

I go with 21 ranger levels for Bane of Enemies, 1 level of SD for the Hide in Plain Sight, and the rest rogue for the skills, Improved Evasion, and sneak attack damage.ĬoDzilla can rule in NWN. It's built to abuse Hide in Plain Sight which is good with sneak attack damage. I've enjoyed a ranger/rogue/shadowdancer build that's pretty good. Ranger builds aren't all that powerful in the game, especially in epic games.

In addition, use the Knockdown/Improved Knockdown feats (which are good feats for pretty much any fighter build), when the enemy is prone, you'll get Sneak Attack damage from your rogue levels. Another good rogue skill to invest in in these levels is UMD.

The game lets you save skill ranks each level because it doesn't handle half-ranks in cross-class skills. Dump 5 ranks into Tumble when you do this because you get a +1 AC for every 5 ranks of Tumble. What you do is take a rogue level at level 2 and then every 5th level thereafter to level 17 or 37 (depending on whether or not you can go epic). I often like a fighter/rogue/weapon master build when I'm playing a new module. If you're just starting out, a fighter build can be decent. Some online persistant worlds restrict that sort of thing, but you're probably not worried about that. Many builds actively take advantage of "dipping", you know taking a single level of a class just for the level 1 advantages. Most of the rules are about the same, there's a few different feats and skills, and domains are a bit stripped down from the pnp rules.Īlso, you can only have a maximum of three classes, so keep that in mind when planning a build.

Anyway, all the 3.0 DMG PrCs except Loremaster are in the the first two expanions, along with some 3.0 splat classes and 2 FRCS ones. HotU adds more, Champion of Torm (Divine Champion), Weapon Master, Shifter, Dwarven Defender, Pale Master, and Red Dragon Disciple, I might be forgetting one or two. There are a few prestige classes in Shadows of Undrentide (available in the Gold, Platinum, and Diamond editions), these are Arcane Archer, Assassin, Blackguard, Shadowdancer, and Harper Scout, IIRC. There are different builds depending on whether you're going 20 or 40 levels.Īlso, WRT to HotU is the issue of prestige classes. Well, first are you using just NWN, or are you using Hordes of the Underdark as well (included in the Platinum and Diamond editions)? That makes a difference, since HotU adds epic builds.
