Character Building Tips & Examples

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CHARACTER BUILDING TIPS

Some people know exactly what they want, from a cool Anime Character to bring to life, to which Powerful At Wills they have in mind.
However, if you're like most of us (including myself), you might appreciate having a few starting points to create a Character.

The following need not be adhered to, its just here for easy reference and jogging your mind. The points are separate and not in any order of importance.

To clarify as to which is the Main and Rider stat for each Class you have, after your Class please include mention, with the Main stat in CAPS. eg. Rogue (DEX-Cha), Wizard (INT-Con), etc

1. POWERS

1a) At Wills
At lv 4-6, your At Wills still come from your Base Class so that's a good way to go. Many At Wills work well with a different role,
eg. Bard's Vicious Mockery used to Mark Enemies when defending creates a -2 against the Bard and -4 against others.
eg. Rogue's Riposte Strike used to Mark Enemies when defending makes it a lose-lose situation for the target.

1b) Encounter Powers
Alternatively you can build off Encounter powers you like. They can come from a single class
eg. Use Power Versatility( Encounter) to re-gain Two Fanged Strike by swapping your higher level power
You can also mix and match different Encounter powers from 2 different Classes.

2. ROLES & SELECTION

2) Role(s) (less Controllers)
If you cannot decide on favourite Powers or can't decide the Role to go with them, consider what Role you'd like.
If there's more than 1 Role, you can use a feat to swap between them. Role-swapping Leaders are exceptionally versatile for emergencies in the first Round, but affects their long term viability

Please be reminded that you need NOT Multiclass to have a different Role. Multiclass is primarily for access to more Powers.

2a) When to Role-Swap
Players who play multiple main Roles should consider when they wish to Role Swap. This is especially so for Leaders, and possibly for Defenders as well.
Note that a party can play very successfully without any full-time Defender. In every Encounter, there is almost always a point in time after which a pure Defender who does not do much damage sees his Defender utility decrease Dramatically.
For this reason, Defender->Striker is a natural Role-Swap to take, but arguably so is Leader->Defender ; spend a heal to help out for the first 3 rounds, and then proceed to use your other Heal as required.
In general if a battle is tough, by the 3rd round (or even before that) a Heal should be required. In contrast, its very unlikely that anyone, even someone who drops in the first round, would have died by the 3rd round

2b) Controllers interacting with Roles
Controller Powers provide their own use, but also can be used to enhance the Roles in certain situations.
- Leaders that use Controller powers, notably Controller At Wills, are very versatile, able to grant Attack / Damage bonuses to Allies, sometimes even while weakening the Enemy. This makes them much more useful after running out of Heals.
- Strikers can use Controller powers to deal damage to up to 2 Enemies without further Feat investment. This is situational at best, but useful.
- Defenders can use Controller powers to mark multiple enemies. This is fairly situational and will likely not come up often.
- Controller Daily Powers can apply the above effects without their Riders being reduced in effect.

3. EFFECTIVE MULTICLASSING

As mentioned earlier, you do not need to Multiclass to gain Multiple Roles. So why Multiclass? Using Class Versatility, it becomes easier to Multiclass without gimping the second Class, especially regards the Attack.

Certain Classes lend themselves slightly better to Multiclass into, though a Character typically can Multiclass into a large array of Classes by investing Class Versatility Twice (instead of Once).

To keep Class Versatility to be a one-time Feat with absolutely no loss in Attack between the Classes, first...
1) Determine your Base Class
2) Pick a Multiclass such that
EITHER : your Multiclass' Main Stat (the one in CAPs) is one of the Rider Stats of your Base Class
OR : your Base Class' Main Stat (the one in CAPs) is one of the Rider Stats of your Multiclass
3) This Stat will be your Primary Stat
4) Use Class Versatility to change the Class that does not use your Primary Stat to attack, such that it now uses that Stat to attack.

In this way, you will end up with Powers from both Classes that are equally Accurate in hitting
If Riders for both Classes are your Sec Stat, they are entirely equally Effective as well. That is what might be considered a "Perfect" fit

Note that because PHB1 Cleric, Ranger, Paladin, Warlock have 2 Main Stats, they're quite ideal for Multiclassing one way or another.
In fact, PHB1 Cleric is "Perfect" for both PHB1 Paladin and PHB1 Ranger, without requiring Class Versatility even once.
eg. Cleric (STR-Wis), Ranger (STR-Wis) --> Class Versatility not needed
eg. Paladin (STR-Int), Cleric (STR, Int) --> Class Versatility not needed
eg. Paladin (WIS-Int), Cleric (WIS, Int) --> Class Versatility not needed

4. DEFENSES, FEATS, FEATURES

Some Players, especially Defenders, aim to raise their AC very high through Feats. The feat support is there but a little different from previous.

Since there are no more "cloth-only" Classes, Unarmored Agility has dropped a lot in value, which is the intention since it often felt like a Feat Tax.

Many previous "cloth-only" Classes can also now use Class Versatility to "shift" their Class Powers to use DEX or INT, without sacrificing Choice in Class Features (a DEX Sorcerer can still be Dragon Magic now), or use Primary Defence to "shift" their non-Heavy-Armor Stat Bonus to use their Pri Stat.

- The most obvious Class Feature bonus that applies in this situation would be Swordmage Warding. Especially since you can now wield a Light Blade as an implement and through "In Your Face" gain immunity from OAs that should be incurred by Ranged Attacks. Unless you are a Swordmage, it usually costs 2 Feats (Multiclass Swordmage followed by Multiclass Defences)
Edit : Swordmage Warding has been "nerfed" so that the +3 AC bonus is conditional on the Character in a Defender Role, on top of other restrictions. You still get the +1 AC however

- Lesser examples are Warlock's Shadow Walk and Barbarian Agility.
- Proficiency (Hide) is also now widely available and can be used to easily boost another +1 AC.
- Feats like Hafted Defence, Two Weapon Defence, and Superior Weapon Proficiency (Light Blades) for Parrying Dagger can also be used.

5. STATS & FEATS

Build on the stats that you like, the Skills you want to Excel in.
eg. A CHA Rogue might feel his damage is gimped compared to a Brutal Scoundrel Rogue, can simply set CHA as his Rider, and his Brutal Scoundrel will key off that Stat. His triggered Riposte Strike can also key off CHA.

You can also use Skill Versatility to use a different Stat for that Skill.

EXAMPLE BUILDS

The rest of the thread for example builds.
They may exclude Race, Skills, Equipment.
Feel free to post your own Builds as Well.

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Wizard Defender

Alakazam, level 4
Half-Elf, Wizard ( INT-Con ),
Defender Option : Divine Challenge

FINAL ABILITY SCORES
Str 10, Con 18, Dex 10, Int 20, Wis 13, Cha 10

STARTING ABILITY SCORES
Str 10, Con 15, Dex 10, Int 17, Wis 13, Cha 10

AC: 24 Fort: 17 Reflex: 18 Will: 16**
HP: 51 Surges: 10 Surge Value: 12
* : +1 to NAD

TRAINED SKILLS

UNTRAINED SKILLS

FEATS
Expertise Feat : Light Blade
Wizard Feat : Lasting Effect
Level 1: Multiclass Swordmage ( INT-Con ) : Implement Proficiencies
Level 2: In Your Face
Level 4: Multiclass Defences (Swordmage)

POWERS
Wizard at-will 1: Illusory Ambush
Wizard at-will 1: Scorching Burst
Dilettante : Luring Strike
Wizard encounter 1: Glorious Presence
Wizard daily 1: Horrid Whispers
Wizard utility 2: Guardian Blades
Swordmage encounter 3: Dimensional Vortex

ITEMS
Rhythm Blade +1, Leather Armor +1, Amulet of Protection +1

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Notes
- use Light Blade and Multiclass feats to gain +3 AC from Swordmage Warding Class Feature
- use Divine Challenge on the target. If it targets someone else, it takes 4 Radiant damage. This also means the Character doesn't need to be anywhere near the frontlines to Mark effectively.
- attack every turn with Illusory Ambush, causing it to take an additional -2 Attack against yourself, and -4 Attack against allies.
- when faced with large number of enemies, use Scorching Burst to do Mass Marking
- note that while Glorious Presence is supposed to use WIS, it ends up using Con since that is a Rider Stat of the Wizard Class.
- being a Defender Base Class, the character gets the benefit of extra HP.
- if the Character is confident of staying away from Frontlines, he can replace In Your Face with Mighty Defender to punish disobedience of his Mark.

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Quick Update : included segment for Character Building Tips, including Effective Multiclassing.

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Havenward, level 4
Dwarf, Cleric ( STR-Int )
Leader
Striker Option : Sec Mod, Targeting

FINAL ABILITY SCORES
Str 20, Con 10, Dex 10, Int 18, Wis 13, Cha 10

STARTING ABILITY SCORES
Str 17, Con 10, Dex 10, Int 15, Wis 13, Cha 10

AC: 22 Fort: 18 Reflex: 17 Will: 16**
HP: 37 Surges: 6 Surge Value: 9
* : +1 to NAD

TRAINED SKILLS

UNTRAINED SKILLS

FEATS
Expertise Feat : Light Blade
Cleric Feat : Timely Aid
Level 1: Multiclass Swordmage (INT-Str) : Implement Proficiency
Level 2: Striking Leadership
Level 4: Power Versatility ( Encounter ) : Healing Strike Lvl 1

POWERS
Cleric at-will 1: Sacred Flame
Cleric at-will 1: Recovery Strike*
Cleric encounter 1: Healing Strike
Cleric daily 1: Cascade of Light
Cleric utility 2: Sanctuary
Swordmage encounter 3: Dimensional Vortex

ITEMS
Rapier +1, Light Shield, Scale Armor +1, Amulet of Protection +1

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Notes
- His Timely Aid does not apply to Recovery Strike, Healing Strike, etc (see below)
- Multiclassing Swordmage grants implement proficiency in Light Blades
- By using STR as his main class Stat, the cleric uses STR both for Recovery Strike (melee) and Sacred Flame (ranged)
- When he is a Leader, Recovery Strike works normally. When he changes to Striker role, Recovery Strike only grants THP, not Healing (see below)
- Power Versatility lets him use Healing Strike twice in a single Encounter (by replacing Dimensional Vortex with Healing Strike). Both times it works the same whether or not he is a Leader or Striker, because it is an Encounter Power and not an At Will (see below)
- So this Character can heal up to 4 times in a single battle ; he can also sacrifice 2 Encounter Heals to go pure Striker to begin with, grant THP continuously, and then still use Healing Strike twice.
- On top of that, he can Minor Action to Second Wind himself
- Dimensional Vortex can also help prevent an Ally from going down, by teleporting an Enemy away from a Bloodied Ally that would have got hit.

5.0 Leader Options & Feats
NOTE : Healing Power here applies to the Encounter Heal and not to any other Power you use that has the Healing Keyword.
NOTE : When any Non-Leader uses any At Will Power that has the Healing Keyword, the target gains Temporary Hitpoints instead of Healing. This includes Leaders that have Role-Swapped to become Strikers."

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Fiora Laurent (adapted), Lv 4
Human, Fighter ( DEX-Str )
Build: Tempest Fighter
Striker Option : Sec Mod, Targeting

FINAL ABILITY SCORES
Str 18, Con 10, Dex 20, Int 8, Wis 13, Cha 10

STARTING ABILITY SCORES
Str 15, Con 10, Dex 17, Int 8, Wis 13, Cha 10

AC: 22 Fort: 17 Reflex: 19* Will: 15*
HP: 37 Surges: 6 Surge Value: 9
* : +1 to NAD

TRAINED SKILLS

UNTRAINED SKILLS

FEATS
Expertise Feat : Light Blade
Fighter Feat : Combat Superiority
Free Feat : Two Weapon Defense
Level 1: Class Versatility : Fighter (DEX-Str)
Level 2: Versatile Flanker
Level 4: Brutal Advantage

POWERS
Human Racial : Heroic Effort
Fighter at-will 1: Brash Strike
Fighter at-will 1: Dual Strike
Fighter encounter 1: Surprising Stab
Fighter daily 1: Bristling Defense
Fighter utility 2: No Opening
Fighter encounter 3: Rain of Blows

ITEMS
Paired Short sword +1, Hide Armor +1, Amulet of Protection +1

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Notes
- Fiora gains +1 damage from Light Blade "Expertise"
- As Tempest, Fiora gains +1 bonus to Attack rolls with Paired Short Sword, +2 bonus to Damage from Light Armor, off-hand weapons
- Fiora gains 5 Striker damage from Sec Stat with marking, and an additional 4 with CA from Versatile Flanker
- Fiora also gains +1 AC from Class Versatility, which allows her to use DEX instead of STR.
- Alternatively, she can give up Class Versatility, taking -1 AC for Advantageous Assault (+1d6 with CA)
- At level 7, Fiora can use Power Versatility : Rain of Blows to gain an extra use of Rain of Blows.

BEFORE
HP: 43 / AC: 20 F: 21 R: 19 W: 14
Attack : +13 vs AC (2Lvl + 5Dex + 1Enh + 1Tempest + 3Prof + 1Exp)
Damage : 1d6 + 9 (5Dex + 1Enh + 2Tempest + 1Two-Weapon-Fighting)
Per Encounter : +2d6 damage with CA

AFTER
HP: 37 / AC: 22 F: 17 R: 19 W: 15
Attack : +13 vs AC (2Lvl + 5Dex + 1Enh + 1Tempest + 3Prof + 1Exp)
Damage : 1d6 + 9 (5Dex + 1Enh + 1Exp + 2Tempest )
Striker : +5 to Target, +9 with CA

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Lucidia (adapted), level 5
Halfling, Rogue ( DEX-Cha)
Rogue Weapon : Sharpshooter Talent
Rogue Tactics : Brutal Scoundrel
Striker Option : Sec Mod

FINAL ABILITY SCORES
Str 10, Con 13, Dex 20, Int 8, Wis 10, Cha 18

STARTING ABILITY SCORES
Str 10, Con 13, Dex 17, Int 8, Wis 10, Cha 15

AC: 21 Fort: 15 Reflex: 19 Will: 17
HP: 40 Surges: 7 Surge Value: 10

TRAINED SKILLS

UNTRAINED SKILLS

FEATS
Expertise Feat : Crossbow
Rogue Feat : Advantageous Assault
Level 1: In Your Face / Precise Shot
Level 2: Distant Advantage
Level 4: Armor Proficiency (Hide)

POWERS
Rogue at-will 1: Gloaming Cut / Deft Strike
Rogue at-will 1: Preparatory Shot
Rogue Encounter 1 : Distracting Shot
Rogue Daily 1 : Scattering Shot
Rogue Encounter 3 : Fleeting Spirit Strike
Rogue Daily 5 : Bloodbath

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Notes
- Rogue Striker damage is now same as other classes ; no longer require CA to do the Striker damage. ie you always do at least +CHA(4) damage
- When you have CA against the target, you can do an extra +1d6 +CHA (4) damage. So with CA you would do +8 +1d6 damage.
- Preparatory Shot and Gloaming Cut both use CHA mod now. In other words, when you use Prep Shot you do DEX + CHA damage ; when you use Gloaming Cut you can shift 4 squares and make a Stealth check (if you fulfill conditions for stealthing)
- In Your Face lets you respectively ignore OA when you make a ranged attack while in Melee ; Precise Shot lets you ignore all Cover.

BEFORE (assuming Dex 20)
HP: 44 / AC: 20 F: 14 R: 20 W: 17
Attack : +11 vs AC (2Lvl + 5Dex + 1Enh + 1Talent + 2Prof )
Damage : 1d6 + 6 (5Dex + 1Enh ) / Prep Shot : 5 damage
Striker : +2d6 damage with CA

AFTER
HP: 40 / AC: 21 F: 15 R: 19 W: 17
Attack : +12 vs AC (2Lvl + 5Dex + 1Enh + 1Talent + 2Prof + 1Exp)
Damage : 1d6 + 7 (5Dex + 1Enh + 1Exp ) / Prep Shot : 9 damage
Striker (Sec Stat) : +4 without CA, +8+1d6 with CA
Striker (Dice Damage) : +1d6 without CA, +2d6+4 with CA

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Elhan, level 5
Elf, Ranger (DEX-Wis)
Ranger Option : Marauder Fighting Style
Striker Option : Sec Stat, Targeting

FINAL ABILITY SCORES
Str 10, Con 13, Dex 20, Int 8, Wis 18, Cha 10

STARTING ABILITY SCORES
Str 10, Con 13, Dex 17, Int 8, Wis 15, Cha 10

AC: 23 Fort: 16* Reflex: 20 Will: 18*
HP: 45 Surges: 7 Surge Value: 11

TRAINED SKILLS

UNTRAINED SKILLS

FEATS
Expertise Feat : Light Blade
Class Feature Feat : Two Weapon Defence
Ranger Feat : Distant Target
Level 1: Armor Proficiency : Hide
Level 2: Flurry of Blows : Target cannot shift until start of your next turn. If he is not the Target, he cannot OA
Level 4: Target Censure : moving away adds +2 to the Ranger's Striker damage

POWERS
Racial Encounter : Elven Accuracy
Ranger at-will 1: Twin Strike
Ranger at-will 1: Marauder's Rush
Ranger Encounter 1 : Two Fanged Strike
Ranger Daily 1 : Off-Hand Parry
Ranger Utility 2 : Invigorating Stride
Ranger Encounter 3 : Disruptive Strike
Ranger Daily 5 : Snarling Wolf Stance

ITEMS
Rhythm Blade +1 (Short Sword), Predator's Hide Armor +1, Cloak of Walking Wounded +1, Rapier +1

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Notes
- I had originally meant this Ranger to be a Defender -> Striker, but given the suite of powers available as part of Melee, this is not all that necessary
- with Marauder Style, this Elf Ranger has a Speed of 8, and Two Weapon Defence.
- Marauder's Rush uses his Secondary Stat, which is WIS. So it does a base of 1[W] + DEX + Wis
- Flurry of Blows damage is +4 from Wis and +1 from Targeting
- Flurry of Blows prevents his target from shifting away ; and if target tries to move away, he gets addition +2 damage from Censure
- With his Predator Hide Armor, he gains an additional +1 AC if he hits his Target.
- Cloak of Walking Wounded lets him use his Invigorating Stride for 2x Surges every single Encounter. ( problem is if out of surges )
- With his high AC, he is half-a-Defender, in that his Target has to attack him (cannot shift) in order not to get punished (with a +2 damage)
- Target Censure can be replaced by Versatile Flanker to get more accurate attacks in, assuming he is being supported by a Defender to flank with
- If he wants to be more Striker-ish, he can replace Flurry of Blows with Brutal Advantage or Advantageous Assault for more Striker damage with CA.
- Note that he loses +1 AC and Reflex if he goes Two-Blade Fighting Style for Storm Warden PP

Attack : +12 vs AC (2Lvl + 5Dex + 1Enh + 3Prof + 1Exp)
Base Damage : 1d8 + 7 (5Dex + 1Enh + 1Exp )
Twin Strike Damage : 1d8 + 2 and 1d6 + 2 / Marauder's Rush : 1d8 + 11 (5Dex + 1Enh + 1Exp + 4Wis)
Flurry of Blows Striker Damage (Sec Stat) : +5 to Target

Edit : changed the Rhythm Blade from Rapier to Short Sword, otherwise it can't be wielded in the Offhand.

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Ulquiorra, level 8
Longtooth Shifter, Druid (DEX-Con)
Class Feature : Primal Swarm
Striker Option : Sec Stat, Targeting

FINAL ABILITY SCORES
Str 10, Con 18, Dex 22, Int 8, Wis 11, Cha 10

STARTING ABILITY SCORES
Str 10, Con 14, Dex 18, Int 8, Wis 11, Cha 10

AC: 25 Fort: 19 Reflex: 21 Will: 17**
HP: 65 Surges: 10 Surge Value: 16

FEATS
Expertise Feat : Staff
Level 1: Class Versatility (DEX-Con)
Level 2: Versatile Flanker
Level 4: Brutal Advantage
Level 6: Armor Proficiency - Hide
Level 8: Enraged Boar Form OR Superior Implement Training (Accurate)

POWERS
Longtooth Shifter Racial : Longtooth Shifting ( Regen 2, Damage +2 when blooded )
Druid at-will 1 : Grasping Claws
Druid at-will 1 : Savage Rend
Druid at-will 1 : Swarming Locusts
Druid Encounter 1 : Stinging Cloud
Druid Daily 1 : Whirlwind of Sand
Druid Utility 2: Barkskin
Druid Encounter 3: Flowing Swarm
Druid Daily 5 : Roar of Terror
Druid Utility 6: Swarm Dispersal
Druid Encounter 7: Poison Sting

ITEMS
Predator's Hide +2, Badge of the Berserker +2, Staff of the Serpent +2, Horned Helm (Heroic), Claw Gloves

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Notes
- This is a Charging Druid build. I had originally meant it to be something else built off Ulquiorra
- Using Class Versatility, it manages to avoid using WIS (Primary Stat for Druids) completely
- Enraged Boar Form and Horned Helm grants it more charging "punch" than normal
- Predator's Hide is useful to grant it an extra +1 AC when it hits its target
- Accuracy with CA against Reflex is very high, and even higher when Charging
- Its Class Feature grants Resist 4 to All Melee & Ranged Attacks, giving it excellent Absorption Capability
- If Enraged Boar Form is replaced with Flurry of Blows, combined with Grasping Claws (Slow until end of Next Turn) it can be a good Off-Tank, and regenerate while absorbing damage. Long Tooth Spirit Shifter Spirit Shifter is also a good tanking feat to Regen 4 (up from Regen 2) when bloodied
- The Race can be changed to a Pixie and it can arguably become a cool-looking flying Raptor. In such case, Versatile Flanker can be best replaced with Streak of Light
- swapping Enraged Board Form with Superior Implement Training (Accurate) works well also, but you take -2 to your charging damage for more accurate To Hit.
- As a side note, Ulquiorra the character tends to like to "jump" around (high speed Sonido) and attack from different angles. He also "flies" when he is in his Released Stage (ie Beast Form). So Pouncing Armor might arguably bring out this "fluff" better, though it is not as optimised as Predator's Hide Armor.

- Under Rules, Section 8.0 on Controllers : due to the Controller Daily Power effect, the 2 Dailies can be used to apply Striker damage to up to 2 targets, even if the second Enemy is not "legal", ie not Targeted. Note that un-Targeted Enemies only take Striker Damage equal to Con Mod (ie +4), without the +1 per Tier that hitting your Target provides.
- If applied to a non-Daily Controller Power, and used to apply Striker damage to 2 Targets, most other effects of the Power will lapse. Only the effects mentioned in the list in the 8.0 Section applies ; the rest are nullified.

Attack (normal) : 3lvl + 6Dex + 1Exp + 2Enh = +12 vs Reflex (without CA)
Damage (normal) : 31.5 damage on avg : 1d8 + 1d6Poison + 1d10Gloves + 6Dex + 5Striker + 4BrutalAdv + 1Focus + 2Enh = 13.5 + 15 + 3

Attack (charging, Grasping Claws) : +13 vs Reflex (without CA) : 3lvl + 6Dex + 1Exp + 2Enh + 1Boar
Damage (charging, Grasping Claws) : 37 damage on avg : 1d8 + 1d6Poison + 1d6Helm + 1d10Gloves + 6Dex + 5Striker + 4BrutalAdv + 2Boar + 1Focus + 2Enh = 17 + 15 + 5

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Balance with 4E Notes

- note that in 4E its almost impossible to achieve high AC with a Primal Swarm Druid feature, in view that Swarm requires CON, Druid requires WIS, and defence keys off DEX
- Longtooth Shifters also only gain STR and WIS modifier bonuses

- the ToHit is same as an optimised Sorcerer / Implement-based Striker of the same level with Racial Bonus added in
- the Charging Damage (with CA) is comparable to a Charging Thief with CA at the same level
1d8Rapier + 1d8Surprising-Charge + 1d8Vanguard-Weapon + 2d8Sneak-Attack + 1d6Helm + 6Dex + 2Thief-Finesse + 2Enh + 1LightBladeExp = 5d8 + 1d6 + 11 = 37 damage average
- marginally less than a Charging Rogue at the same level
1d8Rapier + 1d8Surprising-Charge + 1d8Vanguard-Weapon + 2d8Sneak-Attack + 1d6Helm + 3Dex(halved from Melee Training) + 4BrutalScoundrel + 2Enh + 1LightBladeExp = 5d8 + 1d6 + 13 = 36 damage average
- Thieves can throw in a Backstab few times per Encounter.

- The Druid's AC would be the same as a level 8 Rogue or Thief with Leather Armor +2 and off-hand Rhythm Blade (not a Parrying Dagger)

- in other words, it is practically an Optimised Melee Striker EXCEPT that it adds Primal Swarm ( Class Feature ) in, which is a Resist 4 to all Melee and Ranged Attacks.

Edit : factored in half-Dex Modifier for Rogue with Melee Training, and also dropped mention of Bracers of Mighty Striking since the Druid can use it also.
- this might be considered too powerful, and may require further tweaking of the Druid Class Feature
- from what I've looked over the Classes, this seems to be an issue mainly with the Class Features of Controller Classes

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