Knowledge (Nature) - 6 ranks for Geomancer.Knowledge (Arcana) - 6 ranks for Geomancer.Craft (Stoneworking) - 8 ranks for Runesmith.Spellcraft - It is possibly more important to you than to other casters: you almost learn spells if you succeed.Concentration - You are a melee caster.Always have it at the rank required to reach all spells (even divine ones) with a take 10 if possible. Diplomacy - You need this to cast spells.The skill fall generally in three categories: Though this build has 4-6 skill points per level and a number of skills to spend on, it is nowhere near a skill monkey. Scribe scroll can be gained from the Herewards Hall adaption, or from a Domain Draught: Rune Domain for one day.Ironwill can be gained from Otyugh Hole for 3000 gp.At level 1, the build recieves the two extra feats from two flaws.Practiced Spellcaster, Greater Heavy Armour Optimisation 'Fury of Tharmekhûl' - with free feat shenanigans ECLĪcademy graduate (Diplomacy, Knowledge (Nature) & (Religion)) Dodge, Innattentive Combat Casting, Shaky 'Core' - with no free feat tricks ECLĪcademy graduate (Diplomacy, Knowledge (Nature) & (Nobility))Īura of Courage, Damage Bonus, Proficiency with Weapons & Armours However, there are two ways to reach that goal, as follows: In the end, you will be a Sha'ir 4 / Geomancer 4 / Dragonslayer 1 / Runesmith 2 / Abjurant champion 5 / Spell Sword 4. The template causes a +1 LA which should be bought back by level 3. Wisdom is there to be dumped.įrom the racial traits, the ones we will be building upon are: For the remaining attributes, Charisma is the most important, then the gish stats of Constitution and Strength. Intelligence has to be at least 14, dexterity at least 13 for the build to work. Table: Starting Attributes 32 pts buy Attribute Game Rule Components Race ĭraconic Gold Dwarf or some other Dwarven options, see Variants Magic Item Compendium - Domain Draughts.Complete Scoundrel - Locations for free feats.Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting - Gold Dwarf.While being among the mightiest spellcasters, way beyond the capabilities of a mere wizard. In the following years he learns to parallelly strengthen his arcane and martial might, both by the occult schools of the land, and the rune based secrets of his race.Īnd after a while he becomes what he just dreamt of: Appearing like a Defender, maybe even fighting alongside them. First he learns to fight against the starkest foes of any humanoid, dragon-kind, but upon learning of his own draconic blood, he decides to leave those fanatics. The class isn't for him, but to emulate it he seeks out a number of ways. However, during his advancement, he has a constant nudge in the back of his mind to become like the heroes of his childhood dreams: a Great Rift Deep Defender. He gets closer to his inner stone nature, and learns to cast stronger spells in the mountains (Geomancer class levels). To tie together the background and the class, I would suggest to worship Tharmekhûl and on working to involve as much of a fire theme as possible: A fire gen, fire spells whenever possible.Īs he learns the tricks of his trade, the stone and sand themselves call out to him. Having journeyed to Calimshan, he joined the Seminarcane in hopes of becoming a Sorcerer or a Wizard, and surprised all, especially himself, when he stumbled upon the path of the Sha'ir. If played in Faerûn, the character could be a Gold Dwarf having left the Great Rift after the Thunder blessing. So I set out to fulfil the dwarven gish build without losing out on spellcasting, and succeeded. At the later levels it should hurt lest, but still, having access to the spell as soon as possible does give a bit more sense of power.Īlso I love the idea of casting arcane spells while being fully armoured with a weapon in hand. And in my experience, even one level of delay hurts a lot. Even a pure sorcerer forces you to have a one level delay. I really like playing gish (fighter-wizard) characters, but most builds in 3.5 such as the classic Fighter 1 / Wizard x, or the Sorcadin (Paladin 2 / Sorcerer x) forces you to get your spells later than a pure wizard.

No lost spell levels until level 9 spells are reached.Gish benchmark (4 attacks / 9 th level spells at level 20).3.2.2 'Fury of Tharmekhûl' - with free feat shenanigans.3.2.1 'Core' - with no free feat tricks.

Gish build