TOPIC: VTD6A Aug. 8 @6:24

Hello,
Got some new guys with us, but we're a group of 5 playing Barbarian, Cleric, Paladin, Rogue, Wizard. We're definitely geared to breeze normal but may have a challenge for hardcore. Have 2 more slots and love for a full house.

Hello. I bought a ticket for this run and chose Ranger. I am well geared for Hardcore, but will defer to what the rest of the group wants to do. Looking forward to playing with you all. I will post later this week any tokens that I have that can be borrowed by party members.

-Thanks,

-Joe

Hi! I bought the last ticket for this run, and I'll be playing Druid. I should be pretty comfortable with Hardcore, looking forward to adventuring with you all!

--Patrick

Hey Joe, Hey Hacky, Welcome!

We'd love to do hardcore, but would probably need a little more gear to help out. I'll break down the builds we have on the five classes we're playing.

Paladin
+2 Holy Avenger
Sling of Seeking
Defender Set
Lenses of Heimdall Sight
Necklace of Natural Armor
Shirt of Blessed Strength
Bracers of the Tavernkeeper
Gauntlets of Ogre Power
Belt of the Brave
Kilt of Dungeonbane (STR)
Boots of Shocking Step
Cloak of Painful Luck
Earcuff of the Sacred
Earcuff of Vitality
Ring of the Annointed
Ring of Soothing Touch
Charm of Avarice
Charm of Sipquick
Charm of Soothing Touch
IS Gold/Platinum/Silver Nuggets
IS Beryl Prism
IS Tourmaline Tear
Bead of Cleric's Piety
Bead of the Dire Bear
FoP: Dog

+9/+8 melee 30 AC
+4/+0 range 30 AC
37 HP
17 // 14 // 14 saves

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Cleric
Baton of Focus
Bogling Sling
+1 Large Wooden Shield
Crown of Focus
Lenses of Divine Sight
Medallion of Inner Faith
Linked Shirt of Healing
Plate Armor
Bracelets of Frail Agility
Gloves of Focus
Belt of the Sweetwoods
Pants of the Lynx
Venomguard Greaves
Boots of Agility
Cloak of Painful Luck
Earcuff of the Sacred
Earcuff of Vitality
Ring of Stamina
Ring of Fortitude
Charm of Avarice
Shaman's Charm
Charm of Vitality
IS Gold/Platinum/Silver Nuggets
IS Beryl Prism
IS Tourmaline Tear
Bead of Cleric's Piety

+0/+0 melee 26 AC
+4/+0 range 26 AC
5/7 spell dmg/heal
32 HP
14 // 12 // 15 saves

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Barbarian
+1 Heavy Claymore
Mighty Sling
Shield of the Stag
Bliss Bull Helm
Lenses of Archery
Amulet of Smashing
Linked Shirt of Healing
Sylvan Armor
Bracers of the Tavernkeeper
Death Knight Gauntlets
Belt of the Brave
Boots of the Bold
Shadow Cloak
Earcuff of Enlightenment
Earcuff of Vitality
Ring of Truth
Ring of Reflexes
Charm of the Earth
Charm of Rampage
Charm of Vitality
IS Granite Ovoid
IS Sapphire Cube
IS Tourmaline Tear
Bead of the Bear
Bead of Ice
Bead of Grounding
FoP: Moon Beetle

+10/+20 melee 18 AC
+2/+7 range 19 AC
44HP
11 // 9 // 8 saves

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Wizard
Staff of Focus
Dwarven Slingbow
Hat of Intellect
Lenses of Focus
Necklace of the Norns
Shirt of Vitality
Robe of the Sage
Braceelts of Boosting
Blessed Tempest Gloves
Belt of Endurance
Pants of the Nimble
Flameguard Greaves
Shoes of Nethercraft
Shadow Cloak
Earcuff of Enlightenment
Earcuff of Sonic Splendor
Ring of the Norns
Ring of the Drake
Charm of the Wind
Charm of the Sage
Charm of Vitality
IS Sapphire Cube
IS Ruby Rhombus
IS Tourmaline Tear
Bead of the Dire Bear
Bead of Grounding

-1/1 melee 15 AC
1/7 range 15 AC
10/1 spell dmg/heal
29 HP
9 // 3 // 8 saves

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Rogue
Nightshade's +2 Throwing Knife
+1 Short Bow
Hood of Shadows
Lenses of Archery
Amulet of Vigor
Linked Shirt of Healing
Stout Mail
Bracers of the Toad
Gloves of the Bull
Belt of the Brave
Pants of the Oaf
Greaves of Grounding
Boots of the Bold
Shadow Cloak
Earcuff of Enlightenment
Ring of Fortitude
Ring of Iron Will
Charm of the Wind
Charm of the Earth
Charm of Vitality
IS Sapphire Cube
IS Tourmaline Tear
Bead of the Bear
Bead of Grounding
Bead of Ice
FoP: Imp

+8/+7 melee 19 AC
+5/+5 range 19 AC
26HP
11 // 7 // 13 saves

My druid has pretty heavy Focus focus, the builds you have seem all right to me, and I probably can't improve them much with my own tokens, maybe just some small gear like extra Beryl Prisms or the like. Everyone's got enough HP that I can probably comfortably heal it.

Druid (5th level)
40 HP
19 AC, 13 / 13 / 19 saves
+18 spell dmg, +17 heal
Lenses of Divine Sight (split heals)

Taking a guess that the adventure is going to have some poison damage, I'm thinking I'll wear a bit of poison resist.

I think a good approach to shoring up your characters' builds is if you can summarize what kind of gear you think your builds might need, it's a bit hard for me to parse a big list of tokens. And my own tokens aren't the best-organized either

That's fair. I agree with the poison thing. Will try to dig up some more poison resist. What are your thoughts on bogling charm to negate melee penalties fighting in swampy terrain? Feels like TD has been including more environmental hazards.

Paladin and Cleric are pretty set, as we've played most. Using spare tokens to gear our 3 friends. As for a simplicity of focus,

Barbarian:
Wondering if +10/+20 on melee is enough for a dps focus. Maybe upping more str and con and less in dex?

Wizard:
I plan to guard wizard and cleric is running linked healing shirt so probably looking to build more spell damage and hp on this.

Rogue:
Never played with a Nightshades +2 throwing dagger, so equipped a short bow on the side. Thought of focusing on a sneak attack build but it didnt seem as consistent as raising + to hit. Hard to balance melee/range on rogue with this UR weapon. Thoughts?

Hello.

Looking forward to adventuring with you.

Have the following tokens to offer to lend for this run -

Ioun Stone ElfStone Shard - +10 Hit Points

Cook's Hat (if anyone needs a level boost)

Medallion of SweetWoods

Bracer's of ReckLess Fury

Psyferre's Spectacles

Arcane Bracelet

Mad Evoker's charm
Ring of Expertise
Ring of Siren
Pants of Focus
Crown of Focus


Belt Ogre Mage Power
Gauntlet Ogre Strength

Extra Defender Set

Charm of Good Health

Greater Ring of Reflexes

SteelClad Cloak

VenomGuard Greaves x3

and

Ashenne's Arch-Mage Medallion


If those might be of any use to the party.

Going to be a great run.

I will be your Monk.

Re: Bogling charm, we can wear free movement gear to counteract potential bog/swamp hindrance, i.e. defender set bonus, boots of free action, amulet of the wind, if you have stronger charm options.

Looked at the barb/wizard/rogue builds a bit more:

Barb:
that shield can't be equipped with either the melee or sling weapon (both are 2h), probably need to drop shield
can use a more melee-focused goggles, range can stay secondary. i.e. lenses of heimdall sight
potentially can use just a shirt of vitality instead of linked shirt, depends on wizard gear and how much cleric will be able to use it (i'm wearing shirt of focus, won't have a linked shirt on)
can have a slightly better armor if desired, i.e. +5 ac reinforced leather armor
ring of truth can be ring of iron will for some free extra will
can fit 2 more ioun stones. i have a couple extra IS beryl prism, could also fill with IS norse opal for 1 hp heh
can only use 1 bead, didn't see anything that lets us wear 3

Rogue:
Throwing weapons are one use per combat, didn't see anything that returns the knife to you. Probably should focus melee. Throwing also uses dex to hit, may want to look at pants.
Could use shruiken instead of the short bow as an option, to get strength bonus on damage
Goggles could be switched for a melee focus (only have 1 extra lenses of heimdall sight)
Could use a damage bracer, i.e. bracers of frost
Could use a stronger glove, i.e. gauntlets of ogre power, gauntlets of the midgard serpent (with poison resist)
Is the pants strength bonus worth the -2 dex?
Room for a 2nd earcuff
If melee focused, probably don't need charm of the wind, but not bad to have if nothing else fills the slot
Only one bead

Wizard:
Kendal looks to have a lot of wizard gear, looks like fun stuff there In particular Cook's Hat, would give wizard 5th level spells, and make up for the healing lost if using Shirt of Focus (edit: i might have misread, and there isn't a shirt of focus)
If you have other ring options, rogue could use ring of the drake with shruikens for range, for returning shruiken
Only one bead

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I see a nice polymorph ring (ring of the siren), but I can't polymorph without potions with my current build. Thinking that would be really neat though, I know my polymorph damage is pretty good too.

Hello everyone, here is my build for my Dex based Ranged Ranger. This is with borrowing the Venomguard Greaves that someone mentioned having 3 of earlier. I have also discovered that I do not have a hat for my Ranger. I thought my Helm of the Eagle would work, but it is not usable for Rangers. So, if anyone has a better hat that I can wear. Please let me know.

Sunday August
Class: Ranger

STR: 9
DEX: 35
CON: 12
INT: 11
WIS: 13
CHA: 13

Melee:
Hit: 2 Damage: 1 AC: 22

Range:
Hit: 14 Damage: 6 AC: 23 Missle AC: 0

Spell:
Damage: 4 Heal: 0 Resist: 0

Saves:
Reflex: 17 Fort: 8 Will: 4

Treasure:
Min: 4 Max: 4

Health: 31

Damage Reduction:

Melee	Range	Spell	Fire	Cold	Shock	Sonic	Eldritch	Poison	Darkrift	Sacred
0	1	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0

Melee Mainhand: +1 Blood Mace
Melee Offhand: +1 Nether Knocker
Ranged Mainhand: +1 Bliss Long Bow
Ranged Offhand: Archer’s Buckler
Head: Cowl of Dwarvenlore
Eyes: Lenses of the Owl
Left Ear: Earcuff of Retort
Right Ear: Earcuff of Vitality
Neck: Enhanced Creeper Amulet
Bead: Bead of Bending
Bead: Bead of the Bear
Bead: Bead Firehold
Torso: Robe of Deftness
Wrist: Bracelets of Frail Agility
Hands: Blessed Wind Gloves
Back: Cloak of Many Pockets
Ring: Ring of the Dire Boar
Ring: Ring of the Anointed
Waist: Belt of the Brave
Shirt: Shirt of the Hare
Legs: Pants of the Nimble
Shins: Greaves of Grounding
Boots: Infernal Shoes
Figurine: Figurine of Power: Salamander
Charm: Charm of the Sipquick
Charm: Greater Quicksilver Charm
Charm: Charm of the Wind
Ioun Stone: Ioun Stone Beryl Prism
Ioun Stone: Ioun Stone Agate Orb
Ioun Stone: Ioun Stone Granite Ovoid
Ioun Stone: Ioun Stone Norse Opal
Ioun Stone: Ioun Stone Ruby Rhombus
Slotless: EmptyRunestone: Empty

Here are the tokens that I have that can be borrowed.

Here's my full build. I'd like to borrow a +1 Large Wooden Shield for an extra AC. I'll check if I have anything for your Ranger. If anyone has an extra Bracers of the Tavernkeeper, that'll net me an extra 4 HP also.

2020-08 v6a druid
Class: Druid

STR: 13
DEX: 15
CON: 17
INT: 11
WIS: 27
CHA: 15

Melee:
Hit: 6 Damage: 3 AC: 20

Range:
Hit: 3 Damage: 2 AC: 19 Missle AC: 0

Spell:
Damage: 17 Heal: 18 Resist: 0

Saves:
Reflex: 13 Fort: 13 Will: 18

Treasure:
Min: 10 Max: 10

Health: 40

Damage Reduction:

Melee	Range	Spell	Fire	Cold	Shock	Sonic	Eldritch	Poison	Darkrift	Sacred
0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	5	0	0

Melee Mainhand: Drue’s +5 Baton of Focus
Melee Offhand: Large Haven Shield
Ranged Mainhand: +1 War Sling
Ranged Offhand: Mirrored Archer’s Buckler
Head: Crown of Focus
Eyes: Lenses of Divine Sight
Left Ear: Earcuff of Vitality
Right Ear: Earcuff of the Wind
Neck: Medallion of Focus
Bead: Bead of the Lucky Traveler
Torso: Armor of the Lynx
Wrist: Tyr's Bracers
Hands: Gloves of Focus
Back: Shadow Cloak
Back: +2 Cloak of Resistance
Ring: Ring of Reflexes
Ring: Ring of Heroism
Waist: Arcane Belt
Shirt: Shirt of Focus
Legs: Pants of Focus
Shins: Venomguard Greaves
Boots: Shoes of Nethercraft
Figurine: Figurine of Power: Imp
Charm: Charm of Brooching
Charm: Charm of Health
Charm: Charm of Enlightenment
Ioun Stone: Ioun Stone Silver Nugget
Ioun Stone: Ioun Stone Gold Nugget
Ioun Stone: Ioun Stone Platinum Nugget
Ioun Stone: Ioun Stone Amber Cube
Ioun Stone: Ioun Stone Beryl Prism
Slotless: Gregor’s Tome of Focus
Slotless: Greater Mistletoe
Slotless: Canteen of Quaffing
Slotless: Arcane Scroll Tube
Slotless: Medallion of Nobility
Slotless: Lamp of the Efreeti
Slotless: Horn of Rally
Slotless: Drinking Horn of Bliss
Runestone: Empty