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Thanks for reminding me.
Well, I have been sleeping quite a lot this weekend. Sometimes it still aches, but not too often.
I still have to try to eat on my left side of the jaw, and only rather soft meals.
This week, and then I'll be in Berlin for 2 weeks. I might be there for May, 10th , though. But, on the other hand ... My plan was to go there on Saturday. *sigh*
 
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Corwin and i got his friday toon further. it's about where mine is.
 
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As it turns out now, the new plans are to go on vacation on Sunday, which means that I'm there the next session. But not 17. and 24th, as far as I can see it. Nit art all on the 17th, and the 24th depends on when I'll be going on, but very unlikely that I'll be there at that date, then.
Again, we have a rule where I work that once in a year we must take a block of 2 weeks for vacation (or whatever).
 
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I have bowed to pressure and TR'd into a FvS which is something I have never played before, so I shall be looking for build assistance. Currently I have begun to use the Beacon of Hope tree, but I'm open to suggestions!!
 
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So, I'm off now, I won't be there for the next session and the one after that.
Have fun ! :)
 
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I have bowed to pressure and TR'd into a FvS which is something I have never played before, so I shall be looking for build assistance. Currently I have begun to use the Beacon of Hope tree, but I'm open to suggestions!!
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It is a sign of the Apocalypse!

Are you working as a caster, or melee? What race did you pick? Did you go for Wisdom or Charisma as your primary casting stat?

Beacon of Hope is the healing tree, Angel of Vengeance the caster tree, and War Soul the melee tree, though you should probably pick up some of the low hanging fruit there for defensive boosts. There's some extra hitpoints there in tier 1, and some PRR in T2. War Soul also gives Light and Fire Spell Power on it's cores, which is useful for a caster.

As a caster, your primary offensive spells will be Light (Sunbolt, Searing Light), Force (Blade Barrier and Cometfall), and Fire (Firestorm which you've seen the effectiveness of from my Fire Cleric, Flamestrike). Most spells are Evocation, thus you want the Evocation Spell Focus feats. Otherwise it's like a Wizard or Sorc; you want Maximize, Empower, Quicken (especially for Mass Heal and Blade Barrier).

If I was building a caster FvS, I'd go down Angel of Vengeance, picking up some of War Soul for the extra spell power in the cores and the defensive buffs in the tree itself. I'd probably try to reach the Level 12 core, which grants a perm Blur, Blur as a spell, and ups the Fire/Light spell power gained to 20. May even go all the way to the next core, picking up Haste as a spell and some more spell power.

Melee wise, you're going up War Soul, and hitting Smite Foe, Ameliorating Strike, and Smite Weakness for the AoE Heal and Vulnerability effects. Divine Power is a requirement, as is Haste Boost.
 
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I'd give you 2 main options: a light-based evoker or a feydark caster. You'll have enough "side" action to be a solid healer regardless. Both toons will be good contributors and very survivable. The light blaster is much simpler and also well-suited to getting by on minimal hotbars. The feydark caster is actually quite fun and very useful to the party but involves a little more complexity which you might or might not be interested in.

The "standard approach" of the feydark is to throw a very good greater color spray to stun the mobs, then toss a knife fan take a big bite out of them, then move in with imaginary short swords and mop up. Your party will appreciate the color spray and you still get to take an active role in the slaughter.

The light blaster is going to be much simpler- walk up, spam a few incredibly strong light spells, and try not to get monster dust on your shoes as you move to the next mob. Rinse and repeat.

edit- I've got Word files of both builds, but they don't want to convert to text properly for some reason. I don't have time to figure it out right now but I can make them available later if you wish.
 
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15/3/2 Favored Soul/Bard/Fighter
True Neutral Drow

Level Order
1. Bard 6. Bard 11. Favored Soul 16. Favored Soul
2. Favored Soul 7. Bard 12. Fighter 17. Favored Soul
3. Favored Soul 8. Fighter 13. Favored Soul 18. Favored Soul
4. Favored Soul 9. Favored Soul 14. Favored Soul 19. Favored Soul
5. Favored Soul 10. Favored Soul 15. Favored Soul 20. Favored Soul

Stats 32pt Tome Level Up
---- ---- --------
Strength 8 +7 4: CHA
Dexterity 10 +7 8: CHA
Constitution 14 +7 12: CHA
Intelligence 12 +7 16: CHA
Wisdom 12 +7 20: CHA
Charisma 20 +7

Skills Bd Fv Fv Fv Fv Bd Bd Fi Fv Fv Fv Fi Fv Fv Fv Fv Fv Fv Fv Fv
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
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Concent 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 23
Heal 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 23
Spellcr 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 23
Diplo 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 20
Jump 4 5 5 14
Perform 4 4 2 10
UMD 4 2 4 10
Balance 4 1 2 7
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28 4 4 4 4 8 9 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6

Feats
1 : Single Weapon Fighting
3 : Maximize Spell
6 : Quicken Spell
8 Fighter: Improved Single Weapon Fighting
9 : Spell Focus: Illusion
12 : Spell Penetration
12 Fighter: Improved Critical: Piercing
15 : Greater Single Weapon Fighting
18 : Greater Spell Focus: Illusion

3 FavSoul: Grace of Battle
11 FavSoul: Stout of Heart

9 FavSoul: Energy Absorption: Fire
15 FavSoul: Energy Absorption: Electricity
20 FavSoul: Energy Absorption: Acid

2 Deity : Follower of: Vulkoor
10 Deity : Vulkoor's Avatar

Spells

Favored Soul
1. Nightshield (2), Shield of Faith (2), Nimbus of Light (3), Command (4)
2. Cure Moderate Wounds (5), Aid (9), Resist Energy (11), Soundburst (14)
3. Cure Serious Wounds (10), Magic Circle Against Evil (11), Searing Light (14), Protection Energy (16)
4. Death Ward (13), Restoration (14), Mass Shield of Faith (16), Cure Critical Wounds (18)
5. Raise Dead (15), Greater Command (16), Divine Punishment (18), Spell Resistance (20)
6. Heal (17), Greater Dispel Magic (18), Heroes' Feast (20)
7. Resurrection (19), Mass Protection from Elements (20)

Bard
1. Cure Light Wounds (1), Detect Secret Doors (6), Expeditious Retreat (7)

Enhancements (Spent: 80 +0r +0u / Max: 80 +0r +0u AP)
Feydark Illusionist (43 AP)
• Find Familiar: White Tressym, Ability Score I: Charisma, Greater Color Spray, Ability Score II: Charisma, Familiar's Reach, Master Illusionist
1. Feydark Explorer I, Study the Arcane III, Illusory Weaponry
2. Bend Light, You've Got My Back, Shadowblade III
3. Magical Attunment I, Stat: Charisma
4. Fan of Shadowblades III, Magical Attunment II, Stat: Charisma
5. Illusory Agumentation, Displacement, Magical Attunment III, Ring of Shadowblades III, Force In Tandem

War Soul (24 AP)
• Smite Foe: Melee, Resilience of Battle, Sanctuary, Blur
1. Divine Might: Divine Presence III, Toughness III, Righteous Weapons
2. Wall of Steel III, Righteous Weapons
3. Righteous Weapons, Stat: Charisma
4. Holy Striker: Doublestrike III

Swashbuckler (13 AP)
• Confidence, Swashbuckling
1. On Your Toes III, Tavern Shanties I
2. Deflect Arrows, Fast Movement
3. Elegant Footwork, Swashbuckling Style: Skirmisher

Leveling Guide
1. FYD0 Find Familiar: White Tressym; FYD1 Illusory Weaponry; FYD1 Study the Arcane I
2. FYD1 Study the Arcane II; FYD2 Shadowblade I, II, III
3. FYD0 Ability Score I: Charisma; FYD2 Bend Light
4. FYD3 Charisma; FYD2 You've Got My Back
5. FYD3 Magical Attunment I; Swa0 Confidence; FYD1 Study the Arcane III
6. FYD0 Greater Color Spray; FYD4 Fan of Shadowblades I, II, III
7. Swa1 On Your Toes I, II, III; Swa1 Tavern Shanties I
8. Swa0 Swashbuckling; Swa2 Deflect Arrows; WS0 Smite Foe: Melee
9. WS1 Righteous Weapons; WS1 Toughness I, II
10. WS2 Righteous Weapons; WS0 Resilience of Battle; WS1 Toughness III
11. FYD4 Magical Attunment II; FYD4 Charisma
12. FYD0 Ability Score II: Charisma; FYD1 Feydark Explorer I; FYD5 Ring of Shadowblades I
13. FYD5 Illusory Agumentation; FYD5 Ring of Shadowblades II, III
14. FYD5 Force In Tandem; WS2 Wall of Steel I, II
15. FYD5 Displacement; WS3 Righteous Weapons
16. FYD5 Magical Attunment III; WS3 Charisma
17. WS0 Sanctuary; WS2 Wall of Steel III; WS1 Divine Presence I, II
18. FYD0 Familiar's Reach; WS1 Divine Presence III; WS4 Holy Striker: Doublestrike I, II
19. WS4 Holy Striker: Doublestrike III; WS0 Blur; Swa2 Fast Movement
20. FYD0 Master Illusionist; Swa3 Elegant Footwork; Swa3 Skirmisher
 
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Favored Soul 20
Neutral Good Human

Stats
36pt Tome Level Up
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Strength 10 +3 4: CHA
Dexterity 8 +4 8: CHA
Constitution 16 +3 12: CHA
Intelligence 10 +3 16: CHA
Wisdom 14 +3 20: CHA
Charisma 18 +3

Skills
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
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Concent 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 23
Spellcr 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 23
Jump 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 23
Heal 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 19
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12 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Feats
1 : Mental Toughness
1 Human : Spell Penetration
3 : Spell Focus: Evocation
6 : Greater Spell Focus: Evocation
9 : Maximize Spell
12 : Improved Mental Toughness
15 : Greater Spell Penetration
18 : Quicken Spell

2 FavSoul: Grace of Battle
7 FavSoul: Stout of Heart

5 FavSoul: Energy Absorption: Fire
10 FavSoul: Energy Absorption: Electricity
15 FavSoul: Energy Absorption: Acid

1 Deity : Follower of: Aureon
6 Deity : Aureon's Instruction
20 Deity : Damage Reduction: Cold Iron

Spells
1. Nimbus of Light (1), Cure Light Wounds (1), Nightshield (2), Protection from Evil (3)
2. Cure Moderate Wounds (4), Resist Energy (5), Soundburst (7), Hold Person (9)
3. Searing Light (6), Cure Serious Wounds (7), Magic Circle Against Evil (9), Mass Aid (11)
4. Cure Critical Wounds (8), Restoration (9), Freedom of Movement (11), Mass Shield of Faith (13)
5. Raise Dead (10), Divine Punishment (11), True Seeing (13), Greater Command (15)
6. Heal (12), Heroes' Feast (13), Blade Barrier (15)
7. Resurrection (14), Destruction (15), Greater Restoration (17)
8. Mass Death Ward (16), Holy Aura (17), Mass Cure Critical Wounds (19)
9. True Resurrection (18), Mass Heal (19), Implosion (20)

Enhancements (80 AP)

Angel of Vengeance (52 AP)
• Font of Power, Shield of Condemnation, Aura of Menace, Summon Archon, Vengeful Magic, Ascendancy: Charisma
1. Nimbus of Light III, Scourge III, Smiting
2. Efficient Maximize III, Smiting, Spell Power Boost III
3. Sun Bolt III, Smiting, Spell Penetration, Charisma
4. Smiting, Intense Faith III, Charisma
5. Cometfall III, Evocation Focus, Zealous Faith III

Feydark Illusionist (25 AP)
• Find Familiar: Pseudo Dragon, Ability Score I: Charisma, Greater Color Spray:, Ability Score II
1. Familiar's Flourish I, Study the Arcane III
2. Familiar's Flourish II, Bend Light, You've Got My Back
3. Spell Penetration III, Refraction, Charisma
4. Charisma

Human (3 AP)
• Spell Power Boost, Charisma

Leveling Guide
1. AoV0 Font of Power; AoV1 Nimbus of Light I, II, III
2. FYD0 Find Familiar: Pseudo Dragon; AoV1 Scourge I, II, III
3. AoV0 Shield of Condemnation; FYD1 Study the Arcane I, II, III
4. FYD1 Familiar's Flourish I; FYD0 Ability Score I: Charisma
5. AoV1 Smiting; AoV3 Sun Bolt I, II
6. AoV3 Sun Bolt III; FYD2 Bend Light; FYD0 Greater Color Spray:
7. AoV3 Spell Penetration; AoV3 Charisma
8. AoV0 Aura of Menace; FYD3 Spell Penetration I, II, III
9. FYD2 You've Got My Back; FYD3 Charisma
10. AoV2 Efficient Maximize I, II
11. AoV2 Efficient Maximize III; AoV4 Intense Faith I
12. AoV0 Summon Archon; AoV4 Intense Faith II
13. AoV4 Intense Faith III; AoV5 Evocation Focus; AoV5 Zealous Faith I
14. FYD2 Familiar's Flourish II; FYD4 Charisma
15. FYD3 Refraction; FYD0 Ability Score II; AoV5 Zealous Faith II
16. AoV5 Zealous Faith III; AoV2 Smiting; AoV5 Cometfall I
17. AoV5 Cometfall II, III; AoV3 Smiting
18. AoV0 Vengeful Magic; AoV4 Smiting; AoV2 Spell Power Boost I
19. AoV4 Charisma; AoV2 Spell Power Boost II, III
20. AoV0 Ascendancy: Charisma; Hum0 Spell Power Boost; Hum0 Charisma
 
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I didn't remember, but apparently I threw some feydark into my most recent light blaster. The color spray probably wasn't tremendously effective without the right boosts, but it was available.

Formatting above isn't great but should be good enough to get the idea.

The blaster build in particular is a little older so they might have tweaked the names of an enhancement here or there but the basic structure should still be valid.

Az makes some very good points about adding survivability via warsoul enhancements. That would probably be a better approach to the blaster than the side of feydark I used.
 
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Thanks, I'll likely keep the Beacon ones I've already taken since Good Hope is useful but If I'm not going to be needed as primarily a healer then I'll begin to develop the Angel tree with a little melee thrown in for balance.
 
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Let's see; I've done all of Korthos except Misery, I've done all the explorers and 200 slayers at the Keep, plus the 3 first quests on the LHS; I've done all the explorers and 100 slayers in the CH and a couple of Harbor quests and I still don't have even 1 rank into level 3!!!! That doesn't leave much left available!!
 
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As a third lifer, you're probably going to have to run all of Borderlands as well; it's L1 content after all, and you're pushing to using it. Might even need the big XP of Misery's Peak.

I used XP Stones to get to 3, and All of Korthos and All of Borderlands just got me into 4 by a rank. It's not enough by itself I think unless you do Misery and Chaos as well, which are the first Level 2 quests.
 
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As a third lifer, you're probably going to have to run all of Borderlands as well; it's L1 content after all, and you're pushing to using it. Might even need the big XP of Misery's Peak.

I used XP Stones to get to 3, and All of Korthos and All of Borderlands just got me into 4 by a rank. It's not enough by itself I think unless you do Misery and Chaos as well, which are the first Level 2 quests.
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Yep, particularly since he's not getting the VIP bonus on any of it. Misery is worth a rank all by itself, even if you're already lvl3.
 
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Well, after doing all the Keep quests, I finally gave in and did Misery on Hard which got me to level 4. I still don't like that quest, but at least I made level. Not overly thrilled with the class so far, but I will persevere to level 20!!
 
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Sun Bolt SLA (AoV tier3) will be your bread-n-butter very soon. Free to empower/maximize/heighten/etc. Double range bolt. Very muchly of the boom boom!
 
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