TOPIC: FULL - Ebony Bay GHC Thu 8:12pm Epic

henry fung wrote: my brother (Cleric/Druid) and i (Ranger) would be interested in joining this run - we've only done one Epic run before and look forward to missing everything again

Hi henry, would love to have you both join but need to double-check on classes. I am definitely Cleric, and I think Wiltey may have wanted Druid unless Crystal wanted it first, though it could also be that they're both totally happy taking the two fighters (Wiltey and Crystal please chime in!). If it turns out Druid is already spoken for, would your brother be up for playing Barbarian/Dwarf/Wizard instead? If not, happy to wait and see what they say.

David Zych wrote: Welcome!

So Hallie and Kusig will be our Bard and Elf; Hallie, do you have a preference for one over the other?

I'm all for maximizing our chances of survival, so maybe Kusig and I should compare builds offline and we can see who's better suited for what. We'll sort ourselves out!

Dwarf is fine with me to accommodate, as long as taunting is not expected. =)

Kusig and I compared notes, and he'll take Bard. I will do Elf Wizard.

Sweet, you all are lovely people! I also got a PM that Crystal is excited to play human Fighter, which means Druid is available for henry's brother and we have a full party of 10.

Anyone who's up for doing so is encouraged to post a tdcharactercreator link to your build for this run, so we can help loan each other stuff to shore up any weak points. (No pressure to borrow anything you don't want to, of course.)

Those of you who will be coming straight from the 6:25 run, definitely make sure you post builds ahead of time so I can help our coach get you on the party card without undue stress.

Here's my Cleric, subject to last-minute tweaking:
tdcharactercreator.com/#/character/edit/63ddea6d-2f08-4b9a-99ae-3f17ea7ecae3

So far my synergy count is 8 CoA, 7 CoAS + 2 CoS, and 10+ HHL in the party; henry and Brian, do you have any of these to add?

Hey all. Rogue ready to go

tdcharactercreator.com/#/character/edit/cb9afaf6-8c76-4772-94dd-90f113bcdf2a

Dwarf. I also have another CoAS than listed so 2x CoAS and 2x HHL for me. Since I will be arriving late feel free to power attack my dwarf if you think it is needed.

tdcharactercreator.com/#/character/edit/4c85e471-52fb-4963-8f0a-e25bb9a01517

Bard linked below:

tdcharactercreator.com/#/character/edit/356dce8f-d6e1-4903-ab9c-6bf12746a4b9

Willing to borrow anything necessary. Expect it to change a bit before the event.

Elf Wizard: tdcharactercreator.com/#/character/edit/ada76b16-52b0-4a1b-9068-8a43e1f48157

Also perfectly willing to take suggestions/loaners. This is my first attempt at building an epic-capable wizard.

Wiltey wrote: Dwarf. I also have another CoAS than listed so 2x CoAS and 2x HHL for me.

updated, thanks!

Since I will be arriving late feel free to power attack my dwarf if you think it is needed.

How much power attack would you like to use?

I wouldn't want to make this decision for you, I feel like it's an individual risk/reward calculus and the answer depends a lot on how skilled you are at shuffleboard. (I personally am mediocre at shuffleboard and would be very conservative about power attack if playing the build myself, but some people are really dang good at it)

tdcharactercreator.com/#/character/edit/4c85e471-52fb-4963-8f0a-e25bb9a01517

Hallie Smith wrote: Elf Wizard: tdcharactercreator.com/#/character/edit/ada76b16-52b0-4a1b-9068-8a43e1f48157

Also perfectly willing to take suggestions/loaners. This is my first attempt at building an epic-capable wizard.

Looks Epic to me! A few thoughts for tweaking:

I would switch Kilt to CON for another 10hp; 51->64 isn't bad, but 61->74 gives you some extra headroom for Ashenne's. That means +9 to hit instead of 11, but with bardsong+prayer you only actually need base +7 for your slide spells to hit on a 2. (On that same note, you're unlikely to need FoP:Bat on this run if you have another figurine you'd like to equip instead.)

Do you have a Master Ale Drinker's Bead? Since your CON is odd right now, replacing Bead of Chugging with Master Ale Drinker's nets you -1 Fort for +10hp which is a good trade.

The other question in my mind would be, is it worth adding Charm of Spell Swapping? This is a judgment call; Conserve and Quicken tend to cancel each other out in terms of how fast your card gets depleted, so you aren't going to run out of Lv0 spells, but swapping the utility spells for extra slide spells (or MM if you prefer) will dish out higher damage on those rounds than a Lv0. If that sounds appealing, I see three ways to do it: replace Greater Garnet Charm, replace Charm of Glory:Ring of Iron Will, or swap Charming Earcuff for Arcane Earcuff to get 2 more charm slots for CoSSw + Charm of Brooching:Lucky Cloak (set bonus: even more hp!). If you go that last route you can probably also afford to replace Ring of Iron Will (rare Ring of Storms, maybe?)

If you don't have them and want to use them, I can definitely loan my extra CoSSw, and possibly also Arcane Earcuff/Charm of Brooching/Lucky Cloak though I'll wait to see the rest of the group's builds just in case somebody else needs those more. (Your build is already in great shape, my suggestions are just optimizing tweaks)

Oh, and don't forget to tell our coach that your spell damage should actually be 3 points higher because TDCC doesn't count Belt of the Deadshot correctly (I keep hoping he'll find time to fix that, but I checked yesterday and the bug is still there).

Amazing suggestions David! And I have all the tokens you mentioned, so I can play around with the build without having to borrow anything someone else might need. Thank you!