Your character will ALWAYS be at camp, and having the ability to cook or hunt for the party is invaluable. Where you dump your remaining points is a matter of opinion, but I favor either Nature or World. Notes: We no longer need to level Mobility, and with Armor Check Penalties, it's a bit of a waste to do so. The Treant Bear, Staglord and rest of the Act bosses should be laughable speed bumps for you and your party now. Any spells or buffs you choose to give him past this is just gravy. With your Mobility and Crane Style enhanced Fighting Defensively, you're at a 32 AC. By now you've got Tartuccio's Ring and hopefully bought a suit of plate mail from Oleg. Notes: This is a HUGE level for your Tank. This alleviates the need to take pointless and RP-ruining dips into Monk. Notes: IUS is to set us up for Crane Style next level. Skills: Mobility +1, Perception +1, Persuasion +1 Your starting AC is 23 without even fighting defensively! Also, with this build, your Dwarf will begin the game in Scale Mail with a regular Tower Shield. Anything lower is scummy min/maxing to me. Note than an 8 is the lowest I will allow an attribute to sink to, and even then only if it was brought there by a racial mod. Cultivating it now will pay dividends down the road. Notes: Mobility we're only taking to 3 for the synergy bonus to Fighting Defensively, Persuasion is always useful even with a relatively low Charisma, and Perception will eventually be a class-skill and he has a racial bonus to it. Skills: Mobility 1, Perception 1, Persuasion 1

I have a real soft spot for MC tanks, but more than that, I just love Dwarves. It's all about HP, AC and immunities to make you close to invincible. Inferno Priest of Asmodeus (Sorcerer / Ecclesitheurge / Mystic Theurge) - HellspawnДЇinal Build: Tower Shield Specialist 10 / Stalwart Defender 10Д«uild Notes: This is about as straightforward a tank build as can exist. Treasure Hunter (Knife Master / Archaeologist / Arcane Trickster)ДЄldori Duelmaster (Sword Saint / Duelist) Last of the Shattered Tusk (Mad Dog / Sacred Huntsman / Two-Handed Fighter)ДЄdamantine Halfling (Fighter / Invulnerable Rager / Stalwart Defender) Maybe you want to play a Half-Orc or a Gnome sometime? I'm aiming to have as much variety as possible here.Дivine Dragonknight (Divine Guardian / Sorcerer / Dragon Disciple / Eldritch Knight) - AngelkinДwarven Defender (Tower Shield Specialist / Stalwart Defender) It's too easy to fall into the pitfall of playing all Aasimar because they have the best stats. Also, I like a mixture of races and concepts. You won't see 7's (or even worse, 5's) for attributes in my builds. I hate min/maxing, it's the lazy man's way of squeezing 1 or 2 extra points out of a build at the cost of the RP in the game. My builds aim for showing meaningful gain and ability throughout every level.ДЈ.

I've noticed a LOT of builds get posted out there where the character is a walking liability that contributes nothing until level 15+ when the uber-awesome combo it was building toward takes affect. I only post builds that I've personally used on Challenging or harder difficulties and can verify that they pull their weight. My builds need to suit the character's concept most of all.Дў. If the RP aspect of this game doesn't interest you and you're just looking for whatever gives you the biggest numbers to go slay the other numbers, this guide isn't for you. Sure, you could dip Monk or Vivisectionist in just about anything to make it stronger, but 99% of the time it doesn't make a lick of sense. As both a roleplayer and rollplayer, I strive for three standards in each build.ДЎ. Here's a companion piece to my Companion Builds thread where I aim to share some of the insights I've found for the main character in the game.

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