An absurd build

[ScrapyardDragon]

so the discussion came up of "how to stat Abserd into dtd" earlier. If you don't know, he's a D&D character who's whole gimmick is that he took one level in every class. Obviously you can also do that in DtD, but while D&D uses cumulative levels, DtD only uses the highest level of any class you have to determine your character level, and character level in this game is extremely important. So this begs the question; "can you reach level 5 by dipping into each class track for only one level each". You can, but only if you follow a rather roundabout path that racelocks you before you even begin. To be more specific, I did not use base classes (the level 1 classes with no prerequisites) or the 'ship' classes. If you do want to include base classes you don't need to invest in abjuration to skip to cleric 2 since you can just grab a peer from merc, initiate, or scholar, and you only need 3 intelligence at character creation for a third language since you can grab the 4th and 5th needed for bard from merc and scholar.

What you need at character creation before you begin: 5 intelligence (to begin play with 5 languages (you can also just start 3 three int and take the linguist asset)), Weaponry 2 & athletics 1 (barbarian access),  stealth & larceny 2 (rogue access), Arcana 3  & academic lore 2 (for magic user 1), and you must be either a Thri-kreen or a human who takes mixed heritage (thri-kreen). The last one is because of the thri-kreen racial feat lightning bug, which automatically gives you luminen blast, which just so happens to be the only feat prerequisite to tech priest 5. Everything else can be left at 1/0 if you really want to because at least one class you'd be visiting following this route will have access to it, allowing you to raise it to the needed ranks without paying double.

barbarian 1 (for danger sense)-> rogue 2 (for sneak attack) ->assassin 3 (for the level) -> magic user 1 (for illusion/enchantment & abjuration access) -> cleric 2 (for the peer) -> courtier 2 (for decadence) -> bard 4 (for the level) -> tech priest 5 (for the level)


If anyone has a better/more exp efficient route for such a stupid idea feel free to post it.

[telok]

From a quick scan... Assimar Atlantean or Daemonhost, Outcast (imp. feint)-> Nighthawk (far shot)-> Sniper(deadeye)-> Grenadier(level)-> Bishop. Start with Academy (melee 2 & ranged 1), Assimar Fearless saves you a feat at Grenadier, raise Abjuration or Healing via your exaltation. 16 feats, ballistics 5, athletics 4, stealth 3, larceny 2, academic & forbidden lores 5s.... And I just realized you have no native access to academic or forbidden...

Apprentice, Bard, Cleric, Paladin, Magos, using your mixed heritage human plus Veteran to start with tech-use 5.About 19 feats, two racial feats, veteran, arcana 3, charisma 3, common lore 4, perform 2, forbidden lore 4, weaponry 4, craft 3, academic lore 4, and your tech 5. That's doable.

For FAST advancement a human Veteran Promethian sticking to the Druid track classes with inheritance 5 for five good quality cyber-senses. Human gets you animal ken 4, veteran brawling 5, promethian ignores one armor prof feat, and 200xp to get inheritance 5 saves 200xp down the road.

[ScrapyardDragon]

despite using it for prereq grabbing I never even considered just....using cleric to finish out or regular leveling. I suppose on my route you could just cut the courtier/bard weirdness and just plug cleric 4 in there, but I still think using the thri-kreen pivot into tech priest 5 is the play because upgraded (artifact) is suuuuper good for pretty much any setup.