Help with a Dwarven Defender.

[Okan]

Hey there folks, I have been playing my dwarven toon lately and before I invest too much into leveling him up in the epics I wanted to hear opinions about the build that I am using for him. The idea was being fairly sturdy while being able to maintain an avarage amount of damage via Northlander Hewing. If you can think any ways to make this better I would very much appreciate it, since I have hit epic levels it feels like I have been doing subpar contribution with groups at best and invisible at worst.

http://nwn2db.com/build/?297978 (dash is placeholder for Northlander Hewing)

[chad878262]

Overall nothing wrong with your build and it will do fine, but you may want to consider the following:

- Remember Divine Champion is somewhat limited with feats selection. You may want to take Epic Damage Reduction with DC4 and leave Melee Mastery for a Fighter bonus feat/regular feat level. I honestly don't recall if they can take melee mastery with bonus feats.
- UMD is best to leave at around 11 modified skill (so 13 ranks -2 CHA for 11) or get to 33 if you plan to use scrolls.
- From your odd STR/CON you may be planning to use the belt of growth, but if you're willing to spend the time to make enough coin there are +4 STR Gloves available now, so you could leave STR at 20 and take Epic Weapon Specialization instead of Great STR 1.

[Okan]

Thanks for the pointers. I do plan to take UMD up to 33, there are a few tweaks to the skills that I have forgetting to update. As for STR gloves, I don't have access to a mithral full plate with a decent enchantment bonus so I though my hand slot would have to go to a +armor one unless I have to keep constant IMA wand usage.