideas!
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Re: Favored Power Attack

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I made a concept build that abuses FE: PA: http://nwn2db.com/build/?301091

The damage boost is pretty huge, but this concept can only work against a single enemy type (gnomes for obvious reasons).

As for which favored enemies to pick on a more reasonable build, read these posts:

viewtopic.php?f=64&t=55914

https://www.bgtscc.net/viewtopic.php?p=707011
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Re: Favored Power Attack

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damage from ipa counts like that:
(6(base ipa)+4(in case of 5 fb) or +6(in case of 10 fb))*(1(base)+1(in case of 2 handed weapon)+1(in case of ranger))
ranger+10 fb=24 one handed and 36 2handed
ranger+5 fb=20 one handed and 30 2handed
You will lose 6 damage max in case of 5 fb, so 25 ranger 5 fb is solid choice case you get bane for 2d6 damage, ptwf, 29 caster lvl, etc. But for 2 handed i would go something like that:
12 fighter(6 ab 8 damage) 1 ranger 9 hunter 5 fb 3 warlock. 2 more damage and 6 more ab compared to 10 fb, 5 fe, spellcraft+umd from warlock and darkness+wand of blindsight combo (that will help with ac problems). 20% exp penalty sadly
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