Rebuilding!

[Anastasia]

Yeah, we're doing some character rebuilding. Go ahead and post what you want here so there's a permanent record that I can reference later.

[Ebiris]

Like I said, I just want to redo Alicia's skills.

First of all her human paragon class skills would be changed to Bluff, Diplomacy, Gather Information, Intimidate, Listen, Sense Motive, Speak Language, Spot, Swim, and Tumble, with her Adaptive Learning class skill being changed to Diplomacy.

Then her skills would be redone as follows:

Bluff - 5
Concentration - 7
Diplomacy - 17
Gather Information - 8
Intimidate - 10
Knowledge (Arcana) - 6
Knowledge (Religion) - 7
Knowledge (Planes) - 15
Listen - 6
Sense Motive - 9
Speak Language - 2
Spellcraft - 4
Spot - 6
Swim - 2
Tumble - 10

[Anastasia]

That's A-OK, Eb.

[Corwin]

As we discussed, dispensing with the various bonuses for a flat +1 fort, +1 ref, +2 will.

+2 racial bonus on saving throws against enchantment spells or effects.
+2 resistance bonus to will saves involving emotions - fear, confusion, despair, hatred, ect ect.
+2 sacred bonus to all saves vs evil outsiders
+4 bonus vs fear
+2 bonus vs poison

[Anastasia]

That's fine.

[Anastasia]

Rebuilt Donald to serve as an example.

Interestingly, I feel it's largely a lateral move. While he's a better mage now, he suffers from a loss of feats and d10 HD. He's still really good for a level 8 character, as his benefactors have ensured that he's equipped superbly well. Switching to the Hammer of the Shard over Guardianil is less favorable to him now, due to that he really needs the bonuses it can grant. The debuf/buff game he has now, while not overwhelming, compliments his melee style very well.

EDIT - Up to level 9; he's about due for a level anyhow.

Size/Type: Medium Humanoid(Elf)   
Hit Dice: 9d8+18 (74 HP)
Initiative: +2   
Speed: 20 ft(30 base)
Armor Class: 26 (+2 dex, +9 armor, +2 perfection, +3 shield)
Base Attack/Grapple: +9/+14    
Attack: Guardianil+17 (1d8+7)
Full Attack: Guardianil +17/+12 (1d10+7 19-20)
Space/Reach: 5ft/5ft
Special Attacks: Spells, Arcane Channeling, Swift Cast 1/day, Spell Power.
Special Qualities: Shining Defense, Armored Mage(Medium Armor, Heavy Shield), Arcane Attunement, immunity to sleep, +2 vs enchantment effects, low light vision, +2 racial bonus to spot, listen and search checks.
Saves:    Fort +7, Ref +5, Will +5
Abilities: Str 20, Dex 14, Con 12, Int 16, Wis 8, Cha 10
Skills: Concentration+13, Craft(Religious Icons)+15, Knowledge: Arcana+15, Knowledge: Religion+15, Ride+14, Spellcraft+15, Swim+17, Climb+7, Knowledge: Nature+10.
Feats: Exotic Weapon Proficiency(Bastard Sword), Weapon Focus(Bastard Sword), Toughness, Power Attack, Combat Casting, (Open feat TBA)

Notes: Donald started as a human and reincarnated into an elf. Ergo he has a human bonus feat. I forget the exact level he died at, so I'm just giving him a flat +9 skill points to represent the +1 human skill point bonus.

Duskblade powers:

Arcane Attunement: Can use dancing lights, detect magic, flare, ghost sound and read magic 6 times per total for free. DM battery.
Armored Mage: Light armor, medium armor and heavy shields induce no arcane spell failure.
Arcane Channeling: Cast any touch spell as a standard action and make a melee attack to deliver it. Alicia-lite.
Quick Cast: Turn 1 spell a day into a swift action. Basically a free quicken spell.
Spell Power: +2 to CL checks to overcome SR if you've wounded the creature with your weapon this encounter.

Spells: (7)

DC is 13+spell level. Spells with an asterisk can be arcane channeled.

Spells known: 5/6/4/1
Spell charges:  6/8/7/3

0: Acid splash, disrupt undead, ray of frost, touch of fatigue*.
1: Ray of Enfeeblement, Resist Energy, Shocking Grasp*, True Strike, Blade of Blood, Obscuring Mist
2: Animalistic Power, Touch of Idiocy*, See Invisibility, Scorching Ray
3: Vampiric Touch

Blade of Blood: +1d6 to next attack. Can take 5 damage to boost it up to 3d6.
Animalistic Power: +2 str, dex, con.

Magical items:

Mithril Full Plate of Speed: Haste for 10 rounds per day.
Angelhelm: Weapons strike as good aligned, can cast cure critical wounds, dispel evil and resist energy(Acid or cold only) once per day as spell likes.
Bracers of Arcane Freedom: Still spell at will 2/day.
Heavy Steel Shield+1: Shield. AC. Yeah.
Guardianil: Bastard Sword+2. This weapon grants a +2 perfection bonus to AC to the holder and all allies within a 10 ft radius. The wielder many invoke the Shining Defense ability three times per day.

Shining Defense:

When using the fighting defensively option, the user gains DR 5/- and 15 temporary HP until his next turn. Further, he may designate anyone within twenty feet. If a target is designated, any damage dealt to this target is instead dealt to the wielder.

[Anastasia]

Levelled Donald up to 9 and Polly to 10. I normally do these when you guys level up, but I was under the hood anyway. Further, they were starting to really fall behind so they needed it.

[Anastasia]

The Donald rebuild is official, I used it in the flaming ship battle and I was quite pleased with it. I plan to do Oberuth soon, he's past due and needs a lot of work. Go go go go being one of my first 3.5 creations.

E: Mental note: Nondetection aura needs a house rule improvement for the CL. Mother of fuck.

[Anastasia]

This isn't strictly a rebuild, but I'm tossing Balazar in here as a curiosity and as a discussion piece. He's a Sword Archon in the process of ascending into a Throne archon. This made an interesting design to translate into in theory, but the reality of it is that the clashing design between the two types made integration difficult. Ergo I kept the Throne Archon add ons to a dead minimum and built him as a 14 HD Sword Archon, which is equal to the minimum HD of a Throne Archon.

BoED archons are a clusterfuck for balance. They're very well endowed with powers and skills, but suffer from universally low con. This is bad, but Throne Archons are the worst.  They're massively over AC'ed for the level but in a way that's not easy to translate beyond slapping +4 full plate on. >_< Also, note that I traded Discorporating Dive for a bonus feat. This is standard operating procedure for me when dealing with death effects that form a not-small part of a creature's skillset. I did the same with David's assassin death attack.

Do note that I chose improved natural attack for Balazar's armblades. There's an argument that this isn't a legal feat choice, though I went ahead and did it for the sake of the design. I'm also aware that his feat choices aren't particularly optimal. I didn't want to spend more time buffing up the feats of what may not be a recurring NPC. If he starts showing up more, I can deal with that then.

Balazar

Size/Type: Large Outsider(Good, Lawful, Archon, Extraplanar)
Hit Dice: 14d8+56 (116 HP)
Initiative: +8
Speed: 40 ft, fly 90 ft(Good)
Armor Class: 27 (-1 size, +4 dex, +14 natural), touch 13, flatfooted 23; 29 vs evil(+2 deflection)
Base Attack/Grapple: +14/+25
Attack: Armblade+24 (2d6+9 19/20 plus 2d6 holy plus 1d6 fire)
Full Attack: 2 Armblade+24
Space/Reach: 10ft/10ft
Special Attacks: Armblades, spell like abilities
Special Qualities: Aura of Menance, DR 10/evil, darkvision 60ft, immunity to electricity and petrification, low light vision, magic circle against evil, outsider traits, spell resistance 29, teleport, tongues.
Saves:    Fort +13 (+17 vs poison), Ref +13, Will +11
Abilities: Str 25, Dex 18, Con 18 Int 12, Wis 14, Cha 20
Skills: Balance+17, Concentration+18, Decipher Script+15, Diplomacy+22, Disguise+19, Gather Information+18, Hide+15, Knowledge: Religion+15, Knowledge: Planes+15, Search+15, Sense Motive+17, Survival+5(+7 following tracks or on other planes.)   
Feats: Cleave, Flyby Attack, Improved Initiative, Power Attack, Improved Natural Attack, Weapon Focus: Armblades

Notes: Exchanged Discorporating Dive for a bonus feat as it's a death effect. Added Penteiry gaze from throne archon. Removed touch of adamantine; armblades are considered adamantine innately instead. Removed wages of sin. Adjusted general stats for balance/upgrading.

Armblades: Arms can become swords and vice versa as a free action. Swords are +2 holy flaming adamantine longswords.
Spell like abilities: At will: Aid, Continual Flame, Divination, Locate Creature, Locate Object, Message; 3/day: Commune, Dispel Chaos, Mark of Justice.
Aura of Menance: DC 20; Those who fail take a -2 penalty on attacks, AC, and saves for 24 hours or until they successfully hit the archon that generated the aura. A creature that has resisted or broken the effect cannot be affected again by the same archon's aura for 24 hours.
Teleport: Greater teleport at will, CL 14th. Targets only creature and it's gear/50 pounds of objects.
Penitary Gaze: See BoED; treat as gaze attack since it doesn't specify. DC 22

[Anastasia]

Notes:

This is a total makeover. Oberuth is one of my oldest NPCs as I was first learning 3.5, so I had to change a lot of shit around. I rebuilt him from the ground up and levelled him up.

Oberuth was due an item upgrade and the city's thriving, so I added and upgraded his gear. The Commander of Balmuria ability is a small booster to simulate what he has to go through, as are his assorted ranks in skills. I may houserule the CL of nondetection cloak a little later since it's not really designed to scale up at all. He's a competent fighter who's really good against casters. This synergizes well with his hatred of devils, since most of them have spell likes and trigger his upgraded damage.

I'm not sure what he's going to take past this. More fighter is redundant, ranger's not much for him and he's maxed out occult slayer. Kensai, maybe? Suggestions welcome.

Finally, I once again stab CC skills in the face.

Fighter 6, Ranger 1, Occult Slayer 5

Size/Type: Medium Humanoid(Human)
Hit Dice: 6d10+36+1d8+6+5d8+30+12 (187 HP)
Initiative: +6
Speed: 30 ft
Armor Class: 26 (+2 dex, +6 shield, +8 armor, +2 deflection) touch 18 flatfooted 24
Base Attack/Grapple: +12/+18
Attack: Wrath of the Mundane+22 (1d8+11 17-20) or Wrath of the Mundane+24(1d8+13+3d6 17-20 versus casters)
Full Attack: Wrath of the Mundane+22/+17/+12 or +24/+19/+14
Space/Reach: 5ft/5ft
Special Attacks: Auravision, Vicious Strike.
Special Qualities: Commander of Balmuria, Favored Enemy(Humanoid: Goblinoid; Devils), Track, Wild Empathy, Magical Defense, Mind Over Magic, Nondetection Cloak, Blank Mind, SR 13
Saves:    Fort +13, Ref +6, Will +5 (+3 to all versus spells and spell likes.)
Abilities: Str 22, Dex 14, Con 22, Int 14, Wis 10, Cha 12
Skills: Climb+13, Handle Animal+8, Intimidate+10, Ride+10, Swim+13, Diplomacy+7, Sense Motive+12, Spellcraft+10, Knowledge: Arcana+15, Knowledge: Planes+5, Knowledge: Religion+5, Survival+9, Heal+2, Spot+1, Listen+1, Bluff+5, Gather Information+6, Knowledge: Local(Balmuria)+11, Knowledge: Nature+5
Feats: Negotiator(B), Track(B), Improved Initiative, Apt learner(Spellcraft and Knowledge: Arcana), Power Attack, Weapon Focus(Longsword), Weapon Specilization(Longsword), Toughness, Shield Specilization, Shield Ward, Improved Critical(Longsword), Pierce Magical Protection.
Gear: Wrath of the Mundane(Longsword+3, magebane, SR 13), Breastplate+3, Heavy Steel Shield+3, Gauntlets of Ogre Strength, Amulet of Health+4, Ring of Protection+2, masterwork dagger, potion of cure serious wounds, potion of haste.
Alignment: Lawful Neutral (Good tendencies)

Commander of Balmuria(Ex): As the man in charge with running and dealing with all of Balmuria's problems, Commander Oberuth has the following benefits, earned through his challenging tenure in office:

+2 skill points per level.
Negotiator as a bonus feat
Devils are treated as a favored enemy, as per ranger.

Wild Empathy(Ex): Can diplo animals or magical beasts with 1-2 int. Modifier is +2, treat as a diplo check.

Shield Ward(Feat): Add shield bonus to touch AC and bullrush, disarm, grapple, overrun and trips against you.

Magical Defense(Ex): +3 save bonus versus spells and spell likes.

Weapon Bond(Su): +1d6 damage against casters or creatures with spell likes with Wrath of the Mundane.

Mind Over Magic(Su) 2/day, can rebound spells back at the caster. Acts as spell turning, CL Occult Slayer level+5.

Vicious Strike(Ex): Double damage on a readied action to disrupt a spellcaster.

Auravision(Su): Can see magical auras as a free action. Cannot detect strength, schools, ect.

Nondetection Cloak(Su): Constant nondetection spell on the Occult Slayer's body and possessions. CL equals Occult Slayer level.

Blank Thoughts(Su): Immunity to mind affecting effects. Can turn on and off as a free action.

Pierce Magical Protection(Feat): Ignore spell based bonuses to AC, automatically dispel all spells and spell effects that boost AC when dealing damage.