Neverwinter Nights Hordes of the Underdark Character Builds Epic Character Builds - Undead Lord

Epic Character Builds - Undead Lord

By Christopher "cdaulepp" Aulepp

Mindless zombies are scary. Brilliant wizards are scary. Heavily armoured warriors are scary. Combine all three together? That's the making of nightmares. The Undead Lord is a nightmare personified.

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Undead Lord Overview Fighter: 4 Wizard: 6 Pale Master: 30 Race: Human Alignment: Lawful Neutral "Full In-Game Stats" Starting Stats Str: 18 Dex: 8 Con: 12 Int: 16 Wis: 8 Cha: 8 Final Stats Str: 26 Dex: 8 Con: 12 Int: 20 Wis: 8 Cha: 8 Concentration: 43 Discipline: 23 Listen: 30 Lore: 20 Move Silently: 30 Spellcraft: 43 Spot: 21 Tumble: 21 Equipment Scimitar Full Plate Mail Tower Shield

Offensive Capabilities

Summons: The Undead Lord's study of the necromantic arts has given him mastery over the undead, and as such, he can summon forth a demilich to fight at his side once per day. The lesser demilich is immune to spells level 3 and lower, giving him an edge against casters. The Undead Lord can also summon a skeleton warrior from the dead to fight with him. Finally, a panther accompanies the Undead Lord serving as a distraction with sneak attacks.

Devastating Critical: Thanks to his combat feats and access to the "keen edge" spell, the Undead Lord scores critical hits on a 12-20, or 45%, of the time. With three normal attacks per round and one extra from haste, the Undead Lord can take down ancient dragons, or anyone else not immune to critical hits, in one blow.

True Strike: With this spell, the Undead Lord gains a +20 attack bonus, though its effects are short-lived. True Strike should be saved for monsters that are harder to hit.

Reciprocal Damage: Each time an enemy strikes the Undead Lord they will take 1d6 + 12 acid damage from acid sheath, 1d6 + 6 fire damage from elemental shield, and 1d4 + 5 sonic damage from death armor.

Spell Casting: Perhaps the true offensive power of the Undead Lord comes from access to all the wizard/sorcerer spells. The Undead Lord should focus on those spells that have no save, such as the Bigby's line of spells, to disable opponents. Power Word Kill and Power Word Stun are great to take down wounded enemies. You might also wish to cast an occasional Greater Ruin or empowered Isaac's Greater Missile Storm. This character has it all.

Spells the Undead Lord should seek out are:

• Level 9 - Mordenkainen's Disjunction, Power Word Kill
• Level 8 - Mind Blank, Greater Sanctuary,
• Level 7 - Shadow Shield, Bigby's Grasping Hand, Power Word Stun, Spell Mantle
• Level 6 - Bigby's Forceful Hand, True Seeing, Isaac's Greater Missile Storm
• Level 5 - Bigby's Interposing Hand, Energy Buffer
• Level 4 - Improved Invisibility, Isaac's Lesser Missile Storm
• Level 3 - Keen Edge, Greater Magic Weapon, Haste
• Level 2 - Flame Weapon
• Level 1 - True Strike

Defensive Capabilities

Armour Class: The Undead Lord has quite an impressive naked AC of 31! Thanks to his training as a fighter and the Automatic Still Spell feats, the Undead Lord can wear mundane full plate mail and a tower shield with no chance of disrupting his arcane spell casting. This brings the Undead Lord's AC to an impressive 42. The Undead Lord is extremely difficult to hit and the extra AC is handy against mobs of monsters. Good, Neutral, and Evil creatures alike will know the difficulty of hitting the Undead Lord whose AC will be a whopping 68 AC minimum after buffing with spells such as Haste, Mage Armor, Cat's Grace, and Epic Spell: Epic Mage Armor.

Concealment: Combining the high armour with class with concealment obtained through Improved Invisibility and Bigby's Interposing Hand (no save), the Undead Lord is very difficult to hit.

Immunity to Critical Hits: The Undead Lord invokes fear and awe in others because of his natural ability to resist critical strikes. He also gains benefits from his palemaster heritage, including immunity to hold, paralyzation, and stun. Watch and laugh as the pathetic weapon masters and rogues realise their folly when their main forms of attack are rendered useless against the Undead Lord.

Elemental Damage Reduction: With access to all the wizard spells through learning from scrolls, the Undead Lord can reduce elemental damage with spells such as Energy Buffer, Protection from Elements, Resist Elements, and Endure Elements.

Physical Damage Reduction: The Undead Lord has an astounding damage reduction of 50/+20 from epic warding. The above-average enemy, unable to score critical hits, will be hard pressed to overcome the Undead Lord's reduction before he is destroyed.

Magical Item Preferences: With access to magical equipment, the Undead Lord becomes a foe that all dread to face. He should focus on items that increase intelligence for extra spell slots and strength for extra attack bonus and damage.

Character Advancement History

Following is the path of the Undead Lord during the first forty levels of his life.

Character Level	Class	Skill Increases	Feat Selection	Attribute Increase
1	Fighter	Concentration 4, Discipline 4, Lore 4, Spot 2 (cc), Tumble 2 (cc), Save 4	Power Attack, Cleave, Weapon Focus: Scimitar
2	Wizard	Concentration 1, Spellcraft 5
3	Wizard	Concentration 1, Spellcraft 1, Spot 1 (cc), Tumble 1 (cc)	Extend Spell
4	Wizard	Concentration 1, Spellcraft 1, Save 4		Strength
5	Palemaster	Concentration 1, Listen 8, Spellcraft 1, Spot 1, Tumble 1
6	Palemaster	Concentration 1, Listen 1, Move Silently 3, Spellcraft 1	Spell Penetration
7	Palemaster	Concentration 1, Listen 1, Move Silently 3, Spellcraft 1
8	Palemaster	Concentration 1, Listen 1, Move Silently 3, Spellcraft 1		Strength
9	Palemaster	Concentration 1, Listen 1, Move Silently 3, Spellcraft 1	Great Cleave
10	Palemaster	Concentration 1, Listen 1, Move Silently 1, Spellcraft 1, Tumble 1 (cc)
11	Palemaster	Concentration 1, Listen 1, Move Silently 1, Spellcraft 1, Tumble 1 (cc)
12	Palemaster	Concentration 1, Listen 1, Move Silently 1, Spellcraft 1, Save 2	Greater Spell Penetration	Strength
13	Palemaster	Concentration 1, Listen 1, Move Silently 1, Spellcraft 1, Save 2
14	Palemaster	Concentration 1, Listen 1, Move Silently 1, Spellcraft 1, Save 2
15	Fighter	Discipline 12	Still Spell, Improved Critical: Scimitar
16	Fighter	Concentration 1, Discipline 3, Tumble 1 (cc)		Strength
17	Wizard	Concentration 2, Spellcraft 3, Save 1
18	Wizard	Concentration 1, Spellcraft 1, Tumble 2 (cc)	Empower Spell, Toughness
19	Wizard	Concentration 1, Spellcraft 1, Tumble 2 (cc)
20	Fighter	Concentration 1, Discipline 4, Spot 1 (cc)	Weapon Specialization: Scimitar	Strength
21	Palemaster	Concentration 1, Listen 2, Move Silently 1, Spellcraft 2	Overwhelming Critical: Scimitar
22	Palemaster	Concentration 1, Listen 2, Move Silently 2, Spellcraft 1
23	Palemaster	Concentration 1, Listen 2, Move Silently 2, Spellcraft 1	Epic Spell Penetration
24	Palemaster	Concentration 1, Listen 2, Move Silently 2, Spellcraft 1	Great Strength 1	Strength
25	Palemaster	Concentration 1, Listen 2, Move Silently 2, Spellcraft 1
26	Palemaster	Concentration 1, Listen 2, Move Silently 2, Spellcraft 1	Epic Spell: Epic Mage Armor
27	Palemaster	Concentration 1, Listen 1, Lore 1, Move Silently 2, Spellcraft 1	Devastating Critical: Scimitar
28	Palemaster	Concentration 1, Spellcraft 1, Tumble 2 (cc)		Intelligence
29	Palemaster	Concentration 1, Spellcraft 1, Tumble 2 (cc)	Epic Spell: Greater Ruin
30	Palemaster	Concentration 1, Spellcraft 1, Spot 1 (cc), Tumble 1 (cc)	Great Intelligence 1
31	Palemaster	Concentration 1, Spellcraft 1, Spot 1 (cc), Tumble 1 (cc), Save 1
32	Palemaster	Concentration 1, Spellcraft 1, Spot 3 (cc)	Epic Spell: Epic Warding	Intelligence
33	Palemaster	Concentration 1, Spellcraft 1, Spot 1 (cc), Tumble 1 (cc), Save 1	Automatic Still Spell 1
34	Palemaster	Concentration 1, Spellcraft 1, Spot 3 (cc)
35	Palemaster	Concentration 1, Spellcraft 1, Spot 1 (cc), Tumble 1 (cc), Save 1	Automatic Still Spell 2
36	Palemaster	Concentration 1, Spellcraft 1, Spot 3 (cc)	Epic Weapon Focus: Scimitar	Intelligence
37	Palemaster	Concentration 1, Spellcraft 1, Spot 2 (cc), Tumble 1 (cc)
38	Palemaster	Concentration 1, Lore 7, Spellcraft 1	Automatic Still Spell 3
39	Palemaster	Concentration 1, Lore 2, Spellcraft 1, Spot 1 (cc), Tumble 1 (cc)	Armor Skin
40	Palemaster	Concentration 1, Lore 6, Spellcraft 1		Strength

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