![]() 4 + intelligence modifier skill points at each substitution level. Half-Elf Fighter RoDe: Standard class skills plus bluff, diplomacy and sense motive.4th level: A Strength bonus is a nice bonus to attack and damage. ![]() 2nd level: A constitution bonus is tempting, but not very effective compared to a feat or Dungeon Crasher.1st level: Spears are simple weapons with considerably better martial equivalents, and you give up heavy armor proficiency.Kobold Fighter RoDr: Standard class skills plus profession (miner).You will probably need to forgo Power Attack on the following turn, but it’s better than being mind-controlled. It’s an immediate action, so you can use it in response to effects which require a Will save instead of guessing when you might need it. Resolute CC: This is a great option for addressing the Fighter’s poor Will saves.However, many fights involve enemies with no abilities that count on your Will saves, and the bonus is typeless so it will stack with anything. Armor of God CC: Will saves are one of the Fighter’s biggest problems.Aligned Strike CC: DR is one of the Fighter’s biggest problems, and the ability to align your weapon as a free action is better than any Cleric or Paladin can do.Armored Mage CM: Very tempting for Gish builds like the Eldritch Knight, but you need to take a whole bunch of levels of Fighter so that you can cast higher level spells in armor, which means you’re giving up spellcasting levels.It also removes the disappointment of rolling and missing with all of your iterative attacks. Overpowering Attack PHB2: Fantastic for area control Defenders because it doubles the damage of your attacks of opportunity.Elusive Attack PHB2: The bonus to AC isn’t nearly enough to compensate for the amount of damage ouput which you give up for this.Combined with Shock Trooper, this can be a fantastic component of charge builds, and can give you a fun option for positioning your enemies on the battlefield. 8d6 damage plus triple your strength bonus is a huge pile of damage, and you can do it as often as you like. Dungeon Crasher Ds: The bull rush component is the only important part of this ACF, and it’s plenty.The maximum dexterity bonus of +2 is enough for many Combat Reflexes users, but you may want more for really well-optimized area control defender builds. You’ll probably do better just buying norma armor, but this could potentially save you a whole lot of money, and it’s a good option for builds which can’t sacrifice mobility to use heavy armor. Dragonscale Husk DrM: This is a weird ability, and it strongly discourages multiclassing into anything which doesn’t provide heavy armor proficiency.Counterattack PHB2: Potentially viable if you’re using a big two-handed weapon, but it cuts into your damage output and prevents you from using your swift action.Bonus Feats are why you play a Fighter (or take a 2-level class dip). Skills: 2+ skill ranks and the worst skill list in the game by a huge margin.īonus Feats: The Fighter’s only class feature. Proficiencies: Heavy armor, tower shields, and martial weapons. Saves: Fortitude is the Fighter’s only good save. Fighter Class Features Hit Points: d10 hit points is standard for martial classes. I also omit the use of “Flaws” since they allow a massive increase in power with essentially no cost to the character. Those options also tend to be wildly unbalanced and rarely receive errata. I am of the opinion that those options are intended to be limited to campaigns run in those settings, and as such they don’t really apply to a generic campaign. It’s important to note that I generally omit campaign-setting specific content. Blue: Fantastic options, often essential.Red: Bad, useless options, or options whichĪre extremely situational.For help identifying sourcebook abbreviations, see my Sourcebook Abbreviations Guide. Because so little of 3.5 is available on the SRD, I will attempt to tag items with a superscript indicating their book of origin. RPGBOT uses the color coding scheme which has become common among Pathfinder build handbooks, which tend to be more consistent than 3.5 handbooks. Multiclassing and Prestige Classes Disclaimer.Instead, it will provide general advice which should apply to most Fighters. The Fighter excels as a Defender and Striker, but completely lacks the ability to fill other roles.īecause Fighters are exceptionally diverse, this handbook will not present a specific build. However, because 3.5 rewards specialization Fighters tend to pigeon-hole themselves into a small set of combat options, and when those options are ineffective they frequently find themselves useless in combat. The Fighter is one of the most iconic classes in DnD, and with considerably more feats than any other character the Fighter has a ton of room for customization.
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